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Keep up congressional pushback against Trump’s anti-science agenda

Congress appears to have successfully forced the Trump administration to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative. It must keep fighting for science.

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Jun 22 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • seattletimes.com
Work Visa Issues Leave Door County Businesses Short Staffed for Summer

Decline in international summer workers under Trump administration taking a toll.

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Jun 22 • 7:57 AM EDT • Business • urbanmilwaukee.com
Iran MOU signals ‘major shift’ from military to economic, political objectives for Trump: Retired general

Ret. Gen. Jack Keane on Sunday said the US-Iran memorandum of understanding signals a “major shift” in the Trump administration’s approach to foreign policy ideals in the Middle East. “It’s a…

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Jun 21 • 9:42 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
California is getting ready to increase a health insurance tax. Will it affect your premium?

A family of four could pay $400 more a year in premiums — but the tax still needs federal approval from the Trump administration to take effect.

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Jun 21 • 3:06 PM EDT • Health • mendovoice.com
Trump administration still trying to cancel school-based mental health programs

Officials say the second attempt to revoke funds could threaten key support for already-overwhelmed families.

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Jun 21 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • timesofsandiego.com
Week in politics: continued negotiations with Iran; G7 summit; Reflecting Pool issues

There continues to be uncertainty over negotiations. At the same time, the Trump administration continues to aggravate allies.

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Jun 21 • 8:06 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Democratic states scramble to prevent potential Trump administration interference in their elections

Democratic-led states are racing to safeguard November’s midterm elections against potential interference from the Trump administration and its allies, passing new laws that restrict the presence of law enforcement at polling places or seek to thwart the federal government’s efforts to obtain sensitive election material.

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Jun 20 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Disability Groups Fear RFK Jr.’s New Special Education Role

Alienated by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about autism, advocates for disabled students are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration's shifting special education programs to his department.

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Jun 20 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Unusual creatures are more appealing: What guppies teach us about evolution

Spanish biologist Ignacio Paulin became fascinated by the behavior of these fish, in a project that could now disappear due to budget cuts by the Trump administration

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Jun 19 • 11:30 PM EDT • Science • english.elpais.com
National Science Foundation reverses decision to dismantle critical ocean monitoring network

The Trump administration is reversing its decision to dismantle a critical ocean monitoring system after receiving bipartisan backlash in Congress.

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Jun 19 • 11:29 PM EDT • Science • fox13memphis.com
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Trump unveils the new Air Force One, a converted Qatari jet

The Trump administration accepted the luxury jet from Qatar despite questions about the ethics and legality

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Jun 19 • 4:38 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump unveils the new Air Force One, a converted Qatari jet

The Trump administration accepted the luxury jet from Qatar despite questions about the ethics and legality

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Jun 19 • 4:38 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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As union leader, Democrat-backed Senate candidate Dan Osborn helped alert ICE to claims of undocumented workers

Dan Osborn, the Democratic Party–backed independent running for Senate in Nebraska, has spent part of his campaign courting voters critical of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement.

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Jun 19 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Private equity has no place in health care

By Miah Ntepp Of all the financial pressures placed on working people in this country, the skyrocketing costs of health care rank near the top. As families struggle under the cuts to Medicaid made by the Trump administration, they are now facing yet another barrier to affordable health care: the increasing incidence of predatory private […]

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Jun 19 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
‘If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD’: Vance’s risky gambit on Iran peace efforts

As the Trump administration neared a breakthrough in its negotiations with Iran, Vice President JD Vance jumped at the chance to be the face of a peace agreement designed to end months of unpopular war.

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Jun 19 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
National Science Foundation reverses decision to dismantle oceans-monitoring network after outcry

The Trump administration has reversed a plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network after vigorous objections from Democratic lawmakers and scientists.

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Jun 18 • 2:17 PM EDT • Science • newsday.com
National Science Foundation halts plans to dismantle oceans observatory project

The Trump administration has reversed a plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network after vigorous objections from Democratic lawmakers and scientists.

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Jun 18 • 2:17 PM EDT • Science • apnews.com
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Challenger concedes to democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George in Washington, D.C., mayoral primary

NBC News has not yet projected a primary winner. But Kenyan McDuffie’s concession sets up Lewis George to lead the city for the last two years of the Trump administration.

