A key federal advisory panel handpicked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr spent two chaotic days debating potentially significant changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccination policy but left the most controversial recommendation for another time. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on Thursday not to recommend the combined...
President Trump on Friday signed an executive order to set up a new visa pathway for expedited treatment, with a fee of $1 million for individuals and $2 million for a corporation to speed up the process of allowing employees to work in the U.S. legally. Trump touted the policy as “sort of like a...
President Trump said Friday a top prosecutor in Virginia who has resisted pursuing charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James should be removed. Trump was asked in the Oval Office whether he wanted to fire Erik Siebert, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, over his handling of mortgage fraud allegations against...
President Trump said Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had approved a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. after months of uncertainty about the popular video-sharing app’s future under a 2024 law. The Trump administration, however, has offered few specifics about the deal. And the Chinese government appeared less certain about the status...
Lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee gave different accounts of the testimony of Alex Acosta, the former Trump Labor Secretary who initially prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein when serving as a U.S. attorney. Acosta sat with the panel behind closed doors for several hours Friday, answering questions about his handling of the case. House Democrats on Friday...
President Trump on Friday said he disagreed with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over criticism of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr’s threat to take action against ABC, before late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off the air indefinitely. Cruz said that Carr’s threat to take action against ABC sounded like something “right out...
President Trump on Friday predicted the government would shut down “for a period of time” amid an impasse in the Senate between Republicans and Democrats. Trump expressed some pessimism about the two sides reaching an agreement that can garner 60 votes in the Senate. Republicans have 53 seats in the chamber, meaning at least seven...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday it would end protections from deportation for Syrians living in the U.S., paving the way to return citizens to a country recently ravaged by civil war. The announcement came as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was set to end for Syrians at the end of the month, ending...
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) said he’s glad late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel is off the air indefinitely, but he warned that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr’s threat to take action against ABC sounded like something “right out of Goodfellas,” the classic mob movie, and “dangerous as hell.” “Jimmy Kimmel has mocked me...
The Trump administration turned to the Supreme Court for the second time Friday as it seeks to forge ahead with its efforts to strip protections from deportation for Venezuelans in the U.S. The Friday filing asks the high court to block an appeals court decision that found Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lacked the authority...
Former Transportation Secretary and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg criticized Republican redistricting efforts at a Thursday rally in Indiana, accusing the other party of “cheating” in their attempts to redraw congressional maps. “They want the outcome of the election to be decided before you even get to go vote,” Buttigieg said during the rally, which...
Federal prosecutors said Friday they will seek to imprison the person who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in 2022 for at least 30 years and up to life. Prosecutors’ sentencing memo came as the defendant’s public defenders newly indicated their client now uses female pronouns and goes by Sophie Roske. “She has not asked...
