Presidential Transition (US)

Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety

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Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.

Nominee for Deputy Transportation Secretary Comes Under Fire for Handling of Boeing

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In his previous stint in the Transportation Department, Steven Bradbury was accused of interfering with a Senate investigation into the crash of two Max jets that killed 346 people combined.

Oz, Trump’s Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Divest Interests in Health Care Stocks

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The celebrity doctor said he would divest from his interests in many drug, medical and insurance companies, worth millions of dollars.

At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising

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For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private donations.

Senate Confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary

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A longtime Wall Street executive, Mr. Lutnick will take on a broad portfolio that includes defending U.S. business interests and overseeing restrictions on technology exports.

Hundreds of Artists Call on N.E.A. to Roll Back Trump’s Restrictions

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A letter signed by 463 playwrights, poets, dancers, visual artists and others pushes back against new grant requirements that bar the promotion of diversity or “gender ideology.”

Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders

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A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.

Pete Marocco Returns to Battle in Trump’s War on Foreign Aid

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A meeting between a Hungarian official and Pete Marocco, the top Trump appointee in charge of foreign aid, signals a new future.