The president said the U.S. spies on China "too" after a report linked Chinese satellite imagery to Iran's deadly July missile attack on American troops.
The Jefferson County, Pa., Coroner's Office on Sunday said a 40-year-old woman died from complications with measles, the state's third measles-related death this year. Coroner Greg Furlong wrote on Facebook that the woman, a Jefferson County resident, died on Saturday. He added that his office was working with the Pennsylvania Department of Health on this...
Conservative commentator Scott Jennings is the newest member of the The Los Angeles Times editorial board. "It’s true - I’ve accepted @DrPatSoonShiong invitation to join the editorial board of the @latimes," Jennings announced in a post on the social platform X on Friday. "I plan to represent those Americans who believe they are often ignored...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) hit Elon Musk for suggesting in a post on his social platform X on Wednesday that retired Army Lt. Col Alexander Vindman “committed treason” and “will pay” after the former Trump impeachment witness accused the tech billionaire and close Trump ally of being unwittingly used by Russia. "Message to Elon Musk—The Vindman family...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) denounced the recent bomb threats against several Connecticut Democrats as "unacceptable" and maintained House Democrats will not be intimidated from carrying out their jobs. "America is a democracy. Threats of violence against elected officials are unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society," Jeffries wrote in a...
Two former Senate counsels agreed in a New York Times op-ed published Friday that President-elect Trump's nominations for his Cabinet need to undergo FBI checks. Some advisers to the president-elect have suggested taking the job of conducting background checks for high-level nominees away from the FBI and give it to private investigators, but other Republicans...
Former Biden White House aide Meghan Hays said the Harris-Walz campaign is unfairly pinning blame on the media for its loss in the presidential election. Hays, who served as White House director of of message planning from January 2021 until August 2022, was responding to remarks from Harris campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon on the...
Carmakers in the U.S. and Europe could lose up to 17 percent of their combined annual core profits in a worst-case scenario if the U.S. imposes steep tariffs on Europe, and two key U.S. allies, Mexico and Canada, a report from S&P Global released Friday showed. The report comes as President-elect Trump has threatened to...
Thousands of Amazon workers around the world went on strike Friday, demanding more pay and better working conditions during one of the retail giant's busiest weekends of the year. The strike, dubbed "Make Amazon Pay," has planned demonstrations in more than 20 countries including the United States, and the protests are slated to last through...
Five leading Canadian news outlets filed a suit against OpenAI on Friday, alleging the ChatGPT owner of violating copyright laws to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The outlets' lawsuit, filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against OpenAI, is the latest in a series of legal challenges against the AI developer over its...
The tiny pollutants emitted by fossil fuel combustion and wildfires may be raising the risk of adverse birth outcomes, a study has found. Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) can cause higher inflammation levels in pregnant people, potentially causing negative impacts to their children, according to the study, published Friday in Science. Previous research had...
The U.S. Secret Service is stretched too thin due to its dual mission of protecting the nation's highest leaders and investigating financial crimes, and Congress should act now to return the Service to its most important responsibility and strength: the physical protection of the president, the president's family and other protectees.
Donald Trump's campaign for the White House targeted transphobic myths, fears and prejudices, but it is important to keep an open mind about these issues and refrain from demonizing people who answer them differently.
Scott Gottlieb, who served as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during President-elect Trump’s first term, expressed concerns with the pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) due to his anti-vaccine advocacy. “I think if RFK follows through on his intentions, and I believe...
Police arrested more than two dozen pro-Palestinian protestors who disrupted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD). The NYPD told The Hill that 25 protesters were arrested on trespassing charges. Protesters reportedly jumped police barricades, with photos circulated online showing demonstrators sitting in the roadway at 55th...
House Democrats are sounding early alarms that a second Trump administration will lead to a vast erosion of Palestinian rights and undermine efforts to bring peace to the volatile Middle East. The lawmakers fear President-elect Trump’s staunchly pro-Israel sensibilities — combined with his cozy relationship with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — could not only...
