Dr. Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s surgeon general nominee, is in labor and her confirmation hearing, scheduled for Thursday morning at 11 a.m. ET, has been postponed, according to two people familiar with the matter and a spokesperson for the HELP Committee. Means was expected to face tough questioning from Democrats on the Senate health…
Most Americans oppose demolishing the East Wing of the White House to make way for President Donald Trump’s ballroom, report says ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos Poll conducted using the Ipsos KnowledgePanel. A 56% majority of Americans oppose the Trump administration tearing down the East Wing of the White House as part of construction of a 90,000-square-foot…
According to a US official, the National Guard plans to train up to 500 soldiers per state to serve as part of a rapid response force focused on civil unrest missions. The move follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in August that called for each state to have National Guard quick reaction…
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks in six years in hopes of ending a months-long trade war, a meeting that came shortly after Trump said the United States would “immediately” begin testing nuclear weapons, something it has not done in more than 30 years. The two leaders…
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, opting for its second interest rate cut this year in an effort to revive the weakened labor market. The widely expected move results in an interest rate reduction sought by President Donald Trump, although the size of the…
A jury found a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey. The trial began last week for Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County deputy, in the July 2024 fatal shooting of Massey after she called 911 to report a possible intruder at her home in Springfield, Illinois….
Dictionary.com has officially revealed its new Word of the Year. The online dictionary announced Wednesday that “67” is the word of the year for 2025. The annual selection serves as a “linguistic time capsule, reflecting the social trends and global events that defined the year,” according to Dictionary.com. The exact origin of the term is…
Hurricane Melissa became one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded to make landfall in the Atlantic basin. Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon in southwest Jamaica near New Hope as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm then swept through western Jamaica, causing…
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, marking what is forecast to be a devastating weather event, the worst in the country’s history. He storm It is expected to bring catastrophic winds and the possibility of causing extraordinary damage throughout the Caribbean island nation. With the recovery effort expected to…
New York’s intermediate appeals court should overturn President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money convictions because his trial was “fatally marred” by flawed evidence and was overseen by a judge who should have recused himself, his lawyers argued in a court filing late Monday. Trump’s formal appeal, 17 months after a Manhattan jury found him guilty…
