A missing 6-year-old was found safe after going missing for about two days in rural eastern Kentucky earlier this week. For two days, hundreds of searchers scoured rugged terrain looking for Roman Heilman, who has autism and had last been seen Sunday afternoon near his home in the small town of Louisa wearing a plaid…
On Tuesday at the Make America Healthy Again summit, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that artificial intelligence can give patients “a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country.” He said it has the power to “free us from medical tyranny.” He also said public…
Lori Covelli, 53, an unemployed social worker in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who last year was collecting $760 per month in food stamps, recently lost all her benefits after failing to find a job and running afoul of the program’s work requirements. She had hoped to regain that aid on her 54th birthday, when she would age…
Washington — The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee advanced President Trump’s pick for the next surgeon general on Wednesday, sending Nicole Saphier’s nomination to the full Senate. Saphier’s nomination advanced as part of a group of nominees in a party-line vote. Mr. Trump nominated Saphier in April. A radiologist and director of breast…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, Republican of Florida Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana IBM vice chairman Gary Cohn Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” MARGARET BRENNAN:…
Washington — GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on Sunday urged the president to be “radically honest” when he’s speaking about vaccines, as the U.S. this year has recorded the most measles cases in more than three decades. “I would just ask the president to be aware that people are listening to him — if…
The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sept. 20, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by Republican Senator Bill Cassidy. He is the chairman of the Health Committee, and he joins us from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Good…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they had a friend in President Donald Trump’s White House. It was Kennedy’s first time appearing at the Children’s Health Defense conference since he…
At Chain of Lakes Elementary School in Winter Haven, Florida, Josette Smith’s 9-year-old son, Ethan, gets to do what he loves most: crafts, math, and science. That is, when he isn’t being pulled out of class. Ethan has autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. He was diagnosed with autism in kindergarten after displaying behavior that concerned his…
President Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism cases — even as the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has failed to produce evidence linking vaccinations to the disorder. While the executive order released Aug. 10 does not directly mention autism, Mr….