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Jun 18 • 9:55 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Trump Iran framework gambles on diplomacy despite warning Tehran will 'lie and cheat'

Trump administration's Iran framework offers immediate oil sanctions waivers while postponing key nuclear questions, a gamble officials say carries risks.

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Jun 18 • 8:50 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Hegseth announces review of US forces in Europe and again criticizes NATO allies

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubled down on the Trump administration’s combative posture towards NATO on Thursday, announcing a six-month review of US forces in Europe and lambasting Washington’s allies for limiting their involvement in the war in Iran.

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Jun 18 • 6:40 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Cape Cod businesses see seasonal worker visa delays

Increased scrutiny by the Trump administration, understaffing at embassies, and an influx of World Cup travelers have thrown a wrench into the program that helps power the Cape summer economy.

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Jun 18 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • bostonglobe.com
Exclusive: Trump administration ramps up effort to revoke citizenship from naturalized Americans

The Trump administration plans to file at least 250 denaturalization cases by October, significantly intensifying its effort to revoke citizenship from people naturalized in the United States, according to a senior Justice Department official.

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Jun 18 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
The return of the spoils system could reshape U.S. federal science

The Trump administration has reclassified 8,000 senior-level career officials across 54 agencies to Schedule Policy/Career status.

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Jun 17 • 11:50 AM EDT • Science • rdworldonline.com
In private speech, Blanche tried to mend fences with critical conservative activist

At President Donald Trump’s Miami hotel, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche recently tried to smooth things over with a conservative watchdog group whose anger at the Trump administration was building on multiple fronts.

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Jun 17 • 11:19 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
The Unitary Executive Takes Over New Territory

The Trump administration's theory of how the federal government should work is a threat to American science.

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Jun 17 • 10:41 AM EDT • Science • theatlantic.com
Trump administration will bring special ed to HHS

Infant mortality rate dips, OTC naloxone options rise, and other health news from Morning Rounds

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Jun 17 • 7:53 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
RFK Jr. pans processed food during visit to Charlotte's Country Mill

Secretary of Health and Human Services visited mid-Michigan on Tuesday, June 16, to tout Trump administration policies that require more fresh foods to be offered through food subsidy programs.

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Jun 17 • 6:13 AM EDT • Health • lansingstatejournal.com
Nursing home staffing rebounds from COVID levels

An aging population and Trump administration immigration policies could still stretch the industry.

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Jun 17 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • axios.com
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An EPA Researcher Details the Agency's Assault on Science

In late January, the Trump administration began shutting down projects within the EPA’s independent science division that touched on climate change and environmental justice. Air quality researcher Thomas Luben, who had worked at the agency for 18 years, was fired for objecting.

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Jun 16 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • e360.yale.edu
US Sues New York Health Officials Over Alleged Fraud in Medicaid Homecare Program

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration sued ⁠top ⁠New York health officials on Tuesday ⁠over an alleged scheme to rig the bidding process for managing the state's estimated $10 billion Medicaid homecare program, harming patients and caregivers as well as ...

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Jun 16 • 6:15 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Alaska’s Murkowski among Congress members seeking to save ocean science network

Members from coastal states want to prevent the Trump administration from dismantling portions of the Ocean Observatories Initiative network.

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Jun 16 • 3:05 PM EDT • Science • alaskabeacon.com
Trump Administration Shifts Special Education Programs to Health Department

Officials announced that the Education Department’s civil rights office would also be broken off, the most aggressive move yet to dismantle the department.

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Jun 16 • 1:41 PM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Politics News: Latest on Trump Administration, Congress, Elections and More

Find the latest political news stories, photos, and videos on NBCNews.com. Read breaking headlines covering Congress, Democrats, Republicans, and more.

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Jun 16 • 2:37 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386 million ocean observatory project

Monday’s pushback against the Republican administration’s actions comes as scientists are set to remove instruments from the Pacific and as an El Niño event is predicted to arrive this summer.

