Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration began laying off federal workers on Friday, the 10th day of the U.S. government shutdown,…
The Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Drugmakers are increasingly using telehealth platforms to sell their medicines directly to patients…
The federal government will shut down early Wednesday, in large part because of a debate between Republicans and Democrats over enhanced Obamacare subsidies and whether some immigrants should get those financial benefits. Republicans claim Democrats want to give health care to “illegal immigrants.” Democrats, in turn, say that’s a lie. Democrats say they are only…
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images A looming government shutdown could leave hundreds of thousands of federal employees without a paycheck and put key economic data — including the closely watched Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report — on ice. Congress has just four days left…
A sign for the CDC sits outside of their facility at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 30, 2025. Megan Varner | Reuters More than a dozen pages on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website related to sexual and gender identity, health equity, and other…
Howie Rubin Jonathon Ziegler | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images Famed retired money manager Howard Rubin was arrested Friday morning on charges of sex trafficking and transporting women across state lines for commercial sex acts over the course of a decade, according to a new indictment. Rubin, 70, participated in sex acts with the women…
Police block off the street close to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office after a reported shooting, in Dallas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Julio Cortez | AP A gunman opened fire at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas on Wednesday morning, shooting multiple people and killing one before taking his…
In this photo illustration, Tylenol caplets are displayed on Sept. 22, 2025 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Trump administration on Monday drew an unproven link between autism and pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in one of the world’s most common over-the-counter pain relievers, Kenvue‘s Tylenol. President Donald…
Across the U.S., Americans didn’t see a huge boost to their incomes between 2023 and 2024. The national median household income ticked up just over 1%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But incomes rose much more significantly in some places. In Tampa, Florida, the median household income jumped over 15% between 2023 in 2024 —…
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices listen to a presentation about Covid-19 during an ACIP meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Sept. 19, 2025. Alyssa Pointer | Reuters Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine panel on Friday weakened Covid shot recommendations in the…
