Monarez, the agency’s acting director, would be the first non-physician to become the permanent head of the CDC since the early 1950s. After rescinding the nomination of Dr. David Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control this month, President Donald Trump named CDC Acting Director Susan Monarez as his nominee to fill the post.
The new ruling came a week after a federal district judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle USAID. A federal appeals court on March 25 temporarily put a lower court order on hold that blocked Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)-led efforts at downsizing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The U.S. Court of
A government accountability watchdog says in its March 2025 report, released Friday, that most of America’s elite universities have been accepting large dole-outs from foreign entities, including from China. The report by Americans for Public Trust (APT) says that in 2024 alone, entities based in China poured $176.6 million into the U.S. tertiary education system,
The Johns Hopkins surgeon and researcher is aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again platform. Dr. Marty Makary, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, was confirmed by the Senate in a 56–44 vote on March 25. Makary is aligned with HHS Secretary Robert
The lawsuit was filed after the Ivy League school agreed to conditions for protecting Jewish students in the future. Organizations representing K-12 and higher education teachers asked a federal judge to restore $400 million in grants the Trump administration rescinded from Columbia University following an investigation into campus anti-Semitism. The lawsuit, filed March 25 in
Last week, a federal judge temporarily blocked DOGE from accessing the personal data systems at the agency. Senate Democrats questioned Frank Bisignano, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA) on March 25 about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operating inside the agency, including accessing databases. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member
Paper checks impose unnecessary costs and are more subject to fraud, the president says. Another order centralizes payments in the Treasure Dept. President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 25 calling for the Treasury Department to use electronic payments instead of paper checks, a step aimed at reducing waste and fraud. White House staff