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Jun 15 • 4:44 PM EDT • Science • pbs.org
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Newsom says he's on Trump's 'hit list' as Justice Department interviews governor's friends

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Trump administration appears to be investigating him and his wife. The Democrat said agents interviewed his friends and associates.

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Jun 15 • 3:24 PM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Trump's Justice Department is investigating him and his wife

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife, accusing the Trump administration of targeting him for political purposes as he weighs a presidential bid

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Jun 15 • 3:12 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump’s Iran accord offers exit from war

The Trump administration and Iran's leadership agreed on Sunday to terms to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a development that has delivered significant relief to global markets.

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Jun 15 • 2:59 PM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
US emergency oil stockpile tumbles to lowest since the Reagan administration

The amount of oil in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve plunged last week to the lowest level since 1983 as the Trump administration continues to deploy emergency oil to minimize the damage from the war with Iran.

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Jun 15 • 1:25 PM EDT • Business • cnn.com
Your cheat sheet to Anthropic's White House drama

Anthropic is at the center of another showdown with the Trump administration, this time over the company's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models.

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Jun 15 • 1:19 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Supreme Court to decide if migrants detained for months must receive bond hearings

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide if the government may hold noncitizens in detention for prolonged periods without a bond hearing, a case that could have significant implications for the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.

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Jun 15 • 9:39 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump administration's assault on climate science and ocean research

Scientists are sounding the alarm after the Trump administration said it plans to dismantle a deep-sea observation system that provides critical data on ocean health.

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Jun 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • kalw.org
Science, Natural Resources Committee Democrats Demand Trump Administration Cease Illegal and Expensive Scheme to Dismantle NSF Ocean Observation System

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

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Jun 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • democrats-science.house.gov
Trust In CDC Plummets Under Trump Administration, New Poll Shows

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, June 15, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Public trust in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has taken a nose dive under the Trump administration, a new poll has found. Only 50% of U.S. adults now say they trust health recommendations issued ...

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Jun 15 • 6:40 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore science and history to signs and exhibits at US…

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday ordered Trump officials to restore all signs and exhibits in US national parks that were changed as a part of the administration's efforts to remove any purp...

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Jun 14 • 12:23 PM EDT • Science • jurist.org
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Trump Administration Reignites Its Feud With Anthropic Over Latest A.I. Models

The administration’s surprise restrictions Friday cut off foreign access to Anthropic’s latest models and sparked another round of finger pointing.

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Jun 13 • 8:41 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Judge orders Trump administration to restore signs changed at national parks

A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore all signs that were changed or removed at national parks across the country as part of President Donald Trump’s controversial directive last year.

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Jun 13 • 12:56 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Judge orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites

The order comes in response to a lawsuit by conservation and historical organizations over National Park Service policies.

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Jun 13 • 10:30 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Judge orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites

The order comes in response to a lawsuit by conservation and historical organizations over National Park Service policies.

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Jun 13 • 10:30 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Judge orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites

The order comes in response to a lawsuit by conservation and historical organizations over National Park Service policies.

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Trump administration’s decision to remove equipment from ocean off Oregon coast stuns, dismays OSU scientists

A decision by the Trump administration to quickly dismantle a complex and massive array of underwater equipment that for 10 years has studied the ocean’s health has stunned and dismayed researchers in Newport and Corvallis.

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Jun 13 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • klcc.org
Tech world reacts to Trump controls on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos

One CEO said the move by the Trump administration and the response by Anthropic would 'send shockwaves' across AI labs.

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Jun 12 • 11:08 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Judge blocks Trump national parks order, calling it ‘censorship’

A federal court barred the Trump administration from continuing to remove information about civil rights, climate change and other topics from national parks, directing the government to restore what it changed within the coming weeks.

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Jun 12 • 9:55 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump administration must re-install exhibits on slavery, climate change and other topics at national parks, judge rules

President Donald Trump last year directed the Interior Department to make changes to parks, monuments and memorials to address any “false revision of history.”

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Jun 12 • 8:23 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Trump admin’s policies negatively impacting U.S. science research

OPINION — The American academic research engine has long been the envy of the world. Generally well-funded, labs in the United States have been able to attract the best minds who generate breakthroughs and train the next generation workforce that powers the U.S. economy. But since the start of the second Trump administration in January 2025, new federal policies have destabilized the American scientific enterprise.

