By Julie Steenhuysen and Dan Levine (Reuters) -CDC Director Susan Monarez was fired on Wednesday after resisting changes to vaccine policy that were advanced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and that she believed contradicted scientific evidence, a close associate said on Thursday. The revelation and interviews with top officials who resigned in the …
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By Rich McKay and Helen Coster (Reuters) -A 10-year-old acted like a human shield to protect a younger schoolmate. An eighth-grader prayed while hiding under a pew. A frightened 11-year-old asked her father to lock the doors and draw the curtains when she arrived home. These were just a handful of stories of courage and …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Three former Memphis police officers who were convicted on federal charges related to the beating death of unarmed Black motorist Tyre Nichols have each been granted a new trial. U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman on Thursday ordered the new trials after finding that another judge held communications with federal prosecutors without …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nels Nordquist, a top economic aide to U.S. President Donald Trump, is leaving the White House to take a senior role at the International Labor Organization in Geneva, five sources familiar with the plans said. Nordquist had served as deputy director for international economics at the National Economic Council, giving …
By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal prosecutors on Thursday dropped their effort to bring a felony charge against a man who was arrested for throwing a sub sandwich at a federal law enforcement agent carrying out President Donald Trump’s crackdown on Washington, D.C., after a grand jury declined to indict him. …
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(Reuters) -Susan Monarez, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was ousted on Wednesday, less than a month into her tenure, after clashes with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy. Below are some key changes at the CDC since Kennedy became health secretary early this year: MASS LAYOFFS Shortly …
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(Reuters) -Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear before the Senate Finance Committee next week to discuss President Donald Trump’s healthcare agenda, the panel announced on Thursday. The hearing, scheduled for September 4, comes amid fresh turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Wednesday, the White House dismissed …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Thursday chose Jim O’Neill, the deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, to serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after firing Susan Monarez the day before, the Washington Post reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Jasper …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration plans to cancel leases on its satellite offices in the Washington area as it consolidates operations and moves headquarters staff into a building that houses the U.S. Transportation Department. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said in a previously unreported email to staff seen by Reuters that …
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By Nandita Bose LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance touted provisions favoring the working class in a tax and spending bill during a visit to Wisconsin on Thursday as the Trump administration tries to sell its signature legislation to voters before next year’s midterm elections. President Donald Trump has said the “big, …
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