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Fetterman says WHCA dinner shooting 'not staged' as poll shows 1 in 3 Democrats think it was

11 May 2026 at 20:07
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Monday shamed his party following a statistic that showed 1 in 3 Democrats believe the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting was staged. “Assassinations + political violence are real. My party can’t be the tin foil hat brigade,” Fetterman wrote in a post on X. “I was there a table...

Supreme Court extends pause on abortion pill restrictions through Thursday

11 May 2026 at 20:05
Abortion pills will remain available through the mail until at least Thursday after Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary pause on a lower court ruling that would have blocked access nationwide while a lawsuit is argued.  The earlier order from the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit had reinstated a requirement that women must visit a healthcare provider in-person to...

GOP's Landry says Louisiana should be 'unshackled' from election litigation

11 May 2026 at 20:01
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) said his state should be “unshackled from the decades of litigation" after a notable Supreme Court decision involving the Pelican State that limited the scope of part of the Voting Rights Act. “Our voters are tired of it. I mean, does not Louisiana deserve some clarity?” Landry said in an...

Trump odds of voter revolt over economy hinge on Iran war impact

11 May 2026 at 20:00
President Trump's odds of facing a midterm election revolt over the economy may hinge on whether a vulnerable U.S. job market can withstand the conflict in Iran. The April jobs report, released Friday, defied expectations with a gain of 115,000 new workers and a stable unemployment rate at 4.3 percent. After more than a year of steep...

RFK Jr.: 'We're not worried' about hantavirus spreading after cruise ship outbreak

11 May 2026 at 19:48
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday the U.S. has the hantavirus "under control." During a press conference in the Oval Office about mental health, a reporter asked President Trump whether he regretted withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO) in light of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship that had more...

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  • Magic Johnson endorses Karen Bass in LA mayoral race Max Rego
    Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson on Sunday endorsed the city’s Democratic mayor, Karen Bass, for a second term in office. In a video Bass shared to the social platform X, Johnson said that he has known the mayor for three decades and touted her work to reduce homelessness and violent crime and build more...
     

Magic Johnson endorses Karen Bass in LA mayoral race

11 May 2026 at 19:37
Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson on Sunday endorsed the city’s Democratic mayor, Karen Bass, for a second term in office. In a video Bass shared to the social platform X, Johnson said that he has known the mayor for three decades and touted her work to reduce homelessness and violent crime and build more...

Cost of Trump's reflecting pool repairs balloon by $11.3 million, to $13.1M

11 May 2026 at 19:28
The cost of President Trump’s repairs to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have swelled by $11.3 million months after he first announced the project, which is intended to coincide with celebrations for the country’s 250th founding anniversary.  Originally, the president pegged $1.8 million for efforts to repaint the reflecting pool, waterproof its bottom and mend...

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  • Gorka: Trump hasn't met Iran timeline because US 'too effective' Ellen Mitchell
    Sebastian Gorka claimed the Trump administration had been “too effective” in its war in Iran in explaining why the conflict has stretched beyond President Trump’s initial prediction of a four-to-five-week timeline. Gorka, the senior counterterrorism director at the National Security Council, was responding to a question on how the American public should reconcile the original timeline...
     

Gorka: Trump hasn't met Iran timeline because US 'too effective'

11 May 2026 at 19:28
Sebastian Gorka claimed the Trump administration had been “too effective” in its war in Iran in explaining why the conflict has stretched beyond President Trump’s initial prediction of a four-to-five-week timeline. Gorka, the senior counterterrorism director at the National Security Council, was responding to a question on how the American public should reconcile the original timeline...

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  • White House proposal encourages companies to offer fertility treatment benefits Nathaniel Weixel
    A new proposed rule from the Trump administration aims to make it easier for employers to offer coverage of fertility treatments, as part of larger efforts to expand access to fertility services including in-vitro fertilization.  The new rule released Sunday from the Department of Labor would create a new exempted insurance benefit — in the same category as dental and vision benefit coverage— for treating infertility. Exempted...
     

White House proposal encourages companies to offer fertility treatment benefits

11 May 2026 at 19:22
A new proposed rule from the Trump administration aims to make it easier for employers to offer coverage of fertility treatments, as part of larger efforts to expand access to fertility services including in-vitro fertilization.  The new rule released Sunday from the Department of Labor would create a new exempted insurance benefit — in the same category as dental and vision benefit coverage— for treating infertility. Exempted...

Family of FSU shooting victim sues OpenAI over suspect's ChatGPT use

11 May 2026 at 19:10
The family of a victim in last year’s shooting at Florida State University has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging its ChatGPT chatbot “co-conspired” with the suspected shooter ahead of the crime. In a lawsuit filed in a Florida federal court Monday, the family of Tiru Chabba, one of two people killed in April 2025,...

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  • Rahm Emanuel: US military needs a revolution Max Rego
    Rahm Emanuel rolled out his latest policy proposal on Sunday, arguing that the U.S. military needs reform to compete in modern warfare. In an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, the former Chicago mayor wrote that the wars in Ukraine and Iran show that the Pentagon must “revolutionize” its approach to armed conflict. Drawing...
     

Rahm Emanuel: US military needs a revolution

11 May 2026 at 18:57
Rahm Emanuel rolled out his latest policy proposal on Sunday, arguing that the U.S. military needs reform to compete in modern warfare. In an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, the former Chicago mayor wrote that the wars in Ukraine and Iran show that the Pentagon must “revolutionize” its approach to armed conflict. Drawing...

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