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Jun 12 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • yourvalley.net
Trump administration must restore history, science materials at parks, US judge rules

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs touching on topics like slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide.

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Jun 12 • 7:14 PM EDT • Science • detroitnews.com
Trump administration must restore history, science materials at parks, US judge rules

A federal judge ordered the ​Trump administration on ‌Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs touching on ​topics like slavery ​and climate change that it ⁠had removed from ​parks and monuments nationwide "that ​do not align with its preferred narrative."

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Jun 12 • 6:35 PM EDT • Science • reuters.com
Former U.S. health official explains why the Trump administration ‘ignored’ a key alcohol study

A study finding that even one drink a day causes health risks was deliberately sidelined by the Trump administration, a former federal public health official alleges

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Jun 12 • 3:00 PM EDT • Health • scientificamerican.com
Can Trump get a good Iran deal? Here are the major pitfalls that lie ahead

There is newfound optimism about the Trump administration reaching an agreement with Iran. But getting here was likely the easier part; what comes next will be even harder.

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Jun 12 • 2:35 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Jeffco Schools says 61 boys the Trump administration found on girls’ sports rosters were mascots, managers

Jeffco Public Schools said some girls’ teams “had male managers, trainers, or mascots — not athletes.”

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Jun 12 • 1:37 PM EDT • Sports • cpr.org
Jan. 6 debanking probe once floated as way to pad anti-weaponization fund

A Justice Department probe examining whether some of the nation’s biggest banks closed accounts of defendants charged in the 2021 Capitol riot and others for political reasons has been raised to the Trump administration as a way to support it’s efforts to compensate people the president claims were victims of weaponization, according to people briefed on the matter.

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Jun 12 • 1:29 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Authorities investigate giant ‘8647’ markings on National Mall

A judge ruled this month that the numbers on their own, which the Trump administration has called a threat against the president, constitute free speech.

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Jun 11 • 7:42 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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What to know about Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, and the legal rebuke that followed

On Monday a federal judge struck down the fees, siding with 20 states and ruling that the Trump administration exceeded its authority by raising the charge without congressional approval.

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Jun 11 • 4:49 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
UofL Health, southern Indiana hospitals among list of facilities Trump is warning over price transparency

UofL Health Jewish Hospital and two southern Indiana hospitals are among dozens of facilities in Kentucky and Indiana that received notices from the Trump administration to provide pricing information.

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Jun 11 • 3:22 PM EDT • Health • wdrb.com
Leadership vacuum plaguing U.S. health agencies

A wave of firings and resignations at the highest levels of the CDC and the FDA suggests the Trump administration may be pivoting away from facets of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement. NBC News' Aria Bendix reports.

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Jun 11 • 2:17 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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‘Bad policy and even worse politics’: DeSantis spurns potential White House AI preemption

The Trump administration’s longstanding opposition to state AI laws ultimately killed legislation in Florida, and now Gov. Ron DeSantis fears policies in other states could fall by the wayside.

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Jun 11 • 1:12 PM EDT • Politics • politico.com
CDC chief: ‘No evidence’ USAID cuts hampered Ebola response

The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) denied Wednesday that the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid negatively impacted the global response to the ongoi…

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Jun 11 • 10:28 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com
JD Vance’s chief of staff Jacob Reses to leave Trump administration

Jacob Reses, who has been with Vance since his successful 2022 Senate campaign in Ohio, is expected to remain close to the vice president’s team.

