Politics Mar 09 HHS makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its workers as Trump administration continues cuts By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press
Politics Aug 31 U.S. regulators might loosen restrictions on marijuana. Here’s what that would mean When it emerged this week that U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana, the news lit up the world of weed. By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Politics Sep 02 HHS canceling ventilator contracts, says stockpile is full The Trump administration is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring. By Associated Press
Nation Jun 06 U.S. opens new mass shelter in Texas for migrant children The federal government is opening a new mass facility to hold migrant children in Texas and considering detaining hundreds more youths on three military bases around the country, adding a total of 3,000 new beds to the already overtaxed system. By Garance Burke, Associated Press
Politics Apr 29 Health care new front for transgender rights under Trump The Trump administration is coming under fire for rewriting a federal rule that bars discrimination in health care due to gender identity. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
Jan 29 U.S. placement program failed to protect child migrants from trafficking, Senate panel says By Mary Clare Jalonick and Garance Burke, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Migrant children in the government's care fell prey to human trafficking after the Health and Human Services Department failed to protect them, according to a bipartisan congressional investigation released Thursday. Continue reading