Health secretary and chef Robert Irvine claim Americans could eat healthier and more cheaply if they shopped better Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The first episode of the new Secretary Kennedy Podcast, produced by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), opens with … Read more
Rare rebuke of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, enabled by small group of Republican defectors, to last three years Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations for three years, a rare bipartisan rebuke … Read more
Trump ally grilled by lawmakers over ‘terrible decisions’ on vaccines, public health and funding cuts to key programs US politics – latest updates Vaccines and public health dominated a frequently contentious hearing with Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday before the US House ways and means committee. Kennedy, the controversial health secretary and a longtime … Read more
Filing details remarks about drones over home Woods said he spoke to ‘the president’ after crash Prosecutors seek access to prescription records Tiger Woods told police he had taken multiple prescription medications, including Vicodin, on the day of a crash that led to his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to court … Read more
Schwartz was deputy surgeon general under Trump’s first administration and is a rear admiral in the US Coast Guard Donald Trump has selected Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bringing to an end a months-long search for a permanent head of the troubled public health agency. Trump revealed his … Read more
The House passed legislation that would reinstate temporary protections for Haitian immigrants living in the U.S., breaking with President Donald Trump on immigration.
A group of House Republicans defied President Donald Trump on Thursday to support shielding more than 350,000 Haitian nationals from deportation. Ten GOP lawmakers joined Democrats and one independent to approve legislation that would allow Haitians to be eligible for the temporary protected status (TPS) program for another three years. Those Republicans included Reps. Mike … Read more
The U.S. is preparing to take on Iran’s fast-attack boats using a playbook it already has tested in another theater — lethal strikes on small vessels tied to drug trafficking networks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Since September 2025, U.S. forces have conducted dozens of deadly strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels, part of a … Read more
A U.S. judge on Thursday rebuked the Trump administration’s attempt to proceed with construction of its $400 million White House ballroom project, clarifying in a sharply worded order that any above-ground, physical construction of the site is blocked unless deemed strictly necessary for national security purposes. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said his order applies … Read more
Pope Leo XIV, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, decried people who twist religion for military, economic or political benefit. “Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers. But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into … Read more
