HHS Secretary RFK Jr. testified before the Senate on health policy. Well, the hearing was supposed to be about health care policy, but it quickly turned into a showcase of what Donald Trump did to federal health care policy by putting RFK Jr. in charge. PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) questioned the HHS secretary about his stated desire to send all black children to live on farms and work.Alsobrooks asked:You said, you said that all black children are now just standard, put on Adderall, on SSRIs, benzos, which are…
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Months after North Korea unveiled the country’s largest-ever greenhouse, analysts told Radio Free Asia that satellite images show less than half of the farm is operational, likely due to electricity shortages.According to state media, the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, personally led the construction of the Sinuiju greenhouse agricultural complex. It has been touted as a way to rejuvenate the Wihwa, Mado and Kumdong islands in the Yalu River near the border with China, which were flattened by floods in 2024.At the agricultural complex’s inauguration in February, Kim acknowledged that the flooding was the worst on record, but said the…
House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) announced Wednesday that an investigation has been launched into reports of FBI Director Kash Patel’s alleged drinking.The announcement by Judiciary Committee Democrats follows moves by the Senate to open an investigation into Patel.Unlike the Senate, the minority party in the House has investigative powers.PoliticusUSA provides 100% independent analysis. No bias or billionaire bias. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Democrats on the committee announced they would investigate Patel’s alleged drinking and demanded that the FBI director take a drug test for alcohol use disorder.Judiciary Committee Democrats wrote to Patel:A damning and explosive report recently…
Trump’s plan to steal the midterm elections by forcing red states to consolidate more Republican seats in the House of Representatives was a poorly thought-out effort with great potential to backfire upon its launch. The president assumed Democrats would not fight back. Trump also assumed that red states would line up across the country to carry out his wishes. PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Democrats fought back by playing by the same rules set by Trump. In California, Democrats adopted a new map that could give them five seats in the House. In…
Ceasefires and ending war are a good thing because it means more innocent people won’t die, but when a President of the United States starts a war, loses it, and doesn’t know how to get out of it, so he declares a permanent ceasefire, that’s surrender. Like recently like Tuesday morning on CNBCTrump spoke of new bombings against Iran:I expect to bomb because I think that’s a better attitude to take. But we are ready to go. I mean, the military is raring to go. They are absolutely incredible. You know, I built the military in my first term. I…
Since the Republicans took control of the federal government, they have been playing sleight of hand with the American people. There has been a lack of oversight of the Trump administration from the Republican majority in the House, and even when Republicans appear to be exercising oversight, things are not always what they seem.PoliticusUSA is 100% independent. We are not beholden to any political party, special interest or billionaire. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Donald Trump bragged about controlling the House majority and being the real Speaker of the House, and the president tried to bury the Epstein investigation almost…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is slowly moving toward a “more active defense posture,” analysts told Radio Free Asia, as Manila and Washington launch the largest iteration of their annual war exercises this week.The increased scope of the “Balikatan” exercises reflects the Philippines taking a more decisive role in its own defense, while remaining strongly committed to its bilateral alliance with the United States, analysts say. Although officials behind the “Balikatan” drills do not mention China by name, the war drills are taking place against a backdrop of growing Chinese tensions at sea. Japan, which like the Philippines also faces…
Virginia could be the next domino to fall Trump’s epic backlash by rigging the midterm elections. Donald Trump, the “steady genius” who came up with the plan to keep the House of Representatives under Republican control by forcing red states to redraw their maps, is teaming up with his No. 1 minion, House Speaker Mike Johnson, to try to get Republicans to the polls to vote tomorrow in a Virginia runoff election that could net Democrats four more House seats in November. Alex Isenstadt of Axios posted onTrump is apparently so lazy that they couldn’t convince him to hold a…
The war in Iran is absolute chaos. Nobody knows what’s going on. Trump swings wildly between optimism and claims that the war will end soon, to threats to resume bombing and escalate the war. Trump doesn’t even seem to know where his vice president is or whether he will participate in the negotiations. PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support our work by becoming a subscriber.Democrats see a big opening because the war is deeply unpopular with the American people, and Republicans increasingly fear being destroyed in the midterm elections because of high prices, inflation, war and gas prices.…
Donald Trump’s lies about the war in Iran work like clockwork. Since the start of the war, usually just before the stock markets open and close, Donald Trump has unexpectedly claimed that the war is almost over to manipulate the market. For more than a decade, Donald Trump has manipulated media coverage by forcing major corporate media outlets to repeat his lies to the point that a significant portion of the American people believe him.PoliticusUSA is 100% independent. We are not beholden to any political party, special interest or corporation. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Trump started the war in…