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The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the U.S.’ first flu shot that uses mRNA technology: mFlusiva, from drugmaker Moderna. The FDA granted approval for two age groups, adults 50 to 65 and adults 65 and up, on the condition that Moderna run an additional clinical trial in the older group, the company said in a release. In a late-stage trial, mFlusiva was found to be about 27% more effective than a standard flu shot. Many scientists and public health experts have touted the idea of an mRNA-based flu vaccine, which uses the same messenger RNA platform as the...

According to various reports, Iran is pushing for a transit fee of between 5% and 7% of the cargo's value, while Oman has reportedly proposed a lower 3% toll. The Strait of Hormuz has long been one of the world's most strategically sensitive maritime chokepoints. Now, reports suggest Iran wants to transform it into one of the planet's most lucrative revenue streams by charging commercial vessels a transit fee worth up to 7% of the value of their cargo — a move that could reshape global shipping economics and intensify geopolitical tensions in West Asia. According to a Reuters report,...

As Tennessee Republicans gear up to choose their nominee for governor on August 6, the race between U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn and U.S. Representative John Rose has seemingly become more competitive than many observers expected, according to one poll.

Abdul El-Sayed sparked online controversy moments after capturing the Democratic Party’s nomination in Michigan's Senate race for his word choice in challenging Republican nominee Mike Rogers to a series of five debates. "I know you're going to say no because you're a coward. Five debates. All right?" El-Sayed said. "You and I both know that you will wither in front of your own crimes, but I'm gonna make sure Michiganders know about them. By the time we're done, you are not going to have safe quarter from people holding you accountable for what you've done," El-Sayed continued. The language of...

A mass shooting at Leinbach Park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Monday (April 20) left two teenagers dead and five others injured, according to local authorities. Police said the violence began as a planned fight involving several young people, which escalated into gunfire around 9:52 a.m. Officers arrived to find Erubey Romero Medina, 17, dead in the parking lot and Daniel Jimenez Millian, 16, dead inside the park. Both had suffered fatal gunshot wounds. Five other young people—a 14-year-old girl, a 15-year-old girl, a 17-year-old girl, an 18-year-old boy, and a 19-year-old girl—were also shot, with injuries ranging from minor...

The Northern District of Texas strikes again, granting final judgement in a case with GOA and Silencer Shop Foundation to challenge the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act. The Judgement rules that because the government no longer collects a tax on short barrel rifles, short barrel shotguns, and suppressors, then their entire regulatory scheme is unconstitutional as it exceeds their authority as it no longer uses the enumerated taxing power

Evan Barker believed she was a lifelong Democrat. Born into a Kansas City union family, she campaigned for Barack Obama while still in high school and was a community organizer for Hillary Clinton in 2015. Working for the consultancy Left Rising, she writes, “I built my name as a ruthless fundraiser … I was a live player who helped progressive insurgents” — including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush and Jasmine Crockett — “infiltrate from within.” But her new book, “Nothing Left” (Threshold Editions), out today, gives a look at how Barker lost faith in her party — and, in 2024, voted...

A half dozen House Democrats in safe districts have lost their primaries so far this election cycle — and many more could soon follow suit. Why it matters: Many of these losses are the result of growing restlessness among the Democratic grassroots that has increasingly morphed into anger towards the party establishment. "I expected a lot of people to run because they didn't know how to respond to Trump without just being active," Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) told Axios He added: "We're seeing that and all the primary electorate voting right now." Driving the news: Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on...

UEFA is set to continue its boycott the World Cup until Gianni Infantino is removed from his position, Daily Mail Sport understands. European football’s governing body today issued a statement reiterating that it had lost confidence in the FIFA president in the wake of his aborted World Cup sell-off. UEFA previously said that Infantino’s proposal would have to be withdrawn and that it would need assurances that such ‘attempts to disfigure the game this way will never be made again’ before it lifted its self-imposed ban.

Democratic members of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee announced Tuesday that they will refuse to participate in a hearing on Wednesday focused on Muslim Brotherhood networks within the United States. The boycott targets a session organized by Federal Courts Subcommittee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX), titled “Hidden in Plain Sight: Confronting the Muslim Brotherhood Network in America.” The proceeding aligns with broader initiatives by national and state Republicans aimed at cracking down on the group, which includes proposals to classify its various branches as terrorist organizations. In a joint statement, Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Alex...

