Senate set for confirmation vote on Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department
The Senate is set to vote Thursday on President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.
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Day 2 of RFK Jr. confirmation hearings kick off in Senate
Cassidy, the Republican chairman who spent 30 years as a doctor, pressed Kennedy repeatedly to answer whether he will “unequivocally” reassure Americans that the measles and Hepatitis B vaccines don’t cause autism, cutting Kennedy off when he wasn’t satisfied by the nominee’s answer Cassidy spent years vaccinating children against hepatitis B to prevent serious disease
U.S. economy grows 2.3% in last quarter, latest GDP data shows
The American economy ended 2024 on a solid note with consumer spending continuing to drive growth. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product — the economy’s output of goods and services — expanded at a 2.3% annual rate from October through December. For the full year, the economy grew a healthy 2.8%, compared
No Survivors Expected in D.C. Plane Crash, Officials Say
All 67 aboard a commercial plane and an Army helicopter are feared dead after a midair collision late Wednesday evening near Reagan Washington National Airport, the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster since November 2001. “At this point, we don’t believe there are any survivors from this accident,” D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services chief John Donnelly
FLASHBACK: Dems Swear Republicans Are To Blame for Border Crisis
In the waning days of the Biden administration, Democratic leaders said then-president Joe Biden couldn’t do much to stem the surge of illegal immigration at the southern border without an act of Congress. Then-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, for example, told CNN in February 2024 that “the folks who are getting in the way”
Watch Live: Kash Patel confirmation hearing for FBI director
Grassley, an Iowa Republican, opened the hearing by offering prayers to those who died in the plane crash in the Potomac late Wednesday night. “This is a horrible, hard-to-understand disaster that demands answers,” he said. Turning to Patel’s nomination, Grassley highlighted his background and stressed that it positions him well to lead the FBI. “Mr.
Watch Live: Tulsi Gabbard confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence
Gabbard, a former Democrat who represented Hawaii in Congress from 2013 to 2021, is an unconventional pick to oversee the nation’s 18 spy agencies. She served in the Army National Guard for more than 20 years, but does not have a background in intelligence. The 43-year-old was born in American Samoa and grew up in