Washington — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he is removing every member of a government panel that makes vaccine recommendations. Kennedy said he is “retiring” all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, asserting that it “has become little more than …
Read More »Washington — President Trump’s proclamation barring travelers and immigrants from 12 countries, and restricting the entry of nationals from seven other nations, went into effect early on Monday, June 9. With the move, the White House cited concerns about national security. The president said the recent attack at a march supporting Israeli …
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The federal government is working to secure a charter flight to return a man who was removed from the U.S. back to America so he can have proper due process proceedings, the Justice Department said in court documents filed Wednesday. Last week, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ordered the man, …
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday struck down President Trump’s executive order targeting D.C.-based law firm WilmerHale, declaring the order “unconstitutional” and permanently blocking the administration from enforcing it. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued his opinion Tuesday afternoon, blocking the president’s efforts to restrict Wilmer Cutler Pickering …
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Washington — The House voted to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for his role in congressional investigations of former President Donald Trump, making him the 25th House lawmaker to face the punishment in U.S. history. The measure passed along party lines by a vote of 213 to 209. Six Republicans …
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Washington — The House voted on Wednesday to reject a GOP-backed resolution to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for his role in congressional investigations of former President Donald Trump, effectively killing the effort to publicly reprimand him. House Democrats moved to table a resolution introduced by Republican Rep. Anna Paulina …
Read More »The House passed legislation to lift the debt ceiling and cut spending Wednesday and has sent it to the Senate, which is racing to vote on it before June 5, when Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has estimated that the nation will default on its debt obligations if lawmakers don’t act in …
Read More »Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the transgender Montana lawmaker who was silenced after telling Republicans they would have blood on their hands for opposing gender-affirming health care for kids, cannot yet return to the statehouse House floor and participate in debate, a judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling came after attorneys for the …
Read More »Washington — Susan Rice, one of President Biden’s most trusted aides and his top domestic policy official, will be leaving the administration next month in what will mark one of the most high-profile departures from his administration, the White House announced Monday. Since the start of Mr. Biden’s presidency, Rice …
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A “curious” toddler entered White House grounds on Tuesday, triggering U.S. Secret Service officers before the child and the parents were reunited, the Secret Service said. U.S. Secret Service chief of communications Anthony Gugliemli said in a statement that the uniformed division “encountered a curious young visitor along the White …
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