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Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare โ Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced a bill codifying President Trumpโs executive order to lower drug prices in the U.S., and heโs prepared to team up with the White House and House Republicans to pass the legislation. {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Khanna...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:NPRโs Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including former President Bidenโs cancer diagnosis has led to an outpouring of sympathy but comes at a time of renewed questions about the full picture of his health during his presidency and the battle on Capitol Hill over President Trump's budget plan.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Fabiola Jean-Louis has been researching and exploring her Haitian heritage to create art that reimagines history and identity through a deeply personal lens. That work is now on display in Boston in the exhibit "Waters of the Abyss." Special correspondent Jared Bowen takes us there for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:The Navyโs former No. 2 officer on Monday was found guilty of bribery and other counts related to steering work to a company in exchange for a job after leaving the service, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorneyโs Office for the District of Columbia. Retired Adm. Robert Burke, former Navy vice chief of naval...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:President Trump said he didnโt bring up his Easter plea to halt attacks on Ukraine during a phone call Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on Truth Social at the time, Trump posted โVladimir, STOP!โ after a particularly devastating attack in which Russian missile strikes against Kyiv killed a dozen civilians and...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Voters are heading to the polls in Pennsylvania on Tuesday for a few hotly contested primaries that could indicate the direction some want for the Democratic Party following its losses in November. The most notable elections are taking place in the stateโs two largest cities, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Both are battles between progressive incumbents and...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:President Trump is scheduled to participate in a Kennedy Center board dinner on Monday evening. Trump declaredin February ousted multiple Kennedy Center board members, making himself the chair of a new board. Later that month, one of his first-term appointees to the board floated a Jacqueline Kennedy-centered fashion show, an associated marina and potentially even...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:President Trump on Monday questioned why former President Bidenโs prostate cancer diagnosis was not caught and disclosed sooner. โI think itโs very sad, actually. Iโm surprised that it wasnโt, you know, the public wasnโt notified a long time ago,โ Trump said of his predecessorโs diagnosis, which was publicized on Sunday. Trump called a prostate test...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Less than a minute before the Cuauhtemoc training vessel sped backward into the bridge on Saturday, a radio call went out asking for help from any additional tugboats in the area.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:The U.S. government has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 rioter who was fatally shot by police during the 2021 attack on the Capitol, according to multiple reports.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:The National Weather Service is warning of still more days of dangerous weather conditions across the central U.S. The agency issued the forecast Monday after four days of tornadoes, thunderstorms and heavy rain killed more than two dozen people.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:{beacon} View Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Energy Dept. says certain LNG impacts fall outside authority The department said environmental impacts of natural gas export terminals fall outside its authority โ signaling the Trump administration may not give significant consideration to these impacts as it evaluates future gas export...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:President Trump and his allies are trying to thread the needle as they take digs at former President Bidenโs fitness for office in the wake of his prostate cancer diagnosis. Bidenโs diagnosis comes as a forthcoming book, due Tuesday, is shining a spotlight on his health and painting a dim picture of quick aging. Trump often bashes...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:After recovering from an initial jolt, U.S. stocks drifted through quiet trading following the latest reminder that the U.S. government may be hurtling toward an unsustainable mountain of debt.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:President Donald Trump is hosting the Kennedy Center's leadership at the White House on Monday night, reinforcing how much attention he's devoting to remaking a premier cultural center as part of a larger effort to overhaul the social and ideological dynamics of the national arts scene.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Richard told jurors at Sean โDiddyโ Combsโ sex trafficking trial on Monday that the hip-hop mogul threatened to kill her if she told anyone she saw him physically abusing his longtime girlfriend.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:A judge said that because the removal of the board by the administration was illegal, all subsequent actions are null and void, including the firing of the staff and the transfer of the headquarters to the General Services Administration.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Trumpโs tariffs are still huge, unpredictable and working their way through the system.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon said Monday that she is resigning after four years, the latest fallout at the network as its parent company considers settling a lawsuit with U.S. President Donald Trump over a 60 Minutesinterview with his former political opponent, Kamala Harris.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:New Jersey Transitโs train engineers have reached a tentative deal to end their three-day strike that had halted service for some 100,000 daily riders.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than two hours Monday, after the White House said the U.S. leader has grown โfrustratedโ with the Ukraine conflict.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Starting later this year, new Sesame Street episodes will run on Netflix, PBS and the PBS Kids app on the same day.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Humanitarian workers in Gaza have overflowed with anger, frustration and horror as Israelโs blockade pushed the territory into famine.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Gary Lineker, the England soccer great-turned-media celebrity, will leave his role as a presenter for the BBC after facing criticism for reposting an Instagram story about Zionism that featured a picture of a rat.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will comply with privacy policies regarding the use of customer data. 23andMe's bankruptcy filings had drawnscrutiny from lawmakers who warned that millions of customers'genetic data could be sold to unscrupulous buyers.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would control the whole ofGazadespite mounting international pressure that forced it to lift a blockade on aid supplies that has left the enclave on the brink of famine.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Spain's consumer rights ministry said on Monday it had ordered Airbnbto withdraw more than 65,000 listings for holiday rentals from its platform, saying they violated existing rules.
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Polish liberals performed worse than expected in a presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed, as Rafal Trzaskowski from ruling centrists Civic Coalition scraped to victory setting up a close fight for Warsaw's pro-European path.
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Aviation expert Robert Kokonis tells The Nationalโs Ian Hanomansing how U.S. air traffic controller shortages are leading to radar blackouts and radio silence in the skies.
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