Science backers say proposed federal research cuts pose dire risks.

Science backers say proposed federal research cuts pose dire risks.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, has said that tackling a chronic disease “epidemic” would be a cornerstone of his Make America Healthy Again agenda, often invoking alarming statistics as an urgent reason for reforming public health in this country. On Friday, President Trump released a proposed budget …

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Trump Officials Signal Openness to Tariff Talks

Trump Officials Signal Openness to Tariff Talks

The Trump administration signaled on Tuesday that it was ready to negotiate deals with countries targeted by sweeping tariffs, saying that 70 governments had approached the United States to try to roll the levies back and that officials would begin talks with Japan, South Korea and other nations. But President …

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The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaid

The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaid

If congressional Republicans go through with some of the deep Medicaid cuts they are considering, three states would be left in an especially tight bind. South Dakota, Missouri and Oklahoma have state constitutions requiring that they participate in Medicaid expansion, the part of Obamacare that expanded the health program for …

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