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President Donald Trump’s nominees for NOAA, Neil Jacobs and Taylor Jordan, will appear before the Senate Committee on Commerce.
Good morning. Hot and humid yet again, with a high of 95 that will feel as high as 106. Rain is possible this afternoon.
In answer to KPNX-TV Channel 12 journalist Joe Dana’s question about whether Sharpiegate was “overblown,” Brnovich said he would take county elections officials “at their word,” and ...
If you haven’t heard, Sharpiegate is the wrong notion pushed by some that Sharpie pens used at polling places were handed out for voting, but the felt-tip pen's ink would then bleed through the ...
The controversy became known as "Sharpie-gate." President Trump shows an outdated NOAA forecast map, marked with black pen to include Alabama, during a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval ...
The ensuing controversy, known as Sharpiegate, was a harbinger of the fact-optional, seat-of-his-pants approach to disaster management Trump would later apply to the Covid-19 pandemic, with ...
An investigation found Jacobs violated NOAA’s code of ethics in 2019 after defending Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama — the so-called Sharpiegate scandal.
Trump picks Neil Jacobs, known for "Sharpie-gate" incident, to head NOAA Neil Jacobs, who was acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2019 when President ...
Trump Taps 'Sharpiegate' Meteorologist, Neil Jacobs, To Lead Top US Science agency Neil Jacobs, who previously helmed the renowned science agency from 2018 to 2021, was officially censured for his ...
President Donald Trump has again tapped weather scientist Neil Jacobs to run NOAA. President Donald Trump’s choice to lead NOAA has the scientific chops to run the nation’s primary climate and ...
Jacobs was also cited for misconduct after the "Sharpiegate" incident, in which he and other Trump-appointed NOAA officials were found to have exerted pressure on scientists to alter the forecast ...
Trump picks former chief entangled in ‘Sharpiegate’ to lead NOAA NOAA was targeted in Project 2025, a conservative blueprint that called to “break up NOAA,” criticizing the agency as ...