Science and the Trump Presidency

The Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides funding for home heating and cooling

Trump’s HHS and NIH are planning to invest $500 million in a killed-whole-virus approach to universal vaccines, including such vaccines for flu and COVID. Here’s why that’s challenging

President Trump has dismissed hundreds of scientists working on the congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment, raising concerns about whether the void will be filled with pseudoscience

This week the secretary of health and human services announced plans to remove eight more food dyes from the U.S.’s food system

The National Science Foundation, which funds key science and engineering research, is the latest U.S. agency to be disrupted by Elon Musk’s DOGE

Autism rates are rising, but RFK, Jr., is wrong about the reasons. Here’s what the science says

An analysis reveals which fields of science and U.S. states are being hit hardest by National Institutes of Health grant terminations

“The risks of remaining silent at this defining time are far greater than the risks of speaking out,” says one scientist regarding the Trump administration’s attacks on science

The National Institutes of Health said it pulled the policy because of language on diversity and inclusion, in line with directives from the Trump administration

A new Trump administration health initiative called Operation Stork Speed aims to improve the safety of infant formula and reduce contamination risk, but budget and staffing cuts may hinder that

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has repeatedly suggested that farmers should let bird flu spread through flocks. Experts explain why that’s a dangerous idea

RFK, Jr. fought mercury pollution for years, but he is now in an administration that wants to make it easier for industries to dump it into the air and water

Scientists say that officials from the National Institutes of Health urged them to remove references to mRNA vaccine technology

Court documents indicate the administration has begun a campaign to block states from receiving funds for projects that would reduce climate-related damage

The Trump administration has acted fast to attack science with a range of funding and policy tactics

America's status as a global science leader is in doubt as the administration freezes funding and targets research that references climate or diversity

The Department of Energy, Forest Service and Office of Personnel Management are among agencies that have begun firing staffers

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has expressed support for some fields of science but has also declared he’d like a “break” in infectious-disease research. Here’s what he might do as the U.S.’s newly confirmed secretary of health and human services

Mass layoffs at the U.S. climate and weather agency would have a ripple effect across the economy, say former NOAA officials

A climate office at the Department of Health and Human Services has been shuttered, and its staff was placed on administrative leave

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

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

The new administration could cut greenhouse gases and achieve its economic goals all at once

John Holdren says the president’s move could strain international science ties, possibly making the world less safe