RFK Jr pressed on defunded medical research in tense Senate hearing – live

Senate appropriations committee confronts health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr about his department’s budget request. Democrat Tammy Baldwin reprimanded Kennedy for not providing more thorough explanations to Congress as to why his department is moving to cut jobs and shutter offices. Republican Shelley Moore Capito, acting as chair of the hearing, said the US should be “funding the basic science’ Trump to make 3pm announcement on ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense shield, a US official has told Reuters. The vice chief of space operations, US space force general Michael Guetlein is expected to be at the event where the official, who declined to be named, said that it is likely he will be named as the lead on the controversial project. Some Democrats who backed Rubio in January have said they regret their votes, as Trump has seized more control of the federal government than any modern president. Rubio will tell the Senate on Tuesday that the $28.5bn budget request by the Trump administration for the 2025/26 fiscal year will allow his department to continue to enact his ‘America First’ vision.

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