Politics Sep 18 Early voting begins in U.S. midterm elections that could flip control of Congress In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections began Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues.
Politics Sep 17 Trump's push to restrict mail ballots failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms continue The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of Trump’s effort to dramatically overhaul of the nation’s mail voting processes. But the case was just one example of the Republican president’s numerous attempts to assert federal control over the upcoming midterms.
Politics Sep 16 WATCH: Dr. Nicole Saphier testifies in confirmation hearing for U.S. surgeon general Saphier, President Donald Trump’s third surgeon general nominee, was grilled at her confirmation hearing Wednesday about her stance on childhood vaccines, voicing support for immunization as she seeks to serve in an administration that has moved to make sweeping changes…
Politics Aug 27 AP report: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then a prominent anti-vaccine activist, preempted the 2019 visit with a letter to the Samoan prime minister requesting to study the Pacific island nation’s measles, mumps and rubella vaccines after the deaths of two children who…
Politics Aug 19 Trump picks White House aide Dr. Heidi Overton to lead FDA Overton is a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of President Donald Trump's second-term health initiatives.
Health Aug 18 Trump is taking credit for sharply declining drug prices. The reality is more complex New federal data that shows U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago, the steepest year-over-year drop since 1963.
Health Aug 12 Trump's vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits.
Politics Aug 10 WATCH: Trump signs executive order on childhood vaccine recommendations The order recommends separating the MMR vaccine into three different shots administered in separate visits, and directs the nation's health department to improve vaccine research, says a White House fact sheet.
Politics Jul 29 WATCH: Fauci invokes 5th Amendment in GOP-led hearing about COVID-19 origins Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Politics Jul 27 Republicans decry a new Democratic Socialists of America platform as Dem primaries split the party A new platform from the progressive Democratic Socialists of America is sparking Republican attacks.