Contrary to Musk’s Claim, Ebola Containment Efforts Were Slowed Then Stopped, Former Officials Say
Hours after Elon Musk reassured Cabinet members on Wednesday that efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Uganda had only ...
Tag: United States Politics and Government
GOP Gambles on Budget Plan That Helps the Rich and Cuts Aid to the Poor
The Republican Party won the last election in no small part because of its new appeal with working-class voters, a ...
How Trump’s Changes to U.S. Gender Policy Could Affect Your Passport
Last Friday, Hunter Schafer, the trans actress who starred in the HBO series “Euphoria,” posted an eight-and-a-half-minute video on TikTok ...
Trump to Revoke an Oil License in Venezuela
President Trump said on Wednesday that he would revoke a Biden-era policy that allowed more oil to be produced in ...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
A panel of scientific experts that advises the Food and Drug Administration on vaccine policy — and has been the ...
Paramount Pulls Back on D.E.I. Policies
Paramount, the parent company of BET, MTV and the Paramount film studio, said on Wednesday that it was rethinking its ...
Abortion Pill Maker Enters Legal Fight Over F.D.A. Rules
The country’s largest manufacturer of abortion pills is wading into the first major legal battle over abortion of President Trump’s ...
Mass Federal Firings May Imperil Pets, Cattle and Crops
Shortly after taking office for the second time, President Trump began making deep cuts to agencies and programs that play ...
Dockworkers Vote to Accept New Labor Contract
Dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts voted in favor of a new contract on Tuesday, ending labor turbulence at ...
Who Are the Probationary Federal Workers Being Cut Under Trump?
In news about the Trump administration’s job-slashing effort, one class of federal workers comes up repeatedly: “probationary” employees.At the Internal ...
Tesla Stock Falls 8% as Concerns About Elon Musk’s Political Role Grow
Shares of Tesla had been on a tear since Donald J. Trump won the presidential election. Investors were betting that ...
Trump Announces Inquiry That Could Lead to Tariffs on Copper
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, to begin an investigation into whether foreign ...
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump
The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said on Tuesday that the Trump administration would start handpicking which media outlets ...
As G.O.P. Eyes Medicaid Cuts, States Could be Left With Vast Shortfalls
House Republicans hunting for ways to pay for President Trump’s tax cuts have called for cutting the federal government’s share ...
President Trump’s Cuts to Medical Research
The Trump administration stormed into office, loudly firing workers and closing diversity programs. But behind the scenes, it has also ...
F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers
The Food and Drug Administration has reinstated dozens of specialized employees involved in food safety, review of medical devices and ...
Dr. Oz: How His Millions Collide With Medicare
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity TV doctor nominated by President Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, has been a relentless ...
Profits, Not D.E.I., Are Why Companies Exist
A prominent group of chief executives said almost six years ago that making profits for shareholders was only part of ...
Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Work in an Email or Lose Their Jobs
Elon Musk threw federal workers into further confusion and alarm on Saturday when he ordered them to summarize their accomplishments ...
Wall Street Is Getting Antsy With Trump
President Trump’s keynote this week at a Saudi sovereign wealth fund’s conference in Miami Beach might have seemed like another ...
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