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Kennedy’s push to find cause of autism divides Hill Republicans
↵↵For the first time ever, the 2026 Senate Labor-HHS appropriations report directed the NIH to ensure autism research includes profound autism.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Addiction, mental health agency eviscerated under Trump
That's after Congress rejected such a plan as committees put together fiscal 2026 spending bills that have yet to become law.
Kennedy’s vaccine advisory panel upends shot recommendations
representing health insurers, announced earlier this week that it would continue to cover all immunizations that were recommended as of Sept. 1, 2025, and coverage would be available through the end of 2026
Back from recess, Senate turns to defense while House looks to get back to business
Senators start Tuesday afternoon with a procedural vote to limit debate on taking up the fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill, one of the pieces of must-pass legislation on the fall agenda.
Kennedy to testify before Congress next week amid CDC tumult
Kennedy is scheduled to appear Sept. 4 for a hearing on the president’s 2026 health care agenda, according to the committee’s website, where he’ll likely face questions about the departure of Susan Monarez
In the Spotlight: Roger Wicker
The Mississippi Republican called the bill "a start," but rejected the notion that the administration’s proposed $1 trillion fiscal 2026 defense budget — a plan that hinges the bulk of its Defense Department
Senate appropriators grill Kennedy on biomedical research
Appropriations Subcommittee, sometimes deflected and other times fought back as he outlined his vision for reducing and preventing chronic disease through his department’s $94 billion budget request for fiscal 2026
Kennedy defends budget request but is silent on big HHS changes
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — that are examining the Trump administration’s $94 billion budget request for the department in fiscal 2026
At HHS, proposed cuts to medical research and public health programs
The fiscal 2026 budget plan would back the agenda of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Trump pulls Stefanik nomination to be UN ambassador
And House Majority PAC, the leading Democratic super PAC dedicated to winning the House, saw implications for the 2026 midterms following Thursday’s move.