Susan Monarez, who was ousted as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday afternoon after only weeks on the job, said hours later that she had not been fired and would not resign. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted a statement on the social platform X at … Read more
President Trump has threatened to send National Guard troops into more American cities after deploying soldiers in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles this year. He’s highlighted Baltimore and Chicago as cities in particular need of help fighting crime, though Monday he appeared to back off his threat to unilaterally deploy the National Guard into cities … Read more
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation made him the face of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the U.S., his lawyer said Wednesday. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said during a hearing that Abrego Garcia has filed a motion to reopen his immigration proceedings and seek asylum in the country. It’s a … Read more
The Trump administration said Wednesday it is taking over management of Union Station, the latest step in President Trump’s aggressive intervention in the nation’s capital. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made the announcement while also unveiling new high-speed Acela trains going into service this week. “Instead of being a point of pride, Washington’s Union Station … Read more
Democrat Catelin Drey has flipped an open Iowa state Senate seat, adding to the party’s successes in special elections this year, Decision Desk HQ has projected. Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch in the race to replace the late state Sen. Rocky De Witt (R), who died in office in June from cancer. Democrats homed in … Read more
Democrats continued their winning streak in key special elections this year with another victory in a contested state Senate seat in Iowa. The party eyed the seat as a pickup opportunity to break up the Republican supermajority in the body and demonstrate further enthusiasm among the Democratic base in an offyear election. The party’s candidate … Read more
Copenhagen, Denmark — Denmark’s foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national public broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland. Greenland, a huge semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic, is coveted by … Read more
An anti-abortion GOP candidate’s loss broke a supermajority. Democrats in Iowa are celebrating victory after flipping a state Senate seat to beat an anti-abortion MAGA candidate and break the Republican supermajority stranglehold on the state. Catelin Drey beat Christopher Prosch, who believes rape victims should carry fetuses to term, in a district President Donald Trump … Read more
Trump has displayed record gall in recent days. However else he will be ranked by history, President Trump has already outdone his predecessors in shameless hypocrisy. And he has outdone even himself with his effort this week to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors after one of his appointees accused her … Read more
“Saturday Night Live” alum and star of Netflix’s “Fixed” Beck Bennett dishes on the show’s worst and best hosts and reveals how he knows Vladimir Putin liked his shirtless impression. Over the course of eight years in the cast of Saturday Night Live, Beck Bennett performed comedy with more than 150 celebrity hosts. But no … Read more