Top CDC Vaccine Adviser Questions Need for Polio Shot
The chair of the federal vaccine advisory panel is calling for a reassessment of long-standing vaccine policy, including whether routine polio shots remain necessary, arguing that individual freedom — not rigid public health mandates — should guide federal health decisions.
Vance: Far Left, Local Leaders Fuel Minnesota Deportation Unrest
Insisting that he was in Minnesota to calm tensions, Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed “far-left people” and state and local law enforcement officials for the chaos that has unfolded during the White House’s deportation campaign.
Republicans narrowly reject efforts to handcuff Trump’s war powers in Venezuela

A majority of House Republicans banded together on Thursday to defeat a bipartisan war powers resolution that could have restricted President Donald Trump from taking future military action in Venezuela. The House GOP managed to defeat the measure with its razor-thin majority in a victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and the White House. The […]
Report: CBS Could Ax Pelley Over Weiss Criticism
“60 Minutes” correspondents Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi could be fired by CBS News after publicly and repeatedly criticizing new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, the New York Post reported Thursday.
Patel reveals bizarre ‘self-awarded’ trophy former FBI officials made to celebrate Trump probe

FBI Director Kash Patel shared a picture of what he said was a “self-awarded” trophy made by former FBI officials to celebrate Operation Arctic Frost, an investigation launched after the 2020 election targeting President Donald Trump and his allies. The bizarre metallic-colored, 3D-printed award featured “AF” with a lightening bolt and dollar sign printed along […]
7 House Democrats break with Jeffries to pass DHS funding despite ICE backlash

Seven Democrats voted with Republicans on Thursday to pass a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill, despite opposition from their own leadership over unmet demands for additional guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. The DHS bill will be bundled alongside three other spending bills, totaling a combined $1.2 trillion in federal spending. […]
US formally exits World Health Organization, locking in Trump’s break from global health body

The United States has formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday. Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office in 2025 announcing the intention of the U.S. to withdraw from the WHO due to its mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Education Department: N.Y. School Broke Law Over Mascot
The U.S. Education Department says a Long Island school district violated federal civil rights law by altering its Native American-themed mascot name to comply with a New York state ban on Native American imagery in school mascots.
WH Touts Largest 1-Year Decline in Homicides on Record
FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday credited President Donald Trump’s law-and-order agenda for what Patel called the largest single-year drop in murders in U.S. history, pointing to new figures that show homicides falling sharply in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second …
Air Force Says Qatari-Donated Jet on Track for Summer Delivery
The Air Force says a Qatari-donated luxury jet being refurbished for use as a new Air Force One is on track for delivery to President Donald Trump as early as this summer, though the exact date remains undetermined.