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. Scroll to the end of this post for a broad list of comprehensive and targeted trackers.
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
- The Guardian: Tracking Trump – updates on the presidency’s first 100 days
- 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
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The Trump Threat Tracker
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda
- Climate Action Campaign: Trump’s Climate and Clean Energy Rollback Tracker
- Environmental Data & Governance Initiative: Federal Environmental Web Tracker
- Grant Tracker: NIH Grant Terminations in 2025
- Guarini Center: Plastics Litigation Tracker
- Harvard Law School Environmental & Energy Law Program: Federal Environmental Justice Tracker
- Inside Higher Education: International Student Visas Revoked
- Journals No Longer Being Indexed by ERIC
- National Council of Nonprofits: Executive Orders Affecting Charitable Nonprofits
- Sabin Center for Climate Change Law: Inflation Reduction Act Tracker
- Sabin Center for Climate Change Law: Silencing Science Tracker
- Science: Trump Tracker
Government Data, Funding, and Layoffs
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Trump Firings Tracker
- CNN: Tracking Trump’s Overhaul of the Federal Workforce
- The Data Rescue Project
- The Impact Project: The Impact Map
- OpenOMB: Tracking apportionments
- Tracking Missing and Modified Government Documents & Information – PILOT
Litigation
- Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse: Clearinghouse is tracking Trump Administration litigation and challenges
- Just Security: Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
- Lawfare: Trump Administration Litigation Tracker
- Littler Mendelson: Rescinded Order Tracker
- National Conference of State Legislatures: Congressional Review Act – Overview and Tracking
- New York Times: Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
- SCOTUSblog: Emergency Docket 2024-25
- U.S. News & World Report: These Are the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Executive Orders
- Washington Post: Which Trump initiatives have been halted, or allowed, for now
Immigration
- American Immigration Lawyers Association: Tracking Notable Executive Branch Action during the Second Trump Administration
- Immigration Policy Tracking Project
Trade
- Atlantic Council: Trump Tariff Tracker
- Reed Smith Trade Compliance Resource Hub: Trump 2.0 Tariff Tracker
- Tax Foundation: Trump Tariffs
Political Appointees
- AP: Trump Cabinet confirmation status: Which nominees have been confirmed?
- Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service: Political Appointee Tracker
Project 2025
Tracking the Trackers
- Harvard Law School Environmental & Energy Law Program: Trackers from Other Institutions
- UC San Diego Library: U.S. Government Information: Trump Trackers
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].
