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Another Republican Representative Is Missing

Yet another Republican lawmaker is missing in action. Florida Representative Neal Dunn’s office told Punchbowl News Thursday that he won’t be voting unless Republican leadership says they need him. Donald Trump put the 73-year-old lawmaker on blast in March, prematurely

DEA moves to ban opioid-like kratom compound 7-OH

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is planning to temporarily ban products containing certain synthetic versions of kratom, placing them in the same category as heroin and LSD. The agency on Wednesday said it plans to classify a psychoactive compound called

Megyn Kelly criticizes Trump's family as 'grifty'

Conservative pundit Megyn Kelly took a shot at President Trump's family for what she characterized as benefiting personally from his presidency. "I don’t feel great about our leaders. I’m not going to lie," Kelly said on an episode of her podcast and YouTube show this week.

Democrats’ and Republicans’ Screwworm Blame Spin

Politicians of both political parties have blamed either the Trump or the Biden administration for the arrival of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that affects the cattle industry, in the U.S. after decades of eradication. But experts say the reasons are different or

How a heat dome works

Millions of Americans gathering to celebrate the country's 250th birthday are expected to be under what meteorologists call a heat dome, ensuring that this Fourth of July weekend will be a dangerously hot one. This heat dome is expected to stretch across most of the East Coast

Don't whitewash American history on the Fourth of July

Frederick Douglass's 1852 Fourth of July speech highlighted the hypocrisy of celebrating independence while slavery still existed, and today Black Americans still face economic and social discrimination, but despite setbacks, progress towards racial justice and equality

Trump Hypes Tech Company Right After Buying Stock in It

President Donald Trump is once again hawking a company in which he owns stock. Trump announced Thursday that stock in Micron Technology Inc., a semiconductor company, had leapt nine points on the stock market following the company’s commitment to donate $250 million to the

Fewer than half of Democrats proud to be US citizens: Survey

Fewer than half of Democrats are proud to be American citizens, according to a new poll released ahead of the U.S.’s 250th anniversary. In the NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll, 45 percent of Democratic respondents said they are generally “very proud” or “proud” of being American.