Pentagon Nominee Backs Manufacturers Such as Ford and GM to Build Weapons

Trump’s pick for deputy defense secretary told senators that the United States must expand the defense industrial base to keep pace with China. Stephen Feinberg, President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy defense secretary, told lawmakers on Wednesday that the opportunity to build weapons should be extended to major U.S. manufacturers such as Ford and General

DNC Operation To ‘Combat Online Misinformation’ Spreads Fabricated Audio of Donald Trump Jr. Calling To Arm Russia

DNC account ‘FactPost’ deletes false post after Trump Jr. representative denounces ‘100% fake AI generated audio’ Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention (Alex Wong/Getty Images) After President Donald Trump’s electoral victory in November, the Democratic National Committee launched a rapid response social media account, “FactPost,”  to “combat online misinformation.” On Wednesday,

Zeldin Likely to Cut 65 Percent of EPA Staff, Says Trump

The president says staff at the agency included ‘a lot of people that weren’t doing their job.’ WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, was moving to lay off almost two-thirds of his agency’s employees. “I spoke with Lee Zeldin, and he thinks he’s going to be cutting

FDA cancels meeting to update next season’s flu vaccines

The Food and Drug Administration unexpectedly canceled an annual meeting of its advisers to update next season’s influenza vaccines, an adviser on the panel and multiple officials confirm to CBS News, potentially upending the process to start manufacturing next winter’s flu shots. “We’re all left trying to understand what is going on. Why was this