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(16) --- # News Filter by Tag Show All Consumer Crime Education Health Lifestyle News Politics Space Sports Tech Weather World [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/iStock-1346795241.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-to-pursue-mass-federal-layoffs) #### [Supreme Court clears way for Trump to pursue mass federal layoffs](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-to-pursue-mass-federal-layoffs) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 09, 2025 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Donald Trump's administration to pursue mass government job cuts and the sweeping... 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[Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/u.s.-veterans-affairs-will-cut-nearly-30000-jobs-far-fewer-than-planned) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/2025-04-02T190239Z_944382019_RC2TPDAY8R0R_RTRMADP_3_USA-COURT-PLANNED-PARENTHOOD.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-administration-over-planned-defunding) #### [Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration over planned 'defunding'](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-administration-over-planned-defunding) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 08, 2025 Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration on Monday over a provision in Republican President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill that... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-administration-over-planned-defunding) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/2025-06-24T152630Z_1578584734_RC239FAUUXHW_RTRMADP_3_USA-HEALTH-KENNEDY.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/us-physician-groups-sue-kennedy-over-vaccine-policy) #### [US physician groups sue Kennedy over vaccine policy](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/us-physician-groups-sue-kennedy-over-vaccine-policy) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 08, 2025 Several leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit against U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human... 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[Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/japan-south-korea-face-25-tariffs-as-trump-ramps-up-trade-war-in-letters-to-14-nations) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/2025-02-25T233501Z_1162206454_RC2V1DA4TFX5_RTRMADP_3_USA-HEALTH-MEASLES-TEXAS.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/us-measles-cases-hit-6-year-high-at-1277-cases-johns-hopkins-data-shows) #### [US measles cases hit 6-year high at 1277 cases, Johns Hopkins data shows](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/us-measles-cases-hit-6-year-high-at-1277-cases-johns-hopkins-data-shows) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Jul 08, 2025 Measles cases in the United States have already reached a six-year high this year, data from Johns Hopkins University's outbreak response center... 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