The moment Donald Trump began his second term, researchers and independent citizens suited up for the war on data. They scrambled to preserve diversity, public health, and climate change-related ...

When elected officials dismiss data collection and statistics that have met the test of time yet tell a story that they ...

Meteorological data collected by some weather balloons has been halted. Statistics for HIV among transgender people were scrubbed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website. And ...

President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the July jobs report showed little growth. WSJ’s Chief Economics Commentator Greg Ip explains ...

The administration has become increasingly focused on admissions data in its effort to bring the higher education system in line with President Trump’s political agenda. By Michael C. Bender and ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. President Donald ...

U.S. and state officials say the consolidation of the public health agency’s vast trove of information could expose patients and will delay analysis of long-term trends. By Apoorva Mandavilli The ...

As the Department of Government Efficiency went from federal department to department, it tended to view any data collection not clearly mandated by Congress as something that could be cut, says Amy O ...

The Trump administration is ending National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration services that monitor Arctic sea ice and snow cover, leading climate scientists said Tuesday. NOAA’s National Centers ...

A California judge has temporarily blocked the federal government from collecting personal information about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants in 21 states and Washington, ...

A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Trump administration, seeking to block a data request that would require states to turn over private information about ...