Susan Monarez, the former director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is set to testify before a Senate panel next Wednesday, Sept. 19, on the recent high-profile departures from the agency. On Tuesday, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced the committee would...
President Trump on Tuesday said he wasn't "thrilled" by Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, but he told reporters he wasn’t caught off guard when it happened. “I’m not thrilled, I’m not thrilled about it,” he said. “I’m not thrilled about the whole situation, it’s not a good situation. “But, I will say...
President Trump ventured just outside the White House's grounds on Tuesday to dine in downtown Washington, D.C., to highlight the federal crime crackdown nearly a month after his decision to send National Guard troops to the nation's capital. The president went to Joe’s Stone Crab, which is a few blocks away from the White House,...
The mayor of Evanston, Ill., Daniel Biss, claimed Monday the Trump administration “wants to keep us guessing” on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched an immigration crackdown aimed at Chicago. “I know you’ve just warned your entire city — publicly — that ICE operations are imminent, and...
Most Americans say people’s personal choices play a major role in determining whether they stay in poverty, according to a new poll released Monday. In the UChicago Harris/AP-NORC poll, 62 percent of respondents say personal choices are a “major factor” in why people stay in poverty, while 31 percent say they’re a “minor factor” and...
Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw (D) on Tuesday won the special election to replace his former boss, the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), according to Decision Desk HQ. Walkinshaw defeated Republican Stewart Whitson, an Army veteran and FBI agent. Prior to being elected county supervisor in 2019, Walkinshaw served as Connolly’s chief of staff. Connolly’s...
The Trump administration is planning to ramp up oversight and enforcement of direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising, but will stop short of an outright ban. President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive memorandum instructing the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure transparency and accuracy in direct-to-consumer advertising, including by requiring greater disclosures of side...
White House officials on Tuesday sent to Congress an 18-page list of demands they want included in the funding deal that needs to pass by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown. Surprisingly, the administration is proposing language to lift a spending cap that Congress imposed on the District of Columbia in March when it...
President Trump and the Iraqi government on Tuesday announced that Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian citizen, U.S. permanent resident and Princeton graduate student, was released after being held captive for over 900 days by the terrorist group Khataib Hezbollah in Iraq. Trump said in a Truth Social post that Tsurkov is in the American Embassy in Iraq. Iraqi Prime...
Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, rejected charges by two Senate Democrats that Israel is engaged in “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians, ahead of a major Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip and increasing violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank. Leiter, in a statement to The Hill on Tuesday, took exception...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story MAHA report sidesteps chemical, pesticide regs The Trump administration released a new strategy report for how it plans to implement its efforts to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), seeking to make changes to vaccines but sidestepping calls to further regulate pesticides and toxic chemicals....
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) on Tuesday said the Israeli strike on Hamas will limit prospects of returning hostages and future peace in the region. “Well this certainly diminishes the prospects of returning the hostages and particularly those who are still alive, because what Hamas is saying right now is that the United States lured these...
A bipartisan House delegation will visit China later this month, per NBC News. The trip is being organized by Rep. Adam Smith (D-Calif.), who told NBC News the trip is “fairly significant.” Smith is the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee. “It’s part of wanting to try to open up a dialogue between...
