Kennedy grilled over changes at HHS
A bipartisan line of lawmakers grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr over staffing cuts and policy shifts at the 82 000 to 62 000 employee agency. He defended White House aims to streamline operations and boost Make America Healthy Again while facing questions about vaccine guidance fluoride and cuts to NIH Head Start and other programs.
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Washington
U.S. Health and Human Services
Robert E Kennedy Jr
Kennedy
Trump
Senate
House
Angela Alsobrooks
Maryland
White House
America
Health Department
Washington State
Natalie
National Institutes of Health
Patty Murray
House of Hope
Murray
NIH
Bonnie Watson-Coleman
New Jersey
Donald Trump
Lisa Murkowski
Alaska
Murkowski
Chuck Fleischmann
Tennessee
M&ms
Mike Simpson
Idaho
Food and Drug Administration
Simpson
Ken
Nedy
Chris Murphy
Connecticut
Bill Cassidy
Louisiana
Health Committee
Cassidy
Newark Air Traffic Plan Amid Controller Shortage Delays
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveils a May 8 plan in Washington to address chronic Newark delays. FAA aims to cut Newark flights to 28 per hour, repair radar systems, and boost controller staffing from 22 active to 38 as meetings with airlines begin.
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Transportation
Sean Duffy
Washington
New Jersey
Donald Trump
Federal Aviation Administration
Newark
U.S. Army
Washington, D.C
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Senate
FAA
Philadelphia
New York
Newark Liberty International Airport
Frank McIntosh
Senate
McIntosh
Ford recalls 274000 SUVs over brake loss risk
Ford and Lincoln recall 223,315 Expeditions and 50,474 Navigators from 2022 to 2024 due to front brake line contact with the air cleaner outlet pipe risking brake fluid leaks and loss of braking. Dealers will inspect and replace parts free of charge.
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New York
Ford
U.S
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHSTA
Lincoln
NHTSA
Associated Press
Mixed Wall Street close as tech gains lift indices
A choppy trading session left the S&P 500 up 0.1 percent while the Nasdaq rose 0.7 percent and the Dow slipped 0.2 percent. Nvidia Alphabet and Nvidia led gains with AMD and eToro among notable movers as investors weighed inflation, tariffs, and trade policy impacts. The market remains volatile amid ongoing Sino U.S. trade talks and tariff uncertainty.
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Nvidia
Dow Jones
Super Micro Computer
Data- Volt
Advanced Micro Devices
Google
Alphabet
eToro Group
U.S
China
Donald Trump
Rick Gardner
RGA Investments
Trump
America
American Eagle
General Motors
UPS
Kraft Heinz
JetBlue
S&p 500