The federal government may step in to enforce drug vaccinations if states don’t do a better job, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief said. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, speaking to CNN on Tuesday, knocked “certain states” for granting “wide exemptions” to vaccine mandates after an outbreak of measles, once eliminated in the U.S., erupted in Washington […]
On Tuesday, officials from the Trump administration refused to admit they were unprepared to reunite families separated during the government’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, despite accusations from immigration experts and an inspector general report stating the government had no comprehensive system in place. Democrats grilled officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Health and […]
Thousands of teachers in Oakland, California, entered their third day on strike on Monday, after negotiations with the school district failed to reach an agreement over the weekend. The Oakland Education Association organized the strike on behalf of 3,000 Oakland educators starting on Thursday. The teachers union has demanded a 12 percent raise in salary […]
President Donald Trump was ranting on Twitter Thursday morning about the need for America to adopt “6G” technology as soon as possible. Problem is, “6G” doesn’t currently exist and may not for at least another decade. But why let facts get in the way, right? The fifth generation wireless standard ― 5G ― is being tested […]
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III is being slammed on social media for giving a surprisingly light sentence to Paul Manafort, who was President Donald Trump’s campaign manager for part of the 2016 election. Manafort was found guilty on eight counts, including bank fraud, filing false tax returns and failure to report foreign bank accounts. Sentencing guidelines […]
President Donald Trump said in tweets this week that work is being done to build his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall ― but he used months-old footage of repairs on existing parts of the barrier in an effort to support his claims. “We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico,” Trump tweeted Wednesday with a […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A judge dismissed criminal charges Friday against a Kansas water park owner and the designer of a 17-story slide on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated in 2016. Wyandotte County Judge Robert Burns cited improper evidence in dropping second-degree murder charges against Schlitterbahn owner Jeff Henry, designer John Schooley, and […]
An Oregon man may have a good argument for not cleaning out your car. Jeremy Taylor told authorities that he and his dog survived by eating packets of taco sauce as they were trapped by snow in his vehicle for five days. The 36-year-old, who goes offroading in the area, said he drove up west of […]
Try this experiment: Take a moment and ask yourself whether you can name the most recent mass shooting incident in the United States. Do you know where it took place? Can you name any of the latest shooting victims? Can you name a single shooting victim from the past year? In the U.S., the frequency […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he won’t support President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, increasing the likelihood that Congress will approve a resolution that seeks to block Trump’s move. “I can’t vote to give the president the power to spend money that hasn’t been […]