President Trump said Tuesday that he aced his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Hospital, amid growing concerns about his age and health.
From a Kentucky congressional race to the Los Angeles mayor's contest, deepfake political ads are turning up across the country. George Gerbo examines the science behind why they work, who's most susceptible, and the bipartisan push -- so far stalled -- to rein them in.
Years ago, a man walked into my family’s pharmacy in East Tennessee and pointed a gun at my face. There was no confusion about what was happening. Nobody called it a misunderstanding. Nobody suggested we should stay quiet to avoid offending anyone. We called it what it was: robbery. And we responded accordingly. Today, however, […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R)’s estranged wife state Sen. Angela Paxton (R) on Tuesday shared her endorsements for various candidates in state races but remained neutral in the Republican Senate primary. Angela Paxton urged Texan voters on Election Day to join her in voting for Mayes Middleton, a state Senate colleague of hers and...
President Trump on Tuesday formally raised the refugee cap to allow the admittance of another 10,000 individuals — slots he said must be given to white Afrikaners in South Africa. In doing so, Trump declared an emergency over a matter the South African government has long denied — that the country’s white minority is facing “racially motivated...
South Carolina state senators voted Tuesday against a plan to advance a new congressional map, putting a pin in the state's GOP-led redistricting push amid the national back-and-forth ahead of the midterms. “I can no longer support the passage of this bill for one simple reason: South Carolina citizens are going to the polls today,”...
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said energy prices are going to fall “like nothing you’ve ever seen before” once Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. “Well, you know, I can't really talk about the ongoing negotiations and the strikes, but what I can say is that as soon as the straits are open, then...
Multiple people were injured in a “major” chemical incident in Washington state, according to a local fire department. Posts Tuesday morning from Washington’s Longview Fire Department indicated that it was responding following “an implosion involving a vat of chemical treatment product” at a Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility. “Multiple people” suffered injuries including chemical burns, but the extent...
Vice President Vance will speak with a group of state attorneys general Tuesday afternoon as part of a roundtable focused on the Trump administration's anti-fraud efforts. President Trump said last month that Vance's new role as "fraud czar" will mainly focus on Democratic-run states, including Minnesota, which is currently under investigation over allegations of fraud...
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on criticism from some "Make America Healthy Again" activists after he extended liability protections for drugmakers working to develop treatments for the Andes hantavirus strain. The HHS late last week extended legal protections through July 18 to manufacturers and distributors of the experimental antiviral drug favipiravir as a potential treatment. Kennedy signed a Public Readiness...
UFC President and CEO Dana White says he does not consider taking his sport to the South Lawn of the White House a political decision but a patriotic one instead. "You can make anything political if you want to,” White said as part of a wide-ranging interview with Time published this week. “I love this...
The criminal trial of former FBI director James Comey over allegedly threatening to kill President Trump in a social media post that consisted of a photo of seashells spelling out "86 47" is set to begin in October. U.S. District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on Tuesday granted Comey's request to delay the trial, which is...
Construction began this week on a temporary octagon on the White House grounds in preparation to host several UFC fights on Flag Day, which is also President Trump’s 80th birthday. Photos taken by The Associated Press showed workers building pieces of the red and blue UFC fighting ring for the “UFC Freedom 250” event on...
