Most of the employees at the Health and Human Services Department have been offered a lump-sum payment of up to $25,000 to quit their job or, if eligible, retire early.
The State Department announced an initiative to cancel the visas of foreign nationals who appear to support Hamas or other organizations designated as terrorist groups, a welcome addition to President Donald Trump’s “revolution of common sense.” The effort will include an AI-fueled review of tens of thousands of social media accounts belonging to individuals in […]
A Maryland resident with recent international travel has confirmed to be infected with a case of measles. The Maryland Department of Health and Howard County health officials announced Sunday that a person who recently traveled internationally was confirmed to be infected. The case was not associated with the current measles outbreak in Texas and New...
Liquor bottles are flying off the shelves in Canada, but not because they are being sold. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says it is pulling American-made spirits in response to the U.S. and Canada's escalating tariff feud. "As part of Ontario's response strategy to U.S. tariffs, the government of Ontario has directed LCBO to...
Senate Republicans are defending President Trump's decision to pause aid for Ukraine as a negotiating tactic days after his public spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. GOP lawmakers are still feeling the aftershocks of Friday’s blowup, which shelved a minerals deal between the two leaders. However, many of the GOP's ardent...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is on the ground in Texas to aid the state in tamping down a measles outbreak, the agency said Tuesday. The agency in a statement on the social platform X said it has sent some of its Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) “disease detectives” to the West Texas...
Senate Democrats have sent the Trump administration a letter pressing them on their plan to economically assist farmers as the tariff plan is implemented. The letter, signed by Ranking Member for the Agriculture Committee Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and 14 other Democrats, was addressed to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins. “As you...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said she will not attend President Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress Tuesday night. She said she will be posting live about the speech on social media instead. “I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead,” the New...
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre compared the Trump administration's feud with the Associated Press and takeover of press pool coverage to how countries like Russia and North Korea treat the media, saying it is an attack on the freedom of the press.
President Trump will address Congress Tuesday night against the backdrop of newly levied tariffs on the nation's closest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. The leaders of both nations had sharp words as the tariffs went into effect, with Canadian Prime Miniser Justin Trudeau calling the action "dumb" and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum saying she'd announce...
A leading animal rights organization is pointing to high egg prices in a push for President Trump to swap yolks for spuds at this year's White House Easter Egg Roll. In a letter to the commander in chief and Melania Trump released Tuesday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) President Ingrid Newkirk shared...
President Trump on Tuesday threatened to add additional taxes on Canada if the U.S.'s northern neighbor Canada retaliates with its own, after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed Trump’s newly implemented tariffs. “Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a Retaliatory Tariff on the U.S., our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately...
House Republicans approved a budget resolution that would reduce the federal Medicaid program by 11 percent, potentially compromising access to health care for up to 40 percent of the nation's students.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston called President Trump a “short-sighted man” and announced a series of reciprocal steps his province will take to respond to the president’s 25-percent tariffs on Canadian goods. “Donald Trump is a short-sighted man who wields his power just for the sake of it, not having any consideration for the destructive...
Several Democrats in both chambers of Congress are planning to skip President Trump’s first address to lawmakers of his second White House term Tuesday night, expected to be a wide-ranging speech after six weeks in office. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) posted Tuesday on social media that she wouldn't attend. "I’m not going to the Joint...
After years of treatment, former Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah) is no longer responding to treatment for a form of brain cancer, according to her family. In a statement posted to Love's social media account over the weekend, Love’s daughter shared that her mother’s cancer is progressing. “We have shifted our focus from treatment to enjoying our remaining...
