Canadian residents are racing to save the data in Trump’s crosshairs

Published by: CBC News
Published on: February 13, 2025
By Elizabeth Thompson

The call to Angela Rasmussen came out of the blue and posed a troubling question. Had she heard the rumour that key data sets would be removed from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website the next day?

It’s something Rasmussen had thought could never happen.

“It had never really been thought of before that CDC would actually start deleting some of these crucial public health data sets,” said the University of Saskatchewan virologist. “These data are really, really important for everybody’s health — not just in the U.S. but around the world.”

The following day, Jan. 31, Rasmussen started to see data disappear. She knew she needed to take action.

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Here are all the agencies that Elon Musk and DOGE have been trying to dismantle so far

Published February 11, 2025

Published by: ABC News
Published on: February 11, 2025
By Ivan Pereira, Emily Chang

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency group has made swift work of the billionaire’s goal to scale back or dismantle much of the federal government, end diversity policies and otherwise further President Donald Trump’s agenda.

DOGE employees, many of whom have no government experience, have been going through data systems, shutting down DEI programs and in some cases, whole agencies.

As of Feb. 10, ABC has tracked Musk and his DOGE team gaining access to at least 15 federal agencies.

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding

Published February 10, 2025

Published by: The New York Times
Published on: February 10, 2025
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Christina Jewett

A coalition of 22 attorneys general sued the federal government, claiming that the $4 billion in cuts would “grind to a halt” studies on cancer, heart disease and other conditions.

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the National Institutes of Health from cutting research funding in 22 states that filed suit earlier in the day arguing that the plan would eviscerate studies into treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and a host of other ailments.

The funding cuts, announced late Friday, were to take effect on Monday. But the attorneys general of Massachusetts and 21 other states sued. They argued that the Trump administration’s plan to slash $4 billion in overhead costs — known as “indirect costs” — violated a 79-year-old law that governs how administrative agencies establish and administer regulations.

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Five Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege

Published February 10, 2025

Published by: The New York Times
Published on: February 10, 2025
By Robert E. Rubin, Lawrence H. Summers, Timothy F. Geithner, Jacob J. Lew, Janet L. Yellen

When we had the honor of being sworn in as the 70th, 71st, 75th, 76th and 78th secretaries of the Treasury, we took an oath to support and defend the United States Constitution.

Our roles were multifaceted. We sought to develop sound policy to advance the president’s agenda and represent the economic interests of the United States on the world stage. But in doing that, we recognized that our most fundamental responsibility was the faithful execution of the laws and Constitution of the United States.

We were fortunate that during our tenures in office no effort was made to unlawfully undermine the nation’s financial commitments. Regrettably, recent reporting gives substantial cause for concern that such efforts are underway today.

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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

Published February 8, 2025

Published by: The Washington Post
Published on: February 8, 2025
By Dan Diamond, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Lena H. Sun

The Trump administration is cutting billions of dollars in biomedical research funding, alarming academic leaders who said it would imperil their universities and medical centers and drawing swift rebukes from Democrats who predicted dire consequences for scientific research.

The move, announced Friday night by the National Institutes of Health, drastically cuts NIH’s funding for “indirect” costs related to research. These are the administrative requirements, facilities and other operations that many scientists say are essential but that some Republicans have claimed are superfluous.

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