President Trump announced Saturday he approved new fuel economy standards that eliminate an electric vehicle (EV) mandate introduced under the Biden administration. The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers' vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved an expansion of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in at-risk adults over the age of 50. GSK, the vaccine's maker, announced the approval Friday, making it the first vaccine rubber-stamped for adults ages 50-59 to protect against the virus. “Today's approval reflects the importance...
Howard University said Friday that it would be cutting ties with artist Sean “Diddy” Combs over his “behavior” as he faces multiple sexual assault allegations. The Howard University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to remove Combs, an honorary degree recipient, from official university documents. “The Howard University Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to accept...
Former United Nations ambassador and GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley, in an op-ed published Friday, argued against a cease-fire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The article, published in The New York Post, is critical of President Biden and other Western politicians who, Haley said, have “apparently forgotten” what happened on Oct. 7. Haley, also former...
The Israeli military said it and two other Israeli groups carried out a special operation Saturday, rescuing four hostages. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Police and Israel Securities Authority rescued Noa Argamani, 25, Almong Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27 and Shlomi Ziv, 40, the IDF said in a joint statement with the Israeli...
They support big labor and big government. They call themselves conservatives, but they support industrial policy and dismiss free market economics. They revile free trade and support taxes on families in the form of tariffs.
A week after a New York jury found former President Trump guilty of falsifying business records, Democrats are torn over whether the conviction will help President Biden in November. Trump’s campaign announced a $35 million fundraising haul after the guilty verdict and more than $140 million raised in May. Establishment Republicans like Senate Minority Leader Mitch...
Rising human exploitation of the oceans is pushing ever further into regions that scientists increasingly suspect are full of conscious life. New research into creatures from sperm whales to octopuses, reef fish to hermit crabs, suggests that wide swaths of the undersea world may be populated by animals that have forms of consciousness something akin to those in humans....
Since former President Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts last week, he and his allies have had revenge on their mind. Less than an hour after the verdict came in, Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) posted on X that it was “Time for Red State AGs and DAs to get busy.” On Tuesday, Trump told Newsmax...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went after President Biden Friday, after he invoked the Russia-Ukraine war in his D-Day anniversary remarks. In his speech Friday, Biden asked several hypothetical questions related to how the soldiers who fought in D-Day would react to the current situation in Eastern Europe. "Does anyone doubt that they...
Friday marked the last time longtime "Wheel of Fortune" icon Pat Sajak hosted the popular television game show, begging the question of who will take over after once he retires. The final show also brings the end to a career spanning 41 years and over 8,000 episodes. Friday's episode, which opened with a clip of...
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci weighed in on former President Trump's decision to join TikTok, saying Friday that the move shows just "how transactional" his former boss can be. Scaramucci, in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, talked about how Trump seemed to flip on the issue — after spending much of his...
