Ronald Reagan famously said that he didn’t leave the Democrats, the Democrats left him — and now the party threatens to do the same to Sen. John Fetterman. The...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) opened the door on Tuesday to supporting ex-rival Mehmet Oz as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator. “If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude,” Fetterman said in a post on the social platform X. President-elect Trump on Tuesday announced...
Google’s AI chatbot Gemini gave a threatening response to a Michigan college student, telling him to “please die.” The artificial intelligence program and the student, Vidhay Reddy, were engaging in a back-and-forth conversation about aging adults and their challenges. Reddy shared his experience with CBS News. “This is for you, human. You and only you....
President-elect Trump joined Elon Musk on Tuesday in Texas to observe the launch of a SpaceX rocket as the two leaders have spent significant time together since Election Day. Trump was joined by some of his staff and Republican lawmakers, including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-S.D.) and Rep. Ronny Jackson...
Ukraine’s top diplomat warned that the United States cannot afford to look weak in the face of increased threats from the deepening cooperation between Russia, North Korea and Iran, addressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha was in Washington marking 1,000 days of Ukraine’s defensive war against Russia, warning against...
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee grilled Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell on Tuesday over a since-fired FEMA employee's directive that staff avoid houses with Trump campaign signage in the wake of Hurricane Milton and the employees' allegations that she was "simply following orders." The fired FEMA employee, Marn’i Washington, has alleged she was...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said he would not support former House Republican Matt Gaetz for attorney general if the sexual assault allegations against him are proven true. Gaetz was accused of having relations with a 17-year-old minor at a party in 2017. Tuberville said Gaetz denied any wrongdoing in a conversation last week, as reported...
President-elect Trump said Tuesday he is nominating television personality and Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator. Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 with Trump's endorsement and has been a Trump ally ever since. The CMS administrator is a Senate-confirmed position. “There may...
A Walmart executive warned that President-elect Trump’s plans to raise tariffs on imports could drive the retail giant to increase the price of store items. “We never want to raise prices,” John David Rainey, the company’s CFO said in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday. “Our model is everyday low prices. But there probably will be cases where prices will go up for consumers.”...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday rejected the idea that voters delivered an Election Day mandate to Donald Trump and the Republicans, arguing that the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House means that nothing will get done in Washington without Democratic support. “Despite the claims of some of my Republican colleagues, who have...
The survival rate among those with lung cancer has improved by more than a quarter in the last five years, according to a new report. The findings from the American Lung Association's latest "State of Lung Cancer" report shows a 26 percent increase in the survival rate. The improvement, per the organization, is partially due...
Few Americans use terminology that is commonly deemed as “woke,” according to a new survey. In the YouGov survey, under a quarter of Americans polled said they “regularly use” words and phrases such as “safe space,” “woke,” ‘lived experience” and “white privilege.” The phrases are commonly used in progressive, left-leaning and social justice-oriented spaces. In...
