Cornyn, Casar spar over DHS funding outside Austin airport

Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) crashed a Monday press conference led by Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R), causing the two to spar over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding lapse. Cornyn was delivering food from Texas-based fast food chain Whataburger to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers, who missed their first full paycheck…

Judge blocks parts of RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda, including revised schedule

A federal judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul federal vaccine policy. In an opinion issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Boston sided with the American Academy

In SXSW Appearance, Columbia Encampment Organizer Mahmoud Khalil Says It’s ‘Very Racist’ To Ask Him To Condemn Hamas

He also complained he can’t ‘contextualize’ Oct 7 without condemnation Mahmoud Khalil (SXSW/YouTube) In an appearance at the South by Southwest festival on Sunday, Columbia University encampment leader Mahmoud Khalil said “it’s very racist to ask a Palestinian” to condemn Hamas. The moderator, the Guardian‘s U.S. editor, Betsy Reed, asked Khalil to explain why he refused to condemn Hamas