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Public health in ‘uncharted waters’ amid CDC tumult

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story CDC upheaval pushes public health into ‘uncharted waters’ In less than a week, the public health sector has been plunged into chaos as leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) leave the agency amid heightened...

Who is Jim O’Neill, Trump’s new CDC director

The White House quickly named a new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed out Director Susan Monarez this week. Jim O'Neill, a senior Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official with deep ties to President Trump donor Peter Thiel,...

Missouri governor calls special session to address redistricting

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) has called for a special session for the state Legislature to address redistricting, queuing it up to potentially be the next state to redraw its congressional district lines.  Kehoe announced his decision Friday in a release, saying the Legislature will convene Wednesday and unveil his map proposal. As expected, the...

Macron: Putin ‘played’ Trump if no Zelensky meeting commitment by Monday

French President Emmanuel Macron issued a reminder Friday of President Trump's deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "If that doesn't happen by Monday, the deadline set by President Trump, it means that once again President Putin played President Trump," Macron said Friday during a joint press conference...

Federal appeals court rejects Trump’s emergency tariffs

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Trump’s assertion that emergency powers justify his worldwide tariffs, a blow to his efforts to refashion global trade. In a 7-4 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the tariffs were not authorized by the statute Trump cited...

Alligator Alcatraz conversion could cost Florida $218M

The state of Florida could lose $218 million after a judge ordered the closure of Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility based in the Everglades that was once a training airport. The site was created with funding from the Florida Division of Emergency Management and was quickly retrofitted to house people detained for federal immigration purposes. ...

Trump’s controversial cutting move

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story What to know about Trump’s ‘pocket rescission’ President Trump is using a tool known as a “pocket rescission” to cut roughly $5 billion in congressionally approved funding, sparking bipartisan pushback. © Evan Vucci, Associated Press The...

Pro-Palestinian conference panelist calls US ‘evil,’ urges ‘destroying the idea of America’

A panelist speaking at a pro-Palestinian conference in Detroit called the U.S. "an evil country" and expressed a need to "destroy the idea of America in Americans’ heads."

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says it’s time to ‘take serious action’ after deadly school shooting

Gov. Tim Walz pushes for action on gun violence after a fatal shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school left two children dead and over a dozen others injured.

Legal group sues FDA over puberty blocker records citing Biden-era cover-up

A new lawsuit seeks Biden-era records on puberty blockers after FDA documents revealed officials were recommending puberty blockers despite knowledge of the risks.

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