Congress' DEI office is DISBANDED as part of $1.2 trillion funding package: Win for Republicans as diversity office is dissolved and its director announces she is leaving

• Congress faces a government funding deadline at 11:59 p.m. on March 22

• Speaker Mike Johnson was able to get enough votes to pass a massive government spending bill nearly 12 hours before funding expired

• Conservative Republicans were not afraid of forcing a shutdown and almost tanked the vote saying it was not fiscally responsible

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13229461/Congress-DEI-office-DISBANDED-1-2-trillion-funding-package-Win-Republicans-diversity-office-dissolved-director-announces-leaving.html

Tucked into the sprawling $1.2 trillion government funding bill that passed the House Friday was a provision that shut down the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Effective Monday, the office will close, with some of its staff transitioning over to the newly formed Office of Talent Management.

The non-partisan Office of Diversity and Inclusion was first formed in March 2020 and supports diverse hires with things like resume workshops and professional development fairs. It was a victim of a movement from Republicans to eliminate DEI programs across the country.

'On behalf of ODI, it has been an honor to help ensure that the United States Congress embodied a qualified and representative workforce that reflected the country's vast tapestry,' office director Sesha Joi Moon said in a statement to DailyMail.com.

'We would like to thank the Office of the Speaker of the House, Office of the House Democratic Leader, and Committee on House Administration, as well as the entire House community for their support throughout the 116th, 117th, and 118th Congresses.'

Just 12 hours ahead of a government funding deadline that would have triggered a shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson shepherded a $1.2 trillion spending package through the House.

Now it heads to the Senate where a successful vote is expected soon.

The final vote on the massive spending bill was 286 - 134. Notably, more Democrats voted for the deal than Republicans. The majority of Republicans - 112 in total - voted against the Speaker Johnson-backed measure.

The 1,000 page measure brings together funding for six of the 12 appropriations spending bills that need to be passed annually. It packages nearly 75 percent of the government's annual funding into just one vote, called a minibus.

Despite Johnson's victory, the clock is ticking and the bill still must be passed in the Senate and signed by President Biden to avoid a partial government shutdown which would ensue after 11:59 p.m. Friday.

The trillion dollar deal - the details of which were only revealed on Thursday - will provide money for the Departments of Defense, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, State-Foreign Operations and the Legislative Branch. The deal was opposed by many notable conservatives including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., and nearly 100 other Republicans.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said the bill would pass when asked just before the votes, indicating that Democrats are largely on board with the deal. When the final tally was counted, 185 Democrats rallied together with 101 Republicans to get the funding bill across the line.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said that the Democrat majority in the Senate would work to pass the agreement earlier this week, calling the deal 'good news.' Schumer bragged the agreement secured funding boosts to childcare services, disease research, mental health programs and suicide prevention.

Senate Republicans, meanwhile, have railed against the deal.' The Swamp is pushing this appalling funding bill with lightning speed, so that Americans don't see what's in it,' Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, posted on X.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., posted on X: 'Why does the minibus fund a $500k grant to help a closed hospital in Maryland document its history? We are $34 TRILLION in debt. Washington can't keep wasting your tax dollars on this stupid crap!'

Many conservative House Republicans were also upset with the measure and the way Johnson rushed a vote on the biblically-long bill, not giving members the usual 72 hours to read the fine print.

'We don't need 72 hours to vote against a bad bill,' conservative House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good said at a press conference before the vote. He and likeminded Republicans led the charge in opposing the legislation.

'Why are we in a rush to keep this government open that is so harming the American people by the very policies which they are suffering under.' Good decried the package for maintaining 'Pelosi-Schumer policies and spending levels' and noted how the bill actually 'increases the spending levels by about $60 billion.'

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Paralyzed stomachs, gallbladder removal and more: Lawsuits pile up against makers of diabetes, weight loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/paralyzed-stomachs-gallbladder-removal-and-more-lawsuits-pile-up-against-makers-of-diabetes-weight-loss-drugs-ozempic-wegovy

A series of hefty lawsuits are barreling ahead throughout the United States from a wide array of people who claim Novo Nordisk and Eli Lily, makers of diabetes and weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and others, failed to warn them about potentially dangerous side effects and risks including stomach paralysis and damage to the gallbladder so severe it would require removal in some instances.

So numerous are these and similar allegations coming in from users of the injectable drugs known as “GLP-1 agonists” in states like Arizona, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas and elsewhere, that a multidistrict litigation proceeding before a federal judge in the Pennsylvania only last week opted to centralize the cases as they proceed.

Novo Nordisk said in a statement to Law&Crime via email on Friday that the lawsuits “are without merit” and the company intends to “vigorously defend against these claims,” though it was pleased with the decision to coordinate all of the litigation before U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter. Pratter was appointed by former President George W. Bush.

“Patient safety is our top priority at Novo Nordisk and we work closely with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to continuously monitor the safety profile of our medicines,” a spokesperson for Novo Nordisk said. “GLP-1 medicines have been used to treat type 2 diabetes (T2D) for more than 18 years, and for the treatment of obesity for 8 years. This includes Novo Nordisk GLP-1 products such as semaglutide and liraglutide that have been on the market for more than 13 years. Semaglutide has been extensively examined in robust clinical development programs, large real world evidence studies and has cumulatively over 9.5 million patient years of exposure. The known risks and benefits of semaglutide and liraglutide medicines are described in their FDA-approved product labeling. Novo Nordisk stands behind the safety and efficacy of all of our GLP-1 medicines when they are used as indicated and when they are taken under the care of a licensed healthcare professional.”

Chelsea Clinton defends Barron Trump from vile attacks after he turned 18: Former first daughter says teen has an 'unimpeachable right to privacy' after ex-NBC executive said he was 'fair game'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13229043/chelsea-clinton-defends-barron-trump-privacy-rights.html

Chelsea Clinton defended fellow first kid Barron Trump, saying the teen had an 'unimpeachable right to privacy' even after turning 18. The former first daughter said the youngest child of Donald Trump, despite growing up in the public eye was 'a private citizen.' 'I feel so strongly that if you're a private citizen, you have an unimpeachable right to privacy. And I think the media should leave him alone,' Chelsea said on ABC's The View of Barron.

Chelsea Clinton spent her teenage years in the White House when her father Bill Clinton was president. She had to endure the public scandal that came after her father admitted to an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Barron was 10 when his father became president. Chelsea Clinton was 12 when Bill Clinton won the presidency. Chelsea Clinton took on a public profile after she graduated from college. She joined the family foundation and campaigned for her mother, Hillary Clinton, on the campaign trail.

Her defense came after former NBC News executive Mike Sington said Barron was 'fair game' after the birthday that marks adulthoot. He later deleted the tweet after facing harsh backlash and criticism online. Sington told Newsweek: 'I posted he was 'fair game' now, meaning, as an adult, he's 'fair game' for criticism from the press. 'Someone pointed out to me 'fair game' could mean fair game to be harmed. 'I don't wish physical harm on anyone, so I took it down. I listen to the comments and criticism I receive.'

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