A Department of Health and Human Services official said Friday that the health department is not creating an autism registry, contradicting an announcement made days ago by the director of the National Institutes of Health describing his plans to study causes of autism. “We are not creating an autism registry. The real-world data platform will
Small businesses are begging for relief from steep new U.S. tariffs on foreign goods, saying the higher import taxes imposed on dozens of key trading partners Senator Ed Markey, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, said in a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) on Friday that smaller
Court papers stated that suspected gang member Cristhian Ortega-Lopez was living in a building on the judge’s property when the illegal immigrant was arrested. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday provided more details about a former New Mexico judge’s arrest the previous day for allegedly allowing an illegal immigrant and suspected Tren de Aragua
Israel is preparing a significant expansion of its military activity in Gaza over the next several days, according to Israeli media reports, a move that comes days after Hamas rejected Israel’s proposal for a temporary truce. The IDF’s goal is to penetrate deeper into Gaza by targeting Hamas’s strongholds and seizing territory still held by
The Pentagon set up a system in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office that enabled him to check messages on the encrypted messaging app Signal while at the office, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Two of the sources said the system bypasses standard Defense Department security protocols. A computer monitor in Hegseth’s office
The Pentagon listed Kasper as a special government employee just days after announcing three other senior defense officials were placed on leave. In an ongoing Pentagon leadership shake-up, Joe Kasper will no longer serve as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff. A senior defense official confirmed with The Epoch Times that Kasper will
The Democratic Primary field to replace Sen. Dick Durbin, who has served in office since 1997, is likely to get more competitive NEW YORK CITY—Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D-Ill.) on April 25 entered the 2026 U.S. Senate election, in the Democratic Primary for the race to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). Durbin, the