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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly considering changes that could make it simpler for people to seek compensation for injuries they say were caused by Covid-19 vaccines. The Department of Health and Human Services has…
JD Vance is facing criticism after opening up about the lifestyle that comes with serving as Vice President. Since being sworn in alongside Donald Trump in January 2025, Vance has spent the last year and a half adjusting to one…
The Pentagon on Friday published another tranche of UAP-related material, releasing 40 fresh files that include 19 videos. This is the fourth wave of records tied to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAPs, the term now more commonly used in place…
Donald Trump has disclosed the orders he says are already in place for the US military if Iran were ever to succeed in assassinating him, a statement that has quickly drawn widespread attention as tensions between Washington and Tehran intensify.…
Social media users have zeroed in on what they say is an ’embarrassing’ mistake in the logo unveiled for the new President Donald J Trump International Airport in Florida, formerly known as Palm Beach International Airport. Fresh signage went up…
Parker Tirrell was 13 when she came out as a transgender girl to her family, and for a while, life went on much as it had before. She played soccer, the game she picked up at age four, had sleepovers…
President Donald Trump has removed all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a bipartisan federal agency that helps states administer elections, in what administration critics are characterizing as the latest effort to consolidate control over the voting…
President Donald Trump is letting a sweeping bipartisan housing affordability bill become law without his signature, marking an unusual outcome for legislation that passed Congress with overwhelming support from both parties. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act will automatically…
Eight South Carolina National Guard helicopter pilots returned to flying duties Friday after the Pentagon lifted their suspension, which had followed a low-altitude flyover at a July Fourth beach celebration that drew widespread applause from beachgoers and swift criticism from…
Victor Marx won Colorado’s Republican primary for governor in one of the state’s closest contests ever, emerging victorious Thursday over a week after ballots were cast on June 30. The unconventional candidate, a Marine Corps veteran and ministry leader, narrowly…
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace, the transitional justice court that emerged from the country’s landmark 2016 peace agreement with the FARC rebel group, now faces an uncertain future as the nation’s newly elected president promises to dismantle it. Abelardo de…
Palm Beach International Airport officially became President Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday, making it the first commercial airport in the United States to bear the name of a sitting president. The name change took effect following approval from…
Elaine Chao has addressed questions about why she remained in China after her husband, Senator Mitch McConnell, was admitted to hospital last month. McConnell was hospitalized on June 14, and few details have been released publicly about his condition. Reports…
If you’ve ever thought you could handle the White House better than the people actually campaigning for it, there’s now a way to test that theory. An online electability quiz claims to show how your approach might land with American…
— A new poll reveals a profound sense of political isolation among American Jewish adults, with the majority expressing little confidence in either major political party or President Donald Trump to support their community at a moment of heightened antisemitism…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Donald Trump were both in Ankara for the NATO summit on July 8, 2026, where their uneasy relationship once again drew attention after a recent public spat and a brief, awkward moment during…