Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the new secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), hours after being confirmed in the Republican-controlled Senate Thursday by a close vote of 52-48 that was almost entirely along party lines. Kennedy stood in the Oval Office alongside his wife, actress Cheryl Read More

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a page from President Donald Trump’s playbook during a joint press conference Thursday, saying he wants to make India great again, or ‘MIGA.’ Modi met with Trump at the White House, where the world leaders discussed a range of issues, including trade, the Read More

Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts blasted Elon Musk on Wednesday and argued that his DOGE efforts are undermining the ‘values’ of the United States, and promised to ‘fight’ against them.  Elon Musk has probably never stepped into a public school, his kids will get private tutors, he doesn’t Read More

President Donald Trump floated a joint meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming he wants all countries to move toward denuclearization.  Trump on Thursday told reporters he plans to advance these denuclearization talks once ‘we straighten it all out’ in the Middle East and Ukraine, Read More

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday her government was deciding whether to initiate a lawsuit against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps.  ‘We are going to wait. We are already seeing, observing what this would mean from the perspective of legal advice, Read More

Europe must reinstate harsh United Nations sanctions on Iran, U.S. lawmakers insisted in a new resolution that accused Tehran of repeated violations of the 2015 nuclear deal brokered by the Obama administration.   The bipartisan legislation calls on the U.K., France and Germany to invoke ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran through Read More

President Donald Trump met with Marc Fogel’s mother on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, and vowed to bring her son home if elected, just before an assassination attempt nearly took his life.  Rep. Mark Kelly, R-Pa., was there for the meeting between Trump and Malphine Fogel before the president took Read More

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that as the U.S. aims to ‘revive the warrior ethos,’ European members of NATO also should follow suit and bolster defense efforts.  ‘NATO should pursue these goals as well,’ Hegseth told NATO members in Brussels on Thursday. ‘NATO is a great alliance, the Read More

USAID’s green energy programs may have done more ‘harm’ to developing nations than anything else, according to a former official at the U.S. Agency for International Development. ‘I can’t think of anything that’s harmed the developing world more than the climate agenda,’ said Max Primorac, a Read More

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director to the Senate floor after a fiery confirmation hearing last month and fierce opposition from Democrats.  Committee members voted 12-to-10 Thursday to advance Patel to the full floor vote, which could come before the chamber Read More