Senate Confirms Mehmet Oz to Head Medicare and Medicaid

In a party-line vote, Democrats opposed Oz over questions regarding cuts to Medicaid, while Republicans praised his intention to reform the program. Dr. Mehmet Oz has been confirmed as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Senate approved the former attending physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and professor of surgery at Columbia

US Stocks Tumble After Trump Reveals Tougher-Than-Expected Global Tariffs

Energy, technology, and consumer discretionary sectors took the hardest hits, with losses around 7 percent. Industrials and financials fell by about 5 percent. U.S. stocks saw a sharp decline on April 3 after President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on many nations during a White House Rose Garden address on April 2, marking a new

Here’s How Much the US Is Tariffing Each Country

Aside from a universal 10 percent levy, roughly 60 countries will be hit with additional reciprocal tariffs. By Jacob Burg, Savannah Hulsey Pointer | April 03, 2025Updated:April 03, 2025 President Donald Trump on April 2 unveiled sweeping global tariffs aimed at reviving American manufacturing and countering what he describes as decades of unfair trade practices

Top Health Officials Placed on Leave as HHS Fires 10,000 Workers

High-level officials at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration were placed on leave. Top officials inside the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been placed on leave, including Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who succeeded Dr. Anthony Fauci as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as

Ford Announces ‘Employee Pricing’ for All Shoppers After Trump’s Tariffs

U.S. tariffs on auto imports went into effect on Thursday. Ford Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it will extend its employee pricing to all shoppers in the wake of widespread tariffs that were announced by President Donald Trump, including 25 percent duties on foreign-made cars that went into effect on Thursday. Framing its announcement

Al Sharpton, Critic of ‘Over-Policing,’ Threatens To Jail Anyone Who Disrupts NYC Mayoral Forum

‘I’ve instructed all our security to just remove you and hand you over to the po-po, and I will sign the complaint myself,’ says Sharpton Al Sharpton at the 2025 National Action Network Convention (YouTube) MSNBC host Al Sharpton, who has for years criticized law enforcement for the “over-policing” of “low-level crimes,” threatened to hand anyone who