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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will give the keynote address Thursday at a conference hosted by the Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine advocacy organization that he helped found. The speech comes as Kennedy faces scrutiny over changes the Trump administration made to the childhood vaccine schedule and new dietary guidance under…
A new section of the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 proposes groundwater protection exemptions for carbon dioxide injection wells that critics argue will threaten the livelihoods of rural farmers and ranchers.
A federal judge on Wednesday barred immigration enforcement officers from making arrests without a warrant in Southern California. U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong granted a preliminary injunction on Sept. 2, which was unsealed on Wednesday. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, in partnership with nonprofit public interest law firm Public Counsel…
Patrick Clancy’s testimony led to online speculation and conspiracies that he had a role in his children’s deaths.
Presented by SourceAmerica {beacon} View Online It’s Thursday, and National Pawpaw Day. Had to look that one up… apparently, it has a creamy banana-mango flavor. Hm. (Editor’s note: Rhoda in Top Chef Season 23 made an amazing dish with pawpaws.) Programming note: We’re Claire Leibowitz and Abigail Walker, filling in for Cate today.…
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) accused President Trump of going “too far” with federal immigration enforcement operations in a campaign advertisement released Thursday. “The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today,” said Salazar, who’s running for reelection in November, in the new clip. “You can be for immigration…
The Trump administration is launching initiatives to improve school nutrition by increasing farm-to-school grant funding and investing in cafeteria equipment upgrades.
Former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), who served in Congress for more than 25 years, died at 84 years old from complications related to a neurological disease, his family announced Thursday. “Our husband, father, grandfather, son, and brother, Jon Kyl, has passed away at the age of 84 due to complications from a neurological disease,” a…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is staying mum on the thorny question of whether Democratic defectors should face repercussions. “I’ll have more to say … about the situation when we have more to say about the situation,” Jeffries told reporters Thursday in the Capitol. A pair of centrist Democrats — Reps. Jared Golden (Maine)…
Democratic Reps. Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faced criticism from party leadership after voting with Republicans to pass a special rule on Sept. 1.
A federal judge gave Attorney General Todd Blanche a deadline to comply with court orders Wednesday regarding the release of certain information in the Epstein files, threatening contempt charges for failure to comply. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan stated in a Wednesday opinion that Blanche and his office were not following court orders concerning redactions…
President Trump was seen on Air Force One looking at a placard that appears to depict the potential demolition of the Kennedy Center amid an ongoing legal battle over getting his name on the building and starting renovations. Zoomed-in photos taken by Agence France-Presse photojournalist Brendan Smialowski Wednesday night showed Trump viewing the board through…
No federal legislative framework governs law enforcement’s use of these systems.
Eight historical, architectural and preservationist organizations that are plaintiffs in a case against the Kennedy Center on Thursday called for the performing arts center’s leaders to either resign or appoint a receiver. “If the current leadership of the Kennedy Center is unwilling or unable to exercise its fiduciary duty to protect the historic building and…
The Kennedy Center’s main building will be closed for at least a week for emergency repairs, its executive director said in court filings on Thursday, as the Department of Justice (DOJ) insists the move is unrelated to the Trump-aligned board’s decision to pursue long-term renovations. Executive Director Matt Floca wrote in a court declaration that…
President Trump referred to surging gas prices as a small “price to pay” for the U.S. war in Iran while speaking to a crowd of supporters Wednesday in North Carolina. “It’s a very inexpensive price to pay for what we’ve done. Remember that. It’s a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more,”…
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) trails former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) by 5 percentage points in the Alaska Senate race, according to a new poll. An AARP poll conducted by pollsters Fabrizio Ward and Impact Research released Thursday showed Peltola ahead of the GOP senator at 46 percent support to his 41 percent, with 7 percent of…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) accused Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday of not taking adequate steps to address a growing measles outbreak in the U.S. The governor blamed the secretary, a vaccine skeptic, for the downtick in measles immunizations in the country during an appearance on CNN’s “The…
