Republicans are pointing to the World Cup in their persistent bid to force Democrats to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Millions of visitors from foreign...
In response to a growing Ebola outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is imposing a ban on foreign passport holders from entering the country if they have been in Uganda, Congo or South Sudan in the previous 21 days. The agency in a statement said it was invoking Title 42, a law that allows the CDC director to block noncitizens from entering the U.S....
The Justice Department on Monday launched a nearly $2 billion “anti-weaponization fund” as part of a settlement after President Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for $10 billion. The fund, which will receive a total of $1.776 billion dollars, will give payouts as well as issue “formal apologies” to those who pursue settlements after...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in northern Kentucky on Monday afternoon, campaigning in a "personal capacity" for former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein for Congress. It's an unprecedented visit that follows President Trump's effort to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in Tuesday's Kentucky primary. Trump's Justice Department on Monday has moved to create a fund, worth...
Endometriosis is a widespread disease affecting at least one in eight women, often leading to infertility, which can be prevented with earlier diagnosis and treatment.
If you campaign against excess, against elite privilege, against government waste, then you should probably avoid behavior that looks exactly like the thing you condemned.
Upheaval among the top ranks of the Food and Drug Administration continued late Friday when Tracey Beth Høeg, the agency’s top drug regulator, was ousted. Høeg had served as acting director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) since December, and was the fifth head or acting head of the division since the start...
The Pentagon’s policy chief announced Monday that the United States will suspend its involvement in a joint body that coordinates military consultation with Canada, pointing to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address to the World Economic Forum earlier this year. The move comes amid simmering tensions between President Trump and Carney, who is leading a...
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said in a new interview that the Republican Party never got “back to sanity,” Hogan told The Washington Post that he thought the GOP would eventually get “back to sanity” after the 2024 presidential election in which President Trump won a second term in the White House, but “we...
The Pentagon is pushing back on allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is politicizing the military with his planned Monday appearance in Kentucky to campaign for the man who is challenging Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) in Tuesday’s Republican primary. “Secretary Hegseth is attending this event in his personal capacity,” chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a...
Electric companies NextEra and Dominion will merge, they announced on Monday. The merger would create the world’s largest regulated electric utility, the companies said in a press release. The move comes as electricity prices have been on the rise — up an average of 6.1 percent year-over-year in April across the country. In a statement, NextEra chair, president and CEO John...
President Trump is scheduled to host a healthcare affordability event on Monday afternoon at the White House. Trump in January unveiled an affordability framework aimed at lowering drug prices and insurance premiums, as he seeks to address a major Republican political liability ahead of the midterm elections. Watch the event, scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. EDT, in the video...
Fox News host and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Sunday praised Spencer Pratt, a candidate in the Los Angeles mayoral race, saying he is "going to forever change how political ads are done." Pratt's campaign has pushed AI-generated ads depicting incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) as a villain — either as a...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) again pinned an ongoing Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) strike on the Trump administration, continuing a days-long feud between Albany and Washington over the strike. “Let me be clear, this strike would not have been possible if the Trump administration had not taken the highly unusual step last fall...
