Federal law forbids any Executive Branch employee from "participating personally and substantially" in matters "that will affect his own financial interests."

Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.

Despite all of the Trump team’s denials and attempts to distance themselves from it, the architects of the far-right blueprint will soon be inside the White House.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a key federal agency that oversees health insurance coverage for...