Earlier this year, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced that President Donald Trump had a new strategy for funding the federal government: an External Revenue Service. “[The President’s] plan is very simple: to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and let all the outsiders pay,” he told Fox News in February. The “outsiders,” according to Lutnick, were foreign nations, […]
Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics broke with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and declared that COVID-19 vaccination for young children is “evidence-based.” Its case rests on one fact: Children under 2 are still being hospitalized with COVID-19, at rates comparable to adults in their 50s and early 60s. That fact is […]
When Oasis announced their reunion and accompanying 2025 tour, the running jokes practically wrote themselves. Some lauded whatever miracle-worker had convinced Liam and Noel Gallagher to share a stage again, wondering why that savant wasn’t brokering peace in the Middle East. Others doubted the brothers’ ceasefire would survive even until the first show in Cardiff, […]
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, says the departures of several high-level officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including CDC Director Susan Monarez, “will require oversight.” Cassidy, who cast a pivotal vote to confirm Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy,...
As the Flat Fire burns through Central Oregon, an actor known for his role on "The Office" is voicing concerns over climate change amplifying wildfire activity as he and his family are among thousands under an evacuation order from the blaze.
Leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in limbo after the Trump administration moved to oust its leader, Susan Monarez, a decision likely to shake up vaccine policy. The White House defended the firing late Wednesday, after Monarez refused to step down, claiming her policies were not aligned with President Trump's...
The White House said Wednesday that Susan Monarez has been fired from her post as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after she refused to step down from the position. “As her attorney’s statement makes abundantly clear, Susan Monarez is not aligned with the President’s agenda of Making America Healthy Again,”...
Democrats have a language problem. Politico recently reported that a Democratic think tank, Third Way, is circulating a memo warning party leaders to avoid 45 words and phrases that make them sound more like campus activists than neighbors. The blacklist includes such gems as “cisgender,” “radical transparency,” “stakeholders,” “the unhoused,” “systems of oppression,” and “birthing person.” You...