Former CDC immunizations chief: ‘I only see harm coming’ with RFK Jr. leading HHS

by admin | Aug 31, 2025 | Politics

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunizations chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday that he’s concerned with the direction the agency is going and worried about public health going forward.Daskalakis, who served as...

Moore: ‘I have no interest in fighting with the president, but I have an interest in fighting for my communities’

by admin | Aug 31, 2025 | Politics

Nathan Luna/ABC News(BALTIMORE) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore defended his rhetoric against President Donald Trump over crime in his home city of Baltimore amid an escalating feud between the two leaders.”I have no interest in fighting with the president, but...

GOP Whip Rep. Emmer says church shooting suspect shouldn’t have been able to possess firearm

by admin | Aug 31, 2025 | Politics

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — GOP Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer said Sunday that Minnesota laws should have prevented the suspect from purchasing a gun that allowed them to kill two children and wound more than a dozen other people in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic...

Texas Gov. Abbott signs redrawn congressional map favoring Republicans into law after Trump push

by admin | Aug 29, 2025 | Politics

Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Friday that he has signed the bill redrawing Texas’ congressional map into law, a milestone for the Republican-driven mid-decade redistricting in the Lone Star state that comes as other...

What does the closure of the de minimis loophole mean for shoppers?

by admin | Aug 29, 2025 | Business

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A tariff loophole for low-cost shipments helped fuel an explosion of U.S. consumers purchasing shoes, sunglasses and a host of other items directly from sellers overseas. The Trump administration closed that exemption...