The president's science adviser has executive privilege and is also responsible to Congress. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Presidents need science advice. From climate change and ...

Trump is far from the first president to be deeply skeptical of the academic research community. But his second-term actions ...

The Interior Department has resurrected an “open science” policy that echoes a much-criticized approach in place during the first Trump administration. In a new secretary’s order signed Aug. 29 but ...

President-elect Donald Trump will once again have the chance to leave his mark on this country’s scientific research enterprise. But that’s cold comfort for many scientific researchers, who have long ...

The Trump administration is facing backlash after it put forward new guidelines for the use of science at federal agencies, with scientists and Democratic lawmakers suggesting the policies would roll ...

Stephen Decina — who was recently named the inaugural executive director of climate science, policy, and action — discussed his goals and vision for his term in an interview with The Daily ...

Scientists have a vital role to play in shaping policy—whether as a full-time career or through everyday contributions. Your expertise is crucial to informed decision-making. Join three scientists, ...

An instrumentalist understanding of science has become dominant in American political discourse in recent decades, making science policy harder to distinguish from industrial policy. Yet crafting ...

The leader of the Republican Party and our country’s next president has tapped a pro-choice scion of the country’s most famous Democratic dynasty to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

In the six months since President Donald Trump started his second term, American scientists have been thrust into a world of uncertainty. It all has implications for scientists’ careers, the pace of ...

Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) and Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) speak during a Capitol Hill briefing hosted by New America's Future of Work and Innovation Economy initiative and the American Association of ...