Timeline of Main Events

• February 2025: The Trump administration initially fires more than 800 probationary workers at NOAA.
• March 2025: A federal court blocks the Trump administration's initial firing of NOAA workers, and they are reinstated.
• March 2025 (Late): The Trump administration begins cutting and withholding federal grants for several major universities, starting with $400 million in funding pulled from Columbia University. This is followed by a pause of $175 million in funding to the University of Pennsylvania and a review of roughly $9 billion in federal grants and contracts to Harvard.
• April 8, 2025: News reports about President Trump's NASA pick and their hearing for a top spot within the agency emerge.
• April 9, 2025: ...