Use this description to tell users what kind of blog posts they can find in this category.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will require new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, marking what a department spokesperson called “a radical departure from past practices.” The policy change would force vaccines, in order to be approved for human use, to undergo studies in which half of individuals in a study receive … Read more
One of the key witnesses in the Karen Read murder retrial continued to testify for a third day Friday on the events surrounding the death of Read’s boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, who was found unresponsive in the snow outside a Massachusetts home in 2022. Prosecutors allege, following a night of drinking in Canton, … Read more
SpaceX is shooting for Mars, with Elon Musk’s rocket company racing to bring humanity closer to being a multi-planetary species. Back here on Earth, the leader of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is hoping his company gets a chance to start a government of its own in Texas. Starbase is where SpaceX … Read more
The U.S. Army is weighing plans for a historic parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., this June that would involve some 6,600 soldiers, tanks and infantry vehicles, helicopter flyovers and parachute jumps, according to several people familiar with the planning effort. The June 14 parade, if approved, would coincide with and be part of … Read more
Three months after President Donald Trump returned to office and began issuing a series of executive orders against organizations and law firms whose actions have opposed him, a longtime Washington, D.C., attorney is launching a new firm that aims in part to represent those who he says have been “unlawfully and inappropriately targeted” by the … Read more
Measles cases in the U.S. have surpassed 900 as outbreaks continue to spread across the county, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday. A total of 935 cases have been confirmed in 29 states including Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, … Read more
The Trump administration’s tariffs will impact American families and parents, increasing the cost of many household goods, experts say. Economists and researchers say the cost to Americans will be significant, with estimates ranging from nearly $4,000 to almost $8,000 per household. An April analysis from The Budget Lab at Yale University estimates all 2025 tariffs … Read more
The White House on Friday released President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which calls for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, in a letter to Congress alongside the proposal, said the cuts to discretionary funding would lead to “significant savings.” “The President … Read more
The nonprofit corporation that oversees National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service is firing back at President Donald Trump’s executive order to pull funding for the two popular media outlets. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting pointed out that Congress controls its funding, not the president. “CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to … Read more
The man accused of driving into three people in a hit-and-run outside a preschool at a South Carolina church has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and first-degree assault and battery, according to online records. Justin Collin Adams, who was taken into custody on Thursday following an hourslong manhunt, is expected to appear … Read more
