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 […]
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. […]
