Because President Donald Trump wants him to run HHS. Mr. Trump won the election, convincingly. He has a right to his nominees, barring any clear personal legal problems. And Mr. Kennedy has said time and again that he will execute President Trump's policies at HHS.

The order, widely expected to be challenged in court, could block recipients from being able to receive the treatments and have a chilling effect on providers willing to offer care.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections. | HHS on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections.

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

Federal health officials have been instructed to temporarily stop any “external communications” to the public, according to two officials with knowledge of the situation.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Mr. Trump fired the inspectors general of at least 15 federal agencies on the evening of Jan. 24, according to The Washington Post. The top watchdogs at the Defense DepartmentState Department, Labor Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs were also among those fired.

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Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) joins Chris Jansing to discuss the Trump administration freezing federal loans and grants and the potential impact it could have on families across the country. He also shares his expectations for RFK Jr.

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced skeptical senators Thursday in the second day of his confirmation hearing to lead the department of Health and Human Services, Sen. Bill Cassidy confronted Kennedy about vaccines.

Robert Kennedy's Senate hearing to review his nomination to head Health and Human Services (HHS) is set to begin next Wednesday. Still, Donald Trump is not waiting for his candidate to get confirmed before launching a full-scale war on public health.