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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promised to make decisions rooted in “gold-standard science,” fired an entire committee of vaccine advisers in part because all were appointed by a Democratic president and some had made donations to Democrats, according to a White House official and another person familiar with Mr. Kennedy’s thinking.When he announced the firings on Monday, Mr. Kennedy cited the members’ financial ties to industry and their “immersion in a system of industry-aligned incentives.” But according to the White House official and the other person, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss…

When Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, the Democrat and nonvoting delegate for Washington, D.C., attended a recent gala to accept an award honoring her decades-long career in Congress, she appeared to be struggling to read her brief remarks.Standing onstage at Arena Stage in April, Ms. Norton referred to the “National Environment for the Arts,” lauded the D.C. theater for contributions to “freedom of suppression and democracy” and half-said, half-spelled the name of a former board chair, Beth Newburger Schwartz, as “Ethel N – E – W Burger Schwartz.”A pall fell over the audience as Ms. Norton stumbled through her speech, according…

Sen. Gardner says “we have a long way to go” on diplomatic work with North Korea – CBS News Watch CBS News Senator Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, joins Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson to discuss the Graham-Cassidy health care plan and the latest round of sanctions on North Korea. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. (center), speak alongside Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., (left) and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, outside of the West Wing of the White House on June 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senators met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill.” Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Major changes could be in store for the more than 24 million people with health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, including how and when they can enroll, the paperwork required, and, crucially, the premiums they pay. A…

As images of protests in Southern California have flooded television and social media in recent days, a key question has emerged: Why are so many protesters carrying Mexican flags at an American political protest?The sea of red, white and green Mexican flags at anti-deportation protests this week in Los Angeles has been seized upon by conservatives who argue that the demonstrations are inherently un-American, causing some protesters to consider leaving them at home.Photos of masked provocateurs waving Mexican flags atop burning Waymo taxis spread instantly across conservative social media this weekend. Republicans pointed to them as a prime example of…

Khaby Lame, the world’s most popular TikTok personality with millions of followers, has left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas for allegedly overstaying his visa.The Senegalese-Italian influencer, whose legal name is Seringe Khabane Lame, was detained Friday at Harry Reid International Airport but was allowed to leave the country without a deportation order, a spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed in a statement.Lame arrived in the U.S. on April 30 and “overstayed the terms of his visa,” the ICE spokesperson said. The Associated Press sent a message seeking comment Tuesday to the email…

The country and the nation: Fifty writers and artists report on the states of our dis-union. Illustration by Brian Stauffer. 160th Anniversary Issue Richard Kreitner This article appears in the July/August 2025 issue, with the headline “These Dis-United States.” Let’s be frank: It’s a somewhat presumptuous name for a magazine. Adopting it may have been akin to what philosophers refer to as a “speech act,” meant to call into being the very thing referred to. Largely absent from pre–Civil War political rhetoric, which more often spoke of “the union” or “the republic,” the word nation appeared five times in Abraham…

A wildfire that started on Tuesday afternoon north of the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California had exploded to over 4,000 acres by nighttime, driven by high winds and dry conditions, officials said. It had prompted evacuation orders and was threatening multiple properties, officials said.The vegetation fire was threatening multiple buildings in and around Apple Valley, a town of about 75,000 people about 60 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Firefighters were battling to contain the blaze, which was zero percent contained on Tuesday night.The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department issued…

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and President Trump’s former adviser, said Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the president, in the wake of their public falling-out last week. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. Musk’s post came just days after Mr. Trump threatened the tech billionaire with “serious consequences” if he sought to punish Republicans who vote for a controversial spending bill. Their blistering break-up — largely carried out on social media before a riveted public on Thursday last…

Demands from the White House for a drastic increase in arrests of people who have entered the country illegally have pushed immigration officials into overdrive to fulfill President Trump’s pledge of mass deportations.Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is carrying out workplace raids across the country like the one in the garment district of Los Angeles last week that kicked off protests and a vast federal response. The agency is staggering shifts so agents are available seven days a week to try to meet arrest goals and asking criminal investigators who usually focus on issues like human trafficking to help identify targets.…