Less than a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to halt government payments that subsidize insurance plans for low-income Americans, Senate leaders agreed “in principle” to a bill that would cover the payments for two years. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, […]
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Vegas guard shot by Paddock vanishes before TV interviews
A union official representing the Las Vegas hotel security guard shot by Stephen Paddock before he rained gunfire on a music festival says the guard disappeared last week before he was scheduled for TV interviews. Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America leader David Hickey said Tuesday he last heard […]
WATCH: Colliding neutron stars create ripples in space-time, NASA says
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US military says IS ‘capital’ of Raqqa 90 percent freed
The U.S. military says the Syrian city of Raqqa is about 90 percent cleared of Islamic State fighters. After the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced that Raqqa was fully liberated on Tuesday, a spokesman for the coalition, Col. Ryan Dillon, told reporters at the Pentagon that more fighting remained. Dillion, […]
WATCH: 1st report of drone collision with commercial flight
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Congressman withdraws bid to be Trump’s drug czar after controversy
Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., withdrew his nomination to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy after a news report found that a bill he authored weakened the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to go after drug companies distributing large amounts of opioids. “Rep. Tom Marino has informed me that he […]
Congress’ already long to-do list keeps growing
President Donald Trump’s big announcements last week on health care and Iran have big implications, but ones Congress will largely have to sort out, adding major items to their already massive to-do list. With only 38 working days left for this year, here’s what Capitol Hill is trying to accomplish: […]
Trump says he’s ‘close’ to naming new HHS nominee
President Donald Trump says he’s “more than close” to naming a new health and human services secretary. But Trump tells Fox News Radio’s Brian Kilmeade in an interview Tuesday that he’s not ready to reveal a name because the individual’s background needs to be looked into a little bit more. […]
‘A Murder on Orchard Street’: The witnesses
Riding along with the police is exactly what I love about my job. I go where most people can’t or won’t or shouldn’t go, to observe the real people behind the scenes and experience the day-to-day lives that only insiders know about. After eight months of spending nearly seven-days-a-week with […]
Trump: Drug czar nominee, Rep. Marino, withdrawing his name
President Donald Trump says the Pennsylvania congressman he chose to be the nation’s drug czar is withdrawing from consideration for the job. Trump’s announcement Tuesday on Twitter follows reports that Republican Rep. Tom Marino played a key role in passing a bill that weakened the federal government’s authority to stop […]