Unlike his first term, Trump faced little organized opposition from the public during the early weeks of his second term. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump took the reins at the White House for a second time and immediately set the tone for his new administration, issuing rapid-fire executive orders and reframing the federal government with comprehensive changes
When Hamas gunmen paraded emaciated Israeli hostages across a stage in Gaza earlier this month, they were flanked by two representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an aid group that boasts of its neutrality. The agency’s participation in the choreographed propaganda display—as well as its failure to visit the hostages as
Immediately after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 13, he was tasked with heading up a commission primarily focused on childhood health. Kennedy is the chairman of the new President’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, created by President Donald
In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he now oversees. He said that Medicaid is fully funded by the federal government (it’s not) and that many enrollees are unsatisfied with
A bipartisan criminal justice reform bill is making its way through the Virginia State Senate this week, but the last iteration of similar reforms was vetoed.
Some House Republicans are nervous about their own conference's goal of cutting $2 trillion in government spending, warning it could put key agencies on the chopping block.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer will go before the Senate HELP committee on Wednesday for a confirmation hearing. Sen. Rand Paul, who has already said he will vote "no," is on the committee.