#Johnson reacts to being ganged up on at ‘intense’ White House meeting

#Johnson reacts to being ganged up on at ‘intense’ White House meeting

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday quipped the reports Congressional leaders ganged up on him during this week’s meeting at the White House are “pretty accurate.”  Johnson, along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) met at the White House with President Biden and Vice President Harris on Tuesday for…

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#Internal Pentagon review finds no ‘ill intent’ during Austin’s hospitalization

#Internal Pentagon review finds no ‘ill intent’ during Austin’s hospitalization

The Pentagon on Monday released the results of a 30-day review that found no attempt to hide Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalizations in December and January, effectively absolving officials of any wrongdoing.  Although a brief, unclassified summary of the review found processes could be improved, “nothing examined during this review demonstrated any indication of ill…

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#HHS Secretary: UAB decision to pause IVF treatment will have ‘heart-wrenching consequences’

#HHS Secretary: UAB decision to pause IVF treatment will have ‘heart-wrenching consequences’

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra decried the recent University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) health care system’s decision to pause in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments Wednesday. “I’ve long made clear that overturning Roe was just the beginning of the attacks on women’s health, privacy, & autonomy — and that’s exactly what we…

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