THE IRAN TALKS: HOW THE ADMINISTRATION SEES THINGS NOW. In the last couple of days the Iran war has been going through another one of the up-and-down news cycles — in which some sort of resolution seems imminent and then not so imminent — that have become a familiar story. In this case, President Trump, who […]
A former adviser to President Trump during the COVID-19 pandemic said Sunday that the U.S. is equipped to handle an Ebola outbreak. “The U.S. right now does not have a confirmed head of the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)], it does not have a confirmed head of the [Food and Drug Administration (FDA)],...
Secret Service Director Sean Curran said Sunday that his thoughts were with the bystander shot amid an exchange of gunfire between officers and a gunman near the White House on Saturday. "I want to recognize the quick and decisive response demonstrated by our Secret Service police officers last night in confronting an armed gunman. Their...
The feud between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV this week marked yet another unprecedented moment in history, with the president becoming the first U.S. leader to publicly lock horns with the head of the Roman Catholic church in modern times. Leo’s status as the first American pope makes the episode even more unique. For...
President Trump is skipping the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual convention this weekend, his second snub in as many years of an organization long seen as a key political ally for Republicans. The move marks his second consecutive absence from the NRA’s annual meeting — held this year on April 16-19 in Houston, Texas —...
Tens of millions of dollars are being funneled into different sides of a high-profile redistricting referendum in Virginia as voters consider a new congressional map that could net Democrats as many as four seats ahead of the November midterm elections. The state is holding a referendum on Tuesday, where Democratic lawmakers are asking voters if they can temporarily...
President Trump's selection of a longtime civil servant and public health veteran to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the strongest signal yet that the administration is shifting away from a rhetoric of vaccine skepticism ahead of the midterm elections. Trump on Thursday tapped Erica Schwartz, the deputy surgeon general during his first term, to...
The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and extended a waiver on sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum products amid the Iran war, just days after a top Cabinet official said the U.S. would not be doing so. A license allowing countries to purchase Russian oil from Friday through May 16 was posted on the Treasury...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday said he demands answers from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. regarding comments the secretary made in an interview in 2024 about Black children on certain Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medications being "re-parented." "We’ve known RFK Jr. has been unfit to serve as Secretary, but...
President Trump on Friday teased at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix that he will direct Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to release government files on UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs). "I recently directed the Secretary of War ... to begin releasing government files relating to UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena," Trump said. "And...
President Trump was met with an at times a roaring ovation from a crowd at a Turning Point USA event in Arizona on Friday during several opportunities where he detailed his policies on Iran. It marked a window into how some young conservatives are receiving Trump's message on the international conflict. “Would anybody like to...
The speaker of Iran’s Parliament, Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf, said Friday that Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz again amid the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports, contradicting President Trump, who said the strait was “open for business” earlier in the day. His remarks came as Trump was on stage delivering a speech in Arizona at a...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Iran opens Strait of Hormuz, key official says A key Iranian official announced that the critical global shipping lane known as the Strait of Hormuz is “completely” open after being mostly closed since the war between the U.S. and Iran broke out earlier this...
President Trump sprinted ahead Friday to take a victory lap celebrating what he said was Iran’s agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz and a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. But conflicting statements from Iranian officials and Israeli pushback on the terms of the ceasefire with Lebanon are raising doubt about the president's actual successes. ...
