politics, trump

See who’s on the ballot for House and Senate seats this year.

Changing policy has left academics uncertain about what is legal for foreign involvement in research, and increased hostility and bureaucracy have led students and scholars to seek opportunities elsewhere.

The draft budget includes deep cuts for science funding, hacking more than $5.5 billion from the NIH’s allotment, but historically Congress has not accepted the White House’s proposals.

After a surge of political enthusiasm among the scientific community since 2016, only a small fraction of candidates with science and engineering backgrounds made it through primary elections this year.  

In local races across the country, researchers are running on platforms of bringing more evidence-based decision-making into state governments.

The embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator resigns amid persistent questions about his ethics and use of taxpayer dollars.

The scientific community must step up to support students and scholars who will undoubtedly face isolation.

The proposed limitations stem from fears of intellectual property theft.

The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.

The new policy affects academic and nonprofit grants and cooperative agreements exceeding $50,000. 

French President Emmanuel Macron awards millions of euros in research funding to climate scientists who will relocate from the U.S. and elsewhere to France.

The former chief of Eli Lilly USA is picked to replace Tom Price, who stepped down in September amid a controversy over the abuse of taxpayer-funded travel.

President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as the US Department of Agriculture’s undersecretary for research, education, and economics blames the “political climate” for his decision. 

Some researchers are at risk of job loss and even deportation if Trump decides to end a program that allows undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children to obtain work permits. 

Only 12 positions out of 44 have received nominations, and half of Trump’s nominees have strong ties to the industries they would oversee, a new report shows.

The events of the past six months have inspired advocacy for the first time.

Energy researcher Daniel Kammen criticized President Trump’s response to events in Charlottesville, as well as the administration’s decision to leave the Paris Climate Accord.

The agency denies instructing staff to avoid particular terms.

The choice of an economics professor and climate change denialist is slammed by science advocates.