HHS chief pushes back on Trump's budget cuts, defending Head Start amid debt pressure
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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.
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- Kennedy announces policy changes and faces criticism at House hearings NBC News
- RFK Jr.’s New Normal The Atlantic
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