Washington Post – Politics:
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Bernie Sanders clashed over health care this week, and Trump’s HHS nominee tried to claim the moral high ground on the issue.
Author: Dan Diamond
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RFK Jr., once a Trump critic on immigration, now could help enforce it
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Kennedy, who derided Trump’s family-separation policy as forcing “Sophie’s Choice” on migrants, seeks to lead the agency that takes custody of migrant children.
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RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic
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About 40 top leaders joined the effort to prepare for avian flu and other emergencies. Kennedy instead lobbied senators on his controversial nomination.
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Obamacare once cost Democrats elections. Now Biden’s hoping to win on it.
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Democrats used to struggle to defend the ACA. Now even Trump, who pushed repeal, scrambles when accused of wanting to end it.
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Supreme Court focus on Comstock Act suggests potential threat to abortion access
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Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas repeatedly invoked the 151-year-old law Tuesday during oral arguments in an abortion pill case.
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Is this the ugliest building in Washington? HHS doesn’t think so.
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Few D.C. buildings are judged more harshly than the health agency’s 876,000-square-foot headquarters.
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Biden announces physician Mandy Cohen will lead CDC
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The former North Carolina health secretary will replace Rochelle Walensky next month.
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White House to end covid vaccine mandates on May 11
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The requirements will be lifted on international travelers, federal contractors, Head Start educators and health workers on the day the public health emergency ends.
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Covid is still a leading cause of death as the virus recedes
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But many Americans dispute the data and the risks of covid — much as they have throughout the pandemic.