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Republicans want to talk about James Talarico’s manhood. Talarico says let them.

He’s eating barbecue. He’s winning over Joe Rogan. He’s challenging his opponent to mano-a-mano televised faceoffs. James Talarico is determined not to let his GOP challenger Ken Paxton’s and...

Michigan’s GOP governor primary is getting weird

Michigan Republicans haven’t had a better shot to win the governorship in over a...

New California law expands DNA tools for missing persons investigations

A new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom expands California's Missing Persons DNA Program to identify living and deceased victims across thousands of cold cases.

Todd Blanche moves closer to confirmation after rescinding $1.8B fund

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took a key step towards confirmation after meeting demands to rein in a settlement deal President Donald Trump reached with the IRS this year.

Delta, United ban humanoid and animal robots from flights

New policies from the airlines ban the robots from traveling in the passenger cabin or cargo hold.

Liquid could be answer to stop cavities without drilling, study finds

A study conducted by the University of Michigan found silver diamine fluoride stopped decay in more than half of treated baby teeth.

Banks, Kim introduce stuttering legislation with backing of former NBA player

Sens. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Wednesday introduced legislation that attempts to improve identification and treatment for children who stutter, with an assist from former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. The legislation, titled the Kidd’s Stuttering Act, proposes directing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to add stuttering and fluency screening...

USDA to fund Arizona facility to fight New World screwworm

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Wednesday her department will invest $25 million towards opening a new sterile fly dispersal facility in Arizona to combat New World Screwworm (NWS). During a visit to the Grand Canyon State, Rollins joined Arizona GOP Reps. Andy Biggs, Juan Ciscomani and Eli Crane to tout the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...

Trump says SCOTUS ruling on tariffs and birthright citizenship costing country ‘trillions and trillions of dollars’

President Trump on Wednesday claimed the Supreme Court striking down his emergency tariffs and executive order restricting birthright citizenship cost the country “trillions and trillions” of dollars. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Does anybody have any idea how much Money and Prestige the United States Supreme Court has cost our Nation with their negative Rulings...

US military launches strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks on US base in Jordan 

The U.S. military began conducting airstrikes against Iran late Wednesday in retaliation for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacking a U.S. base in Jordan the day before. The U.S. forces began firing at 8 p.m., according to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom). The “heavy” barrage lasted about two hours, during which the U.S. military...

Judiciary Committee cancels vote on Blanche AG nomination

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) late Wednesday evening canceled a scheduled meeting to consider the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to lead the Justice Department amid opposition from some GOP senators on the panel. “Chairman Grassley works to set President Trump’s nominees up for success in committee, not failure. Senators Cornyn...

Florida AG launching investigation into Fauci after Senate hearing

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday he is launching a probe into Dr. Anthony Fauci after the longtime health official invoked the Fifth Amendment 100-plus times during a Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. “Fauci's lack of candor to Congress is unbelievable,” Uthmeier wrote on social platform X. “My office is launching an investigation...

Man found guilty in federal terrorism prosecution tied to Salman Rushdie stabbing

A man has been found guilty in a federal terrorism prosecution tied to the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie four years ago, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ said in a Wednesday press release that 28-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, N.J. had been convicted by a federal jury of trying to give...

Fauci answers no questions during 3-hour Senate hearing

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care   The Big Story Fauci answers no questions during 3-hour Senate hearing Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, refused to answer any questions during a Senate hearing Wednesday, invoking his Fifth Amendment right....

Oil prices jump up as US-Iran tensions escalate

Oil prices were back higher on Wednesday as U.S.-Iran tensions escalate again. As of late Wednesday afternoon, international benchmark Brent crude was trading at about $91  per barrel, up from as low as about $83 earlier this week.  That price is still well below the pre-ceasefire highs and prices last week, which reached as high as $101 per...

Dow sinks 1,100 points after Fed holds off on hike

Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady again despite continued inflation pressure.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1,153.18 points, or 2.19 percent, for its worst decline since April 2025 — when President Trump unveiled his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs. The S&P dipped by 1.52 percent, falling to 7,316.15...

Fauci’s legal protection from pardon, Fifth Amendment is an open question

Anthony Fauci, the former COVID czar, is set to face a contempt vote in a Senate panel next week after he asserted his Fifth Amendment rights during a hearing about his response to the pandemic. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said it was an open question whether Fauci, who...

AI giants back employee-led push to pace development

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story AI giants back employee-led push to pace development Anthropic and OpenAI both backed an employee-led initiative asking the U.S. government to “deliberately pace” frontier AI development. © AP Photo/Patrick Sison More than 1,200 employees have signed on to the statement, which underscored that the world’s leading AI companies...

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