(Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee will vote Tuesday on whether to advance President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the committee announced Sunday. In contentious confirmation hearings before the Senate Finance Committee last week, Senate Democrats accused Kennedy of being financially vested in […]

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — The tails of the Alabama Air National Guard’s F-35 Lightnings are painted red, like those of the Guard’s F-16s before them. It’s an homage to the famed Alabama-based unit of the Tuskegee Airmen, who flew red-tailed P-51 Mustangs during World War II. The squadron, which trained in the state, was the […]

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) – The parties leading up to Super Bowl Sunday are as big an attraction as the game itself and this week’s celebrity-filled festivities will look to incorporate the host city’s vibrant music and food scenes. More than 100,000 visitors are expected to descend on New Orleans this week and some of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s second week in office seemed to deliver a daily dose of deliberate jolts for the country. There were chaotic reminders of his first term. The White House found itself backtracking on its directive to freeze federal spending on grants and loans. And the Republican president indulged unsupported accusations after […]

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced to a raucus, record-sized crowd at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania. Phil was welcomed with chants of “Phil, Phil, Phil,” and pulled from a hatch on his tree stump shortly after sunrise before a […]