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- U.S. Senate confirms Dr. Oz to lead Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicesby Jennifer Shutt on April 3, 2025 at 9:11 pm
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed former television personality and onetime Pennsylvania political candidate Mehmet Oz as director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The 53-45 party-line vote places Oz at the helm of the federal agency responsible for administering health care programs relied on by 1 in 4 Americans, including
- Pentagon watchdog will probe ‘Signalgate,’ in response to senatorsby Jennifer Shutt on April 3, 2025 at 7:43 pm
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General announced Thursday it has opened an investigation into Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly criticized use of the Signal messaging app to communicate about plans to bomb Yemen. The evaluation stems from a letter the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, Republican
- States ordered by U.S. Education Department to certify school DEI ban or lose fundsby Shauneen Miranda on April 3, 2025 at 6:35 pm
This story was updated at 4:44 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education demanded in a letter to state education leaders on Thursday that they certify all K-12 schools in their states are complying with an earlier Dear Colleague letter banning diversity, equity and inclusion practices if they want to keep receiving federal financial
- Kentucky Health and Family Services chief retiring, Dr. Steven Stack will succeed himby Sarah Ladd on April 3, 2025 at 5:39 pm
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander will retire Aug. 1, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack will succeed him as CHFS secretary. The sprawling cabinet has a broad range of health and social services duties, from protecting children and vulnerable adults to administering the Medicaid
- Severe storms spur tornado warnings and wind damage across Kentucky. Heavy rainfall is on the way.by Liam Niemeyer on April 3, 2025 at 2:56 pm
A line of severe storms that moved Wednesday evening through Kentucky spurred a number of tornado warnings across the state and injured several people and destroyed a church in West Kentucky. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear had declared a state of emergency ahead of the storms, which weather forecasters had anticipated could spark long-track tornadoes and