A number of medical professionals expressed outrage Tuesday as the ongoing measles outbreak claimed two lives in Pennsylvania — the state’s first measles death in 35 years — amid Trump administration policies and rhetoric that critics have said exacerbated the issue.“Two measles deaths in Pennsylvan…
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For four generations, Krystal Polk’s family lived off a 2-acre plot in Southaven, Mississippi, raising chickens and pigs and growing their own food on land her family acquired “before people of color were allowed to have land.”A year ago, a power plant went up across the street, CBS News reported, a…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was slapped Tuesday with a new notice regarding the agency’s $464 million “ghost fleet” of jets, which were purchased in a controversial no-bid contract and have gone on largely unused.Three Senate Democrats sent their demands to DHS on Tuesday in a letter re…
Republicans are billing their first-ever midterm convention as a chance to seize back momentum after months of bad headlines, but behind the optimistic messaging, signs suggest the party isn’t sure how many candidates — or voters — will actually show up.Reuters contacted representatives for Republic…
A spokesman for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp disputes claims from the Republican gubernatorial nominee that he would deploy the National Guard to monitor the November elections.GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson made the claim during an Aug. 13 rally in Columbus, according to audio obtained by The At…
A resurfaced clip of President Donald Trump went viral online Tuesday as onlookers believed it may have revealed the origin of the mysterious 300,000-metric-ton ground beef shipment the president announced last week.Last Friday, Trump announced that he’d closed a deal to import 300,000 metric tons o…
President Donald Trump is about to face a hard reality as he rushes helter-skelter into an expanding trade war with Canada.According to a report from Politico, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has unified his country behind a strong stance against the American president, while Trump is simultaneo…
The Trump-installed board that runs the Kennedy Center told a federal judge the building will have to be torn down unless President Donald Trump’s name goes on it.Justice Department lawyers made the argument for Trump on Monday in a court filing before U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper. It oppo…
President Donald Trump took to social media Tuesday to announce that he’d instructed his Defense secretary to scale back the United States’ annual military exercise with South Korea in a near-identical post to one he made more than a week ago.Trump first made the announcement on Aug. 16, but on Tues…
A new detail about President Donald Trump’s close aide Natalie Harp has renewed questions about their relationship.The White House social media account posted video from Sunday’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix that appeared to crop the 35-year-old aide out of the frame as the president waved a green flag an…