FDA vaccine chief to leave the agency for a second time
The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, will depart the agency next month, an FDA spokesperson said.
Jesse Jackson hailed as ‘ambassador of hope’ at memorial attended by Clintons, Obama and Biden
Thousands in Chicago honored civil rights ‘champion’ who ‘stepped forward again and again’, Obama said At the longtime civil rights activist’s memorial celebration on Friday, the Rev Jesse Jackson was remembered as a “champion” for the “poor and the dispossessed” – as well as “one of the most effective community and political organizers of our … Read more
ICE arrests US Spanish-language news outlet reporter without warrant
Estefany Rodriguez Florez of Nashville Noticias, who had produced reports that were unflattering to ICE, was arrested during traffic stop US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Spanish-language Tennessee news outlet’s reporter who had done stories critical of the agency – but agents didn’t have a warrant, according to court documents filed recently by … Read more
Spanberger lashes out at Pentagon after Hegseth pulls colleges’ support over woke ‘ideologies’
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger hit back at Secretary of War Pete Hegseth after the Pentagon announced it would cut ties and funding relationships with numerous collegiate institutions over what it described as woke ideologies. A Pentagon leadership memo initialed “PBH” — the secretary’s full name is Peter Brian Hegseth — sent just before the U.S. … Read more
Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief ousted for the second time
Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseases The Food and Drug Administration’s embattled vaccine chief, Dr Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency – the second time in less than a year that he’s departed after decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty … Read more
Man accused of Iran-backed Trump assassination plot compared his plan to Butler shooting: FBI
A Pakistani man convicted on Friday of plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump and other politicians told an FBI agent he thought Iran “was responsible” for the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Asif Merchant, 47, told the FBI agent, Jacqueline Smith, that the incident “was the same thing he was sent here to … Read more
Kristi Noem’s firing fails to sway Democrats as DHS shutdown drags on
Democrats may be celebrating Kristi Noem’s ouster from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but they are still digging their heels in against ending the agency’s weekslong shutdown. “It’s not like Kristi Noem was the one who was involved in negotiating anything. She was a corrupt lackey. So, we were dealing with the White House … Read more
‘I’m relieved she’s gone’: Fema staffers celebrate ousting of Kristi Noem
Current and former Fema staff say the fired DHS secretary made the US more dangerous by overhauling the agency Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Some current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) staff are celebrating the Thursday firing of homeland security secretary Kristi Noem, … Read more
Kristi Noem’s Fireable Offenses
The former Secretary of D.H.S. faced criticism for misspending funds, prioritizing her own self-promotion, and reflexively defending even the most brutal acts of the Trump Administration’s deportation efforts.
Biden: Rev. Jackson ‘used his gifts to influence generations’
During a funeral service in Chicago, President Biden recounted the impact Rev. Jesse Jackson had on his life and the inspiration he was to generations of Americans and the civil rights movement.