Kyle Whitmire is the Washington watchdog columnist for AL.com and winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. You can follow him on ...

While almost everyone agrees that the federal government has become this monstrous leviathan that needs to be curtailed, they ...

It is only the beggining:52 our elected officals swear an oath to the consitution to the united states of america.they ...

It’s far from a full-fledged GOP mutiny against President Donald Trump’s chainsaw cuts that have hit health research, food safety and nuclear security, among other programs. But more Republicans are ...

Sweeping layoffs, funding freezes and executive orders have provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners, who fear that science itself is under siege.

Since taking office on Jan. 20, Trump’s administration has conducted a mass firing of federal workers and announced cuts to ...

Possible cuts to NIH funding could significantly impact research institutions in Alabama, a state that has voted overwhelmingly for President Trump.

Staff layoffs. Slashed budgets. Canceled conferences. We take a look at the effects of the Trump administration’s defunding ...

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) was the first Republican to express concerns about the impact the cuts will have on major medical ...

Nearly half of the FDA’s $6.9 billion budget comes from fees paid by companies the agency regulates, including drug and medical device makers, which allows the agency to hire extra scientists to ...

But Trump’s budget cuts put more than $518 million in NIH medical research grants at risk — funding that directly benefits institutions in her state like the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Now, ...