The death toll from the flooding caused by thunderstorms in Texas has risen to at least 43 individuals, authorities reported on Saturday, and the death toll continues to rise as emergency response teams work. Multiple young girls attending Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, are unaccounted for as heavy rainfall sweeps through the area. Rep. August...
Authorities in Indianapolis say seven are injured and two were pronounced dead after a shooting early Saturday morning. At around 1:27 a.m. local police responded to separate incidents at the intersection of West Washington and South Meridian streets, in addition to South Illinois and West Washington streets. While responding to both calls, officers heard shots...
Homeland Security said Saturday that it has finally deported eight illegal immigrants -- all of them with serious criminal records -- to South Sudan, moving to complete the removals after the Supreme Court gave permission.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Saturday he has officially formed the “America Party,” a third political faction to rival Democrats and Republicans. “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it. When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a...
Zohran Mamdani, who delivered an upset earlier this week in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, pushed back on President Trump's claims that the Empire State lawmaker is a "communist lunatic." "You know, this is not the first time that President Trump is going to comment on myself, and I encourage him — just...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan 'Razin' Caine will give remarks early Thursday on the U.S. strikes in Iran and to push back on reporting contradicting President Trump's rhetoric that the attacks "totally obliterated" Tehran's nuclear facilities. The press briefing comes days after multiple outlets reported that the strikes only...
The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Wednesday to reject Republican language in the Senate megabill that would prohibit federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from going to qualified health plans that cover abortion services. The Republican language in the bill would restrict the ACA’s cost-sharing subsidies from lowering the costs of plans that cover...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned members of the media for a press conference on Thursday, during which he trashed their coverage of U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. The Trump administration has been adamant that its strikes on three nuclear facilities on Saturday in Iran were a success. Several media outlets on Tuesday reported that...
As of today, we know of no data showing differences between children raised by same-sex and opposite-sex couples in terms of social development, mental health, sexual behavior, substance abuse, or academic achievement.
New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, who appears to have secured a win in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, said Wednesday that his platform would be successful with candidates outside of his city. “Do you think that is a platform that would work for other candidates running in other parts of the country?” MSNBC’s...
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) on Wednesday said her offices were evacuated due to "imminent death threats against me, my unborn child, my family, and my staff," which she claims "erupted" following a news report about her ectopic pregnancy. The Wall Street Journal published an article on Sunday where Cammack shared the challenges she faced getting treatment for a...
President Trump on Wednesday called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be pardoned and his corruption trial canceled. “I just learned that Bibi has been summoned to Court on Monday for the continuation of this long running, (He has been going through this “Horror Show” since May of 2020 – Unheard of! This is...
House Republicans cleared their first funding bill for fiscal 2026 on Wednesday, approving more than $450 billion to fund the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), military construction and other programs. The House voted mostly along party lines on Wednesday afternoon to approve the funding plan, with only two Democratic lawmakers, Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and...
White House budget chief Russell Vought faced heat from both sides of the aisle Wednesday as he sought to make the case to senators to pass the administration’s roughly $9 billion in proposed cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds. Vought testified before the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee to defend the special request from...
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Anxieties converge over newly remade CDC advisory panel Health and Health Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's remade vaccine advisory panel kicked off its two-day meeting Wednesday despite calls to delay the proceedings, including by Sen. Bill...
