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Federal wildland firefighters secured a permanent pay raise Friday after years of waiting for Congress to answer their plea. Included in the spending bill approved by Congress is a new pay scale and incident-response …
Federal firefighters secure permanent pay raises in spending bill Read More
A man was charged Friday with intoxication manslaughter after five people were killed and several injured in a late-night wreck in Austin, Texas, that involved over a dozen vehicles on …
5 dead in 17-vehicle Texas crash; man charged with intoxication manslaughter Read More
A month into his new role as health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is beginning to make his priorities for the country clear — and confirming some public …
Kennedy spends first month as health secretary downplaying vaccines and targeting food additives Read More
The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned as senior pastor last year after he admitted “inappropriate sexual behavior” in the 1980s has been indicted on five criminal counts involving a child, …
Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted on charges of lewd acts with a child Read More
Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Florida congressman and physician, is set to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for his nomination to lead the Centers for Disease Control and …
Dave Weldon, former lawmaker and vaccine critic, faces Senate grilling at CDC confirmation hearing Read More
A new NASA space observatory is scheduled to launch into orbit this week on a lofty mission to map more than 450 million galaxies. The SPHEREx mission (short for Spectro-Photometer …
NASA space observatory poised to launch on a mission to map 450 million galaxies Read More
Senior Trump administration figures are planning to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Saudi Arabia next week, officials on both sides said Thursday, as Ukraine scrambles to repair its tattered …
Ukraine and U.S. to give diplomacy another try after White House debacle Read More
President Donald Trump mentioned the transgender community half a dozen times throughout his address to Congress on Tuesday, though trans people make up an estimated 1% of the U.S. population. …
Fact-checking Trump’s anti-transgender comments in his address to Congress Read More
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, whose opposition to Covid lockdowns made him a polarizing figure during the pandemic, is set to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday to lead the National …
Who is Dr. Jay Bhattacharya? Trump’s pick to lead the NIH faces Senate confirmation hearing Read More
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking enforcement of the Trump administration’s executive order threatening federal funding for institutions that provide gender-affirming care for anyone under 19. U.S. …
Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that provide gender-affirming care for youth Read More