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Spectators cheer at the 55th Annual LA Pride Parade celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) social and self-acceptance, achievements and legal rights, on June 8, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by BLAKE FAGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Calif. loses federal sex ed grants amid HHS gender identity dispute

The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has blocked California from receiving federal sex education grants, citing the Golden State’s refusal to remove references to gender identity from its curriculum.

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth - via Kennedy Jr.'s X account

Pete Hegseth y Robert Kennedy Jr., secretario de Defensa y Salud de Estados Unidos compiten para ver quien hace más lagartijas

El Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS, por sus siglas en ingles), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., retó al secretario del Departamento de Defensa (DOD, por sus siglas en ingles), Pete Hegseth, a una emocionante competencia de acondicionamiento físico. Los funcionarios de la administración Trump participaron en una competencia de lagartijas y abdominales, en el marco del esfuerzo de Kennedy por promover un estilo de vida saludable y activo.

An employee holds a batch of cloned cannabis plants at cannabis grower Hollandse Hoogtes, where regulated cannabis cultivation takes place in a grow center, in Bemmel on April 1, 2025. Weed growers are gearing up for the next phase of the cannabis experiment in which coffeeshops, in the participating municipality, switch entirely to cannabis solely from regulated growers. (Photo by Sem van der Wal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by SEM VAN DER WAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump weighs lowering marijuana’s Federal Classification to reflect reduced danger: ‘We’re looking at it’

President Donald Trump stated that his administration is currently “looking at” reclassifying marijuana to a lower risk category. This comes at a time when many advocates have argued that marijuana helps them manage chronic pain, reduce nausea, ease symptoms of multiple sclerosis, anxiety, and more.

Heather Flick Melanson, left, and Hannah Anderson, right, are no longer listed on the "HHS Leadership" website. (HHS)

RFK Jr. fires 2 top aides in HHS shakeup

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two of the department’s top aides in a leadership shakeup.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 25: Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens as he is introduced by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach during the World Values Network's Presidential candidate series at the Glasshouse on July 25, 2023 in New York City. Kennedy Jr., who is running a longshot primary campaign against President Joe Biden, joined Rabbi Shmuley Boteach to discuss fighting antisemitism and the championing of Israel. Kennedy has faced backlash for his stances on vaccines, most recently for comments he made suggesting that the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease could have been “targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people,” while sparing Jewish and Chinese people. He has denied allegations of racism and antisemitism. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. removes entire CDC vaccine advisory committee: ‘plagued with persistent conflicts of interest’

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he is removing every member of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) independent panel for vaccines, arguing that the committee has become “plagued with persistent conflicts of interest.”

GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 03: A young boy receives a immunization jab at a health centre in Glasgow September 3, 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland. Medical experts still believe the MMR jab is safe and that the vaccine does not cause autism. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.’s HHS cancels $766M in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines while fmr Biden officials fearmonger

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the termination of $766 million provided to Moderna to develop more mRNA vaccines, prompting scrutiny and heavy backlash from former Biden administration officials.