Dr. Marty Makary will testify before the Senate health committee on Thursday. Lawmakers may press him over staff reductions and changes in agency direction on issues like vaccines.
Montgomery County and Maryland government leaders are expected to rally near the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda to protest mass layoffs.
The Trump administration has reversed its decision to list nearly 80 million square feet of federal property for possible sale, a setback for President Donald Trump’s efforts to quickly shrink the federal government.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration refused to commit to keeping access to medication abortion as it is now, or changing prescribing guidelines, in response to questions from both Democrats and Republicans during his confirmation hearing Thursday.
The about-face capped a stunning 18 hours that shook federal agencies and threatened already-wobbly commercial real estate markets