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Scientists fear NIH director will be even more absent and leave key issues unresolved as he takes interim CDC lead Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox As Jay Bhattacharya temporarily takes the lead at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), employees at the … Read more

The US was an oligarchy well before Trump’s first term. Recognizing this reality is essential to building a true democracy Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, American political life has taken on a familiar rhythm. Each week brings another court ruling framed as a breaking point, another election cast as the last real … Read more

Founder of family-owned firm says it will pause acquisitions after takeover of 15 Compass Coffee stores in US Caffè Nero will continue opening new shops in the UK and overseas, but has warned coffee prices are likely to keep rising as the war in Iran and higher staffing costs feed through. The family-owned business, which … Read more

Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict Brash and bellicose, he sounded more like a cartoon bully than a sombre statesman. “Death and destruction from the sky all day long,” Pete Hegseth, wearing a red, white and and blue tie and … Read more

Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow appeared on Capitol Hill this past week to urge lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee to pass legislation to better combat child exploitation, trafficking and abuse — describing the effort as a fight “for people who cannot fight for themselves” and in their “darkest hour of need.”  Tebow, the founder … Read more

Deployment of US ground troops could be discussed later on and ‘would be a great thing’ says president Trump. Key US politics stories from 7 March at a glance As the war in the Middle East rages on, US president Donald Trump has acknowledged that deploying ground troops in Iran in future is not off … Read more

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that U.S. and Israeli forces have “wiped out” Iran’s navy, air force and much of its missile capability in just one week of war, declaring the regime’s military “almost non-existent” as he continues to press Tehran to surrender for “a much safer world.” Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force … Read more

The wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed scrutiny following a report that she liked a social media post dismissing an investigation into sexual violence committed during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack in Israel as a “mass rape” hoax. Rama Duwaji allegedly liked a February 2024 Instagram post claiming … Read more

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing fierce backlash after vetoing a bill that would have created a specialty license plate honoring slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk — a move Republicans are blasting as a stunning act of partisanship in the wake of his assassination. Kirk, who was assassinated while speaking at a … Read more