RFK Jr. confirmed as health secretary
The GOP-controlled Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to lead the country’s most powerful health care agency.
The GOP-controlled Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to lead the country’s most powerful health care agency.
President Donald Trump secured two more Cabinet confirmations on Thursday, including his pick to lead the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brooke Rollins. Rollins was easily confirmed by the Senate shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Trump’s Health secretary. Most recently, Rollins has served as president and CEO of the America First Policy … Read more
FC Cincinnati expected to sign Portland’s Evander as replacement Deal is the largest yet made using MLS’s new internal cash trade system FC Dallas acquired Argentine midfielder Luciano Acosta from FC Cincinnati for at least $5m Wednesday in one of the biggest official cash-for-player swaps to date in MLS. The 2023 MLS MVP is Cincinnati’s … Read more
The Ukrainian president has said peace negotiations cannot be left to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin alone, after the two leaders had a phone conversation on the future of the war on Wednesday. He said it was ‘unpleasant’ that Trump had spoken to Russia before Ukraine ‘What Putin had been waiting for’: Moscow buoyant after … Read more
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., is threatening to file articles of impeachment against a federal judge who blocked President Donald Trump‘s federal funding freeze. “I’m drafting articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr.,” Clyde wrote on X. “He’s a partisan activist weaponizing our judicial system to stop President Trump’s funding freeze on woke … Read more
President Donald Trump took to social media on Thursday morning to showcase his frenetic pace since reentering the White House on Jan. 20. “THREE GREAT WEEKS, PERHAPS THE BEST EVER,” the president touted. Trump has signed 64 executive orders since his inauguration, according to a count from Fox News, which far surpasses the rate of … Read more
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro sued President Donald Trump‘s administration on Thursday to unfreeze federal funds. Pennsylvania is now one of at least 24 states and the District of Columbia with lawsuits challenging Trump’s allegedly “unconstitutional” federal funding freeze. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed agencies to halt federal funding on January … Read more
Linda McMahon, President Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, told senators she is “ready to enact” the president’s vision for the Department of Education by returning control of curriculum to the states. McMahon said she will also focus on school choice and career focused education.
Robby Martin has joined a lawsuit against UnitedHealth after the insurance giant cut off his father’s nursing home coverage – five days later his father died at home Have you or a loved one experienced UHC coverage denials as a nursing home patient? Share you story. Two years ago, Robby Martin got an unsettling call … Read more
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary in President Donald Trump‘s cabinet. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 52-48 nearly entirely along party lines to confirm Kennedy. The final showdown over his controversial nomination was set in motion hours earlier, after another party line vote on Wednesday afternoon … Read more