Less than a year after massive wildfires tore through Southern California, a new study suggests residents are experiencing significant health fallout. It reports sharp increases in emergency room visits for heart, lung and systemic illnesses. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles County found emergency visits rose markedly in neighborhoods affected by January’s Palisades […]
The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has formally adopted new guidelines for hepatitis B vaccination, replacing a longtime recommendation that all newborns be inoculated against the virus. Jim O’Neill, who is also the deputy to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accepted a proposal from an advisory […]
President Donald Trump has installed new, opinionated plaques beneath portraits of former U.S. presidents along the White House colonnade. They offer his own commentary on past leaders, including himself. The display, unveiled publicly on Wednesday, reflects Trump’s broader effort to shape how presidential history is presented in the White House. A walk through history, with […]
Venezuela has begun escorting oil-related shipments with its navy after President Donald Trump ordered what he calls a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers tied to the country, according to new reporting. The move raises the risk of a direct confrontation at sea as the U.S. ramps up military pressure across the Caribbean. […]
President Donald Trump delivered a holiday-season address framing the economy as a success story, even as polls show voters growing more anxious about costs. He leaned on tariffs, inflation claims and what he called a “warrior dividend.” Plus, Venezuela responded to Trump’s oil tanker blockade with action, not rhetoric. The country has begun using military […]
The Coast Guard is engulfed in controversy over a new policy that designates swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive” rather than forbidden symbols of hate. The uproar led two U.S. senators to place a hold Wednesday on the nomination of a new commandant for the service. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., acted […]
If Netflix acquires Warner Bros. Discovery for the blockbuster price of $83 billion, it could be one of the biggest deals in Hollywood’s history. But that’s only if the feds allow it. Although Netflix told federal regulators it would not gain too much power from the deal, the regulators say it would trigger a deep […]
The Trump administration is invoking a decades-old trade law with roots in the second Continental Congress amid its immigration push. Meant to protect the country’s merchant marines, immigration officials say it’s the law behind some recent enforcement operations. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security have turned to enforcing cabotage law […]
An already flooded area of the U.S. is now experiencing high winds and power outages, according to the Associated Press. Toppled trees and downed power lines across Washington and Idaho critically injured two children as winds topped out at 100 mph on Wednesday. Poweroutage.com lists over half a million people without power in the Northwest […]
The Trump administration won another legal fight when an appeals court ruled Wednesday that the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., can continue. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will continue considering the merits of a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s deployment. The unanimous decision was issued in […]
