NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division testified before the Senate on Wednesday in a confirmation hearing that could shape the future direction of the government’s fight against Big Tech. If confirmed, Adam Candeub, a longtime telecommunications law scholar and former Federal Communications … Read more
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making her the health agency’s first permanent director in roughly a year. Schwartz served as deputy surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first term; before that, she was a Navy physician and chief medical officer in the Coast … Read more
Famed British Nepali climber Nirmal Purja has been confirmed dead after being swept away by an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak earlier this week, his expedition company said Saturday. “It is with profound sadness and immense heartbreak that we confirm that Nirmal Purja tragically lost his life following the avalanche on Broad Peak,” Purja’s company … Read more
President Trump delivered an ultimatum to Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn on Saturday, telling them to stop stalling on confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general or he would push again to make his anti-weaponization fund a reality. Tillis and Cornyn have refused to vote for Blanche as the full-time attorney general unless it is … Read more
Nearly 7,000 people nationwide may have cyclosporiasis, a foodborne illness that can cause weeks of severe diarrhea, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. The bulk of the cases are in Michigan, which has confirmed 3,309 cases on its own. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and … Read more
Some families in Venezuela are mourning and others are desperately trying to find loved ones who had been deported from the U.S. and arrived hours before the earthquakes struck last week. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The deportees were being processed at the Hotel … Read more
Aid supplies and help are rushing into Venezuela, four days after massive back-to-back earthquakes. The death toll has risen above 1,400 and tens of thousands are still missing. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Source link
Bunia, Congo — Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said, as tracing those who had been in contact with patients remains a major challenge. A total of 100 people have recovered in the outbreak concentrated in the Ituri province since it was declared on May … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump declared in an early Wednesday morning Truth Social post that a scheduled Senate hearing on Jay Clayton’s nomination to serve as director of national intelligence would not move forward Wednesday. The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has a hearing on Clayton’s nomination for … Read more
Officials confirmed at least 11 victims after an active shooting in Midland, Texas, on Friday. CBS News Texas’ Ken Molestina reports. Source link