Politics Oct 07 DNC files lawsuit alleging Trump's taxpayer-funded ads are illegal propaganda The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration for recent television advertisements that promoted his political message while costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
Politics Sep 29 Homeland Security spending $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a blatant misuse of taxpayer dollars that likely runs afoul of…
Politics Sep 26 Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege The center’s executive director and chief operating officer, Matt Floca, did not treat the roofing issues as priorities and in April halted a funded plan to address them, according to the letter Thursday signed by David Seide, a lawyer representing…
Politics Sep 25 Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting.
Politics Sep 23 Trump's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. That shows it's rare, experts say The Trump administration's whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases that have led to 160 arrests, Homeland Security Investigations senior official Matthew Millhollin said in a press…
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.