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Jun 11 • 9:24 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Social Security is Facing a Political Crisis

On Tuesday the Social Security Trustees released their latest report on the system’s finances. The numbers didn’t change much: Unless something is done, the Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program, Social Security’s official name, will be unable to pay full benefits starting in either 2032 or 2034, depending on some technical issues. That’s not far away: If the Trustees are right, the prospect of a Social Security crisis will loom over the next presidential administration. It’s important to understand, however, the nature of the looming crisis. It won’t be an economic crisis. It won’t even be a serious fiscal crisis. Whatever you may have heard, Social Security isn’t in danger of going bankrupt. What we’re facing, instead, is potential political crisis. Congress and the White House could easily take action to sustain America’s retirement system. But given the current state of our politics, there’s no guarantee that they will. There is a widespread misunderstanding of how Social Security works. While Social Security was designed to look like a pension fund, it isn’t. A pension fund pays benefits out of a stock of assets it has accumulated over time. In contrast, Social Security operates as a government transfer program, like food stamps or Medicaid. Now, unlike food stamps — but like the highway trust fund — Social Security is on paper supported by a dedicated tax, the payroll tax, that is assigned to that program. But I say “on paper” because from an economic point of view assigning the payroll tax to Social Security is just an accounting convention. What matters for the U.S. economy is the overall balance between government spending and government revenue, not the difference between one type of spending and one source of revenue. So there’s no inherent economic significance to the fact that by 2034 payroll tax receipts will be insufficient to cover promised benefits. There is, however, a legislative issue. As long as the Social Security Administration can pay benefits out of payroll taxes and its cash reserve, there’s no need for Congress to vote each year to authorize benefits — they just keep going out until further notice. However, once those resources become insufficient, benefits will fall —by 17 percent according to the Trustees — unless Congress passes new legislation that “tops up” Social Security’s finances. Yet the current administration and Republican party are such extremists that there is a real risk that Social Security will be held hostage on behalf of their goals. If this should come to pass, the hostage-takers will claim that shoring up Social Security is unaffordable. Right on cue, Mike Johnson, the Trump-sycophant Speaker of the House, declared on Monday that “entitlement programs” like Social Security “have to be adjusted and fixed,” and that Republicans will introduce a plan to that effect next year. But this is a ploy, because while the cost of maintaining Social Security benefits at their promised level isn’t trivial, it is in fact affordable. According to the Trustees’ report, the actuarial balance of OASDI up through 2050 — the amount of additional funds it would need to keep paying full benefits for the next 25 years — is 1.06 percent of GDP. To put that number in perspective, the Trump administration proposes increasing military spending next year by $420 billion, equivalent to about 1.4 percent of GDP – without any discussion of whether that’s affordable Yet how did we get to the point where Social Security will need to be topped up? The main answer is that we have an aging population, with a growing ratio of retirees collecting benefits to workers paying into the system: Trump’s anti-immigration policies are making this problem worse. According to the Trustees’ report, lower immigration will deepen Social Security’s financial hole because many immigrants are working-age adults who will pay into the system for decades before they collect benefits. In fact, this problem may be much bigger than the report acknowledges: The report’s baseline assumption is that we’ll have net immigration of almost 1.2 million people a year, and even the pessimistic case assumes 750,000 a year. Meanwhile actual net immigration has already been cut far below that — and may now be negative. Moreover, Social Security is being financially damaged by growing income inequality in America. Payroll taxes are levied only on wages up to $184,500, and they don’t touch capital income. With the distribution of income increasingly shifting from labor to capital, as well as becoming more unequal among wage-earners, revenue from the Social Security payroll tax has been falling as a share of national income. From 1990 to 2024, it fell from 5.02 percent of gross domestic income to 4.46 percent. Which brings me to the question that, these days, we ask about everything: How might Social Security be affected by the advent of AI? A short answer: If, as many of us fear, AI accelerates rising income inequality, it will further reduce the payroll tax receipts that currently pay for Social Security and further endanger its finances. On the other hand, if AI, as its advocates promise, leads to faster economic growth, it will increase the potential tax base that could and should be used to support Social Security and other social insurance programs. But to take advantage of that larger base, we’ll have to get serious about taxing wealth and capital income. Is Social Security in trouble? Yes, but only because of the way its financing is currently structured — a structure that no longer works well because our society and economy have become so unequal. Moreover, Trump’s immigration policies are further endangering its already deteriorating financial condition. So don’t believe Republicans’ gaslighting that it will be necessary to cut Social Security benefits. All that is necessary to preserve Social Security is political will to raise taxes on the wealthy and a sensible immigration policy. MUSICAL CODA Actually 67 under current law.

