The Trump administration plans to terminate federal workers focused on preventing and responding to work-related illnesses, including “black lung” disease in coal miners, according to an internal government memo obtained by NBC News, despite in recent days reinstating some who had been let go. Continue reading Some federal workers focused on ‘black lung’ screenings reinstated but still face June termination

After thousands of international students abruptly lost their legal statuses in the past few months, the Department of Homeland Security offered some insight Tuesday into how some of the terminations were decided. Continue reading Trump administration reveals how it targeted thousands of international students on visas

The members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sat behind red MAGA-style hats emblazoned with the inaccurate terminology “Gulf of America” during a televised White House meeting held on Wednesday. Elon Musk wears two hats, literally and cultishly. While the hats are not available on Trump’s official online store as of the time of writing, he has frequently used his presidency to promote MAGA-branded merchandise. It … Continue reading Trump’s Cabinet cult hawks MAGA merch in bizarre official meeting

John Reid, Virginia’s Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, said religious activists tied to Governor Glenn Younkin threatened to release lewd photos if he did not drop out of the race. WRC’s Julie Carey reports. Continue reading Gay Virginia GOP nominee accuses Gov. Youngkin’s team of extortion

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long claimed a secret database holds the truth about vaccines and autism. Now that he’s in charge, his anti-vaccine supporters wonder — can he deliver? Continue reading The little-known database at the heart of RFK Jr.’s vaccine conspiracy theory