Watch Live: Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez testifies on RFK Jr., vaccines

Houry, who resigned after Monarez was removed, said that she made the decision to leave her post because “CDC leaders were reduced to rubber stamps, supporting policies not based on science and putting American lives at risk.” She criticized Kennedy’s leadership as head of Health and Human Services and accused him of censoring CDC science,

Obama says America is at “inflection point” amid political violence

Former President Barack Obama addressed political violence in the United States on Tuesday night, telling a group in Pennsylvania that the country is “at an inflection point.”  The former president addressed the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk and the attacks on two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers that left speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Melissa

King greets Trump for U.K. state visit under shadow of Epstein scandal

  6m ago Small protest against Trump’s visit held outside BBC headquarters A few hundred people gathered outside the BBC television network’s headquarters in London on Wednesday to protest against President Trump’s state visit to the U.K. One woman, dressed as the Statue of Liberty, held a sign that showed Mr. Trump’s face and another

Spanberger backed by 2 former GOP lawmakers in bid to be Virginia governor

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is heading into the final stretch of her campaign to try and become the next governor of Virginia with vocal support from two former Republican members of Congress.  In a new development first reported by CBS News, Spanberger’s campaign is set to tout endorsements from former Reps. Barbara Comstock and Denver Riggleman.

With ACA costs on the rise, Trump team promotes more limited plans

Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s Obamacare customers, want more people to consider plans with less generous benefits and high deductibles.  The agency that oversees the ACA announced early this month that it would expand eligibility for “catastrophic” plans sold in Affordable Care