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Trump seeks an end to Head Start funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON — A recent draft of the Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget proposes eliminating all federal funding for the Head Start program nationally, the Virgin Islands Free Press has…

John McCarthy April 28, 2025

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CDC’s cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks

of the full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program are now off the job, multiple officials tell CBS News

John McCarthy April 12, 2025

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RFK Jr. is a ‘conspiracy theorist’ endangering lives, say analysts at Howard Lutnick’s former firm

WASHINGTON (CNBC) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine crusader, is not qualified to have any power at the agency that’s supposed to protect the…

John McCarthy April 1, 2025

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Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to…

John McCarthy April 1, 2025

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Top FDA vaccine official Peter Marks resigns in opposition to RFK Jr.

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator Peter Marks has resigned, citing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “misinformation and lies” around immunization, according…

John McCarthy March 29, 2025

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RFK Jr.’s food stamp plan fuels tension with USDA

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to swiftly bar the use of food stamps to buy soda is fueling tensions between his team and the Agriculture Department, according to…

John McCarthy March 27, 2025

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Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department…

John McCarthy March 9, 2025

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Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across…

John McCarthy February 23, 2025

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Trump administration halts support for representing unaccompanied children in immigration court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday stopped support for legal representation in immigration court for children who enter the United States alone, a setback for those fighting deportation who can’t…

John McCarthy February 20, 2025

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Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What is Medicaid, and how is it different from Medicare?

In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he…

John McCarthy February 19, 2025