White House withdraws nomination of vaccine-sceptic pick to head health agency
The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a U-turn that came just hours before his Senate confirmation hearing, ...
Trump administration withdraws nomination of David Weldon for CDC director
The former Florida congressman has been a prominent critic of vaccines and the CDC, which promotes vaccines and monitors ...
Trump administration withdraws CDC director nomination just before Senate hearing
The White House withdrew the nomination of former Florida congressman Dr. David Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease ...
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This CDC Nominee May Have Been Too Anti-Vax Even for RFK Jr.’s HHS
Republican lawmakers may not have considered avowed anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be too ...
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Sexual Harassment Remains an Ongoing and Persistent Problem in State Govt.
A report tallies 400 allegations of harassment against 145 lawmakers over the past decade, including 11 new allegations last year. Due to underreporting, the actual figure is probably three times as ...
State politics has a sexual misconduct problem
State legislatures craft most of the laws passed in the United States and serve as the main pipeline for higher office. But ...