The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says it housed more than 40,000 veterans last year, surpassing its 2022 goals aimed at reducing the number of veterans experiencing homelessness. The 2022 goal was to place 38,000 veterans in public housing, and the VA said it actually housed 40,401 veterans last year. “There are thousands of formerly...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday called for new regulations for the cannabidiol (CBD) market, saying the agency needs to provide additional oversight to manage the risks involved in using those products. Janet Woodcock, the principal deputy commissioner of the FDA, said in a release that the agency conducted a review and determined...
Sweden and Finland do not appear to have made much progress toward membership in NATO in the past few months. Turkish officials recently claimed that Sweden isn’t even halfway toward meeting Ankara’s demands, while Swedish officials argue they can’t make up the difference. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently upped the ante by demanding the two...
Benjamin Hall, the Fox News correspondent who was seriously injured while covering the war in Ukraine, plans to publish a book on the near-death experience. Hall’s forthcoming memoir, which will be published by HarperCollins, will focus on his March 2022 injury and his ground-level view of the war to his dramatic rescue to his arduous...
A set of updated campaign finance reports are deepening the mystery surrounding the source of high-dollar loans that Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) made to his campaign last year. Santos’s campaign previously reported that a pair of six-figure loans from the candidate — one for $500,000 that was made last March and another for $125,000 in...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) selected his close ally Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) to be chair of the Elected Leadership Committee, resurrecting the role within GOP leadership. The selection was made official at Wednesday’s House GOP Conference meeting, according to a GOP source. Punchbowl News first reported McCarthy’s selection of Graves on Thursday. The Elected Leadership...
President Biden has extended a program that allows certain residents of Hong Kong to stay in the United States as China has taken steps to limit the sovereignty of the city. The White House said in a statement that it will extend Deferred Enforced Departure, which protects individuals from certain countries who are living in...
Traffic, road conditions and the cost of vehicle maintenance are all things that can make drivers grip the steering wheel a bit tighter. These conditions vary across states for a variety of reasons including population, weather and government investments.
Sen. Cory Booker compared migrants trying to enter the U.S. to Jews fleeing Nazis during the Holocaust, as he and other Democrats spoke against Biden administration policies.