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American Medical Association writes to health secretary after reports he aims to overhaul taskforce for being ‘woke’A top US medical body has expressed “deep concern” to Robert F Kennedy Jr over news reports that the health secretary plans to overhaul a panel that determines which preventive health measures including cancer screenings should be covered by insurance companies.The letter from the the American Medical Association comes after the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Kennedy plans to overhaul the 40-year old US Preventive Services Task Force because he regards them as too “woke”, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Another Republican says it should be on table, illustrating challenge posed by scandal for Maga base and the partyThe US House speaker, Mike Johnson, said on Sunday he would have “great pause” about granting a pardon or commutation to Ghislaine Maxwell while another House Republican said it should be considered as part of an effort to obtain more information about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.Donald Trump and his allies, including Johnson, have been under immense pressure to disclose more information about Epstein for weeks, especially amid scrutiny over the extent of Trump’s relationship with Epstein. The splits over what to do with

A man and a woman were found dead at Devil’s Den state park as police seek a white male suspectTwo people were found dead along a walking trail in a state park in Arkansas, authorities said Sunday.A 43-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were found dead at Devil’s Den state park in Washington county, according to the Arkansas state police. Its criminal investigation unit is handling what it calls a “suspected homicide”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/27/arkansas-state-park-suspected-homicide Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-07-27 13:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Thongxay Nilakout, who shot Birte Pfleger’s parents in 1994, is among eight convicted criminals who were deportedThe daughter of a woman murdered by a man from Laos who is among those controversially deported from the US to South Sudan has spoken out about her family’s pain but also to decry the lack of rights afforded to those who were expelled to countries other than their own.Birte Pfleger lives in Los Angeles and was a history student at Cal State University in Long Beach when her parents came to visit her from their native Germany in 1994 and ended up shot