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RFK Jr. to revamp influential preventive services panel

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to remake an influential but little-known task force that determines what preventive medical services insurers must cover for free. The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday issued a call for nominations to the

Who is calling the shots in Iran?

Following the last round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, Iran’s foreign minister and negotiator Abbas Araghchi declared in a post on X on April 17 that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open.” This came after he also signaled that his government

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DOJ, EPA file complaint over Potomac River spill

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday filed a civil complaint against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) over the sewage spill into the Potomac River, which was named the largest wastewater spill in