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An empty NSF boardroom in Alexandria, Virginia, twelve empty chairs around a polished table, no occupants, late-afternoon light through windows.

Politics

Thirteen Former NSF Heads Demand a Director and a Board as the Wednesday Meeting That Was Canceled Becomes the Story

Twelve days after Trump fired the entire National Science Board, NSF has no director, no deputy, and no board — and the meeting that should have happened today did not.

By Samuel Crane, Washington May 6 6 min read

The OMB suite door inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the seal mounted above an empty corridor, a lone clerk's desk visible past the threshold.

Politics

Whitehouse's Anti-Deficiency Act Referral Holds at Day 12 as OMB Stays Silent

A statutory referral that produces no answer is itself the answer — and the OMB silence is now operating evidence of how impoundment works when the check has no bite.

By Samuel Crane, Washington May 6 4 min read

The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in early-morning Washington light, the limestone façade catching the angle, security barriers visible at the curb.

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Cole Allen Prelim Hits T-5 as the Grand Jury Returns Four Felonies Before the May 11 Hearing

The grand jury indictment landed Monday — four felonies, no new charges beyond the complaint — so the May 11 prelim is now a probable-cause record, not a charging deadline.

By Samuel Crane, Washington May 6 4 min read