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Kennedy urged his followers to back the former president in his first appearance since dropping out of the 2024 election. Former President Donald Trump says he will appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to a new federal panel on chronic disease should he win reelection, Trump announced during an Aug. 23 rally featuring the independent candidate.

The U.S. citizen and longtime Verizon engineer was the childhood friend of a Chinese intelligence officer. TAMPA, Fla.—A Florida engineer has pleaded guilty to acting as a Chinese agent to collect intelligence on dissidents and U.S. nonprofits and firms. Li Ping, a 59-year-old U.S. citizen born in China, on Aug. 23 admitted to conspiring to

Kurt Campbell will visit Vanuatu to dedicate the United States’ newest overseas mission, Embassy Port Vila. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell will travel to the Pacific island of Tonga next week to lead the U.S. delegation to the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting and promote U.S.-Pacific partnership goals. After his Aug.

The filing came after one federal appeals court paused consideration of the case because another federal appeals court blocked the plan. President Joe Biden asked the Supreme Court on Aug. 23 to reinstate a $475 billion student loan relief plan two weeks after an appeals court blocked the program. The government’s emergency application in the