Former President Donald Trump pledged Sunday to release long-classified government documents related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speaking at a rally in Washington, D.C., Trump vowed to reverse what he called the “overclassification” of documents, saying, “As a first step toward restoring transparency and accountability to government, we will make public remaining records relating to these assassinations and other topics of great public interest.”
European Union Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall announced that the European Commission is weighing a ban on PFAS, also called “forever chemicals," in consumer products.
John Mizuno, appointed as Hawaii’s homelessness coordinator in January 2024, has taken significant steps to address the state’s homelessness crisis by helping out-of-state homeless individuals return to their mainland families.
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced a bill that would "prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.”
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ended funding for EcoHealth Alliance and its former President, Dr. Peter Daszak, for its involvement in gain-of-function research.
In his final hours as president, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for retired General Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and members of the January 6 Committee, along with Capitol and D.C. police officers who testified before the committee. The pardons, announced early Monday morning, sparked controversy as Biden justified them as a measure to protect public servants from “politically motivated prosecutions.”
Bill Gates recently shared details of a private dinner he had with President-elect Donald Trump, providing insight into the wide-ranging discussions they had over three hours at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior (DOI) created the "One Health Framework" to prepare for future diseases.
