PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump signed an govt order directing the Home Coverage Council to “examine ways to make IVF and other fertility treatments more affordable for more Americans,” White Home employees secretary Will Scharf stated throughout a press convention with the president Tuesday afternoon.
President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Palm Seashore, Fla.
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“The Order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in a publish on the social platform X.
Neither Leavitt nor a White Home reality sheet supplied particulars about how the chief order would obtain that purpose. The administration would develop suggestions, together with doable laws, Leavitt stated.
Entry to fertility therapies was a flashpoint in final 12 months’s marketing campaign. Kamala Harris and different Democrats warned that reproductive rights have been in danger within the U.S. Supreme Court docket, formed by three justices Trump appointed throughout his first administration. Trump denied curiosity in limiting entry to IVF throughout the marketing campaign.
“PROMISES MADE. PROMISES KEPT,” Leavitt wrote on X.
Trump signed extra govt orders together with one which “reestablishes the long-standing norm that only the president or the attorney general can speak for the United States when stating an opinion as to what the law is,” Scharf stated.
The order comes as Trump allies query court docket rulings blocking a few of his initiatives and critics fear his administration will disregard judicial orders.
The president additionally signed a presidential memorandum to impose “radical transparency requirements on government departments and agencies,” Scharf stated, touting that this can additional uncover “waste, fraud, and abuse” with a purpose to save taxpayer’s {dollars}.

President Donald Trump gestures to supporters gathered for a Presidents Day rally as he leaves the Trump Worldwide Golf Membership, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in West Palm Seashore, Fla.
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Trump and Musk, head of the brand new Division of Authorities Effectivity, gave their first joint interview to Sean Hannity of Fox Information Channel. The interview was taped on Friday on the White Home and is ready to air as Musk leads Trump’s effort to chop federal spending and slash the federal workforce.
Musk has drawn criticism from Democrats in Congress and others for the strategies he and his staff at DOGE are utilizing to chop spending, together with overseas help, and eradicate jobs throughout the forms.
The Fox Information interview additionally follows Musk’s look with Trump within the Oval Workplace final week, when each defended Musk’s strategy to federal cost-cutting.
In an excerpt from the interview that Fox Information launched on Sunday, Musk stated he “used to be adored by the left” however “less so these days” due to the work he’s doing at Trump’s route.
“They call it Trump derangement syndrome. You don’t realize how real this is until you can’t reason with people,” Musk stated, including that ordinary conversations with Democrats concerning the president are troublesome as a result of “it’s like they’ve become completely irrational.”
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago membership is the setting Tuesday night time for an awards program by America’s Future, which is led by Flynn to protect particular person rights and promote American values and traditions, in accordance with its web site. The occasion, celebrating American exceptionalism, will honor one member from the Military, the Navy, the Marines, the Air Pressure and the Area Pressure.
The occasion features a poolside reception, musical performances and dinner in Mar-a-Lago’s Grand Ballroom, the place different award shows are anticipated from a lineup that features such names as Russell Model, Ted Nugent and Mike Tyson.
It’s unclear whether or not Trump will take part within the occasion.
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