Author: Surina Venkat

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) said Friday that a National Guardsman injured in last week’s shooting in Washington is “slowly healing” and that his parents reported he has begun to “look more like himself.” In a message posted on the social platform X, Morrisey announced that a vigil would be held for U.S. Air…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said President Trump was furious with her after she signed a House petition compelling the release of all government files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  “We did talk about the Epstein files and he was extremely angry at me that I signed the discharge petition…

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith blasted President Trump for calling the affordability crisis a Democratic “con job,” saying that he “wants to act as if there’s no concern.” “He has to say that right now because it’s an issue and a concern for the American people,” the host of SiriusXM’s “Straight Shooter with Stephen A.”…

President Trump praised a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) panel’s vote to change guidance for hepatitis B vaccinations as a “very good decision” in a Friday night post on his social platform Truth Social. “Today, the CDC Vaccine Committee made a very good decision to END their Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation for babies, the vast…

Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed an expedited motion seeking the release of the grand jury transcripts in the Jeffrey Epstein case amid an aggressive push by lawmakers to release all files related to the late convicted sex offender.  Bondi filed the motion in the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, leveraging the enactment of…

Kansas City Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub brushed off President Trump’s criticism of the National Football League’s (NFL) new kickoff rule, saying Trump has “no idea what’s going on.” “He doesn’t even know what he’s looking at,” Toub said at a Thursday press conference in response to a reporter’s question about Trump’s comments. “He…

Some lawmakers and advocates are increasingly uncertain whether critical HIV and AIDS services will survive the federal government’s funding fight. The GOP’s House-passed budget bill seeks to cut over $1.5 billion in services for people living with and vulnerable to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the U.S. — far greater than the cuts proposed by President Trump and the Senate. It’s unclear whether the Senate or White House will support the bill once it’s considered after the government shutdown ends. But some warn passing the House’s proposed cuts would result in increased infections and deaths. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the…

Award-winning Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara has been deported to El Salvador in what press freedom advocates alleged was done “in retaliation for his reporting.” A leader with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a nonprofit organization that defends worldwide press freedom, said Guevara’s deportation from the U.S. Friday morning was the first time the organization “has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting activity.”  “Make no mistake, this is not a simple immigration case as authorities would have the public believe,” said Katherine Jacobsen, the CPJ’s U.S., Canada and Caribbean program coordinator. Guevara arrived Friday in El Salvador, where…

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, the Associated Press reported late Friday.  Two sources told the AP that around 20 agents were fired, with an additional source confirming the firings. The sources also revealed that the agents had been reassigned last spring for their conduct during the protests. The photographs that led to the firings showed a group of agents kneeling during a protest in Washington that followed the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. Floyd’s death sparked nationwide outrage and demonstrations, which were heavily policed…

Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that President Trump won’t forget tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “negativity” during his departure from government. He said Musk was Trump’s “best friend in the administration” during an interview with NewsNation’s “Batya” and added that Trump would “forgive” but not forget the tempestuous nature of Musk’s exit. “I think Elon Musk had that, he really earned the President’s friendship, admiration, and then in his departure, he expressed a part of himself that was very negative,” Lutnick said in the interview with host Batya Ungar-Sargon. “And I don’t think the president is going to forget…