Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday that states will be granted waivers to ban soda from the federal food stamp program.

Vice President J.D. Vance and top U.S. officials touched down Friday at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland and stressed the need for U.S.-led. "Arctic security."

THE REAL DOGE. It’s not an exaggeration to say that much of the media’s coverage of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency effort has veered between contempt, ridicule, and sheer hatred. Coverage and commentary have villainized Musk, the maker of climate-friendly electric cars and pioneering space projects, as an evil tech bro bent on […]

The insular nature of the “abundance agenda” is revealed just two pages into Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book, Abundance, as the authors paint a picture of their idyllic future. “You open the refrigerator. In the fruit and vegetables drawer are apples, tomatoes, and an eggplant, shipped from the nearest farm, mere miles away. […]

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A federal appeals court Friday enabled Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to resume efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In a win for the Trump administration, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily lifted a lower ruling that found Musk was exercising enough independent authority to...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Texas measles outbreak reaches 400 cases The measles outbreak in Texas has surged to 400 cases, the state announced Friday, an increase of more than 20 percent since the last update on March 25. © AP Nearly all...

The measles outbreak in Texas has reached 400 cases, the state announced Friday, an increase of more than 20 percent since the last update on Tuesday. Officials have said the numbers are likely an undercount. Nearly all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, according to the...

Progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) endorsed Democrat Josh Weil in the special election for Florida’s 6th Congressional District, marking one of Weil’s biggest endorsements to date. “Josh Weil is a working class father of two and a middle school teacher who knows what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck. Unlike his opponent, he does...

Presented by National Council on Aging {beacon} Trump squares off with top law firms PRESIDENT TRUMP has a new round of court battles on his hands, as he seeks to punish law firms with ties to former special counsel Robert Mueller. Two prominent Washington law firms — Jenner & Block and WilmerHale — sued the...