A reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 won’t punish oil and gas companies whose activities kill birds unintentionally, The New York Times reports.

In government agencies, 20 percent of high-level science appointments are vacant, The Washington Post reports.

Most of the panel’s members were appointed by the Trump administration.

The radiation oncologist and chief medical executive at MD Anderson Cancer Center has not worked in government previously.

The Department of Justice plans to require cheek swabs at the border, with the data then entered in a national criminal database.

Two panels devoted to reviewing/recommending policy on marine protected areas and invasive species were eliminated.

The repeal will return the US to water standards from 1986.

An outspoken critic of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change, Happer is returning to academia after a year in his White House role.

The agency argues that chlorpyrifos is one of few “cost-effective options” for controlling certain farm pests.