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Americans’ trust in the federal government’s recommendations for childhood vaccines has fallen in recent months, according to a new Axios/Ipsos survey released a day after a federal judge blocked changes made to vaccine policies by…

Senate Minority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Tuesday afternoon he’s “pessimistic” that the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act will receive enough Democratic votes to pass the voter registration reform legislation.  “I’m always…

A former Missouri pastor was suspended last week after it was discovered she worked for and managed the private island of late-sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for nearly a year.  

U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett ruled Tuesday that Texas must extend its deadline for private schools to apply for the state’s voucher program after a lawsuit alleged Islamic schools have been excluded from the school choice initiative.  …

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Diesel jumps past $5 per gallon The national average price for diesel has exceeded $5 per gallon as the war in Iran strains oil…

An Iranian news agency affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed Tuesday that Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, is dead, hours after Israel said he and another senior Iranian official…

Five Illinois Democrats are retiring from the House in 2026, with candidates duking it out for the party’s nod in primary elections on Tuesday. Democratic Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Robin Kelly, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia…

Four candidates are vying for the Republican nomination to face off with Gov. JB Pritzker (D) in Illinois’s gubernatorial election this November. Darren Bailey, Ted Dabrowski, Rick Heidner and James Mendrick will compete Tuesday in…

Several GOP candidates are running in a Tuesday primary in Illinois to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin this November. There are several Republicans on the ballot, including Don Tracy, the former Illinois GOP chair, and…

North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) has requested a recount after unofficial election results showed him narrowly trailing his challenger in the GOP primary race for his state Senate seat. Berger and his opponent,…

Illinois’s lietunenat governor and two Democratic lawmakers are jockeying for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin this fall in a Tuesday primary contest. Juliana Stratton as well as Reps. Robin Kelly and…

A retired general on Monday accused President Trump of having “completely mismanaged” the U.S. conflict in Iran. Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson, in a guest appearance on “The Weeknight” on MS NOW, slammed the president for…

A federal judge seemed freshly skeptical of President Trump’s White House ballroom construction project as he weighed a new bid by preservationists to halt it.   U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday sharply pressed the Justice Department (DOJ) over the varying…

Joe Kent’s resignation from the National Counterterrorism Center over objections to the U.S. war in Iran is putting a spotlight on divisions in the GOP and President Trump’s MAGA coalition. Until Kent’s resignation on Tuesday,…

A lawsuit filed on Monday against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI alleged that photographs of three Tennessee teenagers were used to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) with the Grok tool. The suit, filed…

French President Emmanuel Macron said his country “will never take part” in operations to open the Strait of Hormuz as President Trump pushes for other countries to do so amid the conflict with Iran. “We…

President Trump and Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin will participate in the annual Shamrock Bowl presentation on Tuesday afternoon at the White House. The St. Patrick’s Day tradition, which began during the Truman administration in 1952,…

The Senate voted Tuesday to begin a long and contentious debate over the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require people to show documented proof of citizenship when registering to vote and a photo…

Airlines for America CEO and former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said Monday he does not believe the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown has hit a “breaking point,” even as security lines grow…