America's cattle herd has shrunk to its smallest size in 75 years due to drought, pushing beef prices to near-record highs with no quick relief in sight.
A top GOP House committee chairman exposed "malign foreign influence" during a Tuesday hearing, but the groups under scrutiny did not retreat or apologize.
House lawmakers, for the first time since President Trump implemented sweeping tariffs, now can use their authority to end the emergency declarations he used to justify the import levies on a whole slew of countries.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it is reviving a long-defunct task force on the safety of childhood vaccines, responding to a demand from the anti-vaccine organization founded by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In a statement Thursday, the HHS said the task force will focus on the development and promotion...
The long-awaited payouts from the record-breaking $725 million Facebook settlement are finally being sent out to the millions of users who qualified. Here's what you can expect.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) rallied support Thursday for his redistricting proposal in response to Texas’s plans, telling the country to “wake up” to what President Trump is trying to do in office. “Wake up, America,” Newsom said at the rally, formally announcing the special election he is planning that would allow California to propose...
President Trump backed up his wife, first lady Melania Trump, in her threat to sue Hunter Biden, former President Biden’s son, over comments linking her to convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. “Well, I said go forward, you know, I’ve done pretty well on these lawsuits lately, and I said, go forward with...
{beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP and Russian President Vladimir Putin face a potentially a defining moment on the world stage when they arrive in Alaska on Friday for a bilateral summit, as Trump hopes to broker an end to Putin’s three-year war with Ukraine. Trump and Putin are scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill to provide legal pathways for Afghans who supported U.S. forces, offering hope for Afghan allies living in the U.S. and the American community members who now call them neighbors and friends.
Video above: FDA announces in April 2025 that it will phase out food dyes. (NEXSTAR) — While several other food companies had confirmed they would drop artificial food dyes in response to a mission set forth by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this summer, Mars Wrigley was considered a holdout....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will speak to reporters Thursday afternoon as the mid-decade redistricting battle heats up across the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterms, a day after announcing the "Liberation Day" event. His remarks come as Democrats push back against GOP "gerrymandering" efforts in Texas that could give Republicans five additional seats in next...
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block Mississippi from enforcing its social media age-verification law against nine major platforms, for now. In an emergency ruling, the justices denied an internet trade group NetChoice’s request to reinstate a lower court’s order protecting social media giants like Meta, X and YouTube from the new requirements. The...
A federal appeals court panel declined Louisiana’s invitation to gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that has required the state to draw additional majority-minority districts, ruling Thursday that the argument is foreclosed by binding precedent. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision upholds a judge’s ruling that blocked Louisiana’s state...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday said he is not looking to privatize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or its air traffic controllers, an idea floated by President Trump during his first term. “I could spend my time the next three and a half years fighting over privatization. I'm not going to do that,” Duffy...
