INDIANAPOLIS—“It’s not food. It’s food-like substances.” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described the many manufactured food products offered that are high in calories but low in nutritional value. “So, strawberry flavoring in food, but there’s no nutrients. It’s sugar.” Kennedy said. “Your body is craving that, but it doesn’t get filled
The federal judiciary’s policymaking body also has warned that the court system is underfunded and vulnerable amid rising threats to judges. Two top House Judiciary Democrats have called on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to request more help from Congress to protect federal judges and court personnel, citing an alarming surge in threats
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff is moving to a new role at the Pentagon, a senior defense official told CBS News — the latest staffing shift after days of upheaval, after multiple top Hegseth aides were fired late last week. Chief of staff Joe Kasper will now work at the Department of Defense as
Washington — The Education Department will soon begin collecting payments for student loans that are in default, including through wage garnishment for potentially millions of borrowers, the department announced Monday. Beginning May 5, the Education Department will begin involuntary collections through the Treasury Department’s offset program, which claws back delinquent debts by withholding payments such
The president offered condolences to those affected by the pope’s death. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is planning on attending Pope Francis’s funeral with First Lady Melania Trump in Rome in the coming days, he announced on April 21 on his Truth Social platform. “We look forward to being there,” Trump wrote. The president earlier ordered flags
Navy SEAL veterans are sounding the alarm on Mexican sewage that is spewing into U.S. waters in San Diego where SEALs train and have been left sickened.
The lawsuit was filed as the administration plans to withhold another $1 billion from the university. Harvard University has sued the Trump administration, asking a federal court to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal contracts and grants that the president is withholding due to what officials say is the Ivy League school’s refusal to end