RFK Jr overstepped in declaring gender-affirming treatments unsafe, judge rules

Judge rules that Trump’s health secretary did not go through proper procedures when issuing declaration Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary, overstepped his power when he declared that gender-affirming treatments are unsafe, a federal judge has ruled. In a blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to limit access to gender transition procedures, Judge Mustafa … Read more

Democrats outraged as Fetterman votes to advance Markwayne Mullin nomination

Calls for Pennsylvania senator – Trump’s ‘favorite Democrat’ – to resign after casting decisive committee vote Democrats reacted with outrage to their party colleague John Fetterman’s decision to advance the nomination of Republican US senator Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary. Fetterman, the senior US senator from Pennsylvania, has in recent months broken with the … Read more

GOP whip: ‘America-hating terrorists’ should lose citizenship under SCAM Act

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says a string of recent terrorist attacks by naturalized citizens exposes serious flaws in U.S. immigration law, arguing it’s “more imperative now than ever” to pass the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act to allow the government to remove “America-hating terrorists” from the country. First introduced by Emmer in … Read more

Epstein’s former lawyer answers questions in House deposition

Darren Indyke, Jeffery Epstein’s longtime attorney and co-executor of his estate, testified before the House Oversight Committee as part of their investigation into Epstein. Indyke has denied having any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. NBC News’ Melanie Zanona talks with Hallie Jackson about the latest updates in the investigation.