Health and Human Services Department

As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

JavedMay 11, 2025015 mins

The prices of strollers and car seats are skyrocketing as companies race to adjust to President Trump’s tariff policies. Federal support for a major campaign to promote safe infant sleep habits appears to have been cut. Measles outbreaks are terrifying parents of young children, even as the nation’s health secretary undermines vaccines. The Trump administration’s…

Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts?

JavedMarch 2, 2025March 2, 2025016 mins

The National Plant Germplasm System, a vast federal collection of seeds, roots, branches and stems, is probably unknown to most Americans. But to Rachel Spaeth the system is a “living library” — and America’s safeguard against “famine on a global scale.” Dr. Spaeth was a horticulturist at an Agriculture Department research site near Davis, Calif.,…