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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s first confirmation hearing as Trump's nominee for health secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two Senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary. Kennedy is seeking to lead the...
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel says he'll step down on Trump's Inauguration Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said in a letter to IRS workers on Friday that he intends to step down from his position on President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day. “After significant introspection and consultation with others, I’ve determined the best...
Treasury nominee calls for stronger Russia sanctions and Fed independence at confirmation panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent on Thursday faced sharp questions from both Democrats and Republicans on tax policy, tariffs, China, Russia sanctions and the future of an IRS tax filing system that Republicans have called to be cut. And in turn, Bessent...
Trump says he will create an 'External Revenue Service' agency to collect tariff income
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations. “We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will...
Largest health care strike in Oregon history begins as thousands picket Providence hospitals
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some 5,000 hospital health care workers walked off the job Friday as they picketed all eight Providence hospitals in Oregon, in what the state health workers union described as the largest health care strike in Oregon history — and the first to involve doctors. ...
