EPA Chief Lee Zeldin Moves to Regulate Phthalate Usage to Protect Workers, Environment

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday that the agency will move to regulate dozens of applications of five widely used phthalate chemicals to reduce environmental and workplace risks. “Our gold standard science delivered clear answers, that these phthalates pose unreasonable risk to workers in specific industrial settings and to the environment,” EPA Administrator […]

Trump Blasts Tim Walz as ‘Crooked Governor,’ Slams Ilhan Omar as ‘Scammer’

“Tim Waltz [sic] of Minnesota is a Crooked Governor!!!” the president wrote. The insult comes after Walz claimed Tuesday night that the president was “politicizing” the alleged fraud, following the Department of Health and Human Services’ freeze on childcare payments in light of an explosive report from citizen journalist Nick Shirley. Shirley documented his visits […]

Somali Americans Face Audits For Potential Immigration Fraud

Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration is auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to uncover potential fraud that might be grounds for revoking their citizenship, known as denaturalization. “Under U.S. law, if an individual procures citizenship on a fraudulent basis, that is grounds for denaturalization,” Homeland Security […]

Tim Walz Accuses Trump of ‘Politicizing the Issue’ of Somali Fraud

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) accused President Donald Trump of “politicizing the issue” of alleged Somali immigrant fraud after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) froze federal payments to childcare businesses in the state. In a post on X, Walz responded to a video from HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill in which O’Neill […]

Trump’s Deputies Freeze Child Care Payments to Minnesota amid Alleged Somali Fraud

President Donald Trump’s deputies are freezing federal payments to child care businesses in Minnesota amid growing evidence of mass fraud by Somali-owned daycare centers. “We’re committed to holding bad actors accountable, regardless of rank or office,” said a X video from Jim O’Neil, deputy secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “Anyone […]

Trump Admin Launches $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program

Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration plans to distribute between $147 million and $281 million to each U.S. state in 2026 through a widespread rural health program designed to provide better access to medical care in rural areas. The effort, which is one aspect of the One Big Beautiful Bill […]

Inside RFK Jr.’s upheaval of public health in Trump’s first year

On his way to being confirmed as the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised lawmakers he would do nothing that “makes it difficult or discourages people from taking vaccines.” Almost 100 days into the job, amid rising measles outbreaks and congressional scrutiny of his messaging on vaccines, Kennedy made clear behind the […]