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Advocates worry that as HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could undermine years of work to unlink autism and vaccines.

Governor Tim Walz, D-Minn., spoke out against President Donald Trump’s executive action to freeze federal funding. At a press conference, he said “This is not bold. It’s not leadership. It’s stupid, buffoonish, childish.”

A California man is leading the charge to have the state split from the United States.  The office of California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said Marcus Evans can begin collecting signatures to put the questions to voters.  “Should California leave the United States and become a free and independent country?” the question reads.  LA … Read more

Government employees’ union says offer pressures career workers to quit and will cause chaos in federal programs The Trump administration has offered federal workers buyouts worth more than seven months’ salary if they would leave their jobs by 6 February as the White House attempts to slash the civil service in an unprecedented overhaul of … Read more

Proposal from state board of education condemned by teachers and rights groups, as parents and students protest Parents enrolling children in Oklahoma public schools will be required to provide proof of their child’s US citizenship or legal immigration status under a proposed rule approved Tuesday by the state board of education. The board voted unanimously … Read more

As a federal judge temporarily halted President Trump’s federal funding freeze, NBC News’ Ellison Barber talks to California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Meals on Wheels CEO Ellie Hollander about the impacts of a potential freeze. 

President’s push to unravel programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion will affect everything from healthcare and education to cancer research, if allowed to proceed A federal judge has temporarily blocked a move by US president Donald Trump to pause trillions of dollars in federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, moments before it was … Read more

The former ambassador to Australia says she feels an ‘obligation to speak out’ now that her cousin Robert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated by Donald Trump to be secretary of health. Kennedy says professionals across the American health care system deserve a leader who is ‘committed to evidence and excellence’ Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr … Read more

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said federal immigration authorities were arresting the “worst of the worst” in raids targeting criminal illegal immigrants in the first week of the Trump administration.  Noem, who was confirmed Saturday, joined an immigration enforcement raid in New York City Tuesday morning in which officers picked up an alleged ringleader of … Read more

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says late-night dismissals came after White House’s personnel office issued memo The justice department fired more than a dozen federal prosecutors involved in the two criminal prosecutions against Donald Trump after receiving instructions to do so from the White House, indicating the late-night purge was a political directive that deputized the … Read more