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Research suggests that if our efforts to combat racial disparities in health ignore race, they will fail.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to unveil the new Donald J. Trump Bridge in East Tennessee on Thursday afternoon. The ceremony comes the same day the airport in Palm Springs, Fla., is set to take on President Trump’s name. Controversy and backlash have followed other efforts to add the president's likeness to buildings, including...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday took aim at Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for backing a slew of left-wing candidates, after the Democratic nominee in Maine's Senate race, Graham Platner, suspended his campaign following a rape allegation. “Bernie Sanders needs to apologize to the voters of Maine and to … everyone that donated to that...

A state lawmaker in Maine claimed former Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) urged her to put her name in the ring to replace him on the ballot on Monday, days before he suspended his campaign following sexual assault allegations. State Rep. Valli Geiger (D) told local outlet WMTW that Platner talked with her earlier this...

Nearly 1,000 Michiganders have been diagnosed with cyclospora, a parasitic infection capable of causing weeks of watery diarrhea, becoming one of the largest outbreaks of the infection in the state's and the country's history. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) on Wednesday said there have been 992 confirmed cases with 40 hospitalizations....

U.S. households and firms overwhelmingly bear the burden of tariffs. 

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to set up new monitoring rules for hospices to root out discrimination against vulnerable populations in the provision of medically assisted suicide.  In a letter sent to Kennedy on Thursday, Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.)...

Commentator Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday said he believes New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is a “communist,” echoing claims shared by President Trump, Republicans and some Democrats.  “I believe that Mamdani is a communist. You don't freeze rents across the board unless you want to control where people live. You just don't,” O’Reilly said...

President returned from Turkey overnight Thursday, traveling on the first leg of the trip on an older Air Force One jet, on the guidance of Secret Service. The move quickly elevated concern about the security of the newly refurbished Qatari jet the president used last week. The decision came amid the backdrop of new hostilities...

To sell Erdogan these fighters would irreparably harm American security.

President Trump said Wednesday he will ask the Supreme Court to rehear a case on the legality of his executive order restricting birthright citizenship, after the high court struck down the policy last week.  “I will be asking for a Rehearing by the United States Supreme Court, IMMEDIATELY. This miscarriage of justice will destroy America...

The "Indo-Pacific" was a grand strategic concept linking the Pacific and Indian Oceans into one interconnected strategic theater.

Democrats are trying to pick up the pieces after Graham Platner, the scandal-plagued progressive political newcomer, dropped out of the race to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) after controversies overwhelmed his campaign.   That means Maine Democrats don’t have a Senate nominee in the competitive contest — and they have just over two weeks to decide how to proceed before the window to put forward a replacement closes on...

The U.S. and Iranian militaries continued to exchange strikes overnight Thursday, in violation of the 60-day ceasefire the two nations agreed to last month.  U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said late Wednesday that it struck approximately 90 Iranian military targets, including air defense systems, missile and drone storage sites and naval capabilities.  Those strikes came after...