The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is holding a hearing at 10 a.m. to grill FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on the “failure of leadership” that resulted in supporters of President-elect Donald Trump being discriminated against during Hurricane Helene disaster relief. All 35 Republicans on the committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) as well as Rep. […]

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a new report on Tuesday with new evidence showing that minorities and people with lower economic status are more likely to suffer from tobacco-related chronic disease and death. Although cigarette smoking has declined by more than 70% since the first surgeon general report on the dangers of tobacco in 1965, the full […]

President-elect Donald Trump is personally making moves to shore up support for one of his more controversial Cabinet nominations: former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Trump is reportedly calling Republican senators to discuss Gaetz and ask for their support. At least three Senate Republicans, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Susan Collins […]

San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie named OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to his transition team on Monday. Lurie beat incumbent Mayor London Breed this past election with the help of donations from other tech leaders in artificial intelligence. While his transition team was largely made up of political figures, as a political novice, he included two […]