Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday. The news is the latest sign of the FDA’s heightened scrutiny of vaccines under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., particularly those using mRNA technology, which

House Republicans break with Trump, blocking a bid to protect tariff authority

Washington — A group of House Republicans defied leadership on Tuesday to sink a key procedural vote that would have barred lawmakers from overturning President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs.  Three Republicans joined all Democrats to defeat the effort, after GOP leaders delayed the vote by seven hours as they and the White House tried to

Grand jury declines criminal charges against 6 Democrats, sources say

A federal grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict six congressional Democrats who drew President Trump’s ire last year by taping a video telling members of the military that they must reject “illegal orders,” according to three sources familiar with the matter, including one within the Justice Department. The Democratic lawmakers are the latest Trump

Don Lemon now represented by ex-prosecutor who resigned from DOJ

A high-profile former prosecutor who was part of a wave of resignations from the Justice Department’s office in Minneapolis last month has a surprising new client: Former CNN anchor Don Lemon. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson notified a judge Tuesday that he now represents Lemon, who is battling charges from the Justice Department stemming

14-year-old girl describes being zip-tied during Idaho raid involving ICE

Wilder, Idaho — When Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue described the October raid on a popular community horse racing venue here, he hailed the detention of 105 undocumented immigrants and flatly rejected allegations that agents used zip ties to restrain some of the dozens of children present. Then he was presented with photographic evidence. Images

14-year-old girl describes being zip-tied during October raid involving ICE in Idaho

Wilder, Idaho — When Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue described the October raid on a popular community horse racing venue here, he hailed the detention of 105 undocumented immigrants and flatly rejected allegations that agents used zip ties to restrain some of the dozens of children present. Then he was presented with photographic evidence. Images