Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary briefed reporters Tuesday morning on actions the administration will take in response to a “dangerous” synthetic opioid derived from kratom. They will also be joined by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.). Watch a replay of the video…
Former President Obama is remembering Ryne Sandberg as a “class act” following the Chicago Cubs second baseman’s death. Sixty-five-year-old Sandberg died Monday, the Cubs said in a social media post. The famed baseball player had announced last year that he had been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. “Hall of Famer and Cubs stalwart Ryne Sandberg wasn’t just…
When a news story bursts into the headlines in the U.K. and consumes all the oxygen for several days, it can be difficult to know whether it is a domestic uproar or something that is reaching an international audience. For all the fevered debate here, it seems that what we are calling “the Afghan data…
Russia has continued its offensive, killing at least 22 people in Ukraine by launching ballistic missiles and glide bombs into multiple cities despite President Trump’s threats to slap sanctions and shorten the timeline for Moscow to agree to a ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 73 cities and villages came under Russia’s overnight attack,…
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Maria Shriver is blasting a GOP Congress member’s bill that aims to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump, calling the move “petty” and “small-minded.” “This is insane,” Shriver, a women’s health advocate and former President Kennedy’s niece, said about a bill introduced this month by Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.) that would “designate the John F. Kennedy…
Former Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.) is ending his campaign for North Carolina’s Senate seat and endorsing Roy Cooper, a day after the former governor launched his much-anticipated bid. Nickel said in a statement on X on Tuesday that working alongside Cooper while he served in the state Senate and in Congress was an “honor,” and…
The Freedom of the Press Foundation has filed an ethics complaint against Brendan Carr, the chairman of the FCC, arguing the close of ally of President Trump has “engaged in egregious misconduct,” and calling for him to be disbarred. In the organization’s complaint, filed with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals’ Office of Disciplinary…
Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock (Ga.) and Dick Durbin (Ill.) are set to reintroduce the Senate version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025, which would replace the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The duo introduced a similar bill last year seeking to “strengthen our democracy by reestablishing preclearance for jurisdictions with a pattern…
The Epstein mess at the Department of Justice calls to mind Herman Wouk’s World War II novel “The Caine Mutiny.”
