Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits.
President Trump defended his health in an interview, saying he didn't get an MRI scan, but instead a CT scan, after questions kept being raised over why he got the imaging.
Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics with a promise to transform government on behalf of the city's striving, struggling working class.
The Republican businessman campaigning for the seat held by the resigning Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene compared himself to President Trump in his first ad.
Any Brits reading will know that, until recently, we had a good thing going in the United States. We were widely held to be smarter, politer, and more refined than we really were. In truth, British people are earthy and Hogarthian, more prone to drunkenness and profanity than Americans. But, for whatever reason, our American […]
A U.S. Marine died during a training exercise Wednesday at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, military officials said Thursday. Around 1:45 p.m. local time, the Marine was involved in a “tactical vehicle mishap” during routine training and died of their injuries, the I Marine Expeditionary Force said in a statement. The military is withholding the...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed Thursday that alerts of a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Nevada were a false alarm. On its website, the USGS said that its ShakeAlert early warning system sent out an “incorrect alert” at 8:06 a.m. local time Thursday for a quake near Reno and Carson City, Nev. The survey noted...
A new report from MoneyGeek finds that, on average, nearly 400 people die each year in winter weather-related crashes, highlighting the most dangerous states for drivers during the season.
A college student deported while attempting to catch a flight home for Thanksgiving break questioned why the Trump administration was “targeting” people like her. Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration authorities on Nov. 20 at Boston Logan International Airport. She was planning to surprise her family in Texas for the holiday. "Why...
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will participate in the annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Thursday evening. The ceremony includes performances by Alana Springsteen, Brett Young, Gabby Barrett, Jillian Cardarelli, Jon Pardi, Matthew West, The Beach Boys and Warren Zeiders, with Barrett and West serving as co-hosts, according to the event...
Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Ed Markey (Mass.) introduced a bill Thursday that would require airlines to compensate passengers for lengthy delays. The legislation, co-sponsored by more than a dozen other Senate Democrats, calls for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require airlines to pay passengers $300 if their flight is...
President Trump is backing retiring Rep. Troy Nehls’s (R-Texas) identical twin for his House seat. “It is my Honor to endorse MAGA Warrior TREVER NEHLS, who is running to represent the incredible people of Texas’ 22nd Congressional District,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday. “Trever's brother is the GREAT Congressman from Texas, Troy...
A federal appeals court panel on Thursday temporarily lifted a judge’s order blocking President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. The three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to halt the order while they weigh whether an extended pause is warranted as they consider the administration’s appeal. It comes in the wake...
A former Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy was killed in a shootout with police earlier this week after allegedly stabbing his 11-year-old son to death.
Women with an average risk of developing cervical cancer may test themselves at home for the virus that causes the disease, the American Cancer Society (ACS) advised on Thursday. The new guidance from the ACS, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, says that at-risk women between the ages of 25 and 65 may...
A majority of Americans want Congress to extend subsidies on ObamaCare before they are set to expire at the end of the year, a new survey from the health nonprofit KFF released Thursday says. Of those enrolled in ObamaCare marketplace plans, KFF found that 84 percent want Congress to extend the credits. These subsidies allow...
The Pentagon on Wednesday released a highly critical inspector general report that found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy by using the Signal app on his personal cell phone to discuss a pending strike on Houthi targets in Yemen. The 84-page report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he met with President Trump on Wednesday and discussed export controls amid a faltering push in Congress to place new restrictions on advanced chip sales to China. “We talked in general about export controls, and I wished him a Happy Holidays,” Huang told reporters on Capitol Hill. The company, whose chips...
