Posts by De maron
With new cuts at CDC, some fear there’s ‘nobody to answer the phone’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff and supporters protested cuts to the agency outside its headquarters in August. Over this past weekend, hundreds more employees were fired. Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg/Getty Images Around 600 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were cut over the long weekend,…
Read MoreThe final tally on chaotic HHS layoffs
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Read MorePorter on viral videos: 'I could have handled things better'
California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter acknowledged in an interview on Tuesday that “I could have handled things better” after several videos published over the last week generated criticism around her behavior. “When I look at those videos, I want people to know that I understand that I could have handled things better. I think…
Read MoreTrump awards the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Charlie Kirk
Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally for now-President Trump in Glendale, Ariz., in August 2024. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Noble/Getty Images President Trump posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the White House on Tuesday, just over a month after he…
Read MoreGOP seeks to ramp up political pain for Democrats on shutdown
Senate Republicans are ramping up pressure on Democrats over the shutdown, taking away a vote on a Democratic alternative to open the government and blaming the party for worsening hardships for military families. In a now familiar scene Tuesday night, the Senate rejected a House GOP measure to open the government by a 49-45 vote.…
Read MoreFacebook scraps ICE lookout page
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Read MorePowell: Fed has 'no risk-free path' as unemployment, inflation rise
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Tuesday that the U.S. economy faces serious threats regardless of the approach the central bank takes to bringing down interest rates. In a Tuesday speech, Powell said the Fed is trying to balance a weakening labor market with rising inflation as it plots a plan for interest rates, but…
Read MoreNew York to appeal after judge OKs radioactive Indian Point water in the Hudson
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — A federal judge in New York last month struck down the state’s Save the Hudson Act, a law that aimed to prevent Holtec International, the owner of the decommissioned Indian Point nuclear plant, from dumping over a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River. Still, despite the ruling and…
Read MoreJim Jordan demands Jack Smith testify in 'weaponized' probe
GOP Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) is demanding that former Special Counsel Jack Smith testify before the Judiciary Committee, blasting him in a Tuesday letter for allegedly weaponizing federal law enforcement. “As the Committee continues its oversight, your testimony is necessary to understand the full extent to which the Biden-Harris Justice Department weaponized federal law enforcement,”…
Read MoreWatch live: Trump meets with Argentina's Javier Milei
President Trump is meeting with Argentinian President Javier Milei at the White House on Tuesday. The Argentinian leader, who recently secured a financial lifeline from the Trump administration ahead of key elections, arrived shortly before 2 p.m. EST, shaking hands and smiling for photos with Trump. Milei lavished praise on Trump ahead of the meeting.…
Read MoreDonald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize after freeing Israeli hostages
Give Donald Trump a Nobel Peace Prize! Seriously, there’s a good argument to be made that the president deserves it. Thanks to Trump, there is finally peace in Gaza, and all remaining living Israeli hostages have been returned. Trump achieved what President Biden could not: He persuaded the Israeli government, which under Benjamin Netanyahu…
Read MoreWhat an American communist really looks like
In the 1930s, the Communist Party of the United States of America boasted nearly 100,000 members. Today, its few thousand remaining adherents include two full-time employees and a few splinter groups who claim the label. It is scarcely a “Red menace.” Worldwide, communist ideology is largely spent, with China only nominally communist; Vietnam effectively a U.S.…
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