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May 01, 2025
Politics
FBI demotes agents who took a knee during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020: report
The agents took a knee – a gesture to express dissent against perceived racial injustices – during Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, DC, in June of 2020. The...
May 01, 2025
Congress
Financial Services Republicans approve CFPB cuts for GOP megabill
House Financial Services Republicans approved legislation Wednesday that would slash funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and dissolve the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board into the Securities and...
May 01, 2025
Politics
RFK Jr. says diabetes, chronic illnesses pose ‘existential threat’ — not measles outbreak: ‘Should be getting the headlines’
Kennedy said the media “never” covers the rates of autism or diabetes increasing, and they “only want to cover measles.” Kennedy said the media “never” covers the rates of...
May 01, 2025
Politics
Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson suggests Trump is targeting ‘Latinos outside of the Home Depots’ in bizarre riff on Holocaust-era poem
“You know, first they came for the Latinos outside of the Home Depots, trying to get work so that they could feed their families. And I didn't say anything...
May 01, 2025
Politics
Trump compliments Chris Cuomo over post-assassination attempt ‘comfort call’: ‘I actually appreciate your family’
“I do remember your call. I appreciate your call, and I actually appreciate your family. I've known your family for a long time,” Trump told the NewsNation anchor Wednesday...
May 01, 2025
Politics
Trump backs Stephen A. Smith for possible 2028 bid for president: ‘I’d love to see him run’
The phone interview included Smith and former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo and former Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly — with the conservative O’Reilly floating Smith’s candidacy, possibly in jest....
May 01, 2025
Politics
Trump reveals what he told Ukraine’s Zelensky at Pope Francis’ funeral during NewsNation town hall
“I was telling him that it’s a very good thing that, if we produce a deal, that you sign it,” Trump said during a NewsNation town hall hosted by...
April 30, 2025
Congress
AOC says she is ‘weighing’ a bid to lead House Oversight Democrats
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday she is considering a run for House Democrats' top position on the Oversight Committee. "It's something that I'm weighing, but the seat is not...
April 30, 2025
Congress
Hurdles remain for Republicans’ Medicaid quest
After a meeting Wednesday afternoon with vulnerable House Republicans wary of Medicaid cuts, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) acknowledged there are still obstacles to enacting...
April 30, 2025
Congress
Senate Republicans block rebuke of Trump’s tariffs
A Democratic effort to rebuff President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs failed Wednesday, thanks to two absent senators. Senators voted 49-49 to reject the national emergency Trump used to...