The Trump Administration

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July 15, 2026

Science Is Under Attack. But Scientists Are Speaking Up

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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July 15, 2026

What Election Data Transparency Is and What It Should Never Be

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

OMB director Russell Vought testifies before Congress

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June 3, 2026

The Trump Administration Has Launched Its Biggest Threat Yet to Scientific Research. We Can Stop Them.

Alexa S. Dietrich
Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks as he sits at a table

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June 2, 2026

EPA Leadership Strip the Agency of Its Ability to Protect Us from Toxic Chemicals

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

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May 26, 2026

A Not So Happy Anniversary: A Year of Deceptive Science “Standards”

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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May 21, 2026

Trump Administration Will Ignore Civil Rights Violations in the Workplace

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Confident transgender non-binary person in lab coat and protective glasses.

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May 19, 2026

Science and Immigration Are Interconnected: On Higher Education, ICE, and the Assault on DEI

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks at a lectern at the White House with President Trump looking on

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May 13, 2026

Zeldin Is Gutting EPA’s Budget and Mission

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

USDA National Agricultural Library

April 7, 2026

Smokey Knows: President Trump’s Forest Service Restructuring Is Bad News

Julian Reyes
Chief of Staff

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March 26, 2026

Big Oil Borrowing from Gun Industry’s Playbook: Blanket Immunity to Protect Profits

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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March 25, 2026

This Women’s History Month, Make History for Black Women by Resisting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Attacks

Sonja Spears
Chief Justice and Equity Officer

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March 25, 2026

Democracy Depends on Science—So Scientists Need to Show Up for Democracy

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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March 23, 2026

As President Trump’s Attacks on Science Escalate, Big Oil Moves to Avoid Legal Accountability

Carly Phillips
Senior Scientist

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March 23, 2026

Why Linking Data Systems at Trump’s USDA Isn’t Enough. (And Might Be a Disaster for Farmers.)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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March 19, 2026

What a Recent Court Win Reveals About the Trump Administration’s Unlawful Attacks on Climate Science

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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March 18, 2026

Electricity Bills Are High. Trump Administration Policies are Set to Make them Soar.

Julie McNamara
Federal Energy Policy Director

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

March 17, 2026

Trump’s Nominee to Run NSF is Unqualified, Conflicted, and a Threat to Science

Julian Reyes
Chief of Staff

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March 12, 2026

EPA, “Common Sense” is Protecting Communities and Workers from Chemical Disasters

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

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February 10, 2026

Trump Administration to Cut Common-Sense Flood Rule that Saves Homes, Lives and Taxpayer Dollars

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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February 10, 2026

Words from Minneapolis: In Conversation with UCS Staff on the Ground Amidst ICE’s Aggressive Operations

Guest Commentary

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February 10, 2026

Is Fluoride the Only Chemical Trump’s EPA Will Strictly Regulate?

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

A globe centered on The Americas, sitting on a wooden table top with a blue background.

Richard Drury/Getty Images

February 2, 2026

Nuestra América: The Western Hemisphere Belongs to All Its People, Not Just to the United States

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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February 2, 2026

Nuestra América: El hemisferio occidental le pertenece a todos sus habitantes, no solamente a Estados Unidos

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

view of El Palito oil refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

Jesus Vargas/Getty Images

February 2, 2026

La apropiación ilegal e imperialista del petróleo venezolano por parte del presidente Trump es una apuesta perdida

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program