julie rovner

Chief Washington Correspondent KFF Health News/horse person/corgi mom X 2. Host, KFF Health News's "What the Health?" podcast. #GoBlue!

[Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) @onceuponA]

Every time I open this report, I find a new methodological choice to marvel at.

If your model assumes sunshine and rainbows, your result will be sunshine and rainbows.

[Matt Fiedler @MattAFiedler]

Earlier today, @DrOzCMS claimed that large numbers of Marketplace enrollees aren’t “legit” on the grounds that some enrollees don't file a claim in any given year. Re-upping this thread on why this argument is seriously flawed.

[Emily Goodin @Emilylgoodin]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarifies he never threatened to punch Bill Pulte in the face.

“I actually said I was going to kick his a–," Bessent told the Senate Finance committee.

[Sarah Karlin-Smith @SarahKarlin]

For its own employees Cigna will end GLP-1 weight-loss drug coverage arguing "as availability has increased and new options ​have emerged..." but story says its covering OLD options rarely due poor safety, effectiveness.

https://t.co/OH6bfvibFs

[julie rovner @jrovner]

is this instead of, or in addition to, reconciliation 2.0?

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

JOHNSON says reconciliation 3.0 bill will be released “in the coming weeks.” And @VP Vance is involved.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Opened Google Scholar today and was immediately hit with “AI can now summarize academic articles.” Bro, it’s called an abstract and it already exists.

[Paige W. Cunningham @pw_cunningham]

The American Journal of Public Health is laying down a marker for how it wants the Trump administration to define ultra-processed foods. https://t.co/6YfSWZifoa

[Ed O'Keefe @edokeefe]

The president is currently scheduled to maintain a closed schedule today.

Besides weekend glimpses of him playing golf, and a taped TV interview with his daughter-in-law that aired Saturday, he has not held a public event in a week.

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[Bobby Allyn @BobbyAllyn]

NEW: DOJ is investigating former congressman George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi

https://t.co/FW4bAozvd3

[Katie Robertson @katie_robertson]

NEWS: A federal judge has blocked NOTUS from rebranding tomorrow as "The Star," granting a temporary restraining order at the request of its rival, The Washington Star

[julie rovner @jrovner]

at the start of my 4th month covering Congress!!!

[Howard Mortman @HowardMortman]

Senate TV on C-SPAN2 began 40 years ago today ...
.... And who presided over the Senate on June 2, 1986, Day One?
@ChuckGrassley

[julie rovner @jrovner]

@maustermuhle Freedom Plaza was hot if you were a skateboarder!

[julie rovner @jrovner]

every single day.

[Kristina Bolten @Kristinartz]

Did parents really just let us go play, no water, no snacks, no phone, and just say be home by dark?

[julie rovner @jrovner]

related: https://t.co/vysGPquK2v

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

GLP-1 products will be available for $50 a month for people on Medicare starting July 1, @DrOzCMS tells us.

[julie rovner @jrovner]

don't even try to drive on H st. N.W. between 17th and 14th...which is of course the only road that goes east between Constitution Ave. and K street...

[Chuck Todd @chucktodd]

The traffic nightmare in DC thanks to the various vanity projects is quite frustrating for DMV residents. Of course, not sure this admin cares how they disrupt life in the area.

[julie rovner @jrovner]

you think he prepped for this question? (yes)

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Q: If the president is in such perfect health, why does he keep going back in for checkups?

DR OZ: I think he likes the results. He does really well. He aces the test every single day.

[Zach Brennan @ZacharyBrennan]

OZ breaking the news that MFN contracts expire after this admin. ends

[Jeff Stein @jstein_star]

Incredible scoop from @EricM_Katz

https://t.co/ZiuwwYKgge