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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. found himself in the arena Thursday morning.Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building is not a conventional "arena." It's the hearing room for the Senate Finance Committee, but circumstances converted the room into such a venue. Kennedy was due to appear before the Senate Finance panel long before August "happened," but Kennedy’s "August" is what placed special focus on Kennedy’s appearance.RFK Jr. sacked newly-confirmed Centers for Disease Control Director Susan Monarez – four weeks after senators greenlit her nomination – and issued new, stringent, controversial eligibility guidelines for people to receive

Liberals are up in arms over reports that independent journalist Bari Weiss is eyeing a top role at CBS News as the new Paramount chief is inching closer to striking a major deal with her. Puck News reported Wednesday that Paramount CEO David Ellison, who just took over the company last month following his $8 billion merger with Skydance, is at the "one-yard line" with his plans to buy Weiss' online publication The Free Press and appoint her to a top editorial position at the struggling broadcast network. Weiss, a classical liberal who famously exited The New York Times in 2020 after

The National Democratic Committee seemed to reaffirm their support for New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a social media post on Wednesday, despite the surge of new reporting about the self-identified Democratic socialist's anti-Israel views and extreme, far-left policies. The DNC clipped and posted Mamdani telling "I've Had It" podcast hosts, Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan, "We welcome anyone to join this movement."Mamdani was describing how he fostered a broad coalition of supporters to win the Democratic primary in June by welcoming anyone to join his movement, including those who voted for President Donald Trump. Social media quickly seized

New York Jets star right guard Alijah Vera-Tucker tore his triceps and will be out for the season, head coach Aaron Glenn announced Thursday.Vera-Tucker, 26, sustained the injury in practice on Tuesday. He will undergo surgery and faces a seven-month rehabilitation."He was a big player for us, but we have to continue to keep rolling," Glenn said to reporters on Thursday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMGlenn said he is still evaluating who will take Vera-Tucker’s spot in the starting lineup. Xavier Newman is listed as the team’s backup right guard.Joe Tippmann, who has started at center the past

Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss has always focused on faith, family and football. But after being diagnosed with cancer last year, the Minnesota Vikings great added another "F" to his list of priorities: fight. Moss, 48, was diagnosed with stage 2 bile duct cancer and revealed in December that he had undergone major surgery to remove the mass. After a six-hour procedure, along with radiation and chemotherapy, the NFL great was finally cancer-free. "I was nervous," Moss said of his reaction when he first learned of his diagnosis during an interview with ABC’s "Good Morning America."  CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON

Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre opened up about his battle with Parkinson’s disease.The Super Bowl champion revealed last year he was diagnosed with the illness while he testified on Capitol Hill about welfare reform.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHe appeared on the recent episode of "The Sage Steele Show" and spoke more about his symptoms and his mental anguish as he goes through his day-to-day."What symptoms sort of arised here lately is I’m having a hard time swallowing," he told Sage Steele. "There’s times where I think I’m choking. It’s sort of scary because they can’t

Ashley Biden, daughter of former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden, wrote on social media that it was "one of the hardest summers of my life."The post comes after a summer during which the former first daughter faced two main challenges: her divorce and her father’s cancer diagnosis."August 2025. The summer of 2025 was one of the hardest summers of my life. I have been preparing for the fall (my fav season) and now ready for the RISE," she wrote as the caption of a carousel of summer photos. "Grateful for the support of friends and family.

It’s finally here. The start of the 2025 NFL season.The Philadelphia Eagles will begin their Super Bowl title defense against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. On Friday night, the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil. Each of the four teams who are the headliners for the first two days of the season have had some interesting storylines develop over the course of the offseason and training camp. But they are far from the only teams that have dominated the headlines.Read below for a quick recap of all of the offseason storylines for each team.CLICK

A federal appeals court approved Illinois' ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court ruling that found the gun restrictions passed more than a decade ago violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals handed down its decision on Tuesday, with Judge Joshua Kolar writing for the majority that the ban "is comfortably situated in a centuries-old practice of limiting firearms in sensitive and crowded, confined places.""The Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to self-defense. It does not bar the people’s representatives from enacting laws—consistent with our nation’s historical tradition of