Calley Means says he has "spiritual mandate" to reform U.S. health system

There is "a war on the American public having transparency," White House health advisor Calley Means said Wednesday at Axios' Future of Health Summit in D.C.Why it matters: The former health influencer turned White House aide has become an ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who shares his disillusionment with the U.S. medical system.Kennedy "has a spiritual mandate" from voters "to reform our broken institution," Means told Axios' Maya Goldman.Zoom in: "I'm in the party of Elon Musk, who saw an environmental catastrophe that everyone on the left was complaining about for years and years and years, and has become the greatest environmentalist in the history of modern civilization," Means said.Catch up quick: Means was tapped in March to become a "special government employee" and implement the Trump administration's plan to address chronic illness. He's specifically focused on food policy.Zoom out: His sister, Casey Means, a wellness influencer, was tapped by the White House this month to serve as surgeon general. Go deeper: Meet the siblings tapped for RFK's health agenda

Comments

World news

Trump urges Qatar to help negotiations with Iran

washington times

Comments

World news

Trump urges Qatar to help negotiations with Iran

Trump continues wheeling and dealing in Middle East, securing $1.2 trillion from Qatar

Tears, trauma and a million-dollar necklace as defiant Kim Kardashian faces Paris robbery suspects

Crates of Nazi documents discovered in basement of Argentinian court

Here is how California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to address a $12 billion budget shortfall

California couple and adult daughter arrested over ‘severe’ and ‘prolonged’ torture of six foster children

Trump’s Middle East trip formalizes his rebuke of the Republican Party’s ‘neocons’

Report reveals final moments of tragic superyacht Bayesian

Ukraine peace talks hang in balance after Putin and Trump skip Turkey summit

Understaffed National Weather Service reportedly trying to fill 155 jobs before next month’s hurricane season

Cassie Ventura gives emotionally packed testimony on how Diddy raped her and settled civil suit for $20m

Saskatoon man prepares for a journey around the globe

Elections Canada says Quebec recount result ‘final’ despite ballot issue

Canada must maximize existing pipeline use before building more: minister

Loblaw says number of tariff-affected products will triple in coming weeks

Leafs make lineup changes for Game 5

Alberta separatism talk ‘unhelpful’ and driving away investment: ATCO CEO

Attempted abduction of teenage girl in north Edmonton rattles community

Alberta’s personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional

Israeli Strikes Pound Gaza in Renewed Military Campaign

Bayesian superyacht mystery as seven killed in capsize horror - report sheds light on cause

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch's yacht was toppled by 'extreme wind', report says

At least 21 killed in crash in Mexico, official says

Construction sites appear in Gaza ahead of Israeli-US aid plan rejected by UN, images show

Beginning of the end? Ukraine's front-line soldiers eye Russia talks with hope

Israel issues major evacuation order for Palestinians sheltering in Gaza City

Putin not on Kremlin list of officials attending Ukraine peace talks in Turkey

Bayesian Superyacht Sank After ‘Extreme’ Wind Gust, Report Says

Valeria Márquez, TikTok Influencer, Shot Dead During Live Stream in Mexico

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen arrested as Kennedy testifies at Senate hearing

An Egypt spooked by Trump designs on Suez Canal is upgrading Red Sea fleet with Chinese submarines

Lithuanian defense chief says NATO's spending aim should be 5%

The world's 'most dangerous' country is in Africa with Brits warned not to travel

Louisiana plant at the center of an environmental justice fight halts operations

Diddy witness plans to share things she ‘would’ve taken to the grave’ - but fears taking the stand

What the EPA's partial rollback of the 'forever chemical' drinking water rule means

Live updates: Trump’s meeting with Syria’s new president could mark a turning point for the Mideast

RFK Jr visibly startled by protesters amid angry confrontations over cuts and vaccines at health hearing

ICE admits nine people have died in custody this year as it requests more funding

Mark Levin rages at ex-Fox colleague Tucker Carlson as MAGA-on-MAGA violence breaks out: ‘You little b*stard!’

‘Deeply creepy’: Enormous brooding banner of Trump now hangs next to Lincoln outside Department of Agriculture

Former Republican speaker blasts DNC effort to remove David Hogg: ‘He’s right’

Brazil slaughterhouses reduce ties to Amazon deforestation, but cattle laundering remains issue

El Salvador president announces 'foreign agents' proposal, fueling concerns of crackdown on dissent

This flat-bodied South African gecko was a 'lost' species. It's been found again after 34 years

Trump to miss crunch Ukraine-Russia summit as peace talks at risk of collapse

Quebec’s Parti Québécois party defends candidate over leftist past, arrest

15-year-old girl hurt in shooting at Prince Goerge encampment

What Liberals are planning for federal budget, ‘middle-class tax cut’

CBC to stop paying individual bonuses to employees after controversy

Family claims child welfare agency apprehended children, left them in hotel for two weeks

Supporters urged to ‘surround’ B.C. farm where 400 ostriches ordrered culled

Ford says he would ‘never rule out’ Highway 407 buyback

BC Ferries gears up for what could be its ‘busiest summer yet’

Are white South Africans really refugees? A historian who grew up under apartheid explains.

Vladimir Putin will NOT attend peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey – with Donald Trump also staying away

Donald Trump hails former terrorist warlord as ‘a young, attractive guy’

Why Disinformation Surged During the India-Pakistan Crisis

Palestinians are counting lentils, as Gaza food crisis worsens

Trump Meets Ahmed al-Shara After Vowing to Lift Sanctions on Syria