By Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle, Ben Tinker, Brenda Goodman, CNN

(CNN) — Two top aides to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are leaving the US Department of Health and Human Services, according to three people familiar with the moves.

HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill and General Counsel Mike Stuart are expected to soon leave HHS as part of a broader restructuring at the agency ahead of the midterm elections. Trump administration officials have discussed offering them other positions in the government, two people said.

O’Neill, who is second-in-command behind Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at HHS and the interim leader of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been a controversial figure at the agency, where he helped to amplify anti-vaccine messaging and concerns about Medicaid fraud, and cheered the United States’ departure from the World Health Organization.

Within the administration, O’Neill was viewed as a shaky public communicator who had struggled to find his fit within the department, one of the people familiar with the matter said.

HHS did not immediately comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment. Politico first reported the planned departures.

Although he doesn’t have any formal medical or public health background, O’Neill was named acting director at the CDC after the ouster of Dr. Susan Monarez in late August. Before coming to HHS, O’Neill was CEO of the Thiel Foundation and an investment manager at Clarium Capital. He previously served at HHS under President George W. Bush.

O’Neill seldom visited the CDC, according to former agency leaders who declined to be named because they weren’t authorized to comment on the situation. HHS did not immediately comment on his level of engagement at the agency.

O’Neill’s planned departure comes amid a broader shakeup at the top-most levels of HHS spurred by Trump officials’ desire to better focus the department’s policy priorities and improve its public messaging.

The White House is planning to make health care a central element of its midterm strategy in the coming months, touting its efforts to cut drug prices and encourage healthier eating while also making another run at passing sweeping legislation aimed at cutting health costs.

To advance that mission, White House and health officials in recent weeks decided to elevate four staffers well-regarded by senior Trump aides — including naming Medicare head Chris Klomp the new chief counselor at HHS. Klomp, who was central to the administration’s drug price initiative, is expected to run the daily operations at HHS and serve as the department’s de facto chief of staff.

This is a breaking news story.

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La primera ministra danesa, Mette Frederiksen, anunció que se reunirá con el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, en la Conferencia de Seguridad de Munich, Alemania, donde ambos planean hablar sobre Groenlandia.

“El orden mundial que se ha construido desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que ha sido increíblemente beneficioso incluso para un país pequeño como Dinamarca, ya no existe”, declaró Frederiksen a la prensa este viernes.

“Ahora es un ‘desorden mundial’, y se centrará más en la supervivencia del más apto”, indicó.

“No recomendaría nada de eso a nadie. Pero así es, y por eso Europa tendrá que ser tan fuerte como los demás”, añadió.

Sus comentarios se producen tras semanas de tensión con Estados Unidos después de que el presidente Donald Trump exigiera la adquisición de Groenlandia. Trump posteriormente se retractó y afirmó haber conseguido el “marco de un futuro acuerdo” sobre Groenlandia, que aún es escaso en detalles, pero parece implicar una actualización de un acuerdo que ya existe con Dinamarca.

El primer ministro de Groenlandia, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, también asistirá a la reunión con Rubio en Munich, según informó un diputado groenlandés a la emisora ​​danesa DR.

La semana pasada, Francia y Canadá abrieron consulados en Nuuk, la capital de Groenlandia, en una muestra de apoyo a su aliado de la OTAN, Dinamarca.

Jean-Noel Poirier afirmó que su nombramiento como cónsul general de Francia en Nuuk no pretendía ser una “señal” dirigida al Gobierno estadounidense, sino más bien un mensaje de amistad hacia Groenlandia y Dinamarca.

“También es una cuestión de solidaridad. Cuando necesitas amigos, solo miras atrás y ves quién está ahí. Y nosotros estamos como franceses… No es en contra, es con”, declaró Poirier a los periodistas en Nuuk.

El embajador de Francia en Dinamarca, Christophe Parisot, agregó que el consulado no es solo un símbolo, sino “algo muy concreto” para mostrar la cooperación y la alianza entre las tres naciones europeas.

La ministra de Relaciones Exteriores de Canadá, Anita Anand, y la gobernadora general de Canadá, Mary Simon, llegaron a Nuuk este viernes temprano para inaugurar oficialmente el consulado de su país con una ceremonia de izamiento de bandera.

“Canadá y Groenlandia comparten la frontera marítima más larga del mundo, así como siglos de vínculos en el Ártico”, publicó Asuntos Globales Canadá en X. “El nuevo consulado canadiense en Nuuk nos acercará aún más, fortaleciendo las alianzas de Canadá con Groenlandia y el Reino de Dinamarca.”

Groenlandia, una isla rica en recursos con una superficie de 2,16 millones de kilómetros cuadrados, es una antigua colonia danesa y ahora un territorio autónomo de Dinamarca, situado en el Ártico.

