Policy

HHS Pulled Funds for HIV Research at 22 Universities

By Mark Alfred
Trump’s Faith Office Is Rallying Its Allies, While Others Feel Out In the Cold

By Helen Huiskes
Immigration Advocates Are Struggling to Force an ‘Inflection Point’ on Deportations

By Casey Murray
Consumer Protection Groups Plead With Congress to Block Trump’s FTC Pick Over Firings

By Samuel Larreal
Trump’s Cuts to Government Could Upend the Entire Contracting Industry

By Shifra Dayak
The National Weather Service Is Slashing Critical Data Balloon Launches Due to Staffing Shortages

By Anna Kramer
States Are Waiting to Hear What Abolishing the Education Department Means for Them

By Violet Jira
‘Blood in the Water’: How an Oil Company’s Victory Over Greenpeace Could Reshape Free Speech

By Anna Kramer
Inside the U.S. Geological Survey’s ‘Gulf of America’ Freak-Out

By Dave Levinthal
DOGE Reversed Course on Half of Its Social Security Lease Terminations

By Mark Alfred and Helen Huiskes
‘It’s an Incredibly Slippery Slope’: Trump’s Venezuelan Deportations Could Reshape Rule of Law

By Casey Murray
DOGE Is Killing Translation Contracts, With a Nudge From Trump

By Shifra Dayak and Helen Huiskes
The Trump Administration Cut Cancer and Alzheimer’s Research Funding at Columbia University

By Mark Alfred
Trump Wants More Time Before Taking an Official Position on the Abortion Pill

By Oriana González and Jose Pagliery
DOGE’s Social Security Office Closures Are Impacting Red States the Most

By Helen Huiskes
DOGE Is Changing California — And Democrats Worry It’s Just the Start

By Mark Alfred
‘They’d Have Better Coffee’: Some Republicans Say Canada Should Consider U.S. Statehood

By Mark Alfred
The White House Says the U.S. Is in a ‘Period of Transition’ as the Market Tumbles

By Jasmine Wright
Trump’s Trade War Risks Blackouts in the Northern United States

By Anna Kramer
DOGE Is Shutting Down the Regional Offices That Oversee Almost All Offshore Drilling

By Shifra Dayak
Senate Rules Could Stand in the Way of Republicans’ Permanent Tax Cuts

By Violet Jira
Congress Doesn’t Want Trump to Scrap NASA’s Moon Rocket for Musk’s Starship

By Mark Alfred
The Trump Administration Shut Down Two Food Safety Committees

By Anna Kramer and Margaret Manto
Trump Weakens Anti-Corruption Measures, Potentially Hindering His Own Fight Against Fentanyl

By Jose Pagliery
Marco Rubio’s State Department Failed an Early Test of Its Influence

By Haley Byrd Wilt
California Democrats Aren’t On Board With Newsom’s Take on Transgender Athletes

By Mark Alfred and Samuel Larreal
A Republican Lawmaker Is Trying to Get Trump to Back a Bill to Expand IVF Access

By Oriana González
New Jersey Could Be Headed for a Battle With Trump Over Trans Student Athletes

By Shifra Dayak
An Immigration Group Is Targeting Republicans Over Potential Medicaid Cuts

By Casey Murray
Housing Advocates Are Blaming Elon Musk for Cuts at the Housing Department

By Amelia Benavides-Colón