Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, called a new memo from the White House budget office freezing the disbursement of federal loans and grants

I am surprised they did not wait until" a White House budget director was confirmed, Sen. Susan Colllins said.

"We wish for a leader at the DHHS who will join us in supporting evidence-based science and life-saving medicine; RFK Jr. represents none of these goals,” said Dr. Mary White, a