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President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing in the Oval Office on Jan. 14, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act on Jan. 14, overhauling previous Department of Agriculture guidelines that required milk served in school cafeterias to be fat-free or low-fat. It was the first
President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on during a Make America Healthy Again Commission Event in the White House on May 22, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump will sign the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act on Wednesday, overhauling previous U.S.