Arizona's largest county suffered a significant breach of its election data in the days before the 2020 presidential election when a self-described hacker foiled security and obtained 633,000 voter registration files but the Biden Justice Department and local prosecutors declined to bring charges even after the FBI got the suspect to confess, according to declassified documents made public Thursday by the White House. The scraping of Maricopa County's voter registration files was the most flagged security incident in a cyberintrusion log kept by U.S. spy agencies in the days around the Nov. 3, 2020 election, and it caused an extensive...

A nonprofit organ donation provider for several states, including Kentucky, is losing its certification. During a visit to the University of Kentucky Wednesday, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the decertification of Network for Hope. "We will not tolerate organizations that compromise patient safety or betray the trust of donors or their families," Kennedy said. "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization serving Kentucky and parts of Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia." The announcement comes after Kennedy said reviews found persistent patient safety failures,...

There is “nothing more American” than socialism, and it has proven to deliver life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Colorado congressional candidate Melat Kiros asserted during a recent interview. Kiros, who believes there should be a Trans Bill of Rights, made the declaration during a recent interview on PBS’s Firing Line with Margaret Hoover . The candidate staunchly defended socialism, asserting that it has delivered on the ideas outlined in the founding documents of the United States. “I don’t think there’s anything more American than subscribing to an economic philosophy that, as the evidence shows, is the only one...

Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico accused his Republican opponent of voter fraud — all while being guilty of the same violations himself, according to two new reports on Wednesday. The reports — from The Texas Tribune and ProPublica — found Talarico "may have violated state voting laws" by voting in five elections using his parents' address instead of the one where he actually resides. At minimum, it would be hypocritical, given what he said about Texas Attorney General and Senate candidate Ken Paxton last month.

Luigi Mangione's push to livestream his murder trial isn't about transparency, it's a stunt designed to pressure jurors, a former federal prosecutor is arguing. Lawyers for the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin argued in a Friday filing that the media access rules for his state trial are unconstitutional, and said the proceedings should be livestreamed. Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Mangione's attorney, said that her team wasn't consulted on media access for the upcoming September trial, and only became aware of a document titled "Media Access: PSNY v. Mangione" from an independent journalist on X. Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, president of West...

Former Quebec tourism minister Caroline Proulx has been ordered to personally pay more than $60,000 in damages after a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled she unlawfully cancelled a Christian conference because of its pro-life message. In a decision released Friday, Justice Alain Trudel found Proulx acted "in an arbitrary and abusive manner" when she ordered Quebec City's convention centre to cancel a rental agreement for Harvest Ministries International's "Faith, Fire, and Freedom" conference just 10 days before it was scheduled to begin. The British Columbia-based Christian ministry had booked the Quebec City Convention Centre for a 10-day event in June...

A New York town is facing legal trouble after elected leaders said it was okay to display Islamic symbols in the public square, but not Christian symbols. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has filed a federal lawsuit accusing officials in Brighton, New York.....

Seven teenagers were injured in a fatal crash involving a stolen car in Maryland. At approximately 5:25 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Aug. 4, police responded to reports of a “serious collision” between a Toyota Matrix and a stolen Kia Optima at the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Clopper Road in Germantown, the Montgomery County Police (MCP) said in a statement. “Officers located both vehicles with extensive damage,” said the MCP. “...The preliminary investigation determined that the white Kia Optima, reported stolen from a Montgomery County residence several hours after the collision, entered the intersection and struck a Toyota...

Tucker Carlson used a highly promoted livestream Wednesday to unveil a 10-point vision for America — defining the worldview of a breakaway MAGA faction increasingly at odds with President Trump. Why it matters: After vowing last month to "help build a third party," Carlson fueled further speculation this weekend by hosting MAGA dissidents at his home in Maine, where they urged him to run for president in 2028. The former Fox News host stopped short of a formal launch, instead presenting the manifesto as the foundation for "whatever comes next" — a new political order he said could "find all...

Cyberattacks on U.S. water systems that officials suspect may be linked to Iran-backed hackers have been reported in at least a dozen states, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Wednesday. Those states include Michigan, Minnesota, Georgia, New Jersey and South Dakota. In Minnesota specifically, more than 30 community water systems were impacted, CBS News previously learned. In Georgia, the Clayton County Water Authority, which serves 300,000 customers in the Atlanta area, said cyber activity last month caused a water pressure drop and forced the agency to issue a boil water advisory. Service was restored within hours, however....