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US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks alongside Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary

First MAHA health report calls for reassessing medicines, processed foods, pesticides

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — Poor diet, environmental toxins, unhealthy habits and pharmaceuticals are contributing to a national rise in chronic illnesses, particularly among children, top Trump officials said in a Thursday report that lays the groundwork for a “Make America Healthy Again” overhaul of government policy. Leaders of the MAHA Commission including Health

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Supreme Court deadlock leaves in place ruling blocking nation’s first religious charter school

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court split evenly Thursday in a high-profile challenge over the nation’s first religious charter school, leaving in place a ruling from Oklahoma’s top court that found the proposed Catholic school unconstitutional. The 4-4 split was made possible because conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to reporters as he departs for the White House as ongoing negotiations between House leadership

Johnson and Trump muscle domestic policy bill through House in massive win for president’s agenda

By Sarah Ferris, Haley Talbot, Veronica Stracqualursi, Lauren Fox, Jeff Zeleny and Alayna Treene, CNN Washington (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a major win for President Donald Trump early Thursday morning, quashing a conservative rebellion and driving a deeply divided House GOP to pass a bill that many of them were still pushing fiercely

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Drivers charge their Teslas in Fountain Valley

Senate nullifies California’s electric vehicle mandate, using fast-track authority to bypass filibuster

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led Senate on Thursday overturned several key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions, a major blow to that state’s effort to regulate pollution from cars and trucks that could have broad environmental impacts for the rest of the country.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters after returning to the U.S. Capitol Building on May 21 in Washington

Key committee advances Trump’s agenda bill to House floor after meeting for almost 22 hours and intense partisan debate

By Sarah Ferris and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — A key House committee voted late Wednesday evening to advance President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda to the House floor after marathon proceedings that lasted almost 22 hours, setting up a high-stakes vote in the chamber and a showdown between warring wings of the Republican conference. The

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