President Trump signs an executive order Monday banning all federal funding towards “dangerous" gain-of-function research in China, Iran and other countries, and blocking all federal funding for foreign research that could cause another pandemic.
Two-term Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who was the GOP's top Senate recruit in battleground Georgia in next year's midterm elections, announced he is passing on launching a campaign.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett urged the graduating class at a historically Black college to claim their own seat at the table, while reminding students of the bystanders who rushed to defend a Black man in Montgomery in 2023 when he was attacked by a group of White boaters.
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is now a registered Republican after leaving the Democratic Party and calling it the "party of paid protests, purple hair, and pronouns."
New York is leading 20 states in suing the Trump administration over its HHS cuts, described as one the most "sweeping and unlawful assault on public health" in U.S. history.
The White House says the Trump administration is "exploring all options" but has made no final decisions on a foreign moviemaking tariff.
State attorneys general sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Sen. Chuck Grassley to confirm Ed Martin as U.S. attorney.