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US drug regulator originally refused to consider application, fueling critics’ concern about alleged ‘anti-vaccine agenda’ The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reversed course on Wednesday and will now review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine after initially declining to consider it. Moderna announced that the US drug regulator will move forward with reviewing … Read more

Senate Republicans are hoping to move full steam ahead on Trump-backed voter ID legislation, but there’s one problem — the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is still shut down. Though negotiations between Senate Democrats and the White House are still ongoing, albeit at a molasses-like pace, there is no clear sign that a deal will … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: Federal agents seized more than 36,000 illegal firearms, including thousands bound for Mexico, since President Donald Trump took office, according to newly released figures by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The ATF also seized more than 2.3 million rounds of ammunition, saying Wednesday the illegal firearms and rounds originated … Read more

Exclusive: After investigators concluded an abuse incident occurred, women speak out for first time – ‘I was so scared to tell anybody’ Two women incarcerated in a California prison are calling for the prosecution of a staff cook who they say sexually assaulted them. The women say Marcus Johnson, a former supervisory cook at the … Read more

Threat of 9.5% property tax increase puts pressure on Governor Hochul, who is seeking re-election this year Zohran Mamdani, New York’s democratic socialist mayor, has unveiled two new budget proposals for the city – one to raise income and corporate taxes, or another to raise property taxes – triggering resistance from some political figures in … Read more

The billionaire former Victoria’s Secret CEO Les Wexner testified to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that he was “conned” by Jeffrey Epstein but denied any wrongdoing, according to a prepared statement provided to NBC News by a representative for Wexner

With November’s elections less than nine months away, Democrats finally have a major candidate to take on Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte as she seeks a second term steering swing-state New Hampshire. Cinde Warmington, a former member of New Hampshire’s elected Executive Council, on Wednesday officially launched her second straight campaign for governor. Republicans have controlled … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: Illinois could lose millions in federal funding if it does not clean up its driver’s licensing system after the U.S. Department of Transportation warned Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and the state’s top licensing official that one in five commercial licenses issued to noncitizens were issued illegally. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued a … Read more

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is looking to get the Big Apple on a tighter budget, and seems to see cuts to the New York Police Department (NYPD) as a way of getting the city back on track. Mamdani’s predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams, proposed at the end of his term that the city hire … Read more

A new Colorado group launched an effort Wednesday to place an initiative on the ballot this year to pave the way for a new congressional map that would favor Democrats for the 2028 and 2030 elections