President Donald Trump on Sunday defended conservative media host Tucker Carlson’s heavily criticized interview with far-right activist Nick Fuentes, a self-avowed white nationalist known for his antisemitic views. Trump’s first public comments on the hotly debated controversy come after days of infighting among some Republicans over the interview. During the interview, Carlson and Fuentes criticized […]
The Trump administration said its Chicago-area immigration crackdown targeted “the worst of the worst” –– unauthorized immigrants who committed murder, rape and other violent crimes. But a Justice Department filing shows that only 16 of 614 people arrested by immigration agents had criminal histories. The other 598 had no criminal records at all. The court […]
David Richardson, the man tasked with leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is resigning from his position, according to multiple reports. Richardson has worked as the agency’s acting director since May. Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem installed Richardson in the role after dismissing Cameron Hamilton in May. He was dismissed after he said he […]
New research published in the journal Cell reveals that scientists have managed to extract RNA, the molecule that translates genes into proteins, from the remains of a woolly mammoth that came from the last Ice Age around 39,000 years ago. The mammoth that researchers have named “Yuka” was first found by researchers in eastern Siberia […]
In the late 1990s, scientists and physicians increasingly reported a little-known health threat: peanut allergies. Estimates from the time suggest that only 0.4% of children had a peanut allergy. But the tide, it seemed, was changing — and changing fast. In 1988, Canadian doctors published what is likely the first case study on the topic, […]
In a major reversal, President Donald Trump is now urging House Republicans to vote to release the remaining Jeffrey Epstein files. After days of trying to stop the vote, Trump now says he has “nothing to hide.” Plus, the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group is now in the Caribbean, joining one of the […]
After weeks of delays and cancellations across U.S. skies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says operations can return to normal. The FAA announced late Sunday that it’s lifting all restrictions on commercial flights, after previously placing emergency limits at 40 major airports during the record-long 43-day government shutdown. Air traffic controllers were among the federal […]
The family of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is clarifying the condition of the civil rights icon after he was hospitalized on Nov. 12. They dispelled previous reports that he was on life support, saying he was breathing on his own. According to the family, Jackson was admitted to the hospital under observation for progressive supranuclear […]
The U.S. is making its biggest show of force in the Caribbean in a generation. At the same time, U.S. pressure on Venezuela escalated again. The Navy says the USS Gerald R. Ford, the most advanced aircraft carrier in the fleet, crossed into the Caribbean Sea on Sunday. The Trump administration calls it a counter-drug […]
President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself Sunday night, urging House Republicans to vote to release all remaining Jeffrey Epstein files — a dramatic shift that threatens to reshape one of the most contentious fights on Capitol Hill. The late-night turn came after days of behind-the-scenes pressure from Trump to stop the vote, a bipartisan surge […]
