If confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wouldn't have the authority to ban vaccines — but health experts warn there are other ways he could exert influence over them.
Kennedy's position would give him significant power over the agencies that regulate vaccines, and he could potentially seek to reduce vaccine funding requests, withdraw vaccine recommendations and restrict l...
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GOP senators hold back judgment on Hegseth sexual assault allegation
Republican senators appear to be giving Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Pentagon, the benefit of the doubt after his lawyer confirmed he paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017 to avoid a lawsuit.
Hegseth, a Fox News commentator last week announced by Trump as his intended Defense secretary, has denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2017, claiming that he was subject to blackmail.
But GOP senators, many of whom ...
Medicare Advantage gets ally in Dr. Oz
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5 things to know about Dr. Oz, Trump’s pick to oversee Medicare, Medicaid
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of celebrity doctor and failed Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) marks the latest potential shakeup of federal health agencies, and adds new uncertainty to the future of Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
If confirmed, Oz would take the helm of a $1.5 trillion agency that is essentially the federal government’s insurance provider. It sets payments rates for do...
Trump thinks he won a mandate to change America. History says otherwise.
In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, a wave of fear and reflection has taken hold across much of America. Much like Trump’s initial 2016 win, when journalists rushed to small-town Ohio diners to gauge what “real America thinks,” there’s a renewed sense that large swaths of experts and elites — not to mention the entire Democratic Party — may be out of touch with the zeitgeist and the electorate.
This feeling isn’t unwarranted, and it’s worth taking t...
Trump taps Dr. Oz for CMS chief
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Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator
President-elect Trump said Tuesday he is nominating television personality and Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator.
Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 with Trump's endorsement and has been a Trump ally ever since.
The CMS administrator is a Senate-confirmed position.
“There may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again,...
Jeffries: Republicans don’t have a mandate
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday rejected the idea that voters delivered an Election Day mandate to Donald Trump and the Republicans, arguing that the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House means that nothing will get done in Washington without Democratic support.
“Despite the claims of some of my Republican colleagues, who have spent a lot of time over the last two weeks talking about some big, massive mandate — I’m looking for it,” Jeffries said duri...
Here are the candidates running for DNC chair
The Democratic Party is turning its sights to electing the next Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair after a terrible Election Day saw the party lose the White House and the Senate majority and fail to flip the House.
The DNC will be charged with picking up the pieces, and several candidates have kicked off their bids to succeed DNC Chair Jaime Harrison.
Here are some of the candidates running for the position.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Mal...