White House Withdraws Nominee for C.D.C. Director
Dr. Dave Weldon was to have appeared on Thursday in a confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee. He has close ...
White House Withdraws Weldon as CDC Nominee
A Republican familiar with the nomination said Dr. Dave Weldon didn’t have the votes in the Senate to be confirmed.
House Dem goes on screaming rant against Elon Musk, DOGE: 'Shame!'
Democratic Rep. John Larson of Connecticut shouted about Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency during a House ...
President Trump says he’ll ‘always protect’ Social Security, Medicare benefits — but where will $880 billion in budget cuts come from?
And on March 11, the White House issued a press release, declaring “President Trump will always protect Social Security [and] ...
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Elon Musk claims ‘massive’ Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud or waste?
Although federal officials have long recognized improper spending as a problem, it is not the main reason for the program’s ...
When is the government shutdown deadline? Here's what could happen if Senate doesn't pass bill
For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming with a matter of hours until a Friday night ...
‘Squad’ member rails against alleged Trump healthcare cuts: ‘We ain’t stupid’
Leading Democrats railed against DOGE’s “cruel" cuts at a healthcare rally outside the Capitol, demanding the Trump administration not make “even a minor cut to Medicaid." ...
Top US Senate Democrat Schumer signals party support for spending bill to avert government shutdown
Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling ...
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HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare CEOs say there's still wiggle room in Washington on Medicare, Medicaid reform
Top executives at the country’s largest for-profit health systems say they’re keeping the pressure on policymakers to ...
CDC nominee withdrawn
Former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon will get his moment before the Senate HELP Committee today as it considers his nomination to ...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid, gets his Senate hearing
Dr. Mehmet Oz is set to appear before the Senate Finance committee Friday for his confirmation hearing to be the ...
Chuck Schumer says he won't block Republican funding bill amid Democratic divisions over shutdown strategy
Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...