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Pages that show New York grand jury subpoenas being issued into the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigation, then pages of redactions that follow, in this document released by the U.S. Justice Department, are photographed, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Takeaways from the US Justice Department’s initial release of Epstein files, mandated by Congress

December 19, 2025 at 7:53 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday published thousands of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, a release long anticipated for its potential to reveal new details about the late sex...

FILE – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

December 18, 2025 at 10:33 a.m.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors.

Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

The Senate voted down dueling health proposals. Here’s what’s at stake for Americans.

December 11, 2025 at 5:11 p.m.

The political stakes of rising premiums are looming as affordability concerns have emerged as a key issue for American voters going into the midterms next year.

As Congress faces a year-end deadline on Affordable Care Act subsidies, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., meet with reporters about health care affordability, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Affordable Care Act premiums are set to spike. A new poll shows enrollees are already struggling

December 4, 2025 at 8:27 a.m.

Most of the more than 1,300 enrollees surveyed in early November say they anticipate that their health costs will be impacted next year if Congress doesn’t extend expiring COVID-era tax...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrives on stage at the inaugural Make America Healthy Again summit at the Waldorf Astoria, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

MAHA idealism meets political reality as RFK Jr. attempts to wrangle a growing movement

November 21, 2025 at 8:32 a.m.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a recent Wednesday showered in praise from the vice president and health technology CEOs at a glitzy “Make America Healthy Again” event in Washington, designed...

Signage showing that USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is accepted, is displayed at Wild Onion Market, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point

November 1, 2025 at 9:13 a.m.

The crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington were coming to a head Saturday as the federal food assistance program faced delays and millions of Americans...

Labels reading “I Voted” are seen at the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Federal judge rules President Donald Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form

October 31, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Bill Swick sits on the chair at his home in Minooka, Ill., Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Patients go without needed treatment after the government shutdown disrupts a telehealth program

October 30, 2025 at 8:13 a.m.

Bill Swick has a rare degenerative brain disease that inhibits his mobility and speech. Instead of the hassle of traveling an hour to a clinic in downtown Chicago to visit...

FILE – Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, left, and journalist Megyn Kelly attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Senate hearing for Trump’s surgeon general pick is postponed after she goes into labor

October 30, 2025 at 8:12 a.m.

A Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s surgeon general pick, Dr. Casey Means, has been postponed because she went into labor, a spokesperson for the Senate health committee said Thursday.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined from left by Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., chair of the House Republican Conference, and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., wrap up a news conference on day 23 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums

October 27, 2025 at 9:05 a.m.

The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House’s conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act....

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