Politics

President Donald Trump had an annual physical Friday and concluded, “I did well,” praising his own heart, soul and cognitive ability while noting medical reports from White House doctors may not be ready until the weekend. The 78-year-old, who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president, spent nearly…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a speech Friday to Food and Drug Administration staff, derided their past decisions, at one point saying that the agency had become “a sock puppet” for the industries it was meant to regulate, NBC News reported. NBC News obtained a recording of Kennedy’s address, his first joint appearance…

The White House on Friday hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him last summer — bumping the official portrait of one of his predecessors, Barack Obama. Hanging a new presidential likeness without advance notice is unusual, and Trump putting himself in that space could be seen…

An immigration judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil just a month after his arrest prompted national outrage and marked the start of the federal government’s broader crackdown on foreign students. The Louisiana judge affirmed the Trump administration’s controversial argument that Khalil’s beliefs threaten national security and therefore…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for people to get the measles vaccine while in the same breath falsely claiming it hasn’t been “safety tested” and its protection is short-lived. Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist now overseeing federal health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control…

Looking to cut pollution from its fleet of diesel-burning school buses, an Oklahoma school district last year doubled its electric vehicles. The Shawnee Public Schools, a 3,300-student district about 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Oklahoma City in a county that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump, figured the nearly $1.5 million for the four…

A man already jailed on federal charges of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump as he golfed last fall will face additional state terrorism and attempted murder charges, Florida’s attorney general said Thursday. Ryan Routh tried to undermine the country’s political system and will face state attempted first-degree murder and terrorism charges, Attorney General James Uthmeier said. “Attempting to…

Portland Thorns forward Deyna Castellanos says she did not play for Venezuela’s national team in a pair of recent games because of concerns she might not be able to return to the United States. At issue were the current and anticipated immigration and travel policies imposed by the Trump administration. “The uncertainty of like, ‘Yeah,…

Congressional Democrats are questioning whether President Donald Trump and his allies may have improperly acted on his suggestion Wednesday that it was a “great time to buy” stocks shortly before announcing he was cutting back on some of his new tariffs — a move that made the markets go up. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Thursday that Democrats “need to get…

Students from California to Ohio to North Carolina are losing their visas with no explanation, being taken off the street by plainclothes officers and finding themselves subject to accusations reserved for terrorists.   Authorities had revoked the visas of international students in at least 24 states as of Wednesday— with officials largely citing a seldom-used 1952 foreign policy statute to…