Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today.
From a flurry of executive orders to a new Department of Government Efficiency, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has introduced a broad agenda promising to usher in “the Golden Age of America.”
The agenda includes major and minor changes to science policy. Our new tracker lets you sift through chronology and categories critical to the Earth and space sciences:
- Climate & Energy
- Environment & Health
- Federal Workforce
- Universities and Academia
View the tracker in full screen here.
Science and scientists are affected by a much wider range of policies, of course—immigration, trade, social justice. We encourage you to visit these trackers to better understand the scope and sequence of the administration’s actions and statements.
Comprehensive
- Akin: Trump Executive Order Tracker
- AP: Tracking Trump’s Presidential Promises
- CNN: Tracking Trump’s Executive Actions
- Dentons: Trump Administration Tracker
- Forbes: Trump Tracker
- Mayer Brown: Trump 2.0 Executive Order Tracker
- New York Times: All of the Trump Administration’s Major Moves
- Sheppard Mullin: Trump Administration Executive Actions Tracker
- Wall Street Journal: The Trump Tracker
Science, Climate, and Academia
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda
- Climate Action Campaign: Trump’s Climate and Clean Energy Rollback Tracker
- National Council of Nonprofits: Executive Orders Affecting Charitable Nonprofits
- Science: Trump Tracker
Litigation
- Just Security: Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
- Lawfare: Trump Administration Litigation Tracker
- Washington Post: Which Trump initiatives have been halted, or allowed, for now
Immigration
Trade
- Atlantic Council: Trump Tariff Tracker
- Reed Smith Trade Compliance Resource Hub: Trump 2.0 Tariff Tracker
Political Appointees
- Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service: Political Appointee Tracker
Project 2025
These updates are made possible through information from the scientific community. Do you have a story about how changes in law or policy are affecting scientists or research? Send us a tip at [email protected].
