Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya will serve as interim director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following the reported exit of Jim O’Neill, a Trump administration official confirmed Wednesday. Read more here. |
Billionaire retail mogul Les Wexner denied firsthand knowledge of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activity in a deposition with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday, garnering skepticism from Democrats. Read more. |
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday blamed Democrats as the funding fight over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Capitol Hill remains at a standstill. Read more. |
A government watchdog group is suing the FBI to force the release of a tape that reportedly shows border czar Tom Homan allegedly accepting a $50,000 bribe.
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Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States says her country is ready to make a peace deal, pushing back on President Trump’s remarks this week suggesting Kyiv was to blame for stalled negotiations with Russia.
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U2 is releasing a musical tribute to Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis, saying that “the power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power.”
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TMZ founder Harvey Levin said the FBI is “very interested” in the ransom and demand letters that his news outlet has received amid the search for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said on Tuesday that he would “rather eat glass” than replace gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar’s (D-Minn.) in her U.S. Senate seat if she is elected.
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