Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is standing firm on the sweeping cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, cuts he says were suggested by Elon Musk and his DOGE team.

The widespread terminations at the Department of Health and Human Services have drawn questions about the functioning of key health programs.

A co-founder of the ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s was arrested Wednesday at a Senate committee hearing that included testimony from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a spokesperson for the U.

Both Sen. Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. Steny Hoyer had contentious exchanges on Wednesday with Kennedy, the Health and Human Services secretary. He testified before two committees: the House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees health and human services and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

He was shouting about children’s lives being lost in Gaza while the U.S. pays for it “by kicking poor kids off Medicaid.”

The Department of Homeland Security is planning on a new Gulfstream V, agency officials confirmed Wednesday, after the planned acquisition spilled into public view during a congressional oversight hearing.

Follow for live updates as Trump continues his Middle East trip in Saudi Arabia and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill.

As DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defends a proposed budget increase, lawmakers raise alarms about significant cuts to FEMA during the upcoming hurricane season.