The Make America Healthy Again Commission unveiled its second strategy document this afternoon, closely mirroring the draft circulated to industry groups last month. The plan identifies 128 recommendations to tackle what it calls the “four potential drivers of chronic disease:” poor diet, chemical exposure, lack of physical activity and chronic stress, and overmedicalization. 

The Federal Circuit ruled on August 29 that President Trump’s global tariffs are largely illegal under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, finding he exceeded his authority. However, the court allowed the tariffs to remain in place while the case proceeds, creating major uncertainty for international trade.

A draft of the Trump Administration’s Make Our Children Healthy Again (MAHA) Strategy, the much-anticipated follow-on to the May 2025 MAHA Assessment, was leaked Friday afternoon, providing an initial view of how the Administration intends to tackle what it calls the “childhood chronic disease crisis.”

The Trump Administration has issued a new executive order, "Ensuring American Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience by Filling the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve."

Congress has been racing against the clock to check off as many items on its legislative to-do list as possible ahead of the August recess. Most notably, President Trump has led congressional Republicans in advancing a major budget reconciliation package, the One Big Beautiful Bill, which proposes sweeping changes to tax policy, healthcare, energy production, immigration enforcement, and national defense.