WASHINGTON (AP) — There was a notable absence last week when U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Trump's 2026 spending plan serves as a starting point for negotiations with lawmakers and will likely change as the GOP-controlled Congress mulls it.

This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced an end to federal guidance allowing hospitals to perform abortions to protect ...