More than 40 leading medical, health and patient advocacy organizations have issued a joint statement sharply criticizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) following its December 5 vote to eliminate the universal recommendation for hepatitis B vaccination at birth. The unprecedented statement, signed […]
Air travelers who show up at airport security checkpoints without a REAL ID or other acceptable form of identification will soon face a $45 fee under a new identity verification program announced by the Transportation Security Administration on Monday. Beginning February 1, 2026, passengers aged 18 and older who lack a […]
U.S. consumer confidence fell sharply in November, hitting its lowest level since April, as Americans grew more pessimistic about current business conditions, the labor market, and their financial future, according to the latest report from The Conference Board. The Consumer Confidence Index declined by 6.8 points to 88.7 in November, […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will grant a “full and complete pardon” to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras currently serving a 45-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted in 2024 of conspiring to import more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States. […]
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Armed Services Committee announced a bipartisan investigation Saturday into reports that U.S. forces conducted follow-up strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, killing survivors who had initially lived through missile attacks. In a rare joint statement, Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and […]
More than half of all U.S. homes — 53 percent — are worth less today than they were a year ago, according to new data from Zillow. As of October 2025, the majority of properties have seen their Zestimate — Zillow’s automated home valuation tool — drop below levels recorded […]
A federal judge has halted the Internal Revenue Service’s practice of sharing confidential taxpayer address information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ruling that the data-sharing policy violates federal privacy laws and was implemented unlawfully. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a on November 21, granting an injunction in the case Center […]
The Trump administration has unveiled a new rule that would dramatically reduce federal protections for millions of acres of wetlands and streams across the United States. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the proposal on November 17, positioning it as a regulatory victory that will “cut red tape and provide predictability” […]
A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to patrol Washington, D.C., violates federal law and illegally infringes on the District’s authority to govern itself. U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary […]
Nearly 82 million Americans are projected to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday period this year, setting a new record for the nation’s busiest travel holiday, according to AAA’s latest forecast. The seven-day travel period from Tuesday, November 25 through Monday, December 1 will see 81.8 million people journey at least […]
