Wednesday

18-03-2026 Vol 19

TRENDING

Vaccine advisers to review ingredient RFK Jr. has long wanted banned

The health secretary wrote a 2014 book arguing that thimerosal caused brain damage, a claim his own agencies say is unfounded. The health secretary wrote a 2014 book arguing...

July 4 or bust for megabill, top Trump aide tells senators

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is encouraging Congress to get the "big, beautiful bill" to President Donald Trump's desk by July 4. Wiles told GOP senators at...

MAGA voters overwhelmingly support US strikes on Iranian military: poll

An overwhelming number of self-described "MAGA Republicans" would back US strikes against Iranian military outposts and other infrastructure amid Israel's military campaign against the theocratic regime, a new poll...

Trump rejects Putin offer to mediate Iran conflict: ‘Vladimir, let’s mediate Russia first’

"I said, 'Do me a favor, mediate your own. Let's mediate Russia first.' I said, 'Vladimir, let's mediate Russia first. You can worry about this later,'" Trump told reporters....

Sen. Ron Johnson tears into ‘misleading’ claims about the true cost of Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill

Sen. Ron Johnson, a former accountant, unveiled a detailed analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's impact on the defict and concluded that the megabill will blow up...

Thune eyes mid-week start for megabill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday the chamber will "hopefully" take up the GOP's party-line megabill starting in the middle of next week. GOP leaders have been tentatively...

Trump celebrates $100K ‘personal project’ of raising two White House flagpoles

"The White House opened in about 1800, just a tad before that, and I've always said, why doesn't it have a flag pole from the grass?" the president said....

Democrats walk out of Senate Judiciary hearing probing Biden’s mental fitness

Democrats are refusing to participate in the first congressional hearing focusing on allegations of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline while in the White House. Only Sens. Dick Durbin...

Nippon Steel’s $15B purchase of US Steel closes — with big role for Trump

The measures agreed to represent an unusual level of control conceded by the companies to the government to save the deal, after a rocky path to approval spurred by...

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender treatment for minors

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on transgender surgeries for minors in a 6–3 decision, concluding that such policies are best decided by the states. The Supreme...