In sharply worded questions, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) tangled with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about mRNA vaccines and conflicts of interest among Kennedy's handpicked panel of vaccine advisors. Cassidy, a physician, was reluctant to support Kennedy's confirmation
Democrats haven’t won a national election without running against Trump since 2012.
The meme war between President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is escalating, with the two men exchanging a flurry of online posts within the past 24 hours mocking one another. Trump on Wednesday took to Truth Social to jab Newsom with a couple of posts taunting the
President Trump joined a call Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and world leaders during which he urged Europe to stop purchasing Russian oil as a way to undercut Moscow's war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron and Zelensky met in France, while
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that Susan Monarez, the ousted head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was lying about being threatened into rubber-stamping policies she didn’t agree with . Testifying before the Senate Finance
(NEXSTAR) – Three months after filing for bankruptcy, Texas-based home decor chain At Home is preparing to close more than two dozen stores before the end of the year. At Home Group, Inc., announced in June that it was working to restructure the company with plans to undergo
The attorney general for Washington, D.C., has sued the Trump administration over the deployment of National Guard troops throughout the city amid its crackdown on local crime. Brian Schwalb, the city’s attorney general, said that by sending hundreds of troops into the
President Donald Trump has proposed changing the name of the Department of Defense back to the Department of War, citing a historical record of never losing a war under that name, while Woodrow Wilson had previously proposed a radical reform of the Cabinet in which members
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it is opening an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility at Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. The new ICE facility, dubbed the “Louisiana Lockup,” will expand detention capacity by
President Trump’s Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in an attempt to pressure her into dropping her lawsuit against the administration, according to The Wall Street Journal . The department has already issued grand
The Navy has restored Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) to the retired rank of rear admiral after he received a demotion in 2022 for unethical behavior. “After finding good cause to reopen your retired grade determination, and upon review of all applicable reports and references, it
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says there are no plans for the upper chamber to vote on legislation to direct the Department of Justice to release all files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite a fervent push in the House to do just that. Thune
Top Senate Banking Committee Democrat Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) tested Federal Reserve board nominee Stephen Miran’s loyalty to President Trump during his confirmation hearing Thursday, firing questions at him designed to show his lack of independence. Warren asked him if he
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Wednesday warned that the United States is heading towards a “credibility crisis” due to President Trump's moves to influence the Federal Reserve. “We’re on the foothills of a credibility crisis,” Summers said during a Wednesday
House Republicans narrowly passed a partisan funding bill for the Energy Department and water development Thursday, cutting nondefense programs while boosting dollars for defense. The vote was 214-213. Four Republicans voted with Democrats against the measure: Reps. Brian
Twelve federal judges have spoken out against the Supreme Court's handling of cases involving President Trump, fearing that the court's emergency rulings have validated the president's criticism of lower court judges and have not adequately explained their decisions.
Access to affordable birth control is being chipped away through a series of incremental policy changes, legal rulings and funding restrictions that are quietly but effectively dismantling the reproductive health care safety net.
As President Donald Trump escalates his threats to take over Chicago, Senator Ted Cruz, ever the president’s loyal attack dog, has joined in. The senator spoke on Newsmax Wednesday, calling Chicago Governor JB Pritzker a “disgusting, racist bigot” in response to comments
The longrunning feud between President Trump and Rosie O'Donnell is going strong — with the commander in chief threatening her American citizenship and the comedian predicting that survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will be part of Trump's "reckoning." "As
President Trump's deployment of Washington National Guard troops to patrol the nation’s capital has been extended through December to ensure that service members receive the full scope of benefits for the mission, according to multiple news outlets. The soldiers were placed in
The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to an array of criminal charges. Elias Rodriguez, 31, faces nine counts, including murder of a foreign official and carrying out a hate crime
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak Thursday morning as lawmakers race to avert a government shutdown. Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have vowed a rocky battle if Democrats are left out of negotiations over any stopgap funding
The United Kingdom has not had a single school shooting since Dunblane.
Thomas Massie, a libertarian Republican representative from Kentucky, says he is facing an “immense pressure campaign” for spearheading a bipartisan bill for transparency on the notorious late sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Massie has garnered 11 other Republican co-sponsors on
Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Susan Monarez, who was fired last week by the Trump administration, wrote Thursday that she was let go after refusing to give in to pressure to “compromise science itself.” Monarez revealed details about
President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be changing its story to help justify an unprecedented military strike on a boat officials claim was carrying drugs. The New York Times reported Thursday that some officials at the Department of Defense had privately expressed
Yet another Jeffrey Epstein survivor has expressed her disappointment in President Trump’s constant dismissal of their fight for justice as a “Democrat hoax.” “I’m a Republican. I voted for him. I voted for Trump,” Jena-Lisa Jones, who was abused by Epstein in 2003 when she was
The UK's prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has outlined his administration’s immigration plan going forward — and some of the measures in that plan would be useful here in the U.S., too.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for supporting an effort to force the Justice Department to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling her a “traitor” to President Trump and his MAGA base. Greene joined a
The White House is apparently desperate to get Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to stop pushing for the release of more files on Jeffrey Epstein—but she’s still not blaming Donald Trump. Speaking on the Real America’s Voice show Bolling! Wednesday night, the Georgia
Stephen Miran, President Trump's pick for the Federal Reserve board, is expected to tell senators that independence is crucial to the central bank's mission during his confirmation hearing Thursday.
Stephen Miran, President Trump's pick to join the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, will testify Thursday morning before the Senate Banking Committee. The confirmation hearing for Miran, who currently serves as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA),
He missed runway shows in June while recovering from an undisclosed illness.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D), widely seen as a potential 2028 contender, has landed a deal with SiriusXM that likely will widen the reach of his podcast by tens of millions of listeners. SiriusXM announced Thursday it will air “The Andy Beshear Podcast” across its podcast
Emory University announced Wednesday it is ending all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, pointing at the federal government. Interim President Leah Ward Sears in a message to the community said the closure is due to “federal law and mandates” and that leaders will
Layoffs surged nearly 40 percent last month, with employers eliminating 85,979 positions — the largest August hit since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to new research.
If the current path continues, our military will become less effective in defending us from external threats — and may become a tool of domestic coercion.
Private employers added just 54,000 jobs in August, indicating a slowdown in the hiring market, according to ADP data released Thursday morning. ADP’s jobs figure is lower than the forecast made by The Wall Street Journal, which predicted 75,000 positions added last month.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before the Senate on Thursday morning on the Trump administration's health agenda. Kennedy is expected to face questioning over the recent shakeup of leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a prominent election forecaster, moved its rating of Virginia’s gubernatorial race from “lean Democratic” to “likely Democratic.” The rating change is good news for Democratic nominee and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), who has consistently
Democrats should just rename themselves the “Not Trump” Party and be done with it.
Recently released bodycam footage from Tallahassee police shows two officers arriving at the Chuck E. Cheese on July 23 to take Jones into custody.
Some Republican senators joined their Democratic colleagues to grill Health and Human (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccines at a heated hearing about President Trump’s health agenda. GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.) and John Barrasso (Wy.) both expressed concerns
Lisa Phillips, an accuser of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said it was “shocking and upsetting” for her to hear President Trump call their Capitol Hill push for transparency a “hoax” perpetrated by Democrats. “For me, personally, it was shocking and
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