PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A major shakeup in leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is underway, with top aides departing from their current roles to other positions as the agency looks to amplify its Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda.WHO WAS INVOLVED: HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill, General Counsel Mike Stuart, HHS […] The post RFK Jr. Overhauls HHS Leadership. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A major shakeup in leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is underway, with top aides departing from their current roles to other positions as the agency looks to amplify its Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda. WHO WAS INVOLVED: HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill, General Counsel Mike Stuart, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Chris Klomp. WHEN & WHERE: February 13, 2026, at the Department of Health and Human Services. KEY QUOTE: “They are being offered jobs within the administration but will not be remaining in their current positions,” said a source familiar with the personnel changes. IMPACT: The changes reportedly form part of efforts to strengthen the management team…Open
Journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges stemming from his reporting at an anti-ICE protest in a Minnesota church, multiple outlets reported . Why it matters: President Trump 's Department of Justice brought the case against the former CNN anchor, sparking backlash over First Amendment concerns. - He faces charges under the FACE Act, a federal law that prohibits interfering with people exercising their religious rights. The 1994 law was created to allow freedom of access to abortion clinic entrances, making the DOJ's prosecution of Lemon under it unusual. - First-time offenders could face a prison sentence of up to a year. Catch up quick: Lemon was arrested last month after he interviewed protesters,…
ICE is preparing to spend $38 billion this year on a "new detention center model" holding nearly 100,000 people. Why it matters: Expanding immigration detention is a major part of the deportation pipeline and will fuel President Trump's pledge to deport millions of people. But the plans are facing local pushback . Driving the news: ICE is going on a buying spree for warehouse spaces, estimated to cost $38.3 billion out of budget of $45 billion from the "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" passed last year. - A new ICE memo , shared with the New Hampshire Governor's Office on Thursday, states that it plans to buy "non-traditional facilities built specifically to support ICE's needs." - ICE plans to buy eight "mega centers," 16 processing centers…
Former Obama White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler announced Thursday night that she is resigning as chief legal officer at Goldman Sachs after the Justice Department’s […] Source
A surge of immigration arrests in the state sent thousands of people to detention centers in Texas, New Mexico and elsewhere. Federal courts have been overwhelmed with their pleas for release.
Watch live as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other city officials discuss the economic and social impacts of ICE operations across the Twin Cities as Operation Metro Surge comes to an end. MORE: https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/frey-address-economic-social-impacts-ice-operations-minnesota/