federal science

Marin County firefighters train during a prescribed, or deliberate, burn on June 17, 2026 in San Rafael, California.

Heather Diehl/Getty Images

July 6, 2026

Megafires, Land Use, and Climate Change

UCS Science Network

four people in lab coats and goggles carrying out scientific work in a lab

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / Unsplash

June 30, 2026

A New Way to Uncover How Science Is Under Attack

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

a hand holds a sign reading "the power of the people is greater than the people in power"

Annice Lyn/Getty Images

June 11, 2026

Ask an Expert: How Can the Science Community Protect Science and Democracy?

Guest Commentary

US Senator Jeff Merkley, speaks during a hearing with Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2027 budget proposal in Capitol Hill on April 16, 2026.

Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images

June 9, 2026

The President’s FY27 Budget Request: More Bad News For Science

UCS Science Network

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is pictured seated at a cabinet meeting in 2025. He appears to be looking at an amorphous blob in the corner of the image.

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

June 9, 2026

The Science Community Is Stepping Up. Let’s Go Bigger.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

A NASA-generated image of ocean temperatures, with a dark red splotch indicating extremely hot temperatures covering much of the North Pacific. This unusual warming happened between 2013-2016.

NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

June 4, 2026

Overheating a Water Planet: Warmed Oceans Will Not Be Ignored

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

OMB director Russell Vought testifies before Congress

Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images

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

Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

June 2, 2026

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

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

A man holds up a sign reading SCIENCE RISING

Rachel Cleetus/UCS

June 1, 2026

Science is Rising: Finding our Power to Protect Science and Democracy

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

National Cancer Institute/Unsplash

May 26, 2026

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

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

a woman sits in an office reading a piece of paper. in the background, two people sit at desks

Vitaly Gariev / Unsplash

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.

Ranta Images/Getty Images

May 19, 2026

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

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

Harold Mendoza / Unsplash

May 14, 2026

The Scientific Integrity Act Just Got Its Biggest Boost in Seven Years

Joseph Reed
Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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

Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images

May 13, 2026

Zeldin Is Gutting EPA’s Budget and Mission

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

an exterior shot of the National Science Foundation building in Washington, DC

Alex Wong / Getty Images

April 26, 2026

Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

The Washington Monument is in the background of a science-themed protest, with a sign reading REFUND SCIENCE in the foreground.

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

April 9, 2026

The Slow Dismantling of American Science (and What We Can Do about It)

UCS Science Network

President Trump signs an executive order while appointees including Lee Zeldin, Doug Burgum and Chris Wright look on

Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images

March 31, 2026

One Year in, the Anti-Science Agenda of the Trump Administration Is Evident

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

Jim O'Neill being sworn in by Robert F. Kennedy Jr

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

a woman in a research lab looking at test tubes

National Cancer Institute/Unsplash

January 29, 2026

Science, Innovation, and the National Institutes of Health

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

a factory on the horizon with several smokestacks emitting clouds

Kouji Tsuru / Unsplash

January 28, 2026

EPA Cuts People Out of the Picture

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

G. Hein/NCAR University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

January 27, 2026

What Americans Lose if Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

Julia Koblitz/ Unsplash

December 8, 2025

The Scientific Integrity Act Would Strengthen the US Economy and Innovation Edge

Joseph Reed
Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

the US Capitol, seen from behind yellow caution tape

Andy Feliciotti / Unsplash

November 19, 2025

The Shutdown Ends, but Threats to Science Go On

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

UCS President Gretchen Goldman holds a sign reading Stand up for Science at a march in NYC during Climate Week 2025

Ryan Fleischer/UCS

November 13, 2025

Ask a Scientist: How Is the Scientific Community Meeting This Moment?

Guest Commentary