A 53–47 vote along party lines moved Kennedy one step closer to becoming HHS secretary. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s path to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) received a significant boost on Feb. 12 when the Senate voted 53–47 to invoke cloture on his nomination for the post. The decision
House Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that aims to find ways to deliver reparations to African Americans who are descendants of slaves.
Eight former inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump are suing to get their jobs back, claiming their terminations were not carried out lawfully.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says judges are "abusing their power to unilaterally block President Trump's basic executive authority."
The Pentagon’s Biden-era climate initiatives may soon be on the chopping block as President Donald Trump moves to cut wasteful military spending while ramping up the overall defense budget. “There is waste, redundancies, and headcounts at headquarters that need to be addressed. There’s just no doubt,” Trump’s newly confirmed defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, told Axios on
The Trump administration is working to overturn a Biden SEC mandate that faced multiple lawsuits last year over its climate rule requiring companies to disclose carbon emissions.
The Trump administration's DOGE effort has canceled several million dollars in contracts across various agencies, all aimed at slashing government waste.