Month: December 2025
December 02, 2025
Politics
Laura Loomer, Matt Gaetz show up for first Pentagon briefing after press corps ‘self deports’
Dozens of media outlets turned in their press badges rather than sign a new Pentagon coverage agreement, clearing the way for "new media" to take their spaces in the...
December 02, 2025
Health Care
The FDA’s top drug regulator submits his resignation to the agency
Food and Drug Administration chief Marty Makary convinced Rick Pazdur to take the role to help bring stability to the roiling agency. Food and Drug Administration chief Marty Makary...
December 02, 2025
Politics
Hegseth claims he only learned of second strike on Venezuelan drug boat ‘a couple of hours later’
Hegseth disavowed responsibility amid a congressional outcry over the Sept. 2 follow-up attack on the wrecked vessel. Hegseth disavowed responsibility amid a congressional outcry over the Sept. 2 follow-up...
December 02, 2025
Politics
USPS electric vehicle fleet behind schedule with $3B in taxpayer funds spent — and only 612 trucks built
Just 362 were made in the more than 100 days between July and November, working out to a rate of roughly three trucks per day. Just 362 were made...
December 02, 2025
Politics
Kash Patel reacts to embarrassing FBI raid jacket tale
Patel shrugged off an anecdote in a blistering report alleging he refused to disembark from a plane the day after Charlie Kirk's assassination until he was given a raid...
December 02, 2025
Congress
Stefanik accuses Johnson of lying, ‘blocking’ her defense bill provision
Rep. Elise Stefanik is taking aim directly at Speaker Mike Johnson over signals a provision she has championed won’t be included in the annual defense policy bill the House...
December 02, 2025
Congress
Thune says abortion language a sticking point in health care talks
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that while bipartisan discussions are ongoing around the fate of soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies, abortion restrictions are a major sticking point....
December 02, 2025
Politics
Afghan national hit with federal charges of threatening Texas suicide bomb attack
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay is in custody pending an initial appearance before a US magistrate judge. Mohammad Dawood Alokozay is in custody pending an initial appearance before a US magistrate...
December 02, 2025
Politics
Steve Witkoff greets Putin in Moscow for Russia-Ukraine peace talks
President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff met Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the White House launched its latest effort to get Moscow to agree to end its...
December 02, 2025
Congress
House Republicans sweat Tennessee election, despite Hudson’s assurances
House GOP leaders are trying to steady their restive conference as they seek to avert disaster in a Tennessee special election for a ruby-red GOP-controlled seat on Tuesday night....