News for May 1, 2025

Kamala Harris is publicly weighing whether to run for California governor, make another presidential bid, or step away from elected office.

Texas lawmakers may need to act soon or 1.8 million children and pregnant women could lose their current Medicaid health plan and be moved to different insurers.

HHS issued a review of pediatric gender care that questions the evidence for transition-related treatment for minors and breaks with the views of major U.S. medical groups.

Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border stayed near historic lows in April as President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration continued.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is asking the CDC to create new measles treatment guidance using drugs and vitamins, even as the agency still says vaccination is the best way to prevent the disease.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s health department plans to require placebo trials for all new vaccines, a move experts say could slow access and raise ethical concerns.

Police say Marianne Akers was not intoxicated when her car crashed into the YNOT Outdoors camp building in Chatham, Illinois, killing four girls.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it end Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Venezuelans, which would clear the way for deportations and lost work permits.

House Republicans are fighting over how much to raise the SALT tax deduction, and the split is slowing President Donald Trump’s broader tax and spending bill.

President Donald Trump is pushing a fast-moving deportation campaign that aims to remove immigrants with little time for lawyers, hearings, or court review.

Marianne Akers tested negative for alcohol and controlled substances after the crash into an Illinois after-school program that killed four children, as investigators continue to look for the cause.

Nebraska officials recovered the bodies of three girls who went missing while fishing in the Missouri River.

Nvidia and Anthropic are clashing over U.S. chip export limits, with Nvidia saying Anthropic is exaggerating smuggling risks to support tighter rules on China.

HHS has moved $500 million from COVID-19 vaccine research to a single flu vaccine project, bypassing the usual scientific review process.

House Republicans want to overhaul federal student loan repayment, which could change monthly bills for new borrowers under a plan tied to President Donald Trump’s tax agenda.

A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans accused of links to Tren de Aragua.

The Treasury Department sanctioned a top Jalisco New Generation Cartel figure and related businesses tied to drug trafficking and fuel theft.

President Donald Trump is moving national security adviser Mike Waltz out of the job and nominating him as U.N. ambassador after the Signal chat scandal.

Former TV meteorologist Bree Smith is fighting deepfake sextortion scams after doctored images of her were used to try to extort money, and she helped push a Tennessee bill aimed at giving victims legal recourse.

Boston Medical Center Health System is renaming two hospitals it now runs to bring them under one shared brand.