Senate Dems slam USAID inspector general's firing as doing more harm than good on curbing waste
The Senate Democrat pair condemned President Trump's firing of US Agency for International Development (USAID) inspectors and called on the administration to bring him back along with other watchdogs that ended in the previous weeks. Officers Gary Peters (Michigan) and Jeanne Shaheen (NH) say that the end of USAID inspector General Paul Martin and others […]
Surgeon general's warning sends alcohol stocks sliding
Shares of Spirit companies plunged Friday after the U.S. Surgeon General recommended that alcohol be labeled with cancer warning labels similar to those on tobacco products. Boston Beer Company, known for products such as Angry Orchard, Truly Hard Seltzer, Samuel Adams and Twisted Tea, measured a downward spiral of 3.83 percent. Molson Coors, the Canadian-American […]
Trump vows to restore Confederate general's name to NC military base
Former President Trump vowed Friday to revert Fort Liberty in North Carolina to Fort Bragg if elected this fall, more than a year after the military installation was redesignated to remove the Confederate general's name. Ta. “The first question I asked was, should we change the name back from Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg?” Trump […]
DeSantis says Florida won't comply with surgeon general's gun violence advisory
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said the state will not follow the Surgeon General’s new public health recommendations on gun violence, calling the measures “unconstitutional.” post X on Wednesday. “We will not comply,” DeSantis wrote. “The State of Florida will always reject the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional power grab.” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Tuesday […]