The US House Oversight Committee's deadline for four federal agencies to brief lawmakers on a string of missing and dead scientists falls today, setting up a key test of how seriously the executive branch is taking the inquiry.
Letters dated 20 April 2026 from Committee Chairman James Comer and Subcommittee Chairman Eric Burlison gave the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Energy, and the Department of War (DoW) until 27 April to deliver staff-level briefings on at least 11 individuals tied to nuclear, rocket, and aerospace research who have died or disappeared since 2023.