Es el país menos densamente poblado del mundo y es tan remoto que sus cerca de 56.000 habitantes se desplazan entre ciudades en barco, helicóptero y avión. La mayoría de los asentamientos se concentran a lo largo de la costa occidental de la isla. Nuuk, la capital del territorio, es emblemática con casas de colores vivos apiñadas entre una costa irregular y montañas interiores.

Fuera de las ciudades, Groenlandia es principalmente un territorio salvaje con el 81 % de su superficie cubierta por hielo. Casi el 90 % de su población es de origen inuit y la economía del territorio ha girado durante mucho tiempo en torno a la pesca.

El territorio ocupa una posición geopolítica estratégica, situada entre Estados Unidos y Europa y sobre la llamada brecha GIUK, un paso marítimo entre Groenlandia, Islandia y el Reino Unido que conecta el Ártico con el océano Atlántico.

Sus ricos yacimientos de recursos naturales, entre los que se encuentran petróleo, gas y minerales de tierras raras, lo hacen aún m

By Issy Ronald, CNN

(CNN) — Tumbler Ridge is the type of town where everyone knows everyone. And as the tiny mountain community reels from one of Canada’s worst school shootings in decades, it is the type of place where “everybody’s going to be grieving,” as its mayor Darryl Krakowka said.

At least eight people died and dozens more were wounded on Tuesday when an 18-year-old suspect killed her mother and step-brother before going to the town’s secondary school and killing at least five children and a teacher. Police named the alleged shooter as Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was transgender and transitioned about six years ago.

In the days since, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have named the victims while parents, family members and friends have paid tribute to their deceased loved ones.

Here’s everything we know about them:

Abel Mwansa, 12

Just a few weeks ago, Abel Mwansa’s father captured a short video of his son playing on his phone at a restaurant, before looking up and grinning widely for the camera.

Abel was 12 years old, about to turn 13 next month, and loved school so much that he cried when his father suggested home schooling.

Abel, who moved to Canada from Zambia in 2023 alongside his family, loved doing experiments and had a “bright future,” perhaps as “a leader, an engineer (or) a scientist,” his father Abel Mwansa, Sr. Said in a series of Facebook posts.

“It happened that we had a boy and I was just so excited,” Mwansa, Sr. told CBC. “I ended up giving him my name.”

Ezekiel Schofield, 13

Ezekiel Schofield was 13 years old when he was killed. For his grandfather, Peter, “everything feels so surreal.”

“The tears just keep flowing,” he posted on Facebook. “So many young lives were ended so needlessly. Our hearts are broken not only for Eziekiel, but for every family affected by this tragedy.”

Kylie Smith, 12

Kylie Smith was a talented artist and dreamed of going to art school in Toronto, her family said in a statement released by the RCMP.

“She was just a beautiful soul. She loves art and anime. She wanted to go to school in Toronto, and we just loved her so much. She was thriving in high school,” her dad, Lance Younge, told CTV News. “She never hurt a soul.”

Kylie’s 15-year-old brother, Ethan, hid in a utility closet during the shooting and survived, Younge said.

“I soaked in that moment watching them walk in the door together, for whatever reason,” he added. “I didn’t know it would be the last time.”

Zoey Benoit, 12

Zoey Benoit was “resilient, vibrant, smart, caring and the strongest little girl you could meet,” her family said in a statement released by the RCMP.

She loved spending time with her family, they added, and “brought so much laughter and smiles in her presence.”

Ticaria Lampert, 12

Ticaria Lampert was nicknamed “Tiki-torch,” a play on her name and a reference to her tendency to be “always out on adventure to brighten someone’s day,” her mother Sarah told reporters on Thursday.

One of eight, she was the “glue” in her family, capable of being “mature” like her older siblings or “like a Tarzan” with her younger siblings, her mother added tearfully.

She

By Andy Rose, CNN

(CNN) — The Trump administration has fired another shot in its nearly year-long battle with Harvard University over federal funding to the institution, filing a new lawsuit against the school Friday.

The Department of Justice says Harvard has refused to provide documentation it has requested in an investigation over whether the university has discriminated against students in its admissions decisions in violation of the terms of its government grants.

“Harvard has failed to disclose the data we need to ensure that its admissions are free of discrimination — we will continue fighting to put merit over DEI across America,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.

CNN reached out to Harvard University for comment.

The larger dispute dates back to February 2025, when Harvard was first notified in a letter the DOJ was “aware of allegations that your institution may have failed to protect Jewish students and faculty members from unlawful discrimination.”

The administration froze billions of dollars in federal funding to Harvard, a decision that was overturned by a federal judge in two lawsuits filed by Harvard and are still ongoing.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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