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Back to SearchThe GOP's Worries About RFK Jr.'s Health Department Mess
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets grilled on Capitol Hill, including by Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Barrasso, both of them physicians, about his agenda on vaccines, views…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Trump Strikes Venezuelan Traffickers / China’s Big Military Parade
Donald Trump orders an airstrike on a speed boat in the Caribbean that he says was carrying narcotics, but should Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro also be worried, as the U.S. orders serious naval …
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
A Political Brawl Over DEI at Virginia's Public Universities
Democrats move to eject 22 of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's board appointees at three colleges, which they say is to protect the schools from Trump Administration meddling. But the Education Department accus…
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Donald Trump’s 'Emergency' Tariffs Lose Again in Court
President Trump has imposed global tariffs by citing a 1977 emergency law known as IEEPA, but a federal appeals court says 7-4 that this is outside of his legal authority. Otherwise, what would stop …
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
‘Snap-Back’ Sanctions on Iran / Trump's Next Ukraine Move
The pressure on Iran is rising again, as U.S. allies in Europe trigger "snap-back" sanctions, citing Tehran's uranium stockpiles and nuclear enrichment. Meantime, two weeks after President Trump's pe…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Trump Wants to Fight Chicago Crime. JB Pritzker Says Stay Out
Donald Trump considers sending federal forces, including National Guard troops, to clean up Chicago's streets, but Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he doesn't want the help. Could Trump do it over the …
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The White House Audit of Smithsonian Museum Exhibits
Donald Trump argues the Smithsonian Institution has lost sight of America's ideals and become too focused on the country's historical failures, as his staff launches a review of selected museums and …
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Trump's Federal Reserve Power Play, Firing Lisa Cook
Donald Trump dismisses the Fed Governor for "cause," citing allegations aired on social media that she claimed two primary residences while applying for mortgages. Cook says she'll refuse to go, sett…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Donald Trump, Alina Habba, and the Senate's 'Blue Slips'
President Trump pushes the Senate to give confirmation hearings to his nominees, after a federal judge rules that Alina Habba has been unlawfully acting as a federal prosecutor since July, and that T…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
The New York City Mayor's Race Keeps Getting Worse
Socialist Zohran Mamdani now leads the polls by a wide margin. Andrew Cuomo attacks Mamdani by calling him "very rich" and demanding he immediately move out of his rent-stabilized apartment. And two …
Published on 4 weeks ago