Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr accused Democrats of “distortion” regarding the agency’s role in Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from ABC. “The reality is, there’s a lot of Democrats out there that are engaged in a campaign of projection and distortion. And distortion is they’re completely misrepresenting the work of the FCC and what we’ve...
President Trump told pregnant people they should not take acetaminophen because of a potential link to autism. In an announcement from the White House on Monday afternoon, Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said labels for the over-the-counter pain medication will be updated to reflect that Tylenol “can be associated...
President Trump and top health officials Monday said pregnant women should not take acetaminophen for pain relief due to a potential link to autism. Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol, one of the most widely used medications in the world. “Taking Tylenol is not good,” Trump said during a White House announcement. Trump...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said his long-awaited decision on whether to endorse New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is "coming sooner rather than later.” “I expect to have more to say about the mayor's race shortly. The governor has endorsed, the speaker of the assembly made an endorsement, and over the...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Monday it would not follow California’s new law banning its agents from covering their faces during enforcement operations. “To be clear: We will NOT comply with [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom’s unconstitutional mask ban,” DHS said Monday in a post on the social platform X. DHS suggested the masks...
President Trump will meet this week with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to discuss government funding ahead of a potential shutdown, a White House official told The Hill. Punchbowl first reported on the upcoming meeting. The president is set to travel to New York for the United Nations...
A man has been charged with pointing a laser beam at Marine One while President Trump was on board on Saturday, according to a signed affidavit. The affidavit, signed by Secret Service Officer Diego Santiago, alleges that Jacob Samuel Winkler pointed a red laser beam at Santiago, before pointing it in the direction of Marine...
Morgan Murphy, a former top Trump administration official who also served as a top aide to Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), is launching a bid for his former boss’s seat next year for Alabama Senate. Tuberville is leaving the Senate to run for governor, creating a vacancy in the deep-red states. Murphy touts himself as a...
Satisfaction with the direction of the country reached its lowest point of President Trump’s second term in office, according to the latest Gallup poll, though views remain broadly more positive than before he took office. Twenty-nine percent of survey respondents say they’re satisfied “with the way things are going in the United States at this...
France joins Australia, Canada, UK and other allies in recognizing Palestinian state as Israel threatens diplomatic consequences for the growing movement.