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Jun 11 • 6:34 AM EDT • Politics • paulkrugman.substack.com
Why a frustrated Trump is turning again to bombs to force Iran’s hand

The Trump administration is making a new bid to prove a core assumption the Iran war so far suggests is flawed: that punishing strikes from a far superior US military force will force Tehran to capitulate.

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Jun 11 • 12:02 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump administration warns hundreds of hospitals to increase price transparency or face fines

The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with basic pricing information — arguing that the lack of disclosure is keeping healthcare costs higher than they should be.

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Jun 10 • 7:27 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org
‘Residual algae’ coats part of newly opened Reflecting Pool

The Trump administration has spent days heavily promoting the finished renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But a day after the pool was refilled with water, algae was already coating it.

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Jun 10 • 6:26 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Work requirements and Medicaid cuts, health experts worry changes will impact medically frail people

Seriously ill Hoosiers could have to prove they are unable to work under a new federal definition of work requirements put forward by the Trump Administration.

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Jun 10 • 5:22 PM EDT • Health • wfyi.org
The next victim of the Supreme Court’s voting rights decision will be workers

The Trump administration wants to extend Justice Sam Alito’s approach to race to everything.

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Jun 10 • 2:05 PM EDT • Politics • vox.com
Gas prices push inflation to a three-year high, squeezing consumers and businesses

Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near

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Jun 10 • 12:59 PM EDT • Business • latimes.com
Trump administration proposes new rules on prediction markets that would still allow most sports activity

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a set of new federal regulations for prediction markets that appear to largely leave the booming industry intact.

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Jun 10 • 11:51 AM EDT • Sports • cnn.com
Hegseth Visits Guantánamo Bay Amid U.S. Tensions With Cuba

The trip comes as the Trump administration pushes for political and economic changes on the island.

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Jun 10 • 11:28 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
How cuts to CDC are dismantling its capacity to protect Americans’ health

In a survey of more than 600 CDC workers, 99% said the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency have made it less able protect the public’s health.

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Jun 10 • 8:33 AM EDT • Health • theconversation.com
Scientists, higher ed alarmed by federal 'power grab' over research funding

The Trump administration has proposed regulations to control billions of dollars in federal research funding, which it says will reduce "fraud and abuse." Scientists in Massachusetts and beyond say they could set back research in the U.S. by decades.

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Jun 10 • 7:01 AM EDT • Science • nenc.news
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After shakeups at the CDC and FDA, is Trump moving away from MAHA?

A wave of firings and resignations at the highest levels of the CDC and FDA suggests the Trump administration may be pivoting away from facets of the MAHA movement.

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Jun 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Could Bill Pulte be a FISA-shaped problem for the Trump Administration?

By tapping an underqualified ally for one of the most sensitive intelligence jobs on Earth, the president is risking a major legislative miss.

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Jun 10 • 2:00 AM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
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Federal science agencies facing a ‘generational loss,’ nonprofit says

New research from the Partnership for Public Service finds that many science agencies were cut deeply in the Trump administration’s workforce overhauls.

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Jun 9 • 6:31 PM EDT • Science • federalnewsnetwork.com
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New study recommends 1 alcoholic drink or fewer per day. Its researchers want clearer U.S. guidelines on drinking

One of the officials involved in the study commissioned by Biden's Democratic administration accused Trump's Republican administration of “sidelining” the research — an allegation the Trump administration denies.

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Jun 9 • 2:31 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org
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Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund

Two sets of lawyers noted that while senior department officials said the fund would not move forward, they declined to offer assurances that this would hold in the future.

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Jun 9 • 12:39 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
These teens are vying to win Trump’s civics contest. Some have mixed feelings about patriotism and the president

Earlier this year, Ishant Jawali, a 16-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, was scrolling on Instagram when he stumbled upon a little-known way to win money for college: The Trump administration was putting on a national civics contest for America’s 250th birthday.

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Jun 9 • 12:31 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Sidelined U.S. study on alcohol's health effects published in independent journal

A study that found even low levels of drinking alcohol can increase health risks was published in full on Tuesday in an independent journal after being ​sidelined by the Trump Administration, which opted not to consider the federally-commissioned ‌research to inform new U.S. drinking guidelines set out earlier this year.

