Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy isn't drawing stadium-size crowds like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are as he tours the country talking to voters. But in a packed concert hall in rural North Carolina, people are starting to view the Democrat as worthy of the national spotlight.
A few dozen women gathered at a posh Miami brewery on a recent evening to listen to U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart outline the Republican plans to retain their slim House majority in next year's elections.
Many Americans do not agree with President Trump's aggressive efforts to quickly enact his agenda, a new poll finds, and even Republicans are not overwhelmingly convinced that his attention has been in the right place.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is considering a “regulatory framework” for Medicare and Medicaid to cover GLP-1 medications to treat obesity. Kennedy said in a CBS News interview that aired Wednesday the high cost of the medication is the biggest hurdle to coverage, but he said he’s considering...
The percentage of “thriving” Americans is at a five-year low, according to a Gallup poll. The poll found 48.9 percent of respondents said they are “thriving,” staying at a five-year low previously recorded in November 2024 and September 2023. Since December 2020, there has not been a percentage of respondents lower than 48.2 percent that...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological products and drugs, instead moving toward alternative testing models such computer simulations and "organoids." The agency said in a release that its animal testing requirements would be "reduced, refined, or potentially replaced using a range of approaches,"...
Director of National Intelligence Tusli Gabbard has been working with over 100 people to scan and release government documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
The Trump administration is cutting contracts that funded work on the National Climate Assessment — which is published every few years and details how climate change impacts the U.S. — as well as other climate activity. Records show that NASA has canceled several deals with contractor ICF, including those supporting work on the climate assessment...
✈️ Plus: Airplanes bump wings at DCA {beacon} STOCKS FELL THURSDAY as the U.S. and China dug in for a prolonged trade war that could have ramifications up and down the global economy. Only a day earlier, the financial markets skyrocketed on news that President Trump would dramatically scale back his country-specific reciprocal tariffs....
President Trump’s tariff plans have raised jitters about the stability of the bond market as demand quickly dropped before he implemented his 90-day pause on most tariffs. Trump referenced the bond market in his Wednesday remarks explaining his decision to institute the pause, seeming to note the drop in demand for U.S. Treasurys that have...
Economic tensions between the U.S. and China are soaring after President Trump raised tariffs on Chinese products to 125 percent on Wednesday and China retaliated by raising tariffs on U.S. exports to 84 percent. While Trump on Wednesday paused his “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of other countries, he hit China harder, intensifying an economic battle...
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Thursday likened the U.S. tariff war with China to a “testosterone battle” between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Merkley criticized Trump’s approach to levying tariffs on China as unserious, saying companies are not going to want to build factories in the U.S. if they can’t rely on the...
A federal appeals panel seems inclined to find a middle ground as it weighs whether to pause an order blocking the Trump administration from effectively dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as the administration appeals. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit expressed concern over...
President Trump and members of his Cabinet met at the White House Thursday afternoon as Washington and global partners reel under the pressure of a mounting trade war. The gathering of officials came a day after Trump issued a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for nearly all foreign trading partners, opening up the door for...
Vice President JD Vance's March 28 visit to Greenland laid bare the Trump administration's belligerent approach to "getting" Greenland, with Vance asserting that the U.S. needs to seize the territory to protect against Russian and Chinese interests, despite there being no evidence to support this claim.
