Sunday, November 1, 2026

Tag: HHS

RFK Jr. faces widespread calls to resign after heated senate hearing

Democrats, medical groups, and even prominent Kennedys demand the HHS secretary step down as senate scrutiny intensifies and vaccine access confusion widens.

RFK Jr.’s health report relies on fake studies and AI-generated fabrications

Trump’s health agenda, led by RFK Jr., is under fire for citing nonexistent sources, using AI hallucinations, and omitting root causes of America’s public health crises.

Trump’s executive order on drug prices lacks enforcement, legal backing, and...

The president’s directive to lower prescription costs relies on voluntary compliance and vague rulemaking powers, leaving analysts and advocates questioning its efficacy.

Trump administration rejects scientists’ advice on nutrition, maintaining guidelines for sugar...

This "will impact eating habits, school lunch menus, and food stamp policies," and will lead to "poor health" for Americans.

Explosive whistleblower complaint by ousted HHS official says he was pressured...

The complaint calls for a reversal of Bright's reassignment as well as a full investigation into his charges of cronyism at the department.

Trump administration allocates millions of dollars from health programs to increase...

"We cannot continue to spend taxpayer dollars on the President’s manufactured crisis at the border, which is government-sanctioned child abuse."

A baby was separated from her uncle at the border. Three...

Sendy Karina Ferrera Amaya has spent the three months since Liah was taken into U.S. custody trying to get her daughter released from foster care for unaccompanied immigrant children.

Detaining immigrant children – a billion-dollar industry

“It was never intended to be a foster care system with more than 10,000 children in custody at an immediate cost to the federal taxpayer of over $1 billion dollars per year.”

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The power of Latinas’ Trump regret could swing this election

While Latinas were less likely to back Trump, their strides to the right fueled his reelection. Their regret could now propel Democrats.

We are living through a paradigm shift in our understanding of human evolution

An interview with Professor Chris Stringer, one of the leading experts on human evolution.
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515 donors gave $4.2 billion to 2026 super PACs, Public Citizen finds

Elon Musk alone gave $445 million, about 10% of the total, according to the group's analysis of FEC data through late October.
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ICE lists 36 detainee deaths in fiscal 2026, most since 2018

The agency's own page shows 29 deaths by mid-April and seven more through Aug. 23; DHS has said the size of the detained population explains the rise.
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New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion over misleading privacy statements

A jury found 43.9 million violations tied to Cambridge Analytica, and the judge cut a roughly $219 billion maximum to $25 billion