Sep 04 WATCH: Sen. Cassidy asks RFK Jr. how he can support Nobel for Trump COVID program but not back the vaccines By Joshua Barajas Cassidy said it surprised him that Kennedy would think so highly of Operation Warp Speed when the health secretary has attempted to restrict access to the vaccines and cancelled funding for mRNA vaccine research that was critical to the initiative's… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: RFK Jr. says fired CDC director lying about being asked to back non-scientific vaccine policy By Erica R. Hendry, Joshua Barajas In her column in The Wall Street Jounral, Monarez lambasted Kennedy and his "deliberate effort to weaken America's public-health system and vaccine protections."… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: RFK Jr. says firings at CDC were ‘necessary,’ blames organization for failed COVID policy By Kenichi Serino "[The] CDC failed that responsibility miserably during COVID when its disastrous, nonsensical policies destroyed small businesses, violated civil liberties, closed our schools, caused generational damage in doing so, masked infants with no science, and heightened economic inequality," Kennedy said. Continue reading
Sep 04 How Donald Trump’s untimely and untrue ‘death’ unfolded on social media By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact The president is not dead. Trump spoke live at the White House on Sept. 2. Even as rumors of his death went viral, he had been photographed by news outlets and his Truth Social posts racked up thousands of interactions. Continue reading
Sep 04 Macron says 26 countries pledge troops as a reassurance force for Ukraine after fighting ends By Illia Novikov, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press Speaking after a meeting of the so-called "coalition of the willing" in Paris, Macron says the countries have committed to deploying troops in Ukraine — or to maintaining a presence on land, at sea, or in the air — to… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump’s Federal Reserve board pick says he plans to keep White House job By Josh Boak, Associated Press Miran, who was nominated to fill a gubernatorial term set to expire in January, made the disclosure at a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Continue reading
Sep 04 The District of Columbia sues over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The city's attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the surge of troops essentially amounts to an “involuntary military occupation.”… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump hosts top tech CEOs, not including Elon Musk, at White House dinner By Michelle L. Price, Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. Continue reading
Sep 04 U.S. envoy Witkoff meets European leaders on Ukraine security By Illia Novikov, Associated Press U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff was invited to participate in the so-called “coalition of the willing ” meeting to discuss aid for Ukraine, including sketching out plans for military support in the event of a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war… Continue reading
Sep 03 WATCH: ‘The abuse was real,’ Epstein survivor implores Trump, who again calls case a ‘hoax’ By Dan Cooney The survivors criticized the president’s comments that the case was a “hoax” and appealed to him to meet and describe the pain they had endured. Continue reading