The CDC’s reconstituted Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is set to vote this week on scrapping a recommendation that infants be vaccinated for hepatitis B within 24 hours of birth if their mothers test negative. The timing of the delayed dose still must be finalized. The advisory panel’s new chair, Dr. Kirk Milhoan, told […]
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released more than a dozen photos and videos of Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious private island on Wednesday. The photos show bedrooms, empty courtyards and other spaces from the convicted sex offender’s villa in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where he allegedly trafficked underage girls to powerful and famous men. The release […]
Wanted Colombian rebel leader Aníbal Hernández Garavito was irate when he called into the local Es el Colmo (“It’s the last straw”) radio program at 5:48 a.m. on March 14, 2025. His voice raised, Hernández slammed the station’s critical coverage of his guerrilla group, but show host Gustavo Chicangana Álvarez refused to be bullied. Hernández, who had a $13,000 bounty on […]
Nazareth, December 3, 2025 — Foreign correspondents entering Gaza under Israeli military escort describe conditions that prevent independent reporting and reinforce longstanding Committee to Protect Journalist concerns: escorted visits are not meaningful access and cannot satisfy Israel’s obligations under international law to enable independent newsgathering. Since the Israel-Gaza war began in October 2023, Israel has […]
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the 29-year-old Afghan national accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members near the White House last week, has been formally charged in D.C. Superior Court. Those charges include murder, assault with intent to kill while armed, and multiple firearms offenses. Lakanwal appeared remotely from a D.C. hospital, where he is recovering […]
President Donald Trump is defending a controversial U.S. strike on a suspected drug boat while insisting he didn’t know about a second missile that killed survivors. At the same time, he’s signaling the campaign could soon expand from the sea to targets inside Venezuela. Trump: I didn’t know about the second strike Speaking at a […]
As the U.S. continues to attack alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea, political commentators from both sides of the aisle continue to give their opinions. That comes as experts on the matter remain mostly united in their takes on the issue. Drug boat attacks The U.S. military has carried out nearly two dozen attacks, […]
The White House stands by its shoot-to-sink policy in the Caribbean, including the subsequent shot that killed survivors. Now, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explains what he was doing when those shots were fired. Plus, Republicans keep a House seat in Tennessee, but Democrats slash the margin in half from last year. Is that slimmer win […]
Michael and Susan Dell of Dell Technologies announced Tuesday that they’re depositing $250 into the investment accounts of 25 million American children. It’s part of a federal government initiative that allows parents to start tax-advantaged investment accounts for kids under 18. In total, the Dells are donating $6.25 billion in partnership with the nonprofit Invest […]
President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers have only a few weeks left to extend the Affordable Care Act’s federal subsidies or propose other reform measures that would address skyrocketing health care costs. Trump was expected to announce details of his solution last Monday. Multiple outlets — citing anonymous sources — reported that Trump planned to extend […]
