The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya’s nomination to be NIH director in a 12-11 vote and backed Dr. Martin Read More
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Trump’s pick for NIH director clears committee, heads to full Senate vote
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted Thursday morning to advance President Donald Trump’s pick to head the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, in a 12 to 11 party line vote.
White House yanks Trump pick Dave Weldon for CDC director
The White House has withdrawn the nomination of vaccine skeptic and former Republican Congressman Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Read More
Biden’s EPA pushed to ‘de-gender’ agency bathrooms, hire more LGBTQ staff, unearthed memo reveals
An unearthed Biden-era memo found that the former Democratic president’s Environmental Protection Agency promoted de-gendering restrooms at agency offices.
GOP moves to defund hospitals that perform sex-change procedures on minors
Republicans are pushing to penalize hospitals that facilitate transgender health care for children.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon says mass layoffs are ‘first step’ toward eliminating agency: ‘We’re not taking away education’
“Well, clearly we’re not taking away education, The president never said that. He’s taking the bureaucracy out of education so that more money flows to Read More
Department of Education fires more than 1,300 employees, closes offices for ‘security reasons’ Wednesday
“Today we are beginning the process to cut the total number of staff at the Department of Education roughly in half,” a senior Department of Read More
DOGE protesters rally outside key department after employees are told not to report to work Wednesday
Protesters against DOGE rallied outside the Education Department and held a moment of appreciation and applause for the federal agency rumored to be the next on the chopping block.
UCLA Sees Trump Canceling $400M To Columbia, Suddenly Announces Anti-Semitism Initiative
On Monday, after having seen the Trump administration cancel $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University over its failure to address anti-Semitism on its Read More
Trump’s union-endorsed pick confirmed by Senate to lead Labor Department
Former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer was confirmed to head the Department of Labor under President Donald Trump’s administration.