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Jun 9 • 9:55 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
“Tech-Driven Prosperity & Right-Wing Racist Politics”: Quinn Slobodian on Elon Musk and SpaceX IPO

Ahead of the initial public offering for SpaceX, we speak with historian Quinn Slobodian, author of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. He says Elon Musk is “creating a situation where he becomes deeply reliant on state contracts” as the U.S. government then becomes reliant on Musk. “It’s not about demolishing the government,” Slobodian says of his work with DOGE, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency that Musk led for the Trump administration. “It’s about making the government more compatible, ready for the kind of products that Musk offers, and to make him then an indispensable part of the infrastructure.” Slobodian goes on to warn that Musk’s wealth is helping to fuel his anti-immigrant, racist political ideology. “We really should be worried about the possibility of those things to live together: tech-driven prosperity and right-wing racist politics.”

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Jun 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • democracynow.org
Poll: Trust in federal health agencies dropped sharply during Trump’s first year

A year into the second Trump administration, trust in federal health institutions, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in particular, has declined considerably while also b…

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Jun 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Justice Department moves to strip citizenship from 17 people in unprecedented denaturalization push

The Justice Department announced Monday that it will move to revoke citizenship from 17 people nationwide, marking the latest move in the Trump administration’s unprecedented push to target naturalized citizens.

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Jun 8 • 12:09 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Why Does the Trump Administration Keeping Attacking Science?

The Trump Administration's multi-prong attack on American science seems to come down to ideology, plain and simple.

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Jun 8 • 10:52 AM EDT • Science • legal-planet.org
Where does the Trump administration really stand on AI?

Trump has gone back and forth on the issue several times

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Jun 8 • 10:17 AM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
Exclusive: Political pressure threatens to undercut EPA science evaluating chemical safety for consumers, sources say

Inside the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, scientists say they’re under pressure to alter safety reviews of chemicals commonly found in consumer products like household cleaners and cosmetics to make risks to human health and the environment disappear on paper.

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Jun 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • cnn.com
Exclusive: Political pressure threatens to undercut EPA science evaluating chemical safety for consumers, sources say

Inside the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, scientists say they’re under pressure to alter safety reviews of chemicals commonly found in consumer products like household cleaners and cosmetics to make risks to human health and the environment disappear on paper.

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Jun 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump Escalates War on Science

The Trump administration, having already made cuts to research on topics it disfavors, now wants scientists to submit to political control.

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Jun 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • washingtonmonthly.com
Hegseth Criticizes Europe Over Migration ‘Invasion’ in D-Day Speech

The remarks from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reflect many of the Trump administration’s previous assertions on immigrants in Europe, which overlap with the language of European far-right political parties.

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Jun 7 • 8:37 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Political protest gets top billing at theaters, comedy clubs and museums near you

As the country prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a growing number of local theaters, museums, artists and performers in the left-leaning suburbs of Washington are highlighting art that protests the Trump administration.

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Jun 7 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • thebanner.com
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Senators Warn of Intelligence Gaps if Surveillance Program Expires

Two senior Republicans urged the Trump administration to prepare for the possible expiration of a contentious intelligence-gathering authority.

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Jun 6 • 7:29 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The Trump administration makes it harder for some sick Americans to maintain Medicaid

Millions of sick Americans could have a tougher time retaining – or even signing up for – Medicaid coverage after the first-ever federal work requirement begins in January.

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Jun 6 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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U.S. warns Europe to step up Ebola screening ahead of World Cup

A State Department cable this week instructed U.S. diplomats to warn European countries of possible consequences if they fail to adopt the Trump administration’s Ebola precautions.

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Jun 5 • 8:43 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Diabetes researchers ejected from conference after criticizing White House

The scientists, including the editor of a leading journal, were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of biomedical research.

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Jun 5 • 6:35 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Federal funding ends for fentanyl test strips as Ohio public health agency supplies run low

The Trump administration is now prohibiting the use of federal funds to purchase fentanyl test strips, one of the harm reduction tools available to combat the opioid epidemic. Columbus Public Health says once its current stock runs out, it will be difficult to purchase more.

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Jun 5 • 2:14 PM EDT • Health • wosu.org
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