Politics

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

In this week’s roundup, catch up on the spread of bird flu in the U.S., a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas and lessons from fossilized vomit.

From Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s views on vaccines to Medicaid, here are some ways his confirmation as head of the Department of Health and Human Services could have sweeping effects on health care

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

Some health professionals have spoken out about President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for Secretary of Health and Human Services

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

What makes reality shows so popular also helps explain why Donald Trump is so popular

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

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

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