President Trump headlined the second and final night of the Republican's midterm convention, but Vice President J.D. Vance debuted as the party's political future. Mr. Vance, 42, delivered the penultimate speech at a convention dedicated to getting Republicans elected in the 2026 midterms.
Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday pushed back against Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan, who suggested that Mr. Vance's grandfather was a racist who would not have approved of Usha Vance because she is of Indian descent.
Vice President J.D. Vance's speech Thursday night at the Republican midterm convention was interrupted by chants of "48!" from the enthusiastic crowd, which made it clear that he was their choice to succeed President Trump.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the air traffic control staffing was “not normal” during the Wednesday night plane collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and an Army Black Hawk training flight in a Thursday report. “The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” the FAA wrote...
The former acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Billy Nolen said during an interview that President Trump made an “excellent choice” in choosing Christopher Rocheleau as the agency’s next leader. “It's a great decision. Chris, when I joined the FAA, was my number two. I think the world of him, and I think the President...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Journavx (suzetrigine) oral tablets on Thursday as a first-in-class non-opioid analgesic to treat acute pain in adults. “Today’s approval is an important public health milestone in acute pain management,” Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, acting director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research said in a statement. “A...
Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) on Thursday grilled Department of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s history of claiming Black Americans have a better immune system than white people. Alsobrooks, one of only two Black women serving in the Senate, questioned Kennedy on what he meant regarding a 2021 claim that "we should...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) described Meta’s $25 million settlement with President Trump for deleting his accounts in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection as a “bribe.” “It looks like a bribe and a signal to every company that corruption is the name of the game,” Warren wrote in a Thursday statement on...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) doubled down during an interview on his concerns about the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) space being overcrowded following the fatal collision between a military helicopter and an airline plane that killed 67 people. "We need to spread the traffic among these airports, rather than have such congestion into Reagan...
The Pentagon has struck a Biden administration policy of covering travel costs for service members and their dependents who must cross state lines to receive abortions and other reproductive care, according to a new memo. The change, which took effect Tuesday, was announced in a memo posted by the Defense Travel Management Office on Wednesday. The...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during an interview that President Trump’s wish to acquire the Arctic island Greenland is serious and rooted in national security concerns for both the rest of the world and the U.S. amid China’s interest in the region. “But this is not a joke, like what he's saying is pretty...
Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan gave an emotional interview describing the loss of several members of the skating community who died during the deadly American Airlines plane collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. “Much like everyone here has been saying is not sure how to process it,” she told MSNBC while in tears...
The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior secretary Thursday in a 79-18 vote, with the majority of Senate Democrats joining every Republican in the chamber. Burgum, a one-time candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination-turned-visible Trump campaign surrogate, has been among the president’s least controversial nominees. He advanced out of the Senate Energy...
Presented by American Petroleum Institute — The Trump administration this week dismissed members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and Science Advisory Board. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA dismisses science advisers The Trump administration this week dismissed members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams shot down “stupid” resignation speculation during his address of religious leaders in Midtown Manhattan. "Who started the stupid rumor that I was stepping down on Friday? Are you out of your mind?" Adams said Thursday during an annual interfaith breakfast as the crowd unleashed loud applause. "And you know...
Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s pick to be the next director of national intelligence, endured a difficult hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday as lawmakers pressed her on her views on Edward Snowden, spying, Syria and Russia. The former congresswoman and Army lieutenant colonel has been considered among the toughest lifts of Trump’s nominees,...
