RFK Jr. Cleans House: New Team to Reevaluate COVID-19 Vaccines, Conflict-of-Interest Rules

Following the dismissal of 17 members from a federal vaccine advisory committee in early June, big changes are on the horizon at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Daily Signal spoke with a federal health policy expert about the impact of those changes. Robert Moffit, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Health and Welfare Policy, discussed the removal of members from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and President Donald Trump’s health policy agenda. Moffit, editor of the book “Modernizing Medicare,” expects a reevaluation…

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MoveOn: Republicans Pass Historic Medicaid Cuts for Billionaire Handouts

WASHINGTON – In response to congressional Republicans passing Trump’s bill that will slash health care for at least 17 million people to pay for billionaire tax cuts, MoveOn Political Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich released the following statement: “Blame Donald Trump and congressional Republicans when over 17 million people lose their health care while the rich get even richer. Blame Donald Trump and congressional Republicans when rural hospitals close due to the largest Medicaid cuts in history. Blame Donald Trump and congressional Republicans when struggling families lose SNAP and food assistance to pay…

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Inside the battle for control of the Library of Congress

Interview transcript: Terry Gerton There’s been a lot of conversation lately about the Library of Congress. And you’ve written about the current clash between the Trump administration and Congress and the library itself. Can you just give us a quick history of how the Library of Congress came to be and what its relationship normally is? Kevin Kosar The Library of Congress was born about 225 years ago. It was established by an act of Congress: Members realized that if they were going to legislate and legislate intelligently, it would…

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They Didn’t Have to Do This

Sign up for Trump’s Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency. In their heedless rush to enact a deficit-exploding tax bill so massive that they barely understand it, Senate Republicans call to mind a scene in The Sopranos. A group of young aspiring gangsters decides to stick up a Mafia card game in hopes of gaining the mobsters’ respect and being brought into the crew. At the last moment, the guys briefly reconsider, before one of them supplies the decisive argument in favor of proceeding: “Let’s do…

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UPenn Settlement With Trump Admin Over Trans Athletes Seen as Big Win for Women’s Sports

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it had reached an unprecedented settlement with the University of Pennsylvania over transgender-identifying males competing against females in women’s sports.  The federal Department of Education was able to get the university to agree to restore female athletes to all individual UPenn Division I swimming records, titles, or other recognitions that were taken by those males who had competed in the female categories.  Furthermore, the university agreed to issue a public statement to its community explaining that it henceforth will not allow males into…

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