White House Science Policy Office Basically Shut Down (See Update)
The White House office specifically charged with advising on and developing science policy now has no staffers whatsoever.
The White House office specifically charged with advising on and developing science policy now has no staffers whatsoever.
The latest Federal Reserve report on the economy shows Trump’s trade policies are having an increasingly negative impact.
Detroit shows how modern technology can lead to a virtual police state.
The ground shook overnight in Southern California for the second time in two days.
Just over a year after the United States repudiated the JCPOA, Iran has surpassed a limit on uranium enrichment set by the JCPOA
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to resume trade talks, but Trump’s ill-advised trade war will continue.
Various federal and state agencies are enforcing existing laws while Congress scrambles to update them.
Evidence appears to clearly established that Russia used many of the same social media efforts it used in the United States in 2016 to interfere in the recent European Parliament elections.
Not only are we deploying it more slowly than China and others but we’re doing it in a way that will live behind rural Americans.
Over the weekend, the President took to Twitter and appeared to undercut the NASA policy that he himself endorsed just weeks ago.
As the Supreme Court enters the final weeks of its term, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hints at deep divisions and disappointment for people on the left.
For the first time in more than thirty years, NASA is preparing to unveil a program to allow civilians to travel to the International Space Station.
The Trump Administration continues to misstate what the DPRK agreed to regarding its nuclear program. That’s why talks between the two nations are stalled.
The last of the World War II code talkers from the Mohawk tribe has passed away at the age of 94
While mildly embarrassing, it’s unlikely to have much impact on the race.
According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.
A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.
Thanks largely to anti-vaccination propaganda, the Centers for Disease Control reports that measles cases in the U.S. are at a level unseen in a quarter century.
The DPRK sent a message to the United States over the weekend, but it’s unlikely the President was listening.
President Trump says he wants to see men back on the Moon by 2024, but NASA thinks it’s going to take longer than that.
Earlier this week, SpaceX deployed the first 60 satellites in a network that could result in Internet access from virtually anywhere in the world.
Gone are ‘climate change’ and ‘skeptic.’ In are ‘global heating’ and ‘denier.’
I’m not sure his solution is correct or even legal. But the problem is very real.
One of the most well-known architects of the modern era has passed away.
China has retaliated for the tariffs that the President imposed late last week, and things look like they’re only going to get worse.
This could be a very big deal – unless it isn’t.
As the Friday deadline for trade talks with China approaches, President Trump is threatening even more tariffs.
A Virginia Judge has ruled that automated license plate collection systems violate state law.
In a recent speech, President Trump made claims about abortion that are manifestly untrue but which his pro-life supporters continue to believe.
Yesterday, Microsoft became the third American company to reach $1 trillion in market value.
Some vaccines lose effectiveness more quickly–and others last much longer—than previously understood.
Japan will be getting a new Emperor on May 1st. That means a new calendar and a whole lot of headaches.
As Democrats at the state level seek to limit the ability of parents to decline to vaccinate their children. they are facing resistance from Republican colleagues.
As a no-deal Brexit becomes more likely, the EU is taking things personally.
History’s first all-female spacewalk was thwarted by a lack of smaller suits.
The Trump Administration still doesn’t have realistic goals for its negotiations with North Korea.
Looking to OTB readers for insights into an argument with which I’m struggling.
Mandatory vaccination laws raise personal liberty issues that ought to be taken seriously, but in the end, public health concerns weigh heavily in favor of laws mandating vaccination.
It’s that time of year again, and once again people are asking if it isn’t time to drop the whole ritual of changing time every six months altogether.
The response to the latest outbreak of the Ebola Virus has both succeeded and failed in several response.