TV doctor and former heart surgeon vows to fight healthcare fraud at Senate hearing for health role
Dr Mehmet Oz promised senators on Friday to fight healthcare fraud and push to make Americans healthier if he becomes the next leader of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.But the former heart surgeon and TV personality dodged several opportunities to say broadly whether he would oppose cuts to Medicaid, the government-funded program for people with low inc...
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Who is Amy Gleason, the interim administrator of DOGE?
The White House on Tuesday unveiled the interim administrator at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as Amy Gleason.
The disclosure of the interim administrator’s identity came in the wake of consistent reporter questioning and the White House saying that tech billionaire Elon Musk is technically uninvolved with DOGE, despite the fact that Musk has been said to be heading up its cost-cutting attempts.
Here’s what you need to know about the Gleason, DOGE’s ...
Trump administration slashes funding for ObamaCare outreach program
The Trump administration slashed funding for Affordable Care Act navigators, which help people sign up for ObamaCare coverage on the law’s exchanges, by 90 percent.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday announced health insurance navigators will receive just $10 million per year over the next four years. Navigators received $98 million in 2024.
CMS said the cut will allow the exchanges to focus on more effective strategie...
Trump signs order on birthright citizenship – as it happened
President pardons 1,500 rioters, launches immigration crackdown, pauses TikTok ban and orders US withdrawal from WHO among other actions
- What executive orders did Trump sign on day one?
- How world leaders greeted Trump’s inauguration
- Trump embraces role of demagogue on divine mission to reshape America
My colleague Joseph Gedeon in Washington DC also had this look at what Trump might have planned for day one:
In the grand theatre of American politics, presidential inaugurations typically follow a familiar script: the oath, the speech, a few carefully chosen executive orders to satisfy campaign promises. Franklin D Roosevelt used his first day to tackle the banking crisis. Barack Obama moved to close Guantánamo Bay (though it remains open). Donald Trump’s first term began with a single executive order targeting Obamacare. Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders on his first day in 2021.
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Deportations, tariffs, pardons: what Trump has planned for day one
The incoming president is ready to sign a slew of executive orders on day one of his second term. Here’s what’s planned
In the grand theatre of American politics, presidential inaugurations typically follow a familiar script: the oath, the speech, a few carefully chosen executive orders to satisfy campaign promises. Franklin D Roosevelt used his first day to tackle the banking crisis. Barack Obama moved to close Guantánamo Bay (though it remains open). Donald Trump’s first term began...
Trump calls Milley a ‘loser’ after hearing on Afghanistan withdrawal
Former President Trump called retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a “loser” Wednesday after a hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Mark Milley is a loser who shamed us in Afghanistan and elsewhere!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
This is far from the first time Trump has lashed out at his appointee.
Milley has become a critic of Trump and referred to him as a “wannabe dictator” in his retirement ...
Kushner suggests Gazans should be moved to Israeli desert region
Jared Kushner, who advised his father-in-law former President Trump on the Middle East, suggested last month that Gazans should be moved to an Israeli desert to allow Israel's military to complete its military campaign against Hamas.
The question of how to shield Palestinian civilians from the next stages of Israel's war in Gaza is at the center of rising tensions with the U.S., which has warned Israel against invading Rafah, where Hamas battalions are allegedly hidi...
John Bolton rips Trump in new edition of memoir
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White House targets short-term ‘junk’ insurance plans
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