A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.
Former Republican Sens. John Danforth (Mo.), William Cohen (Maine) and Alan Simpson (Wyo.) announced on Tuesday that they are launching a new organization, “Our Republican Legacy," to facilitate a “comeback” of the traditional principles of their party. “Recently it has become popular to assert that this traditional brand of Republicanism is dead, replaced by a...
Each of the major U.S. stock indexes closed Wednesday at record highs after new federal data showed inflation slowing down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 index and Nasdaq composite all rallied Wednesday after the Labor Department reported inflation falling to a 3.4 percent annual rate in April after a 0.3 percent monthly increase...
Blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy could bankrupt the U.S. health care system unless the price drops, according to a staff report released Wednesday from the office of Senate Health Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Unless prices dramatically decline, Wegovy and weight loss drugs could push Americans to spend $1 trillion per year on prescription drugs, the...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has initiated the process of debarring the infectious disease nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) from being awarded federal funds, citing a lack of "responsibility" necessary to participate in these programs. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic shared the letter signed by HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisitions...
The Biden campaign on Wednesday rejected the prospect of adding debates with former President Trump beyond the two that the candidates have already agreed to after Trump's campaign suggested holding additional debates this summer. “Donald Trump has a long history of playing games with debates: complaining about the rules, breaking those rules, pulling out at...
Michael Cohen, a star witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s hush money criminal case against former President Trump, has given perhaps the most damaging testimony yet against his former client. Over two days in court, Trump’s ex-fixer and personal attorney sought to directly tie the then-2016 nominee to documents at the heart of the case...
A former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contractor who was involved in the creation of a program used to collect environmental data from the air has alleged that the agency delayed deployment of the plane for five days following the 2023 derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. In a NewsNation interview,...
Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico is “life-threatening condition” after being shot Wednesday after a meeting in the town of Handlova, according to his Facebook page. Fico was shot after holding a Cabinet meeting in the Trenčín region of central Slovakia, according to the Slovak news agency TASR. A post on Fico’s Facebook account said the prime minister...
The University of Washington (UW) and a union representing academic student workers have seemingly reached deal, ending a one-day strike. The tentative agreement came hours after thousands of student employees went on strike Tuesday after union representatives and the university failed to agree to provisions Monday night. The union, United Auto Workers Local 4121, said the deal...
The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for five years, sending the legislation to President Biden’s desk ahead of Friday’s deadline. The measure cleared the chamber in a 387-26 vote, days after the Senate overwhelmingly approved the bill, 88-4. Passage of the legislation marks the end of Congress’s long-winded road...
