Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticized President Trump on Sunday after his political operation used images of him receiving the remains of fallen troops at Dover Air Force Base to raise money.
Hawaii nightclub owner Michael Miske Jr. was found guilty of murder and a host of other charges, and a jury said he should forfeit more than $20 million to Uncle Sam as part of his punishment.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that Americans will likely have to deal with a few more weeks of high gas prices due to the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday rebuked Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr's threats to revoke broadcasters' licenses over TV networks' news coverage. "I am a big supporter of the First Amendment," Johnson said on Fox News's "The Sunday Briefing." "I do not like the heavy-handed government, no matter who is wielding it. ... I would rather...
Tens of thousands of Americans are slowly returning to the U.S. after getting caught in the crossfire of President Trump’s decision to launch a war against Iran, throwing the region into chaos. The State Department has said it's helping charter flights and evacuation plans for stranded Americans as the conflict enters its eighth day. The...
Questions about the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are reemerging because of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s impending departure. Both Noem and President Trump have sought to dramatically reshape the nation’s disaster response agency. Among the most contentious changes so far are Noem’s policy of personally reviewing expenditures of over $100,000, with...
Republicans are hoping the administration’s military operation against Iran doesn’t spiral into an endless war as the 2026 midterm cycle ramps up, a scenario some worry could threaten the GOP’s electoral prospects. Republicans have largely rallied behind President Trump’s decision to strike Iran. A war powers resolution that would have required Trump to seek congressional...
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) on Friday said he filed for reelection as an independent in the redrawn 6th Congressional District instead of the 3rd District he serves due to California's redistricting measure that voters backed last year. Proposition 50 allowed California to bypass its independent redistricting commission and pass a new Democratic-friendly House map prior...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped its probe into claims made by President Trump that former President Biden and his aides illegally used an autopen to sign officials documents after failing to build a criminal case, multiple outlets reported. U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro's office led the inquiry but it was shelved in...
President Trump confirmed he will attend Saturday's dignified transfer of the six U.S. soldiers killed in Kuwait amid Iran's retaliatory attacks on Gulf countries following the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. "I will be going to Dover Air Force Base tomorrow, with the First Lady and Members of my Cabinet, to pay our Highest Respect to...
Gas prices continued to skyrocket this week as the war in Iran created havoc in the oil sector, but a handful of U.S. cities saw larger-than-average price increases.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary on Friday announced that the agency's top regulator Vinay Prasad will depart next month. "A year ago, Dr. Prasad came to the FDA to implement 4 major long-lasting reforms: 2-to-1 pivotal trial requirement, national priority reviews, a risk-stratified covid vaccine framework, & the new plausible mechanism framework...
The U.S. military carried out a “successful” operation against a “narco-terrorist” supply complex in Ecuador as part of the Trump administration’s push to dismantle drug-trafficking networks in the Western Hemisphere, according to defense officials. At the request of Ecuador, a U.S. military joint force executed the targeted action against a suspected drug-smuggling facility inside Ecuador...
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Emergency departments ordered less Tylenol after Trump's Oval Office remarks In the months following President Trump’s appeal to pregnant women to “fight like hell not to take” the common over-the-counter pain reliever acetaminophen, fewer orders for the medication were...
The IRS announced a series of proposed rules that would determine eligibility and timing for the $1,000 government seed payments, among other aspects of the Trump Accounts.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Friday said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was "dead as fried chicken" after he pressed her during a Senate hearing about a $220 million ad campaign not approved by President Trump, days before the president fired her. "I was stunned when Noem answered categorically that the president approved every single...
