Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said he is "very concerned" about the possibility of changing the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants in the United States. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s panel of federal vaccine advisers is set to discuss and potentially vote on changing that vaccine schedule when they next meet...
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said Sunday that the Senate should “take a look” at legislation providing $2,000 tariff checks to Americans, a week after President Trump backed such a proposal. “I sure hope that we take a look at these types of things and how we can make sure that the American people have more...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is wading into a handful of Senate races as the progressive wing of the Democratic Party looks to assert its influence. Sanders has endorsed three Senate candidates so far: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.); oyster farmer Graham Platner in Maine;...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that “working families” would receive the $2,000 tariff checks proposed by President Trump. “[The dividends] would be for working families. We will have an income limit,” Bessent told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s "Sunday Morning Futures." Last Sunday, Trump proposed sending “at least” $2,000 to most Americans. The...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday said he believes it was a mistake for Democrats to reopen the government without including any extensions of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to expire in January and cause sharp increases in health care premiums. "I thought it was a mistake for Democrats to give up what was...
The U.S. military took out another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing three “narco-terrorists” as the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, and its strike group arrived in the Caribbean on Sunday. The vessel was struck in international waters on Saturday and was purportedly operated by a designated terrorist organization,...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Sunday that the Trump administration is “willing to look at all options” regarding the impending expiration of subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “The president's willing to look at all options,” Oz told host Dana Bash on CNN’s...
Senators who were spied on by the FBI were awarded half a million dollars in taxpayer money, while ordinary Americans were left without any relief from similar abuses.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) predicted “100 or more” House Republicans could vote in favor of releasing files and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein this week. “I think we could have a deluge of Republicans,” Massie said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” when asked by Jonathan Karl about GOP support for the...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that Democrats’ recent push for the release of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is their “entire game plan.” “President Trump has clean hands. He's not worried about it. I talk to him all the time. He has nothing to do with this. He's frustrated that...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Sunday the Trump administration is holding “discussions” on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “There are discussions around extending the subsidies, if we deal with the fraud, waste and abuse that, right now, is paralyzing the system,”...
Congress's bipartisan agreement to end the government shutdown restores operations across the federal government, but keeps major health programs, including the nation's HIV response, on a short-term continuing resolution until Jan. 30, 2026, which means prevention, treatment and care programs continue at last year's levels.
