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Dr. Oz: How His Millions Collide With Medicare
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity TV doctor nominated by President Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, has been a relentless promoter of…
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Politics
Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety
In recent years, the Food and Drug Administration hired experts in surgical robots and pioneers in artificial intelligence. It scooped up…
Politics
Nominee for Deputy Transportation Secretary Comes Under Fire for Handling of Boeing
Democratic senators on Thursday questioned Steven Bradbury, President Trump’s nominee for deputy secretary of the Transportation…
Business
Oz, Trump’s Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Divest Interests in Health Care Stocks
Since 2023, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor nominated by President Trump to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has…
Politics
Senate Confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
The Senate on Tuesday voted 51 to 45 to confirm Howard Lutnick to be President Trump’s commerce secretary, putting in place one of the…
Politics
Top N.I.H. Official Abruptly Resigns as Trump Orders Deep Cuts
The No. 2 official at the National Institutes of Health abruptly resigned and retired from government service on Tuesday, in another sign…
Politics
Trump Administration Fires Consumer Bureau Chief Rohit Chopra
The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, was fired on Saturday, prematurely ending a five-year term that…
Business
High Inflation and New Tariffs Will Make the Fed’s Job Tougher
High inflation is stoking fresh debate about how the Federal Reserve should respond to President Trump’s sweeping plans to reorder the…
Politics
Rohit Chopra of CFPB Expected Trump to Fire Him Right Away, but He’s Hanging On
Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, expected to be fired soon after President Trump took office. More…
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Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters
President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization could have harsh consequences for countries…
Politics
Federal Spending Freeze Does Not Apply to Student Loans and Pell Grants
The U.S. Department of Education said in a statement on Tuesday morning that the memo sent to government agencies the day before calling…
Politics
Oil Companies Embrace Trump, but Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
President Trump is swinging American energy policy sharply in favor of fossil fuels, but oil and gas companies say those changes won’t…
Politics
Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Commerce Nominee, Discloses Business Interests
Howard Lutnick, the wealthy Wall Street executive whom President Trump has tapped to lead the Department of Commerce, detailed a complex…
Politics
Justice Dept. Cancels Entry-Level Job Offers in Honors Program
The Justice Department has abruptly rescinded job offers made to dozens of recent law school graduates who were to be placed in…
Politics
A Big Day for Fox News, but TV Ratings Were Down for Trump Speech
Fox News was far and away the most-watched TV network during President Trump’s inauguration on Monday, a sign of both the channel’s…
News
CapCut, a Video-Editing App From ByteDance, Returns for U.S. Users
TikTok is not the only app owned by the Chinese internet giant ByteDance that is flickering back to life. CapCut, a popular video-editing…
Politics
RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to lead the nation’s health agencies, formally asked the Food and Drug…
Politics
Trump Treasury Pick Scott Bessent to Face Grilling
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, will face questions from lawmakers on Thursday about how he…
Politics
Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts
Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to…
Politics
Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts
Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to…
Politics
Trump Organization Issues Ethics Pledge for President-Elect’s Second Term
The Trump Organization on Friday issued a new ethics agreement that it said would govern how the family and President-elect Donald J.…
Politics
Trump Chose 8 Economic Experts Who Will Defend Tariffs and Lower Taxes
President-elect Donald J. Trump has moved beyond the team-of-rivals approach from his first term and chosen economic aides who will defend…
Politics
Banks Are Racking Up Wins Even Before Trump Is Back in White House
Banks are on a winning streak, one that’s poised to intensify as President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office. Biden-appointed regulators…