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Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf testifies during a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 6. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf testifies during a hearing before the Senate…

Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY Published 12:42 a.m. ET June 23, 2020 | Updated 1:50 p.m. ET June 23, 2020CLOSE Of the confirmed two million coronavirus cases, more than 113,000 Americans have died since the virus emerged here a few months ago. USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Senate Democrats sent a letter to the Health and Human Services Department watchdog,…

Christi Grimm testifies during a remote hearing of the House Oversight Committee. | House Television via AP The health department's top watchdog vowed to Congress on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's moves to fire or replace inspectors general — including his recent effort to effectively oust her — would not affect more than a dozen…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The government agency responsible for whistleblower complaints said it has determined there are "reasonable grounds" to believe the Trump administration's decision to remove a former government scientist from his post was done in retaliation, his attorneys said Friday.Attorneys for Dr. Rick Bright…

The Office of Special Counsel has determined there are “reasonable grounds” to believe a former top vaccine official was removed from his post last month for retaliatory reasons and plans to recommend the Department of Health and Human Services reinstate him while it investigates, the official’s lawyers said Friday.Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical…