I have studied science used and misused by US presidents for a decade, but the Trump era kicked that work to a new level. In less than four years, we have logged more than 160 attacks on science (and counting)—more than any other president in the last seven decades. From ignoring evidence of harm to gagging federal scientists to suppressing inconvenient science, the administration has disrespected the crucial role that science and technical experts have long played across the government, under both parties, to protect public health, safety, and the environment. Now we must rebuild and build better at the same time. Read more >

Science After Trump: What We Learned and How the Biden Administration Can Build Back
November 9, 2020 1:31 PM EDT

A Biased Science Board Threatens Future Fetal Tissue Research
August 21, 2020 11:34 AM EDT
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to risk our lives and livelihoods, our government assures us it’s doing everything it can to develop treatments and vaccines. Instead, it’s using every play in an anti-science playbook to defund research and block medical researchers from making safe and effective discoveries. Read more >

Trump Axing Advisory Committees Is Bad for Farmers and Nation’s Food Supply
September 30, 2019 3:51 PM EDT
Earlier this summer, the Trump administration issued an Executive Order that would arbitrarily eliminate one-third of all federal advisory committees (FACs) not mandated by statute across the government, while restricting an agency’s ability to form new FACs. FACs provide an avenue for outside experts and stakeholders to weigh in on federal programs and policies, including roughly 150 that advise the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on a variety of food and farming issues. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and other agency and department heads have until today to make these cuts. Read more >

Brace Yourself for Unhealthy Air: The Trump Administration Weakens Clean Air Protections
April 13, 2018 9:41 AM EDT
The president’s order is bad news for anyone that breathes air in this country. Read more >

New Report Reveals Trump Administration Is Abandoning Science Advice
January 18, 2018 6:56 AM EDT
Experts serving as members of federal advisory committees are being frozen out of the very avenues that were designed to encourage external input on scientific issues to the federal government. Read more >