Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s personal visit to the family of a Texas girl who died of measles appeared to mark a slight shift for the former anti-vaccine activist, who has sought to downplay the seriousness of the outbreak.  Public health and infectious disease experts who have sounded alarm over...

Republican lawmakers fear the defiant Chinese response to President Trump’s sweeping tariffs leaves the world’s two largest economies hurtling toward a trade war that could last for months. Republican senators agree with Trump’s claim that China hasn’t dealt fairly with the United States and acknowledge that China needs the U.S. market for its own economic...

The White House is arguing that revenue from President Trump's tariffs on U.S. importers is going to help pay for domestic tax cuts. “This time around, tariffs will help pay for both tax cuts and deficit reduction,” Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), said Monday, distinguishing the incoming general...

As the White House presses ahead with sweeping tariffs on dozens of nations that could upend the global economy, President Trump's former Commerce secretary sees it as “typical Trump.” “This is probably the most important decision that he will make during his whole next term,” Wilbur Ross, who served as Commerce secretary for the entirety...