Senate Republicans have again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Yet the number of GOP senators voting against the war grew in the roll call Wednesday.
Dr. Marty Makary’s resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“The Hills” reality television show villain Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles, positioning himself as a savior and promising to tackle the city’s disorder and dysfunction.
The City Council voted unanimously for the change Tuesday following sex-abuse allegations against the late labor leader.
Environmental groups say the expected closure of a detention center in the Florida Everglades is linked to their lawsuit. The center could close in the next month or two.
A lawsuit filed on Wednesday in federal court in Tennessee targets the Memphis Safe Task Force.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is losing the confidence of some Democratic officials, who are concerned about the direction of the party’s political machine barely a year into his term.
President Donald Trump’s trade war with Beijing has sent U.S.-China trade into a freefall and forced companies on both sides of the Pacific to regroup. U.S. firms are looking for suppliers outside of China.
The Trump administration is expanding its fraud-busting initiative in federal health programs. On Wednesday, it announced a nationwide six-month freeze on new Medicare enrollments by hospice and home health agencies.
The Trump administration says a former executive at a private prison operator will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.