Mass layoffs begin at HHS, some employees turned away after showing up to work

by admin | Apr 1, 2025 | Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services began to receive notices of mass layoffs on Tuesday, days after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 people would lose their jobs, including...

‘Made up emergency’: Democrats try to block Trump tariffs on Canada

by admin | Apr 1, 2025 | Politics

Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on the Senate to keep the United States’ tariffs on Canada in place — hours before Democrats in the upper chamber could potentially force a vote aimed at...

Melania Trump honors women who bring ‘progress for all of humanity’

by admin | Apr 1, 2025 | Politics

Pool via ABC News(WASHINGTON) — First lady Melania Trump honored women from around the world during an award ceremony at the State Department, calling the eight honorees’ love “a powerful catalyst” for their work to fight injustice and advocate...

Rule to block Rep. Luna’s plan for proxy voting for new parents fails in House

by admin | Apr 1, 2025 | Politics

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) —  The House voted on Tuesday to reject a rule that would have blocked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s bipartisan discharge petition to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents up to 12 weeks...

Mass layoffs begin at HHS with far-reaching impacts on public health

by admin | Apr 1, 2025 | Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services began to receive notices of mass layoffs on Tuesday, days after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 people would lose their jobs, including...