House Republicans pass Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill and here’s exactly how it changes your taxes, healthcare and benefits.
Federal judge issues 103-page ruling blasting “newly-minted war” against health research as systematic discrimination after finding officials illegally canceled grants based on race, gender and ideology.
Veterans Crisis Line workers forced to juggle multiple suicide prevention conversations simultaneously as understaffing overwhelms system designed to help more than a dozen veterans who die by suicide daily.
Wisconsin’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban in 4-3 ruling as conservative justices accuse majority of “raw exercise of political power.”
Kennedy’s FDA vaccine chief overrules government scientists to restrict COVID shots despite staff conclusions that benefits outweigh rare side effects.
Twenty states sue Trump administration for allegedly sharing millions of Medicaid beneficiaries’ health data with ICE in violation of HIPAA and federal privacy laws.
RFK Jr.’s HHS cancels federal scientists’ access to Nature and other major journals while calling them “junk science” and “pharmaceutical propaganda.”
Rhode Island federal judge blocks Kennedy’s plan to lay off 10,000 HHS workers after he admitted rushing cuts to capitalize on “political momentum” rather than evaluating employees.
Democratic cities sue Trump administration over new Obamacare restrictions that the government estimates will cause up to 1.8 million Americans to lose health insurance.
Over 170 EPA employees publicly dissent against Trump administration environmental policies with support from 20 Nobel laureates who warn people will die.
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Trump urges Senate Republicans to overrule nonpartisan parliamentarian after she strikes down Medicaid cuts, dismissing her as “unelected Senate Staffer” who shouldn’t hurt GOP bill.
Senate parliamentarian strikes down several healthcare cuts in Trump’s megabill including Alaska Medicaid carveouts, nursing home staffing protections and drug price provisions, but approves anti-immigrant restrictions to help fund tax cuts.
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announces retirement day after Trump threatens primary challenge over opposition to Medicaid cuts, saying independent-thinking lawmakers are becoming “endangered species.”
Senate Republicans postpone overnight voting on Trump’s $4 trillion package until Monday after Democrats force 16-hour reading of 940-page bill and threaten marathon amendment session.
Trump says he will meet with potential GOP primary challengers to oppose Tillis after North Carolina senator votes against “big, beautiful bill” over Medicaid cuts.
Every major Louisiana health system warns Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Scalise that Senate GOP Medicaid cuts would cause “historic devastation” and slash $4 billion from the state.
Senate Republicans advance Trump’s tax cuts after midnight bill release that would strip health insurance from 11 million and food assistance from millions more while offering tax cuts to top earners.
Senate GOP rushes near-1,000-page domestic package to Saturday vote without Finance text, leaving Thune pressuring colleagues to approve a bill they still haven’t seen.
Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling keeps ACA preventive-care coverage intact and confirms HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can override the task force deciding which services insurers must cover.
Senate parliamentarian blocks $250 billion in Medicaid cuts from Trump’s signature bill, jeopardizing July 4th deadline and tax cut funding.
RFK Jr. and Oklahoma governor announce SNAP waiver to ban soda, candy, and baked goods purchases for poor families at health event.
RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine committee votes against flu vaccines containing thimerosal after his office removed CDC safety report from agency website.
Supreme Court eliminates Medicaid patients’ right to sue over provider restrictions, allowing South Carolina to defund Planned Parenthood in state facing healthcare deserts.
RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptic appointees cancel planned COVID-19 booster vote and question vaccine safety data in chaotic first CDC meeting.
RFK Jr. halts U.S. funding to global vaccine alliance Gavi, claiming group “ignores the science” on vaccine safety.
Vaccine panel loses one of eight new members day before first meeting after Kennedy fired all existing experts and appointed anti-vaccine advocates.
Sen. Cassidy calls for postponing vaccine advisory panel meeting, citing new members’ lack of relevant expertise after HHS head Kennedy broke confirmation promises.
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signs executive order shielding gender-affirming care providers from investigations based solely on providing such treatment.
Trump administration forces out top FDA gene therapy reviewers who supported drug approvals that new RFK Jr. appointee opposed.
NIH office responsible for AIDS treatment guidelines plans to phase them out by next June without identifying replacement agency.
Internal emails obtained by The Washington Post Wednesday reveal NIH briefly lifted Columbia’s grant freeze before Trump officials reinstated it hours later, demanding extra approvals amid ongoing antisemitism funding dispute.
Texas federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk voids Biden HHS rule shielding abortion and gender care records from prosecutors and says expanded HIPAA privacy exceeds agency authority.
California senators demand Trump officials stop using Medicaid data for deportations after administration gave CMS 54-minute deadline to share millions of enrollees’ immigration status.
Justice Dept. plans to cut two-thirds of inspectors monitoring gun dealers for illegal sales as part of Trump administration effort to “defang and downsize” ATF.
New data shows Medicare and Social Security stop paying full benefits in 8-9 years, earlier than projected, before accounting for Trump’s pending budget bill that would trigger additional Medicare cuts.
Trump administration ends Trevor Project’s specialized LGBTQ+ suicide prevention service through federal hotline, giving nonprofit 30 days notice to shut down program.
Brain-dead Georgia woman kept on life support for four months under state abortion law gives birth before family can end treatment.
All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions” and “troubling disregard for scientific integrity” in JAMA editorial.
CDC announces at all-hands meeting it has reinstated one-third of employees fired in botched April reduction-in-force after lawsuit exposed “hopelessly error-ridden” data.
FDA offers expedited drug reviews to companies promoting vaguely-defined “national priorities,” giving officials unprecedented discretion over which pharmaceutical firms benefit.
Federal judge blocks Trump from unconstitutionally cutting congressionally-approved CDC funding to four Democratic cities.
Senate Republicans from both wings reject Finance Committee’s Medicaid cuts hours after rollout, threatening Trump’s July 4th deadline for “big, beautiful bill.”
White House denies Guardian report that VA hospitals are already refusing care to veterans based on marital status and political affiliation under January executive order.
EPA plans to reconsider ban on cancer-causing asbestos that kills 40,000 Americans annually and is banned in more than 50 countries.
Reagan-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s cancellation of $1 billion in NIH diversity research grants illegal, calling it “palpable” racial discrimination.
Senior CDC virus expert Fiona Havers resigns citing concerns data will no longer be used objectively after RFK Jr. purges vaccine advisory committee.
Kennedy advisers order federal health officials to hand over millions of Medicaid enrollees’ personal data to immigration authorities within 45 minutes despite privacy law concerns.
Kennedy attempts to reverse firing of 328 health workers after admitting cuts to coal miner and 9/11 responder health programs “should not have been made.”
RFK Jr. names eight vaccine advisory panel replacements including Robert Malone, dubbed “misinformation star” by New York Times, and multiple other COVID vaccine critics.
