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Mass layoffs begin at HHS with far-reaching impacts on public health

(WASHINGTON) -- Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services began to receive notices of mass layoffs on Tuesday, days after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 people would lose their jobs, including employees working on tobacco use, mental health ...
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The Latest: Trump administration sued over decision to rescind billions in health funding

A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives and various public health projects across the country. Attorneys general from 23 states filed the suit in federal ...
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New Jersey Sen. Booker presses his marathon speech against Trump’s agenda past 18 hours and counting

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday afternoon in a feat of endurance to show Democrats’ objections to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions. Booker took to the Senate ...
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Trump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other US health agencies

By Leah Douglas and Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration began mass layoffs of 10,000 staffers at U.S. health agencies on Tuesday, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, with security guards barring entry to some employees just hours after they received dismissal ...
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Trump urges Senate Republicans to reject protest vote on tariffs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate to vote against a measure rebuking his tariff policy that is tied to the fentanyl emergency the president declared involving Canada. “Republicans in the Senate MUST vote to keep the National Emergency in ...
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House Democrats open investigation into Kennedy bird flu response

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee opened an investigation on Tuesday into health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handling of the federal response to bird flu, according to a letter sent to Kennedy and released by the committee. Kennedy, ...
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New Jersey Sen. Booker presses his marathon speech against Trump’s agenda past 17 hours and counting

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday afternoon in a feat of endurance to show Democrats’ objections to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions. Booker took to the Senate ...
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House GOP leaders expected to block proxy voting for new parents

(WASHINGTON) -- House Republican leaders will take an unprecedented step Tuesday when they are expected to block Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's bipartisan discharge petition to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents up to 12 weeks after giving birth -- the latest move ...
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Trump’s pick for top US military officer says did not wear pro-Trump hat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Retired Air Force Lieutenant General Dan “Razin” Caine, President Donald Trump’s pick to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday he has never worn a pro-Trump “Make America Great Again” hat or any political merchandise. Members of the ...
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Democratic-led states sue to block Trump from $11 billion health funding cut

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A group of Democratic-led states on Tuesday sued Republican U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to challenge its cancellation of $11 billion in federal grants the states were allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorneys general and governors from 23 states and the District ...
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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker speaks through the night to protest Trump’s agenda

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker carried an all-night speech in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda into Tuesday morning. Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” He was still ...
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Why does the US restrict its presidents to 2 terms? A look at the tradition Trump is questioning

ATLANTA (AP) — Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington. And voters responded by forbidding future presidents from being elected more than twice. President Donald Trump has alluded to arcane legal arguments in repeatedly ...
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