President Donald Trump defended the federal aid spending freeze, saying it “in no way affected” Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. The administration rescinded the order that froze federal grants and loans. 

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about past statements he had made that compared the work of the Centers for Disease Control to “Nazi death camps” and sexual abuse.

Kelly Loeffler, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Small Business Administration, used her opening statement to speak about her past business accomplishments and how she hopes to promote small businesses as they.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, is grilled on his vaccine skepticism during his first Senate confirmation hearing. Dr. Amesh Adalja, a.