HHS shakeup, ultra-processed foods, CDC director: DC Diagnosis

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Sen. Thom Tillis apparently went to the 9 Inch Nails present final week. I’m questioning whether or not any of Trent Reznor’s lyrics on alienation, numbness, and resignation communicate to the North Carolina Republican as he retires. “What have I change into, my sweetest pal?” from Damage? Or “I imagine I can see the longer term ’trigger I repeat the identical routine” from Each Day Is Precisely the Similar? Ship information ideas and your favourite ‘90s industrial tunes to [email protected] or John_Wilkerson.07 on Sign.

A toast to bipartisanship

Final week, a bipartisan group of staffers met at Union Pub in Washington for completely happy hour drinks to rejoice the well being care bundle that they negotiated as a part of the HHS funding invoice that Congress handed final month. It was the primary bipartisan well being care laws to cross in additional than 3 years.