The Musk-led team is rooting out DEI and, some lawmakers fear, may have an eye toward grander aims at the agency.

President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to once again lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the country’s premier centers for climate science and the target of ...

People associated with Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” project showed up at the National Oceanic and ...

Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday accused Elon Musk’s cost-cutting commission, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), of improperly inserting itself into the National Oceanic and ...

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Three weeks in, the change the Republican administration has brought is a disruption of the federal government.

Neil Jacobs, the new nominee to lead NOAA, faces different challenges compared to his stint as acting NOAA boss during Trump ...

President Trump selects Neil Jacobs to lead NOAA again, known for the "Sharpiegate" incident during Hurricane Dorian.

President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs as administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—the ...

President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to head NOAA. Some former NOAA employees are concerned about Jacobs' scientific ...

Perhaps one of the notorious moments the president put Sharpie-to-paper was when he allegedly altered a forecast map of Hurricane Dorian, in a superficial scandal later dubbed "SharpieGate." ...