Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) slammed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for ending the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) tracking of parasitic infections including cyclospora. The decision was made last year and suspended tracking managed by the CDC, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, in addition to...
President Trump slapped an additional 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian goods in response to what the administration said were “discriminatory” trade measures from Canada on Monday. A senior administration official told reporters on a Monday press call that the impacted products range from “wine to hockey sticks to cement." The tariffs fall under Section...
A man has been arrested after he set off an explosive at a federal building in New York City, the FBI said Monday. At a press conference, FBI New York Field Office Assistant Director James Barnacle said that Andrew Arrabaca was at 26 Federal Plaza’s employee entrance shortly prior to 9:00 a.m. EDT. While there,...
The Pentagon confirmed on Monday that nearly 100 U.S. service members have sustained injuries since the U.S. military began launching continuous attacks against Iran earlier this month, with 96 percent of them having returned to duty. “They are determined to get back in the fight,” Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement. “The vast...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday said she would not run to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), citing “unfinished business” in the House. “I want to be straight with you. I'm not running for the U.S. Senate, not because I'm backing down from a fight, but because the one I'm already in matters...
The Houthis, the Iran-backed militant group based in Yemen, on Monday announced that they have set up a blockade on Saudi Arabia, ramping up the potential for tensions in the Red Sea. The Yemeni militia has not offered any specifics on what the blockade will entail, only that it declared a "maritime embargo against the...