Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Donald Trump’s previous claims that he had brought drug prices down by hundreds of percentage points, but his explanation only added to the confusion. Trump has routinely boasted that his policies have sent drug prices plummeting by a massive margin, sometimes claiming they’ve dropped […]
A U.S. soldier became the first American charged with insider trading through Polymarket after using classified information to make $400,000 in profits through bets on the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was charged by the Department of Justice with the unlawful use of confidential government information for personal […]
Germany announced its first stand-alone military strategy on Tuesday, intending to become the strongest “conventional army in Europe” by 2039. Titled “Verantwortung für Europa,” or “Responsibility for Europe,” the military strategy identifies Russia as the primary threat and sets out scenarios for possible attacks on NATO territory. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius framed the plans as […]
President Donald Trump acknowledged on Thursday that his administration does not know who the leader of Iran is after several senior officials have been assassinated during the war. “We don’t know who the leader is in Iran because, remember, regime change,” Trump said in the Oval Office. Trump’s comment is a nod toward the delayed […]
Meta is cutting roughly 10% of its staff, totaling about 8,000 employees, to shore up its finances for more spending on artificial intelligence. In a memo sent to staff, the company said the move was intended to “run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we’re making.” People familiar with […]
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that more people came to see his 2019 July Fourth speech at the Lincoln Memorial than came to see the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famed “I Have a Dream” speech. Trump made the comments while talking about renovations his administration was undertaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. […]
Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez is pressing ahead with her Utah congressional campaign after being accused of several instances of sexual misconduct. Lopez Chavez is one of six Democrats vying to win their party’s nomination to represent Utah’s 1st Congressional District. The district’s boundaries were recently redrawn, meaning the seat is expected to flip […]
Pro-Ukrainian groups and government officials are calling on Congress and the Trump administration to hold Russia accountable and prioritize the return of Ukrainian children abducted over the past four years. Nonprofit organizations Razom for Ukraine and American Coalition for Ukraine partnered to arrange a display Thursday on the National Mall of 20,000 teddy bears, each […]
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said she is looking to bring back a program created by the Biden administration to increase domestic fertilizer production, despite earlier this month remarking that most farmers would not be affected by rising fertilizer costs from the Iran war. Rollins is eyeing the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program, designed under former President Joe Biden, which […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using nuclear weapons to end the Iran war. Trump was asked during an Oval Office press event if he would consider the move in order to get Iran to capitulate fully. The question came as peace talks between Washington and Tehran have hit a standstill. “Why would a […]
