Bill Cassidy: Last News

Today’s Sugar Bowl college football match-up between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will proceed as planned at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans despite the deadly carnage visited upon that city earlier this morning.

Robert Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as the next secretary of health of human services, the latest of controversial Donald Trump cabinet nominees to survive with only Republican votes.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the president’s controversial choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, was confirmed Thursday by a 52-48 vote in the Senate. A longtime critic of vaccines, Kennedy will oversee the nation’s sprawling health care bureaucracy, which includes the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Medicare and Medicaid.

Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman and Fox News contributor, was confirmed by the Senate to be Donald Trump‘s next director of national intelligence.

Chuck Todd opened his final broadcast as moderator of NBC News’s Meet the Press by telling viewers that it was an understatement to call the gig “an honor and privilege of my lifetime.”

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and 13-Time Grammy winner Pharrell Williams will be honored by the Recording Academy at its annual Grammys on the Hill Awards, taking place on April 26. The event is intended to bring together congressional leaders and music makers to recognize those who have led the fight for creators’ rights, and the three will be honored for their contributions to support music creators. Special guests and attendees will be announced in the coming weeks.  “Grammys on the Hill is a celebration like no other, spotlighting music’s unifying power as we bring together our nation’s leaders with some of the most renowned artists in the world,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “It’s a privilege to honor Pharrell alongside Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Cassidy, all of whom have fought tirelessly for pro-music policy that protects the creatives that make up our community.”

Roving gangs have gained power throughout Haiti over the past 15 months in the wake of former President Jovenel Moïse's assassination, blockading essential ports and terrorizing citizens who are increasingly in need of basic supplies like food and medicine.  The Biden administration announced this week that it will deploy security assistance to Haiti's National Police and issue visa restrictions on Haitian officials involved with gangs.  The move falls short of "a specialized armed force" that Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry requested from the international community, an action that U.S. Sen.

Senate Republicans are putting a stop to a bill.

If Britney Spears fans have their way, there will soon be nearly three dozen statues of the singer all around her home state of Louisiana! In the wake of George Floyd‘s death and the strong presence of the Black Lives Matter movement, one supporter of the 38-year-old “…Baby One More Time” crooner started a petition on Change.org to replace all the Confederate statues with statues of her and it has already reached a total of 14,000 signatures – just 1,000 away from its goal of 15,000.