Abortion pills can remain available through the mail for the immediate future after the Supreme Court on Thursday paused a lower court ruling that would have blocked access while a lawsuit proceeds.  The justices halted a May 1 order from the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that reinstated a requirement that women must visit a...

Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) on Wednesday filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), for accusing him of physically abusing her. Miller and Emily Moreno filed for divorce in August 2024 and have been engaged in a custody battle over their young daughter. Since then, Miller claims...

FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly took a “VIP” snorkeling trip around the USS Arizona during a visit to Pearl Harbor last summer, according to The Associated Press. The outlet reported Thursday that Patel made a previously undisclosed trip to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam last summer, citing government emails shared with AP. The war memorial site...

U.S. Central Command head Adm. Brad Cooper on Thursday confirmed that the office focused on civilian-harm reduction for the military arm was cut from 10 employees to one, a revelation that follows a deadly bombing of an Iranian school at the start of America’s war against Tehran. Cooper, the top U.S. military leader in the...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is using the issue of Taiwan to exert power over President Trump as the two leaders seek to tackle a number of hot button issues during their high stakes summit in Beijing this week. During their bilateral meeting on Thursday, Xi told Trump “the entire relationship” between Washington and Beijing would...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Wednesday said research has shrunk by 10 percent in the year following cuts by the Trump administration. “Counting federal and non-federal sources together, our campus-sponsored research activity is now 10 percent smaller than it was a year ago,” MIT President Sally Kornbluth said in a video message. “That...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) accused the Yale School of Medicine of race-based discrimination in its admissions, alleging Thursday that the school favors Black and Hispanic students over white or Asian students with the same test scores.  The finding came after a yearlong investigation that reviewed the school’s internal data and policies to determine if it was acting in accordance with a 2023 Supreme Court decision that...

House Republicans on Thursday narrowly voted down a resolution to end the war with Iran, marking the third time a war powers resolution has failed in the lower chamber since the conflict began. The vote was 212-212, with three Republicans crossing the aisle to support the measure: Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) and...

Federal health officials said they are monitoring 41 people in the U.S. for hantavirus but are not going to impose any movement restrictions on them. David Fitter, incident manager for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) hantavirus response, told reporters Thursday there no hantavirus cases in the U.S. Most of the affected people have been advised to remain at home and avoid contact with others during...

Prominent progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and conservative Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), a close President Trump ally, have teamed up to introduce a bill to impose a lifetime lobbying ban on members of Congress. The legislation would prohibit former members of the Senate and House from working as registered lobbyists or engaging in any activity...

Vice President Vance on Thursday stumped for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) as she seeks reelection, though he told voters that he is sometimes "frustrated" with her. The vice president was in the Pine Tree State to deliver remarks on the Trump administration's "efforts to combat fraud." Vance is the chair of the White House's newly...

Fox News host Jesse Watters took down a social media clip of his reporting about a CIA “raid” at Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard’s office, following pushback from the director’s office. Watters reported during a Wednesday taping of “Jesse Watters Primetime” that “the CIA just raided Tulsi Gabbard’s office.” “Agents hauled out dozens...