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In first news conference as HHS secretary, Kennedy says autism is an epidemic in the US
In his first news conference as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said ...
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Search Underway at VA for Key Under Secretary Positions for Health and Benefits
under secretary for benefits and under secretary for health. The jobs have been filled by acting leaders since the departures of Josh Jacobs, who led the Veterans Benefits Administration ...
Kennedy Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers
The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors ...
State Department could close dozens of embassies, consulates while seeking $26B in ‘drastic’ spending cuts
At least 17 consulates — in the UK, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Korea, and Bosnia and Herzegovina — and 10 ...
Federal health cuts rip $250 million-plus from Columbus and Ohio health research efforts
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, announced a restructuring of the ...
Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half
The draft plan is part of a process involving the agency and the White House. It would eliminate almost all funding for ...
Trump's education secretary didn't know AI from A1 sauce. Neither will our kids | Opinion
The internet scorched the former WWE Raw empresario for her unintentionally saucy remarks at the ASU GSV summit. But it's ...
4 states aim to prevent food stamps recipients from using program to buy candy, soda
Four states have said they will try to eliminate sugary products from food stamps programs, which may affect recipients of ...
Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half
A document obtained by POLITICO shows plans to zero out or substantially reduce spending on many programs, including ones ...
DOGE associate is made acting head of foreign assistance at the State Department, a US official says
The Trump administration has expanded the power of adviser Elon Musk’s government-cutting team over the State Department.
Top health official accuses RFK Jr's agency of 'censorship'
A top scientist at the National Institutes for Health is retiring in protest of alleged "censorship" of his research under HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.