federal scientists

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October 8, 2026

Ask a Scientist: How Have You Been Affected by Trump Administration Cuts?

Seth D. Michaels
Senior Writer and Editor

Dr. Gretchen Goldman testifies before the US Senate Environment and Public Works committee Tuesday, September 29, 2026.

Chip Dizárd

September 30, 2026

Attacks on Science, Who’s Behind Them, and Their Harm: My Congressional Testimony

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

A woman holds a sign reading "save the civil service, save the USA" at the SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY Rally at USAID HQ at Ronald Reagan Building along 14th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC on Friday morning, 28 February 2025

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September 1, 2026

The Trump Administration Is Dismantling One of America’s Greatest Strategic Assets: Its Scientific Workforce

UCS Science Network

A man holds up a sign reading SCIENCE RISING

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June 1, 2026

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

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 27, 2026

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

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

a woman in a lab coat testing a chemical

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September 15, 2025

As Scientists Raise the Alarm, Trump Administration Attacks Continue

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

photo of two US Army soldiers and a Bradley fighting vehicle parked in front of USDA headquarters, on which hangs a long banner featuring an image of President Donald Trump

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September 2, 2025

Trump Appointees “Reorganize” the USDA, Putting the Department’s Mission at Risk

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Former CDC officials Dan Jernigan, Deb Houry, and Demetre Daskalakis smile as employees and supporters of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) line up outside the CDC global headquarters to honor the three leaders who resigned in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's firing of CDC director Susan Monarez, on August 28, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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August 29, 2025

What Happens When Facts Don’t Matter? We’re About to Find Out

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

three scientists in goggles and lab coats conduct experiments.

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May 29, 2025

Trump’s Executive Order Puts Science Under the Thumb of Politics

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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April 16, 2025

Everyone Loses When Environmental Justice Programs Are Cut

Elise Tolbert
Senior Energy Campaign Manager

A person holds a sign reading STOP FIRING FEDERAL WORKERS outside the Atlanta, GA, headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control

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April 4, 2025

Ode to the Federal Scientist

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks at the Republican National Convention in 2024.

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March 26, 2025

Who Benefits from Dismantling EPA Science?

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

A demonstrator holds a sign that says EPA within a hand-drawn heart, in a federal building in Washington, DC this February.

Al Drago/Getty Images

March 25, 2025

The EPA’s Research Office Launched My Career. Now It’s in Danger.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

Researchers monitor severe weather on their computers

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March 12, 2025

A Hundred Attacks and Counting: What Happened to Federal Science in February

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

a cloud of smoke seen from a neighborhood in East Palestine, Ohio after a train derailment.

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February 20, 2025

How Scientific Integrity Could Have Prevented the East Palestine Train Disaster

Lisa Van Theemsche
Washington Representative II

People take part in the March For Science after a rally on the National Mall on April 14, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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February 4, 2025

Dear Federal Scientists: Please Don’t Give Up

UCS Science Network

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January 28, 2025

EPA Issues Its Revised Scientific Integrity Policy

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

Female scientist reading notebook next to microscope in lab.

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January 20, 2025

An Open Letter to Federal Science Workers in the Second Trump Administration

Chitra Kumar
Former Contributer

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January 16, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Plans to Fire Federal Science Workers Is Not a Done Deal

Taylor Pendergrass
Director, Policy & Advocacy

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January 15, 2025

Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE Strategy: Bully Federal Scientists

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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November 14, 2023

Post-Trump Brain Drain Largely Restored at Key Federal Agencies But More Work Needed on Diversity

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Two BIPOC FDA scientists wearing labcoats and protective gear prepare liquid containing nutrients that make it an ideal environment for growing bacteria. They are part of a group of researchers nicknamed “Team Tomato,” who try to understand and prevent Salmonella contamination early in the tomato production process.

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November 7, 2023

A Diverse Federal Scientific Workforce Benefits All of Us

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

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March 1, 2023

Top Three Findings from the Latest UCS Survey of Federal Scientists

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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September 7, 2022

New UCS Survey Asks Federal Scientists: How are You Faring in the Biden Administration?

Anita Desikan
Former Staff