USAID “chaos” slams American manufacturer of item that saves babies’ lives

When Navyn Salem received a letter Wednesday terminating the federal government’s contract with her Rhode Island company, Edesia, she halted its production line, which makes a life-saving paste for severely malnourished babies. A day later she received an email, just a few short sentences, rescinding the contract’s termination. The reversal failed to put her mind

European allies rally around Ukraine after Trump-Zelenskyy rift

European allies were quick to stand up for Ukraine after President Trump and Vice President JD Vance openly berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a sharply contentious Oval Office meeting Friday.  Zelenskyy and his Ukrainian team were told to leave the White House earlier than planned Friday and an important minerals agreement went unsigned, a

RFK Jr. rolls back transparency policy on Medicaid and NIH changes

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended a longstanding transparency rule on Friday, supercharging his authority to change policies in areas ranging from Medicaid to the National Institutes of Health without advance notice to the public. Dubbed the “Richardson Waiver” after the former health secretary who issued the rule in 1971, the