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Trump Administration Health Funding Cuts: 23 states sue Trump administration over $11 billion health funding cut

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) A coalition of attorneys general from 23 states has sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke $11 billion in federal health funding, arguing that the move is illegal and endangers public health across the country. The lawsuit has been filed in a federal court in Rhode Island. According […]

Trump’s USAID cuts hinder US response to Myanmar disaster

The United States has yet to provide significant assistance, with its response lagging far behind China, Russia and India, which have rushed emergency teams and supplies to Myanmar after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake.Even as President Donald Trump continued dismantling the US agency for international development (USAID), he assured that American help was on the […]

HHS Layoffs: Robert F Kennedy Jr cuts 10,000 health jobs amid measles outbreak | World News

Robert F Kennedy (NYT file photo) US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday unveiled plans to cut a quarter of his department’s workforce as part of broad restructuring under his “Make America Healthy Again” initiative.The move, which aims to prioritise chronic disease prevention, will eliminate 10,000 positions, reducing the department of health and […]

‘Excuse me, I didn’t pick you’: Trump cuts off CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins over security question

US president Donald Trump on Tuesday snubbed CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins during a press briefing as she questioned him after officials inadvertently included a journalist in a sensitive group on Signal messaging app shortly before launching attacks on Yemen’s rebel Houthis.During a meeting with ambassadors at the White House, Collins tried to press Trump on […]

Trump’s billionaire aide says his 94-year-old mother-in-law doesn’t mind Social Security cuts

Billionaire Howard Lutnick said his mother-in-law won’t scream and shout if she misses a Social Security check. Donald Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick who is a billionaire said those who complain about missing a monthly Social Security check are mostly fraudsters. He gave the example of his 94-year-old mother-in-law and said, “Let’s say Social Security […]