Category: Politics
August 01, 2025
Politics
CDC boots American Medical Association from panel that establishes vaccine recommendations
U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations. U.S. health officials have told...
August 01, 2025
Politics
House panel postpones Ghislaine Maxwell deposition, says ‘good-faith negotiations’ continue
House Republicans agreed to postpone an Aug. 11 deposition with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, just hours after she was transferred to a low-security federal prison in Bryan, Texas....
August 01, 2025
Politics
Fed governor Adriana Kugler resigning, opening up spot for Trump to fill
Kugler, who did not participate in the Fed’s policy meeting earlier this week, would have completed her term in January. Instead, she will retire Aug. 8. Kugler, who did...
August 01, 2025
Politics
Former Trump DOJ lawyer Jeffrey Clark faces possible DC disbarment over 2020 election claims
"I know I did the right thing in 2020 and 2021 during the first President Trump Administration and wouldn’t be able to look at myself in the mirror if...
August 01, 2025
Politics
Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which funds PBS, NPR — to close after federal aid cut
CPB informed its employees that the majority of its staff will be let go as of September end, except a small transition team that will remain through January 2026...
August 01, 2025
Politics
Larry Fink’s BlackRock loses bid to dismiss Texas climate collusion claims
The lawsuit is among the highest-profile cases targeting efforts to promote environmental, social and governance goals. The lawsuit is among the highest-profile cases targeting efforts to promote environmental, social...
August 01, 2025
Politics
Dozens of protesters swarm Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand’s NYC offices to ‘let Gaza live’
Scores of screaming pro-Palestine protesters descended on the New York City offices of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Scores of screaming pro-Palestine protesters descended on...
August 01, 2025
Politics
Judge pauses removals of 60K migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal in over-the-top ruling
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem yanked the protections for the three nations in June and July and offered each a plane ticket and a $1,000 “exit bonus” to anyone...
August 01, 2025
Politics
Trump moves two nuclear subs closer to Russia in response to ‘provocative statements’
The former Russian president often makes aggressive remarks on social media and is less diplomatic toward the US than Putin in his public comments. The former Russian president often...
August 01, 2025
Politics
Trump reveals ‘almost 20,000 Russian soldiers died’ in July during Ukraine war
President Trump claimed Friday that "almost 20,000" Russian soldiers died just in the month of July while pursuing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, expressing frustration that no end appears in...