Author: Nate
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Commerce Department Quietly Strips Anti-Interference Rule From Census Bureau Days After Voting Report Controversy
Commerce Department Quietly Strips Anti-Interference Rule From Census Bureau Days After Voting Report Controversy The Commerce Department removed language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy in an unannounced revision dated August 19, according to reporting published Monday. The change came one day after the Census Bureau, which falls under Commerce, issued an unusual…
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Trump Adds Nine Drugmakers to Medicaid Price Deal, Now Covering 89% of the Market
Trump Adds Nine Drugmakers to Medicaid Price Deal, Now Covering 89% of the Market President Trump announced Monday that nine more pharmaceutical manufacturers — including Alcon, Astellas Pharma, BeOne Medicines, BridgeBio, CSL, Kyowa Kirin, Sun Pharma, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and UCB — have agreed to “most-favored-nation” pricing deals tying their U.S. Medicaid prices to the lower…
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Trump Demands FCC “Punish” NBC’s Kristen Welker Over Endorsement Comment
Trump Demands FCC “Punish” NBC’s Kristen Welker Over Endorsement Comment President Trump said on Truth Social that NBC’s Kristen Welker should be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment” after she said during a local-affiliate interview that his primary endorsements had produced “mixed results.” Trump cited his own claimed endorsement success rates — 100%…
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Supreme Court Lets Trump’s $400 Million Ballroom Rise While Chief Justice Warns It’s “Likely Unlawful”
Supreme Court Lets Trump’s $400 Million Ballroom Rise While Chief Justice Warns It’s “Likely Unlawful” The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday to let President Trump continue construction of a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, blocking lower court orders that had put the aboveground portion of the project on hold. The five-justice majority, which included all…
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Iran Hits U.S. Bases in Jordan, Trump Vows to “Hit Them Hard”
Iran Hits U.S. Bases in Jordan, Trump Vows to “Hit Them Hard” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched missiles and drones early Monday at two U.S. bases in Jordan — King Hussein and Al Azraq — in an operation Tehran called “Punishment of the Aggressor.” Jordan’s military said it intercepted at least eight missiles, and…
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US and Iran Trade Strikes Again — and Trump Posts a Fake Video Claiming Credit
US and Iran Trade Strikes Again — and Trump Posts a Fake Video Claiming Credit The United States struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz late Sunday, with US Central Command saying it took “limited, precise action against IRGC minelaying forces posing an imminent threat” to shipping after observing…
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Russia Batters Kyiv for a Sixth Straight Night as Washington Fights Over the Aid Bill
Russia Batters Kyiv for a Sixth Straight Night as Washington Fights Over the Aid Bill Russia launched a large-scale aerial assault on Kyiv and the surrounding region beginning at 6 p.m. Monday and continuing into Tuesday morning, using ballistic, cruise and anti-radar missiles alongside 218 drones and decoys, about a third of them jet-powered, plus…
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Himalayan Flood Death Toll Tops 1,000 With Thousands Still Missing
Himalayan Flood Death Toll Tops 1,000 With Thousands Still Missing The death toll from catastrophic flooding across Nepal and Tibet passed 1,000 on Tuesday, authorities said, after a glacial collapse high in the Himalayas on Aug. 26 sent rock, ice and meltwater surging into valleys below in a bedrock failure that registered as a magnitude…
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The Met Cancels John Galliano’s Comeback Exhibit After Jewish Community Backlash
The Met Cancels John Galliano’s Comeback Exhibit After Jewish Community Backlash Fashion designer John Galliano withdrew on Monday, August 31, from “John Galliano: Horizons,” a Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute exhibition planned in his honor that was set to anchor the 2027 Met Gala. In a statement, Galliano said “I remain fully accountable for…
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Kanye West Wants Insanity Defense in Discrimination Case — His Own Accuser Says No
Kanye West Wants Insanity Defense in Discrimination Case — His Own Accuser Says No Benjamin Provo, a former security guard at Kanye West’s now-defunct Donda Academy, filed court papers seeking to block West from arguing he was of “unsound mind” during the conduct at issue in Provo’s employment discrimination lawsuit. Provo’s filing argues West is…