A former Trump economic adviser said Friday there is “no question” the U.S. has the strongest economy in the world after a strong February jobs report followed President Biden's State of the Union address. “One thing that Biden said last night that was true: It is true that the United States today has the strongest...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is delaying approval of a new Alzheimer's drug from Eli Lilly, and it instead will require the company to face an advisory panel to scrutinize its safety and effectiveness data, the company said Friday. “The FDA has informed Lilly it wants to further understand topics related to evaluating the...
If the leadership caste in the Democratic Party is going to send the first Black, woman vice president to the back of the bus, they better have clear and convincing evidence that she cannot do better than the replacement.
The U.S. Embassy in Russia issued a security alert warning that “extremists” are planning an attack in Moscow, just after the Kremlin’s intelligence agency said it prevented a potential hit on a synagogue in the capital. “The Embassy is monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts,...
The question that keeps senior IDF officials awake at night is what they will do if given a mandate to fully defend the citizens of Israel's north while constrained by an indefensible diplomatic solution.
A majority of Americans had a positive response to President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday evening, a CNN flash poll found. More than 6 in 10 Americans who watched the speech had a positive reaction to the president’s message, the survey conducted by SSRS shortly after the address found. CNN noted on air...
Fox News host Sean Hannity dubbed President Biden “Jacked-up Joe” on Thursday night after what he called a “hyper-caffeinated” State of the Union address, painting a sharp contrast to former President Trump's derisive nickname of "Sleepy Joe" for his likely 2024 rival. “Tonight, America saw, let’s say, a very different Joe Biden, I might call...
The House Education Committee sent a letter to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Friday morning demanding the school turn over records relating to antisemitism on campus as the panel expands its investigation on the issue. Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) began her letter to MIT President Sally Kornbluth and MIT Corporation Chair...
The report offers a total of 28 recommendations, many of which focus on the need for more frequent and in-depth analysis that, will enable DOD both better to align strategy to resources, and to do so in a far more flexible and actionable manner than is now the case.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Friday fired back at House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) criticism that President Biden’s State of the Union address was "hyper-partisan" and "vitriolic." During a Friday morning appearance on “CNN This Morning,” Buttigieg said some of Johnson's comments were "literally false,” ticking off bipartisan legislation that Biden passed through Congress...
The U.S. added 275,000 jobs in February as the unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The February jobs report defied the expectations of economists, who projected a gain of 200,000 jobs with the jobless rate staying even at 3.7 percent, according to consensus estimates. The February...
Plastic pollution is everywhere. We eat it. We drink it. We breathe it. It is on the summit of Mount Everest and at the bottom of the oceans. Not only is it in human breast milk, but, according to one study, the average person now ingests as much as a credit card’s worth of plastic (5...
Trump’s disdain opens the door for Democrats to be unabashed patriots and speak of America with pride, optimism and affection.
The Equal Rights Amendment is supported by 85 percent of Americans at a moment when division and polarization are at an all-time high. It has cleared each of the deliberately high bars set for it by the framers. It must now be recognized for what it is: the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.
Biden’s crusade against fossil fuels is perhaps the number one driver of persistent inflation.
Health care workers — and particularly female health care workers — are burning out at alarming rates. A recent survey from nursing marketplace platform ShiftKey shared with The Hill found that 86 percent of women in the field — including nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and technicians — reported experiencing burnout, with 64 percent saying...
When Israel's war on Hamas ends, its conflict with Iran-backed militias may rage on. Israeli officials are increasingly concerned with the constant artillery and rocket fire at the northern border with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants and have said they will fight to push the group back from bordering territory. While the risk of all-out war is...
Many of the underground water stores often critical to life in Texas, where rain is rare and the sun beats out of a pitiless sky, are running dry. Across the state, water gushes out of nearly 300 springs — a hidden array of reservoirs that creates creeks, rivers and swimming holes, and that once made...
The rash of measles outbreaks around the country has sparked concerns that the U.S. risks losing its status as a country where the disease has been eliminated, a distinction held since 2000. As of last week, 41 measles cases have been confirmed across 15 states and New York City, according to the Centers for Disease...
An internal Senate Republican war over earmarks in the government funding package is creating a new threat of a government shutdown Saturday, and it threatens to spill over into the race to replace outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.). Conservatives began waging their offensive against the bill Sunday, and on Thursday they pushed a...
Biden administration officials are kicking off a two-week travel blitz next week to sell President Biden's accomplishments and draw a contrast with former President Trump, the likely GOP nominee. The White House previewed more than two dozen trips over the course of March from various Cabinet officials and top aides to the president. Their travel...
President Biden delivered a fiery State of the Union address to a bitterly divided Congress — and nation — Thursday night, one that many viewed as unusually political as the president prepares to take on former President Trump in the general election. The hour-plus speech touched on a host of issues dominating the 2024 cycle — such...
President Biden delivered his final State of the Union before the 2024 election on Thursday evening. It was a pivotal moment — a rare opportunity to speak unmediated to an American public that, right now, holds the president in low esteem. Fifty-eight percent of Americans disapprove of Biden’s job performance with just 40 percent approving,...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said GOP lawmakers who heckled President Biden during his State of the Union address Thursday evening were responding to an “overly partisan speech.” A handful of Republicans shouted out at Biden throughout his remarks in the House chamber, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), whose yells prompted an unusual back-and-forth between...
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) on Thursday argued President Biden is a “dithering and diminished” leader who is taking the U.S. down a worrisome path. Delivering the GOP response to Biden’s State of the Union from her own kitchen table, the freshman senator laid into the president for the border, crime, the economy and his work...
