Casey Means, a Stanford-trained physician turned wellness influencer, faces a remote Senate confirmation hearing to become surgeon general, more than five months after being named to replace Dr. Janette Nesheiwat. Critics cite her incomplete surgical training, inactive medical license, and controversial views on vaccines, birth control, and raw milk, while...
Republicans received a briefing on U.S. strikes against suspected drug-smuggling boats, while Democratic senators were excluded, drawing sharp rebukes from Senate Intelligence Vice Chair Mark Warner. He called the move a partisan stunt and demanded Democrats be given the same briefing and the Justice Department OLC memo shown to Republicans....
At a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, Vice President JD Vance called for sharply reducing legal immigration, criticizing President Joe Biden's policies and arguing the U.S. must prioritize cohesion and assimilation. He urged avoiding American deaths in unnecessary foreign conflicts, praised President Donald Trump's Middle East...
President Donald Trump said the United States will share guarded technology to help South Korea build a nuclear-powered submarine, following talks with President Lee Jae Myung. Lee pushed to modernize the alliance and plans to increase defense spending, clarifying Seoul seeks nuclear fuel, not weapons, and saying nuclear boats would...
The Virginia House of Delegates voted Wednesday to advance a constitutional amendment letting the legislature redraw congressional maps for 2026, despite a voter-created bipartisan commission. The measure, headed to a Senate expected to approve it, would permit mid-decade remapping only after another state acts and would expire in October 2030....
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia successfully tested the nuclear-powered Poseidon underwater drone, calling it unmatched in speed and depth and impossible to intercept. He gave no launch details, saying it "traveled for a certain amount of time." The claim followed his weekend announcement that the nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile had...
Senate Democrats accused President Donald Trump of losing a self-inflicted trade war with China in a report ahead of his meeting with Xi Jinping in South Korea, warning tariffs have raised costs, hurt farmers, and left the U.S. with a weak hand. Citing data, they note CPI inflation rebounded to...
In Gyeongju, South Korea, President Donald Trump said he has directed the Pentagon to “immediately” resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing, writing on Truth Social that the “Department of War” would begin testing on an equal basis with other countries ahead of his meeting with China’s Xi Jinping. The United States...
Less than a week before Election Day, a PPIC poll finds 56% of likely California voters back Proposition 50, the redrawn congressional map that could net Democrats five House seats; 43% oppose it. Support is 84% among Democrats, 55% among independents, while 89% of Republicans oppose. Sixty-eight percent call the...
National Guard troops will remain mobilized in Washington, DC, at least through February 2026 after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth extended orders that were expected to lapse at November’s end, a move not previously reported, people familiar said. The deployment—2,387 troops as of Wednesday from DC and several states—faces a legal...
