In this Media Miss Minute, Minnesota’s governor is cracking down on widespread fraud in state-funded programs. And President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, dropped out of a Trump-branded hotel project in Serbia amid a growing corruption investigation. Media Miss by the left: Minnesota unveils new fraud prevention program Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz launched a new […]
President Donald Trump’s media company is making a massive pivot, moving from social media to nuclear physics. Trump Media & Technology Group plans to merge with fusion energy developer TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal valued at more than $6 billion. The companies said the merger would create one of the world’s first publicly traded […]
For the first time since Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, cannabis is one step closer to no longer being classified as a Schedule I drug. On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to reclassify it as a Schedule III drug, the same designation as anabolic […]
The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to change the Washington venue’s name to the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” the White House announced on Thursday. The board, handpicked by President Donald Trump, said the vote was unanimous. According to The Washington Post, the center confirmed the name change and said it […]
An internal audit at the U.S. Department of Energy will probe whether federal funding cancellations earlier this year were politically motivated. The probe is in response to a Trump Administration action in October that canceled nearly $7.6 billion in energy-related grants designated to 16 Democrat-run states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in […]
A Black woman who led a walkout to protest conditions at her segregated high school in Virginia is now immortalized in the U.S. Capitol. Her statue rests in the same space that one of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee formerly stood, and many conservatives are not happy about it. A controversy erupted online, as many […]
Republicans are making moves to end gender-affirming care for minors in two different branches of government. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to introduce new restrictions on that type of care, including punishments for hospitals that provide it. Meanwhile, […]
The federal government is acknowledging the part it played in a deadly midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C. in January. Sixty-seven people died as a result of the crash. What court documents say In court filings responding to a lawsuit from victims’ families, the U.S. government admits the crew of the Black Hawk failed to establish and maintain proper and safe visual […]
Since the second Trump administration began earlier this year, federal health officials have amended national vaccine guidelines, sounded alarms about the alleged danger of vaccines and called for sweeping changes around vaccine regulation. Several states have also introduced changes to vaccine policy. Illinois passed legislation empowering its Department of Public Health to set state vaccine […]
The State Department has approved a potential arms sale to Taiwan valued at more than $11 billion, a package described as the largest ever for the self-governing island. China’s foreign ministry denounced the deal, saying it would “bring fire upon” the U.S. and promising “effective and strong measures” in response. The sale, announced Wednesday, includes […]
