Trump Picks Acting CDC Chief After Firing Monarez Following Dispute with RFK Jr.: Report

Trump Picks Acting CDC Chief After Firing Monarez Following Dispute with RFK Jr.: Report

By Peter Aitken is a Newsweek Politics Editor based in New York. His focus is domestic U.S. politics, but he has experience covering Foreign Affairs, Business and Technology. Peter joined Newsweek in 2024 from Fox News Digital and had previously freelanced at Business Insider. He has interviewed such notable figures as Benjamin Netanyahu, Gen. David…

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Trump Launches Attack on Nancy Pelosi: ‘Disgusting Degenerate’

President Donald Trump has called former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “disgusting degenerate” in a Truth Social post, accusing the longtime Democratic U.S. representative for California’s husband of using insider information to profit from the stock market. The attack coincides with growing momentum for a congressional stock trading ban. Newsweek contacted Nancy Pelosi via telephone…

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China denounces US tariffs at Asia meeting

China Denounces US Tariff “Bullying”

The United States should not use tariffs to bully other countries, China said on Friday, as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio played down the possibility that tariffs could enable China to forge closer ties with angry U.S. allies. Rubio, in Malaysia for a Southeast Asian regional meeting, said he had positive talks with his…

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