The Trump administration fired all 22 members of the National Science Board on Friday with a two-sentence email offering no explanation. Members were told, on behalf of President Trump, that their positions were "terminated, effective immediately." The National Science Board serves two key roles: it oversees the National Science Foundation, the main federal agency funding basic research across universities and labs, and it acts as an independent advisory body to the President and Congress on science and engineering policy. Losing the board disrupts both functions at once. No replacement members or interim arrangements have been announced. The NSF has already faced budget pressure and scrutiny under the current administration, making this dismissal another significant hit to the agency's governance structure. Watch for how the NSF operates without board oversight and whether Congress pushes back, given the board's statutory advisory role to the legislature. The absence of any stated rationale makes the next move hard to predict.
The Supreme Court blocked Trump from firing Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, preserving the Fed's independence from presidential removal power. A separate ruling the same day gave Trump broader authority to dismiss leaders of other independent federal agencies.
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, who faced unproven mortgage fraud allegations. The ruling preserves Fed independence for now and keeps a politically charged removal case alive in the courts.
The US Supreme Court, splitting along ideological lines, has allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against TPS protections in a case centered on Haitian migrants, leaving 1.3 million people from over a dozen countries vulnerable to deportation. Many affected individuals have lived legally in the U.S. for decades, with the ruling removing a key legal shield used to resist removal.
