Trump Admin to Freeze Some Funding for Planned Parenthood

Health and Human Services says it is evaluating the organization and others to make sure they have not violated their grant agreements. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has halted Title X government funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s top abortion provider. Title X provides funding for “natural family planning methods, infertility services,

Watch Live: Booker breaks record with marathon 24-hour speech on Senate floor

Washington — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is delivering a record-breaking marathon speech on the Senate floor, which started Monday evening and has continued into the evening Tuesday, in a protest of the Trump administration’s policies. The speech now marks the longest on Senate record, surpassing Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour and 18 minute address in 1957. 

RFK Jr. exiles top federal health leaders, including Fauci’s replacement

Top federal health leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were effectively ousted Tuesday from their posts, with many reassigned to positions at the Indian Health Service, or IHS, as part of a sweeping restructuring ordered by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  Senior leaders at multiple agencies were removed, multiple health officials said,

Republicans Push for Legislative Fix to Nationwide Blocks on Trump Agenda

Democrats countered during an April 1 hearing that Trump is threatening the judiciary’s independence and separation of powers. Republican members of Congress have been pushing for legislation that would prevent federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions—a form of court intervention that has drawn increased scrutiny in recent years. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who chairs the

What the Anti-Hamas Protests in Gaza Mean for Israel

The eruption of anti-Hamas protests across the Gaza Strip last week was a win for Israel, which has called for a popular revolt against the Palestinian terrorist group. Israel’s renewed military campaign in Gaza appears to have triggered the protests by weakening Hamas’s control of the strip and its credibility with the population, according to