The NIH fired its chief operating officer as officials investigate a $3.3 million sole-source contract that could have benefited his spouse.
HHS fired thousands of employees at the FDA, CDC, and NIH just days after a Supreme Court ruling allowed the workforce reduction plan to proceed.
The Veterans Affairs Dept is requiring senior executives to approve telework for disabled employees, a policy the AFGE union claims is designed to push those workers out.
Citing the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed West Virginia’s authority to restrict the abortion pill mifepristone beyond federal FDA regulations.
RFK Jr. falsely claims no Medicaid cuts in big beautiful bill despite law slashing $1 trillion through work requirements and state funding restrictions.
Bondi drops charges against Utah doctor accused of destroying Covid vaccines amid mounting MAGA pressure and calls for her resignation over Epstein files.
DOJ sues California claiming voter-approved animal welfare laws drive up egg prices nationwide despite avian flu being primary cause of increases.
AG Bondi issues subpoenas to 20 clinics providing trans care to minors while calling doctors who perform procedures part of “warped ideology.”
Trump’s sudden suspension of $4 billion HIV funding prompts UN warning of 4 million deaths by 2029 after program cuts.
Former White House doctor Kevin O’Connor pleads Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in House Oversight Committee probe of Biden’s mental fitness while president.
Ongoing protests as largest US public transgender youth clinic at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles closes July 22 after Trump threatens federal funding cuts.
Kennedy abruptly cancels preventive services task force meeting without explanation after Supreme Court ruling affirmed he can remove members and veto recommendations
US measles cases hit 1,288 in worst outbreak in 30 years with three deaths as state and federal leaders keep vaccination program funding stagnant despite falling immunization rates.
Trump announces 50% tariff on copper imports starting in August and plans 200% pharmaceutical tariff for later implementation as part of expanding trade pressure campaign.
Health Secretary RFK Jr. barred registered Democrats from serving as vaccine advisors and required Republican or independent registration for CDC committee, lawsuit alleges.
GSA directs agencies to eliminate 332 federal websites including CDC vaccine tracking site and State Dept’s Palestinian Affairs office following Trump administration streamlining order.
Trump administration abandons plan to rewrite Biden asbestos ban after public outcry including Hillary Clinton’s “Make Asbestos Great Again” criticism.
RFK Jr. promotes Medicaid/Medicare meal company as health solution despite offerings being ultraprocessed foods he routinely criticizes.
Judge temporarily blocks Planned Parenthood defunding in Trump megabill hours after lawsuit filed, marking first successful challenge to legislation.
Medical groups sue Health Dept and RFK Jr. for unlawful vaccine changes after cutting COVID recommendations and firing entire CDC advisory panel.
KY Governor Beshear calls Trump’s megabill “attack on rural America” as 35 state hospitals risk closure and 200,000 Kentuckians lose Medicaid coverage.
National Economic Council Director Hassett dismisses concerns over 12 million Americans losing Medicaid coverage, saying “best way to get insurance is to get a job.”
ICE releases 6-year-old Honduran boy with leukemia and family after month-long detention sparked public outcry and federal lawsuit.
Trump officially signs bill extending tax cuts for wealthy and cutting $1.2 trillion in Medicaid and food stamps at White House July 4 event.
Planned Parenthood vows to sue Trump administration over provision in megabill that blocks Medicaid funding for one year.
Missouri judge lifts state abortion ban with preliminary injunction allowing Planned Parenthood to resume services Monday.
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.
CALL RIGHT NOW: CBS breaks down how Trump megabill cuts healthcare and food assistance for seniors, disabled and poor Americans while extending $4 trillion in tax cuts for wealthy as Senate voting begins Monday.
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.
