Policy

DOGE’s Elon Musk should turn his $2-trillion hatchet to wasteful and perilous U.S. nuclear weapons modernization plans

The U.S. National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil

President Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could hit the electric vehicle, solar, battery and wind industries particularly hard

Trump seems intent on freezing out professional scientists, especially those with strong academic research backgrounds. Instead, he is stocking the leadership of federal agencies with technologists and loyalists

A geographer explains how maps’ place names, such as the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, are decided

The Trump administration has ordered a halt to “all federal financial assistance,” covering areas from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to foreign aid

President Trump has placed an indefinite suspension on research grant reviews and travel at the National Institutes of Health and appears to have erased diversity programming pages at the agency’s website

Climate disasters such as the recent Los Angeles–area fires are making it harder to prepare for more climate disasters

President Trump has revoked a 1994 directive that required agencies to protect minority or low-income areas from pollution and health hazards

After his second inauguration, President Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, some with important implications for science

There are 50 to 100 expected executive orders on Trump’s first day in office. Many will focus on boosting fossil fuels and reversing climate policy

In his farewell address, President Biden warned that a powerful “oligarchy” could undo four years of progress on climate policy