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Education Dept. to investigate installation of all-gender restroom at Colorado high school
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Denver Public Schools for “discriminating against its female students” after the district converted a women’s restroom into an all-gender facility, the office announced Tuesday.
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Fact check: Kennedy repeats false and misleading claims in confirmation hearing
In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated claims we have written about before on vaccines and chronic disease.
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Trump turns a moment of national mourning into a push for his political agenda
Even though the investigation is ongoing and few details have been released, Trump quickly cast blame for Wednesday night’s deadly midair collision.
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Gabbard faces tough questions from Republicans over flip-flops on Snowden and federal surveillance program
President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, faced tough questions Thursday from several Republican senators at her confirmation hearing over her past praise for intelligence leaker Edward Snowden and her shifting views on an electronic surveillance program.
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Trump's FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no ‘enemies list'
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is insisting to deeply skeptical Democrats that he did not have an “enemies list” and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president’s adversaries or launch politically motivated investigations.
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RFK Jr. on the defensive over vaccine views as key confirmation vote hangs in the balance
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long record of doubting the safety of childhood vaccinations persisted as a flash point for him Thursday in a confirmation hearing.
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Transportation secretary: ‘What happened yesterday should not have happened'
Sean Duffy, who was confirmed as Secretary of Transportation on Wednesday, said that “we are going to take responsibility” to make sure that “these mistakes do not happen again.”
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Trump on DC plane collision: ‘We're all searching for answers'
President Donald Trump gave a press briefing Thursday on the collision that took place between a military helicopter and a passenger jet outside of Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night.
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What stood out in RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearing | Highlights, vaccine polling
Here are the major moments from the Senate confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s seeking to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, including back-and-forths over vaccines, Big Pharma and abortion. Plus, we look at how the public views Kennedy’s positions.
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What to know about Guantanamo Bay, the base where Trump will send ‘criminal aliens'
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Guantanamo Bay will be used to hold people who can’t be sent back to their home countries. Here’s what to know about the U.S. base in Cuba.
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Noem, Homan speak on preparations at Guantanamo Bay to house migrants
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem spoke with reporters on Wednesday, answering questions about President Donald Trump’s announcement on preparing Guantanamo Bay to house migrants.
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RFK Jr. stumbles on Medicaid at Senate confirmation hearing
If he is confirmed as health and human services secretary, Kennedy would oversee the implementation of Medicaid, in addition to Medicare and the Affordable Care Act.
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Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to lead EPA as Trump vows to cut climate rules
The Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
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What is spasmodic dysphonia, the condition that impacts RFK Jr.'s voice?
The neurological condition can cause people like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to have voices that break and can sound “strangled.”
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Why does RFK Jr.'s voice sound raspy?
Roughly 50,000 people in North America have spasmodic dysphonia, the neurological condition that makes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s voice sound strained.
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Trump directs Pentagon and DHS to prepare to house migrants at Guantanamo Bay
At the signing of the Laken Riley Act, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States and cannot be deported to their home countries.
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‘Are you supportive of these onesies?': Sanders grills RFK Jr. on anti-vaccine apparel
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. questioned RFK Jr. about the infant onesies once sold by Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit Kennedy founded, in his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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NIH funding whiplash under Trump baffles Mass. scientists
Concerns that the Trump administration might cut National Institutes of Health funding have been sharpened over the past few days by conflicting messages from the federal government. But those worries aren’t exactly new.
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Trump administration rescinds order attempting to freeze federal aid spending
The move comes just one day after the order was issued and a federal district judge temporarily halted it.
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Trump signs sweeping executive order to expand school choice
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Wednesday that would prioritize and free up federal funding to expand school choice programs.