Tech billionaire Elon Musk endorsed a speech by 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday that criticized baby boomers' voting habits and praised podcast host Joe Rogan.

Donald Trump ’s FBI director pick Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard and Ambassador to the United Nations hopeful Elise Stefanik are among a string of confirmation hearings happening in the Senate today.

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Political campaign donors are getting more brazen about what they expect to buy with their dollar.

RFK Jr. is declaring war on chronic illness, which, if he succeeds, will not only make us healthier but will also cut down dramatically on sick care costs bringing him in line with DOGE goals.

But what stays with me isn’t the overwrought antipathy between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the tetchy tech titans who, in the summer of 2023, made noises — let’s call them grunts — about demonstrating their reciprocal disdain by squaring off and throwing down on the kind of stage used for Ultimate Fighting Championship events.

A Michigan priest had his license revoked by the Anglican Catholic Church after he mimicked a straight-arm gesture performed by Elon

Hearings are under way for FBI pick Kash Patel and Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard, along with a second round for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy vowed to fight chronic disease and called abortion a tragedy.

From Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s views on vaccines to Medicaid, here are some ways his nomination for head of the Department of Health and Human Services could have sweeping effects on health care

EXCLUSIVE: An early headache for Sir Keir Starmer has been resolved with the White House allowing Lord Mandelson to take up his post as the UK’s ambassador to the US. But the Trump administration has also sent a warning over the Chagos Islands deal