Secret CIA visit highlights Putin and Trump’s common strategic trap
Neither Russia’s war in Ukraine nor the US war in Iran is going to plan, as Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit highlighted.
August 2026
admin FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines
The US Food and Drug Administration has signed off on updated Covid-19 vaccines for many Americans.
Can Trump actually change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’? Here’s what to know
Amid a growing trade war with one of the United States’ closest allies, President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to…
A war of words followed two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Health this week recorded its first two measles-associated deaths in 35 years, both in people who…
Judge pauses US Postal Service plan to implement Trump’s new mail voting restrictions
A federal judge in Boston has temporarily blocked the US Postal Service from carrying out a plan, issued under an…
Judge asks pointed questions of Kennedy Center’s plan to add Trump’s name
A federal judge on Thursday sharply questioned the Kennedy Center’s plans to add President Donald Trump’s name back to its…
RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation last year that a…
GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards tries to sway colleagues not to censure him: ‘An affectionate friendship is not a sexual proposition.’
Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards is lobbying his colleagues to vote against a possible censure over allegations that he repeatedly made…
Largest ever ‘map’ of autism may hold clues for new targeted therapies
Scientists are getting a step closer to understanding exactly how autism develops in the brain – and what might work…
Trump signs executive order to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” his…