With President Donald Trump labeling the media “the enemy” and threatening broadcast licenses and political enemies, First Amendment scholars are asking:  Is the First Amendment under more ...

Amid enormous shifts, many scientists pushed back and risked dismissal from their jobs even as federal agencies fired ...

An effort to make NIH-funded research immediately accessible to the public has led to disruption and financial strain for ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Jay Bhattacharya’s vow to welcome scientific dissent is under pressure just months into his tenure as director of the National Institutes of Health. At his Senate confirmation hearing ...

November brought yet another round of changes at the NIH -- including a new policy that makes it easier to terminate grants, ...

A staffer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) who helped organize a letter critical of the Trump administration’s health leadership said she was put on administrative leave just as the federal ...

A dozen current and former NIH officials say that executive orders could allow political appointees who now occupy key positions to stop grants that typically would be funded, and to fund grants they ...

While a minority of workers speak out in protest through documents like the “Bethesda Declaration,” others keep their heads down and their mouths shut. Most grants must undergo new levels of review by ...

More than 180 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees sent a letter Monday to members of Congress and other officials, arguing that the agency’s direction and current leaders’ inexperience harms ...

On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Federal Emergency Management Agency employees submitted a formal declaration of dissent to members of Congress ...