Jennifer Shutt

US House members scrutinize ‘big, beautiful’ law’s loan limits for nursing degrees newsfromthestates.com/article/us-hou…

Fitter -- "You may ask why CDC is not using our federal quarantining authority on people. Our approach is based on risk and evidence."

Fitter said public health officials are working with people who may have been exposed to hantavirus to monitor them for symptoms of the illness and create plans for their "specific situations."

CDC incident manager for hantavirus response Dr. David Fitter says 41 people in the U.S. are being monitored for signs of illness but that no one within the country has tested positive. "At this time the risk to the general public is low."

Senate votes to withhold members’ pay during future shutdowns newsfromthestates.com/article/senate…

Senate adopts, by voice vote, a resolution from Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy that would prevent lawmakers in that chamber from receiving paychecks during any government shutdowns that begin after this year’s midterm elections.

Risk low of hantavirus spread, CDC officials say newsfromthestates.com/article/risk-l…

Fitter said CDC officials have "held two Hill briefings and have just completed a call with the governor from the states of repatriated Americans." Agency officials are also holding daily calls with state health officials.

CDC incident manager for hantavirus response Dr. David Fitter says on a call the "the risk to the general public is low" and that the agency is "sharing real-time information with state and federal partners."

#BREAKING: U.S. Senate CONFIRMS Kevin Warsh to be Fed Chair, 54-45.

US Speaker Johnson wants Secret Service funding but noncommittal on Senate bill w/ @ArianaLFigueroa newsfromthestates.com/article/us-spe…

Johnson says there "is an urgent need for increased security measures" at the White House. "It’s what’s beneath the ballroom that is, in my view, far more important. And we’ve needed some of these security measures for a long time. And that’s what this is all about."

Speaker Johnson says the $1B for the Secret Service in the immigration enforcement funding bill came after the agency "put in an urgent request for additional security measures."

Speaker Johnson says he believes Republicans will pass the $72B immigration enforcement/Secret Service reconciliation bill before June 1

Several Republican senators left a closed-door lunch with Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Tuesday saying they still have questions about how the agency would spend an additional $1 billion w/ @ArianaLFigueroa newsfromthestates.com/article/us-sen…

Several Republican senators leaving closes-door lunch with Secret Service director say they need more details on how the agency would spend additional $1 billion in funding.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Makary resigning as Trump FDA head after angering health CEOs, vaping companies and anti-abortion groups, AP source says.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said the $1B for the ballroom-East Wing security features was a “consensus” among Senate Republicans after I asked him how he settled on that exact amount.

Thune says it's "possible" the Senate could have briefings on Hantavirus but says for now people should "listen carefully" to the CDC. "Obviously, we want to pay close attention to how this thing develops and make sure that it doesn't start getting transferred human to human."

JUST IN: Inflation is now eating up all wage gains for the first time in about three years. This is painful for Americans and a true financial squeeze. CPI Inflation in past year: 3.8% Wage gains: in past year: 3.6%