Politics

Paul Morigi/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he plans to tell American medical schools they must offer nutrition courses to students or risk losing federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services. Speaking at an event in North Carolina in April, Kennedy lamented, “There’s almost no medical schools […]

Isaac Wasserman/NCAA Photos via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans will try to chart a path forward for the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” during a series of meetings on Wednesday — including one where the President Donald Trump will work to shore up support for the megabill that advances his legislative agenda Republican members […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — a massive tax and immigration bill to fund much of President Donald Trump’s agenda — could add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, according to a new analysis out Wednesday from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO released updated […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s grievances with the Trump administration extend beyond the level of spending in the president’s signature bill, sources tell ABC News. Multiple people who have spoken to the president and Musk described a widening rift on a range of recent moves by the administration. Musk has privately expressed frustration […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Democrats are demanding that Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon cooperate with the agency’s Office of Inspector General review of the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the agency. In a letter first obtained by ABC News, a group of Democrats on the Education, Oversight, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has privately expressed frustration about the Supreme Court justices he appointed, mostly complaining about Justice Amy Coney Barrett, three people familiar with the conversations told ABC News. Those sources said the president conveyed that the justices he appointed could do more to back his agenda. Several Trump […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after attacking a megabill that advances President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, Elon Musk slammed it again on Tuesday, calling it a “disgusting abomination” in a post on X. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” […]

Terry Schmitt/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to strike the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk from one of its ships, orchestrating the change as Pride month celebrations take place. A defense official said the timing of the decision was intentional. The order was […]

Department of Homeland Security (WASHINGTON) — Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Director David Richardson told staff in an all-hands meeting that he was unaware hurricane season had started, according to sources familiar with the meeting. Hurricane season started on Sunday, June 1, and goes through Nov. 30. It is unclear if Richardson, who has led […]

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit against interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba on Tuesday, accusing her of malicious prosecution over his arrest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility last month. The suit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and is […]