A new nominee for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to be named this week. They would inherit a demoralized staff and a public health agency buffeted by change.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will take over as acting director of the Centers for ...

Washington — President Trump on Monday removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency responsible for overseeing ethics rules and financial disclosures for the ...

Two years ago, Kash Patel emerged as a vocal critic of then-FBI Director Christopher Wray for his use of the government's fleet of private aircraft for personal travel. The FBI should "ground Chris ...

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The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Bill Pulte as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Thursday morning, March 13; he was sworn in as the agency's fifth Director at an FHFA ceremony today.

The Trump administration has put in place a new acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, NPR has learned. George Cook, an official at the Commerce Department, was named the bureau's leader as of ...