Universities (finally) band together, fight “unprecedented government overreach”
We speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American…
After market tumult, Trump exempts smartphones from massive new tariffs
Shares in the US tech giant were one of Wall Street’s biggest casualties in the days…
Trump administration’s attack on university research accelerates
Shortly after its inauguration, the Trump administration has made no secret that it isn’t especially interested…
What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.
Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming language…
Elon Musk’s X has a new owner—Elon Musk’s xAI
Elon Musk today said he has merged X and xAI in a deal that values the…
Trump can’t fire us, FTC Democrats tell court after being ejected from office
Two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission who were fired by President Trump sued him…
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
Ars Technica has reached out to the NIH and HHS for comment and will update this…
UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaos
Many schools are now bracing for steep declines in support. At Duke University, administrators have implemented…
NCI employees can’t publish information on these topics without special approval
The list is “an unusual mix of words that are tied to activities that this administration…
NASA officials undermine Musk’s claims about ‘stranded’ astronauts
Musk claims he made an offer directly to senior officials in the Biden Administration. We have…
In a last-minute decision, White House decides not to terminate NASA employees
So what changed? It was not immediately clear why. A NASA spokesperson in Washington, DC, offered…
Trump has thrown a wrench into a national EV charging program
In December, MDOT issued a new call for proposals for building up to 29 additional highway…
22 states sue to block new NIH funding policy—court puts it on hold
Regardless of what else they might be doing, the indirect costs pay for various critical campus…
Feds putting the kibosh on national EV charging program
“There is no legal basis for funds that have been apportioned to states to build projects…