Sep 10 Trump’s strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat raises questions about his use of military power By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press As Donald Trump prepared to return to the White House, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham encouraged him to send a message to drug cartels. Graham told Trump to blow something up. The military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling speedboat carrying 11… Continue reading
Sep 10 South Korea sends plane to U.S. to bring back workers detained in immigration raid By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press A total of 475 workers, more than 300 of them South Koreans, were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid at the battery factory under construction at Hyundai's sprawling auto plant west of Savannah. Continue reading
Sep 10 Cook can remain a Fed governor while fighting Trump’s attempted firing, court rules By Christopher Rugaber, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The ruling, which will almost certainly be appealed, is a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to assert more control over the traditionally independent Fed. Continue reading
Sep 09 3 things to know about RFK Jr.’s MAHA report on children’s health By Laura Santhanam Since the Senate confirmed him in February, Kennedy has promoted the concept and use of what he calls “gold-standard science” to expose the causes of child health outcomes, a phrase he repeated today when speaking about how the Make America… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 8:09 News Wrap: White House tries to contain fallout of Trump’s Epstein ties In our news wrap Tuesday, the Trump administration is fighting to contain the fallout after House Democrats released Jeffrey Epstein case documents that reference the president by name, Nepal's prime minister resigned amid widespread protests after the government imposed a… Continue watching
Sep 09 WATCH: Thune won’t commit to Senate vote on Epstein files in Senate leadership briefing By Associated Press Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., won’t commit to a Senate vote on legislation that would require the Justice Department to release files on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. But he said that he believes “transparency is always… Continue reading
Sep 09 Supreme Court grants unusually quick hearing on whether Trump has power to impose sweeping tariffs By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The tariffs will remain in place in the lead-up to arguments set for November, a lightning-fast timetable by the Supreme Court's typical standards. Continue reading
Sep 09 Chief justice keeps Trump funding freeze in place for now By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Chief Justice John Roberts acted on the Trump administration's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in a case involving billions of dollars in congressionally approved aid. Continue reading
Sep 09 WATCH: Kennedy says NIH is studying possible causes of U.S. gun violence By Joshua Barajas, Lisa Desjardins PBS News’ Lisa Desjardins asked the health secretary if there was any discussion of mental health and firearms, and looking at the health of children in relation to firearms, when working toward this new report. Continue reading
Sep 09 RFK Jr. wants all new vaccines tested against a placebo. Doctors say that isn’t good science By Ali Rogin Today, if there is a known vaccine treatment for a disease, the medical establishment considers it unethical to withhold that drug from trial participants, as would happen in a placebo group. Continue reading