Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1970s of murdering two FBI agents, was released from prison Tuesday after then-President Biden commuted his sentence in the final hours of his presidency. Peltier was released Tuesday morning from Florida’s maximum-security Coleman Federal Correctional Complex, where he has been incarcerated since 2014. “I am...
Rep. Vern Buchanan and Dr. Mark Hyman are advocating for a "Food as Medicine" movement to prevent chronic diseases and save health care costs, while HHS Secretary Kennedy supports this initiative.
New Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said Tuesday that union workers and labor leaders will be “core to my decision-making.” “As Trump wages his war on working families, Democrats will fiercely answer the call to my favorite old union song, ‘Which Side Are You On?’ I’ll tell you what: Democrats are on the...
New York Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand wrote a Monday letter to newly minted Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., urging him to reverse recent cuts to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) that impact a program for 9/11 first responders. “To say funding for 9/11 first responders is...
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a former prominent Trump fundraiser who was appointed during the president's first term, announced Tuesday he would be stepping down. In a release, the U.S. Postal Service said DeJoy had notified its Board of Directors that it was “time for them to begin the process of identifying his successor.” “While there...
The minor benefits of UNESCO membership are outweighed by the consequences of U.S. support for an organization that wrongly grants full membership to the Palestinians without recognition of Israel.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, claimed Tuesday that its newest model outperforms similar products from competitors like OpenAI and DeepSeek. Musk's company unveiled Grok3, the latest generation of its Grok AI model and the first to feature reasoning capabilities, during a launch event Tuesday on X Spaces. Musk's xAI team said Grok3 has...
A member of a group linked to al Qaeda has been killed in a U.S. airstrike, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on the social platform X. “On Feb. 15, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria targeting and killing a senior finance and logistics official in the...
The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is pressing its call for the Senate to reject Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education under the Trump Administration. In a letter to senators, the LDF said McMahon’s “troubling words, actions, and otherwise limited experience” places more than 50 million students at risk. “If the Senate confirms Ms. McMahon...
Traditional conservatives, Freedom Conservatives, and MAGA conservatives are three distinct groups within the conservative movement, with the latter aligning with President Trump's views, while the former prioritize principles.
A top House Democratic super PAC is targeting Republicans over their proposed cuts to Medicaid. In a release Tuesday, House Majority PAC said lower chamber Republicans have gone “full Matt Bevin” and are planning to make cuts to Medicaid to fund Elon Musk “and other billionaires” through tax breaks. Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R)...
Russia has freed an American citizen detained on drug charges, in what the State Department called a "welcome gesture" ahead of a meeting between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia. American Kalob Byers Wayne, 28, was released earlier this week to the custody of U.S. officials. He was reportedly arrested on Feb. 7 at...
The Department of Education sent a "Dear Colleague" letter to universities Friday warning them of funding cuts if they persist in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that the Trump administration considers illegal. Craig Trainor, the acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the Education Department, told schools the federal agency will begin taking...
If hundreds of millions of Africans grow up with fond views of the Chinese Communist Party or Putin’s brand of strongman politics, how can free-market democracy hope to compete?
