Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a week of fast-moving shakeups at the nation’s health agency, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will come before the powerful Senate Finance Committee, which has oversight over his department, on Thursday for hours of questioning that is sure to center on his vaccine policy. It […]

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. This is the seventh cabinet meeting of Trump’s second term. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — During an Oval Office event, President Donald Trump was asked […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to the media after meeting with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, at the US Capitol, Washington September 2, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast the Jeffrey Epstein controversy as “irrelevant” amid an effort on Capitol Hill to force a vote to release all files related […]

In this handout, the mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein, 2019. (Photo by Kypros/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors spoke out on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as part of a push to have all files related to the accused sex trafficker released. “This is not a hoax. It’s not going to go […]

Chinese President Xi jinping (R) shows the way to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 1, 2025 in Tianjin, China. (Photo by Suo Takekuma – Pool/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump took to his social media platform as Chinese […]

In this handout, the mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein, 2019. (Photo by Kypros/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors are set to speak at the Capitol on Wednesday morning. The 10:30 a.m. ET news conference comes as a bipartisan pair of lawmakers push to force a vote on the House floor […]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than a year after a Secret Service counter sniper team killed a would-be assassin targeting President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, a report from the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General found the team faces “chronic understaffing.” “The United States Secret Service’s (Secret Service) Counter Sniper Team (CS) is […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday again took aim at Chicago as he suggested federal intervention is needed to combat crime. Trump pointed to gun violence in the city over Labor Day weekend, as eight people were killed and more than 50 injured. “Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the […]

DHS police and Marines guard the Federal Detention Center on Thursday, July 17, 2025 as people protest against immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, CA. (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration’s use of federal troops in Los Angeles to conduct law enforcement operations is unlawful, a federal judge ruled on […]

Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was injured in a vehicle accident Saturday evening in New Hampshire, his security chief said in a statement on Sunday. A source familiar with his condition told ABC News on Monday that Giuliani is now out of the hospital and […]