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An aerial of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services building on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Maryland. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has slashed jobs from its minority health office and other divisions, CNBC has learned, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the U.S. health department. During…
FILE PHOTO: Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2025. Curtis Means | Via Reuters Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday said she had ordered federal prosecutors to…
Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of major vaccine makers dropped on Monday after a key U.S. health official resigned in protest of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on immunization. The departure of Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator, has raised fresh fears about…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd as U.S. Vice President JD Vance looks on in the VIP overflow viewing area in Emancipation Hall after his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th President of the United States. …
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to a crowd gathered in front of the U.S. Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Rose Layden | Getty Images U.S. senators expressed concern on Friday that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting effort, the Department of…
The Trump administration was sued Tuesday in separate civil complaints challenging a request for information about FBI employees who worked on cases involving President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and the removal of data from federal health agency websites. The lawsuits are the latest in a growing number of legal salvos seeking…
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on during a press conference while responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s orders to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 1, 2025. Patrick Doyle | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to pause the implementation of planned U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada…
Shana Novak | Stone | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s steep tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could worsen existing drug shortages in the U.S., raise health-care costs for patients and threaten cash-strapped generic drugmakers, some drug trade groups warn. Trump on Saturday announced he would impose a 25% tariff on nearly all goods shipped…
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks about U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies during a press conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Henry Romero Henry Romero | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday said he is pausing for one month his new 25% tariff on goods imported from…
Dozens of employees who attended a diversity training course encouraged by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during President Donald Trump’s first administration have been placed on paid leave as part of Trump’s targeting of DEI programs, a union official told NBC News. Sheria Smith, president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, which represents…