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Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge
The prosecutor firings and a move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents were a powerful indication that the president has few qualms deploying federal law enforcement to punish perceived enemies.The New York Times - 3h -
CDC purges STD and vaccine info after Trump gender order
Health experts say the website purge could result in deaths.CBS News - 8h -
CDC website scrubs HIV content following Trump diversity policy changes
The CDC has removed several HIV pages including key resources for health care providers after federal agencies were told to comply with a White House order on removing certain language pertaining ...NBC News - 8h -
What do we know about the expected FBI purges?
Sources say that FBI agents who worked on the Jan. 6 investigations, President Trump's classified documents handling and his conduct after the 2020 election could be fired as soon as Friday. CBS ...CBS News - 9h -
FBI purges top officials, agents who worked on Trump's criminal cases
The Trump administration forced out a number of FBI officials Friday, removing agents who worked on the criminal cases into President Trump as well as the heads of various field offices. A source ...The Hill - 9h -
Player First euthanizes MultiVersus amid ongoing live-service purge
Player First Games announced today that the upcoming season of its live-service fighting game MultiVersus will be its last. Season 5 will run from February 4 through May 30, after which the game ...VentureBeat - 10h -
CDC Web Pages and Data Vanish Following Trump’s DEI and Gender Orders
Vague federal directives have led to frantic action, and perhaps overreaction, before a Friday deadline.The New York Times - 10h -
CDC site scrubs HIV content following Trump DEI policies
The CDC on Friday is scrubbing a swath of HIV-related content from the agency’s website as a part of Trump’s broader effort to wipe out DEI initiatives.NBC News - 13h -
Trump’s inspector general purge declaws a government watchdog
Congress must hold the president accountable for these personnel decisions and take steps to maintain inspectors generals' abilities to monitor the government’s honesty and efficiency.The Hill - 1d -
Flu map: These states are now at CDC's highest activity level
The map of flu activity across the United States continues to darken, both figuratively and literally, as case numbers spike upward in most states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...The Hill - 2d -
RFK Jr. on "Nazi death camps" comments about CDC
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about past comments he has made about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention likening the agency to "Nazi death camps" and "sexual ...CBS News - 2d -
Trump’s Federal Buyout Memo Has Echoes of Musk’s 2022 Twitter Purge
A new memo offering “deferred resignation” to all federal employees seems to be taking its strategy from Musk’s chaotic Twitter takeover.Inc. - 2d -
Trump Fired E.E.O.C. Commissioners in Late-Night Purge
The removals of the commissioners, along with the general counsel, were part of a whirlwind of actions since Mr. Trump took office, with many aiming to gut diversity policies.The New York Times - 3d -
CDC staff told to stop communications with WHO after Trump's executive order
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials have been directed to cut off all communications with the World Health Organization following President Trump's executive order to formally ...CBS News - 3d -
Jon Stewart Can’t Keep Up With the Purges
As many as 17 inspectors general were fired by President Trump. “That only leaves — no one knows how many left,” Stewart said. “I have no idea.”The New York Times - 4d -
Fired Inspectors General Raise Alarms as Trump Administration Moves to Finalize Purge
The full scope of the Friday night mass firings was coming into sharper view as one fired watchdog official warned of “a never-ending cycle of politicization.”The New York Times - 4d -
CDC staff ordered to cut off communication with WHO
The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.CBS News - 4d -
CDC health officials in US ordered to stop working with WHO immediately
Senior leaders at agency told to ‘await further guidance’ in stoppage that upends expectations of extended withdrawal. US public health officials have been told to stop working with the World ...The Guardian - 4d -
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.NBC News - 4d -
CDC warns of "high level" of respiratory illness in U.S.
The CDC is warning of an overall "high level" of respiratory illness in the U.S., with COVID, the flu, RSV and norovirus all going around. Pediatrician Dr. Dylan Hes joined CBS News to talk about it.CBS News - 4d -
Sen. Marshall 'absolutely' comfortable with Trump’s purge of inspectors general
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said he’s “absolutely” comfortable with President Trump’s decision to oust more than two dozen inspectors general from various federal agencies. "Absolutely," Marshall ...The Hill - 5d -
Graham defends purge of inspectors general, but says Trump ‘should have’ told Congress first
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) defended President Trump’s decision to oust more than a dozen inspectors general in a late-night shake-up of the federal government. He conceded, however, that Trump ...The Hill - 5d -
Trump fires multiple federal inspectors general in overnight purge
Federal law requires the White House to give Congress a full month of warning and case-specific details before firing a federal inspector general.CBS News - 6d -
Schumer blasts Trump over 'chilling purge' of IGs
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) condemned President Trump’s move to fire more than a dozen watchdogs at several federal agencies overnight, calling it a "chilling purge." “This is a ...The Hill - 6d -
Trump Fires at Least 12 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The White House appeared to have violated a law that requires giving Congress 30 days’ notice and detailed reasons before removing the watchdog officials.The New York Times - 6d -
Trump administration expected to go outside CDC for acting director
The decision would close an unprecedented leadership gap at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.CBS News - Jan. 23 -
Who is in charge of the CDC right now? Nobody knows for sure
A number of other health agencies are also operating without acting heads, including the FDA and the National Institutes of Health.CBS News - Jan. 22 -
HHS official halts CDC reports and health communications for Trump team review
Federal health officials have been instructed to temporarily stop any “external communications” to the public, according to two officials with knowledge of the situation.NBC News - Jan. 23 -
Xi Tells Officials Scared of Being Purged: It's OK to Make Mistakes
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s decree to the Communist Party: Enforcing strict discipline shouldn’t fuel a climate of fear that saps the can-do spirit that once helped power China’s economic rise.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 19 -
A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.
If Trump issues his own order on Day 1, as he’s vowed, the first people could enter detention camps by February.The New York Times - Jan. 18 -
CDC Suggests Quick Bird Flu Testing for Hospitalized Patients
Still, the risk to the general public from bird flu remains low.Inc. - Jan. 16 -
CDC urges faster testing to find human bird flu cases
The CDC on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu have seasonal influenza or are infected with the bird flu that's behind ...NBC News - Jan. 16 -
CDC urges hospitals to fast-track bird flu testing
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are hospitalized with the flu for H5N1 bird flu. Health care workers in ...The Hill - Jan. 16 -
CDC upgrades its advisory on bird flu. Will Moderna’s stock get a boost?
CDC officials say medical professionals are seeing more patients whose illness cannot be traced back to an infected animal or bird.MarketWatch - Jan. 16 -
New norovirus strain might be driving wave of cases, CDC data suggests
Lower immunity to the new GII.17 strain could be leading to more infections.CBS News - Jan. 8 -
What is HMPV? CDC 'monitoring' reports of spiking cases in China
The CDC’s actions come in response to China's government-run media confirming that positivity rates of HMPV hare rising in children under the age of 14, despite respiratory illnesses being down ...The Hill - Jan. 6 -
Sick season is in full force. What the latest CDC figures show
Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last weekABC News - Jan. 3 -
Flu emergency room visits now "very high" nationwide, CDC says
Several Western states are seeing rates worse than last year's peak of flu season.CBS News - Jan. 3 -
Cruise ship stomach bug illnesses hit 12-year high: CDC
Cruise ships saw the highest number of stomach bug illnesses since 2012 with 16 outbreaks that impacted 1,894 passengers.The Hill - Jan. 2