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.

Burning Eyes, Breathing Problems, And Rashes: Residents Claim California’s Lithium Battery Fire Made Them Sick. Officials Deny the Health Risks.

The world’s largest lithium battery plant erupted in a massive blaze on Jan. 16, smoldering and smoking near Monterey, Calif., for days. A sharp chemical smell swept through from Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing Power Plant to the surrounding foothills, up the coast toward Santa Cruz, and down into the Salinas Valley’s farming mecca. Nearly two

Day 2 of RFK Jr. confirmation hearings set to kick off in Senate

  Updated 17m ago On Day 1, Smith calls Kennedy and Trump “dangerous to mifepristone” Smith spars with RFK Jr. over school shootings, antidepressants 06:49 Sen. Tina Smith, a Democrat from Minnesota, used part of her time during Wednesday’s hearing to revisit Kennedy’s stance on abortion, saying the answers he has given to the committee