A senior Health and Human Services (HHS) official is speaking out after being abruptly fired — claiming his ouster was part of a broader “coup” effort to undermine HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from within his own department. According to a
President Trump’s nominee to head the CDC, Susan Monarez, has been confirmed by the Senate in a 51–47 vote. Monarez, already serving as acting director, becomes the first CDC chief to receive Senate confirmation, a requirement put in place by a 2023