While lawmakers grilled Robert F. Kennedy about his views on vaccines and abortion, President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was also asked how he’d run the two largest government health insurance programs − Medicare and Medicaid. The hearing offered the public a glimpse of the Trump administration’s plans…
WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump’s new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended offallegations of sexual assault, public drinking and intoxication, and abusive treatment of women. A former Fox News host and military veteran, Hegseth secured support from all but three…
Two of the state attorneys general suing to block President Donald Trump‘s attempt to end birthright citizenship told USA TODAY they fear the order will erase funding for children’s health care and education. Eighteen Democratic state attorneys general sued together in a Massachusetts federal court Tuesday, led by the state attorneys general for New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California….
The three wealthiest Americans, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, sat together Monday in a VIP section at the second inauguration of President Donald Trump. It was an historic moment: a literal concentration of wealth, the core of a group of billionaire guests with a collective worth of more than $1 trillion. Images of…
On Tuesday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY Chief Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey gives some of the biggest takeaways from President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day. Trump’s new meme coin soars. USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen breaks down Trump’s executive orders surrounding January 6 pardons, and the southern border. Trump Monday also signed an order on TikTok and removed the…
Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon is going after other members of the president-elect’s orbit as Trump returns to Washington to take his second oath of office. The world’s three richest men, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, are planning to attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Bannon, in an appearance on ABC’s “This…
With the Supreme Court’s move Friday to uphold a ban on video sharing app TikTok, the social media app could be shut down as soon as Sunday. There’s still some uncertainty about TikTok’s future after the court denied parent company ByteDance’s argument that a ban on the app infringes on users’ free speech. That’s because…
They’re not birds or planes; they’re drones. But Americans are wondering who is flying them and why there are so many of them. Mysterious drone sightings have recently been sighted across eastern states, prompting lawmakers’ call, for answers. Both the governor of New York and former governor of Maryland took to social media demanding transparency…
Amazon is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund and the company will air the event on its Prime Video service, an Amazon spokesperson said on Thursday. The Prime Video represents an in-kind donation worth another $1 million, the spokesperson said. The donations were first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Amazon joins another…
President Biden promised to take “more steps” following the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. Dr. Mehmet Oz has invested in companies that do business with the agency he would run if he becomes the country’s top health insurance regulator. Taylor Swift and Beyoncé came out on top at the Billboard Music Awards….