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HHS chief pushes back on Trump's budget cuts, defending Head Start amid debt pressure

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Source: Politico
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At a House Ways and Means hearing, Health Secretary RFK Jr. signaled opposition to sweeping cuts like the proposed 12% reduction to HHS, defending Head Start and other nutrition programs and calling out duplication within the department. The live updates also track GOP fights over a FISA extension, DHS funding and immigration enforcement, and the push to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell with Kevin Warsh amid ongoing investigations and calls to resolve the Powell probe.

Topics:nationpolitics#budget#federal-debt#head-start#hhs#politics#rfk-jr
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