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NEW YORK (AP) — The 17 experts who were ousted from a government vaccine committee last month say they have little faith in what the panel has become, and have outlined possible alternative ways to make U.S. vaccine policy. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired the entire Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, accusing them of being too …

WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday declined a request from Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers to grant her immunity in exchange for providing testimony to Congress. Maxwell’s lawyers said in a letter on Tuesday that Maxwell would be willing to testify before Congress if she received formal immunity, alongside other requests. If Maxwell “were to receive clemency, she would be …

House Ethics Committee orders AOC to pay additional $3,000 for 2021 Met Gala showing  Axios Ethics panel directs Ocasio-Cortez to make more payments for Met Gala ‘Tax the Rich’ outfit  The Hill AOC broke House rules to attend Met Gala with beau Riley Roberts, is told to pay additional $2,700 for ‘Tax The Rich’ gown, other accessories  New York Post House ethics panel …

13 new medicines recommended for approval EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended 13 medicines for approval at its July 2025 meeting. The committee recommended granting a marketing authorisation for Aqneursa* (levacetylleucine), for the treatment of Niemann-Pick type C, a rare, progressive, fatal genetic disorder caused by mutations encoding lysosomal proteins that are essential for the intracellular transport and metabolism of …

A bill that would help regulate college sports and how athletes are compensated by schools made it through a House committee on Wednesday — a notable step on the way to it conceivably being put to a vote — while public criticism of the potential legislation also mounted. After years of lobbying for help from Congress by college sports leaders, …

U.S. Olympic committee bans trans women from competing in women’s sports  Axios USOPC bans trans women from women’s events  ESPN U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee will comply with Trump’s ban on trans women in women’s sports  NBC News US Olympics officials quietly bar trans women from competing in women’s sports  The Guardian US Olympic team to comply with Trump’s ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s …

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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee updated its policies to say it would comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports. The committee made the change in an updated “Athlete Safety Policy,” posted to their website Monday, which does not mention the word transgender in any of its 27 pages. But the document …

Rep. Andrew Garbarino elected chair of the House Homeland Security Committee  Politico Congressional Republicans face bruising battle to avoid government shutdown  Fox News Senate Democrats face crossroads in anti-Trump strategy  Axios Womack sees potential for government shutdown  Talk Business & Politics Republicans fear Washington headed for shutdown after bruising spending fights  The Hill Source link

House Dems to force another committee vote on Epstein  Politico Republicans and Democrats Call for More Information on Epstein Case  The New York Times House won’t vote on Jeffrey Epstein resolution before August recess, Johnson says  CBS News GOP Rep. Tim Burchett still wants Epstein files to be released  ABC News Epstein saga hangs over Congress’s sprint to summer recess  The Hill Source link