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No One Cares When Presidential Advisers Want Bigger Government

Elon Musk's vague White House role is only controversial because he's trying to slash bureaucracy.

Reason · Feb 26, 2025

Harris-Walz stand out on health care

Many of Walz’s stances dovetail with those of Harris, fighting for abortion access and capping drug costs

Salon · Aug 20, 2024

Biden taps Mandy Cohen — former North Carolina health secretary — to lead CDC

President Biden's pick for the next director of the CDC is Dr. Mandy Cohen, an internal medicine physician with experience in state and federal government.

WEKU · Jun 16, 2023

What COVID might look like in the U.S. once we reach the endemic phase

Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to President Biden on COVID-19, shares what he thinks the endemic phase of COVID-19 will look like in the U.S. and how we can prepare for that stage now.

WEKU · May 5, 2022

Andy Slavitt on what new wave in case growth tells us about endemic covid

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Andy Slavitt, a former adviser to the Biden administration on COVID, about the new rise in cases — and what it could tell us about what endemic COVID looks like.

WEKU · May 4, 2022

Biden weighs mask mandate appeal that may be fruitless, or worse

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said it is ready to appeal a ruling that eliminated the mask mandate for plane and train travel if necessary, even after some argued the best way to preserve the government’s authority was to let the case die.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022

California could see coronavirus uptick this spring because of omicron subvariant BA.2

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases are on the upswing worldwide, prompting some officials to warn that California could see increases this spring because of the omicron subvariant BA.2 even though cases so far have been modest.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 21, 2022