Greene and Garcia clash over RFK Jr. and vaccines, measles

Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., clashed Wednesday over the actions of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with the Republican telling the Democrat, ‘You sound ignorant.’  The fiery exchange unfolded during a House Oversight Committee hearing on restoring trust in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), […]Read More

​​Hegseth says Panama agreed to allow US warships to travel

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that U.S. and Panama officials would sign a ‘framework’ agreement allowing U.S. warships to travel ‘first and free’ through the Panama Canal.  Hegseth said the two countries had already signed a memorandum of understanding on security cooperation and that they would finalize a document guaranteeing U.S. warships and auxiliary […]Read More

Trump tax cuts survive key House hurdle as fiscal hawks

Legislation setting the stage for Republicans to pass a broad swath of President Donald Trump’s agenda survived an important hurdle on Wednesday afternoon. House GOP lawmakers voted to allow for debate on the legislation, known as a ‘rule vote,’ a framework that serves as one of the first steps in the budget reconciliation process. It’s […]Read More

Mike Huckabee confirmed as US ambassador to Israel in bipartisan

Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, has been confirmed to the position by the United States Senate.  The Senate voted 53 to 46 on Tuesday to advance Huckabee’s nomination. He was confirmed Wednesday by a 53-46 vote and will now represent the U.S. as Israel continues its war against Hamas […]Read More

Biden aides ‘scripted’ everything, allowed his faculties to ‘atrophy,’ new

White House aides cut off outside access to former President Joe Biden, which ultimately backfired and worsened his cognitive function, according to a new book. The book, ‘Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History,’ published Tuesday, claims the White House kept Biden from socializing even with those […]Read More

Development of nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than Hiroshima’s

The development of a nuclear bomb that would be 24 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II is ‘significantly ahead of schedule,’ according to U.S. national security officials.  ‘The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will complete the First Production Unit of the B61-13, a modern variant of the […]Read More

Senate approves Peter Hoekstra as next US ambassador to Canada

Canada has a new U.S. ambassador to sort through its strained relations with Washington as the Senate on Wednesday approved President Donald Trump’s nomination of Peter Hoekstra in a 60-37 vote.  His confirmation as U.S. ambassador to Canada comes at one of the most challenging times in Washington’s long relationship with its northern neighbor after […]Read More

Elon Musk, conservatives drag Trump-appointed justice following Venezuelan deportations ruling

Conservatives are reeling after Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined liberal justices, dissenting in a 5-4 Supreme Court decision to allow President Donald Trump’s administration to deport Venezuelan nationals under the 1789 Alien Enemies Act.  Republicans have celebrated the Supreme Court’s ruling that allows the Trump administration under the wartime immigration law to deport Venezuelan […]Read More

Crypto Market Recap: US Loses $2 Billion in Bitcoin Amid

Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Wednesday (April 9) as of 9:00 a.m. UTC. Bitcoin and Ethereum price update At the time of this writing, Bitcoin (BTC) has halted its recent slight recovery, priced at US$77,268.18 and down 2.8 percent in 24 hours. The day’s range has brought a low of US$74,772.55 […]Read More

‘Watermelon head’: Trump trolls Democratic Sen Schiff

Sen. Adam Schiff fired back late Tuesday after President Donald Trump mocked the California Democrat during a black-tie Republican dinner in Washington, D.C. ‘The President of the United States seems oddly focused on me,’ Schiff posted after footage of Trump’s jokes made the rounds. ‘Shouldn’t he be focused on the economy he’s crashing?’ he wrote. […]Read More