The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered SpaceX to investigate the cause of its Starship booster losing control and crashing into the Gulf of Mexico during a test flight last week, the agency announced on Wednesday. Following an assessment of the Starship Flight 12 launch, the FAA determined the launch "resulted in a mishap" failed operation...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and Donald Trump Jr. traded barbs Wednesday after the former questioned President Trump’s allegiances to the NBA Finals-bound New York Knicks. When a reporter asked Hochul about the president’s Knicks fandom, she responded that she would “ask him to name the starting lineup of the 1993 championship team and...
The Trump administration plans to send Americans exposed to Ebola to a quarantine and treatment facility being constructed in Kenya, an administration official said Wednesday. Sources said public health service officers are preparing to be quickly deployed to the region to staff the new facility. The “state-of-the-art facility” is primarily intended for Americans who were exposed to the Ebola virus, or are at high risk of exposure, amid an ever-widening...
Former first lady Jill Biden says in a new interview she believed that her husband was “having a stroke” during his famously poor performance in the 2024 CNN debate against President Trump. The former first lady was asked by CBS News’s Rita Braver in a new interview clip released Wednesday if she was “horrified” when...
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon on Wednesday predicted that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will beat state Rep. James Talarico (D-Texas) in the race to replace Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) but that the contest will be an uphill battle for the GOP nominee. “I just don't know if Texas is ready to vote...
Journalist Sharon Alfonsi is departing "60 Minutes," after criticizing CBS News leadership under its new corporate owner Paramount. Alfonsi's contract with the weekly news program ended over the weekend, she told The New York Times and argued the outlet's decision not to renew her deal was an intentional one. “It sends a chilling message to...
Cuba’s foreign minister has accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of lying about the island nation being a national security threat to the U.S. amid rising tensions between the two countries. “In all areas, however, he lies, he lies on and on,” Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba’s minister of foreign affairs, told Fox News in a...
President Trump on Wednesday teased taking a trip to New York to see the Knicks play in the NBA finals next week at Madison Square Garden. Trump told reporters at a Cabinet meeting at the White House that he was planning on going to a game this week, but then the team secured a championship...
More than half of Americans say they “definitely will vote” in November's midterms, according to a new survey. In the Economist/YouGov poll, released this week, 57 percent of respondents said they “definitely will vote” in the upcoming elections. Eleven percent said they “probably will vote,” another 11 percent said they “may or may not vote,”...
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report published Wednesday that it will take years to replenish the advanced weapons used by the U.S. during the Iran war. CSIS predicted it would take three or more years to replace the Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM), Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile...
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) said Tuesday that his campaign for Senate is attracting some support from previous President Trump voters who are becoming more disillusioned with the president’s policies, saying they whisper to him at rallies “like they’re in the witness protection program.” Talarico argued during an interview on MS NOW that Trump...
The Department of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday it was launching a trial review on the safety and efficacy of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study will also focus on the impact of MDMA usage for people with severe mental health disorders and alcohol use disorder, according to a press...
