Medicaid, Head Start, health centers locked out of federal funding site

A wide range of organizations and agencies that depend on federal health department funds say they have been locked out of the online system responsible for tracking and depositing their money, in the wake of the White House’s move to freeze funding across the Trump administration. These include state Medicaid programs which have been unable

House Democrats launch review of firing of Jack Smith’s team

Prosecutors who worked on Trump probes fired Justice Department fires more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on investigations into Trump 03:19 House Democratic leaders are asking the Justice Department for an explanation for the “firing and involuntary reassignment” of career Justice Department employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith. In a letter

Caroline Kennedy calls RFK Jr. a “predator” in letter to senators

Washington — Caroline Kennedy, the cousin of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sent a blistering letter to senators on Tuesday — a day before his confirmation hearings — that described him as a “predator” whose actions “have cost lives.”  In the letter to committee leaders, the former ambassador to Australia urged senators to reject his nomination

Appeals court wrestles with Pentagon’s bid to rescind 9/11 plea deals

Washington — Justice Department lawyers and defense attorneys for the three men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks squared off before a federal appeals court Tuesday in a court fight over whether plea agreements reached with the defendants last summer can go forward.  A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals

Senate confirms Sean Duffy as transportation secretary

Washington — Rep. Sean Duffy sailed through his Senate confirmation vote to be transportation secretary, just before some of President Trump’s more controversial nominees will be facing their confirmation hearings this week.  In a 77 to 22 vote, the Senate confirmed Duffy. The 53-year-old, represented Wisconsin in the Senate from 2011 to 2019 and previously served as the