Donald Trump's second administration has executed significant policy changes and political announcements, following his ...

The right has long targeted the Department of Education, which became a Cabinet agency in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter.

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Kennedy would need 51 votes in the Senate to be confirmed, but several key Republican lawmakers expressed concerns over his vaccine stance.

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Other federal health agencies are also operating without publicly named acting heads, including the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health. Spokespeople for the CDC ...

The CDC is operating without an acting director, leaving the agency responsible for defending the U.S. against emerging pandemics and responding to health emergencies without a clear chain of command.

In announcing the clemency actions Friday, Biden said he was commuting the sentences of people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, saying their prison terms were too harsh ... a jury only convicted ...

TRUMP PULLS BACK BIDEN DRUG PRICING EO — The Trump administration ... a no-fault alternative to the traditional torts system for shots the CDC recommends for children and pregnant people.

Emerging outbreaks, new discoveries, and noteworthy drug approvals are just some of the many things that agencies like the CDC and FDA regularly communicate to the general public and clinicians.

But policy experts say they don’t expect Carter or any of the other acting officials who join her to carry out those policies, though other acting leaders at other departments have already moved to ...