The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is rescinding COVID-19 funding for health departments nationwide. The CDC is pulling back the $11.4 billion in funds from state and community health departments, nongovernment organizations, and international recipients, the agency announced on Tuesday. “The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer […]
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday commanding people to provide proof of citizenship to vote in U.S. elections and requiring all ballots be received by Election Day. The order, named “PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS,” requires the Election Assistance Commission to ask citizens for government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship […]
President Donald Trump’s nominees for the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration were confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday evening largely along partisan lines, marking a pivotal moment for the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda to reform federal health agencies. The Senate voted on party lines, 53-47, for Dr. […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is facing a censure resolution for comments she made about Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), nicknaming him “Gov. Hot Wheels.” The comment drew widespread criticism from Republicans who called her comment discriminatory, as Abbott uses a wheelchair. Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) is introducing the censure resolution this week, his office told the […]
A watchdog group sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other top Trump administration officials on Tuesday, alleging they violated federal record-keeping laws by using the encrypted messaging app Signal to discuss alleged U.S. “war plans” after a journalist was accidentally added to their chat. The lawsuit from American Oversight seeks a court ruling that Hegseth […]
A bipartisan bill to codify proxy voting for new parents in the House rules is shaping up to be an ugly fight between rank-and-file Republicans and GOP leaders, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is warning leadership that she isn’t afraid to play “hardball.” Voting by proxy, or allowing another person to cast a vote […]
A federal appeals court on Tuesday paused a lower court’s decision that blocked the Trump administration from rejecting new refugees, a small victory for the White House in its efforts to reshape immigration policy. A three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals comprising two Republican and one Democratic appointee said anyone conditionally approved […]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) offered his amendments for Virginia’s state budget, including key provisions to safeguard the Old Dominion from significant changes coming to the federal government. As President Donald Trump and his administration adjust the federal workforce and bureaucracy, Virginia, which holds a large population of federal workers, has been one of the most […]
Anti-Hamas protests took over the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as demonstrators demanded an end to Hamas’s rule of the region and the release of the remaining Israeli hostages. One protest took place in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, where protesters carried white flags and denounced the ruling Hamas. Another occurred in the western […]
Vice President JD Vance will visit Greenland on Friday. He will join second lady Usha Vance and several other United States officials who were already in the European nation amid tensions with the United States as President Donald Trump seeks to take over the island. “You know, there was so much excitement around Usha’s visit […]
