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Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow Tuesday he suspects China is cooking its books on economic growth. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday told the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government that the Trump administration has not talked with China about trade or negotiating an end to increased tariffs. During an appearance on “Kudlow,” the senator said he suspects China’s economy was “weak as rainwater.” “I’ll bet you a soda and a nice hat [that] China’s economy is not growing at more than 2%,” Kennedy said. “They say 5%, but...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., together with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Mary Makary, announced a new round of food dye bans on Tuesday afternoon at a press conference here. The agencies shared their intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply. "Today, the FDA is taking action to remove petroleum-based food dyes," said Makary as he kicked off the press conference. "For the last 50 years, American children have increasingly been living in a toxic soup of synthetic chemicals. The scientific community has conducted...

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that President Donald Trump “has won” with his tariff policies because 40% of the world wanted to negotiate. Kennedy said, “Here’s my point from one perspective, from my perspective, you may not, share it. President Trump has won. We have an opportunity here. I hope he seizes it.” Co-host Joe Scarborough said, “Senator, I don’t know that I would say the president’s one yet because we just don’t know how like you like you said, we don’t know how this is going to shake out.” Kennedy said, “When I say...

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) battered a DOJ spokesman from pillar to post in a contentious House Judiciary Hearing focused on whether federal judges could block President Trump’s actions via universal injunctions. The courageous senator pointed out the vast web of liberal judges who are abusing the Constitution to undercut President Trump’s authority. For context, this hearing was held in the run-up to an upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Rule by District Judges II,” which will be held on April 2, 2025, and is designed to investigate federal judges who have halted Trump’s executive orders with an unprecedented 87 universal...

If you have autism in the family, history of autoimmune disorders, MTHFR mutation: delay vaccines until at least age five, or never. Do discuss…know the risks of not vaccinating. Pregnancy: Birth: No Hep B No vaccines (No Tdap, No flu) 2 months: Hib, DTaP (No Hep B, Rotavirus, IPV) 3 months: Prevnar 4months: Hib, DTaP (No Rotavirus, IPV) 5 months: Prevnar 6 months: Hib, DTaP (No Hep B, Rotavirus, IPV) 7–9 months: Prevnar 1 year: 18 months: DTaP Hib, Prevnar (No MMR, Hep A, Varicella) 2 years (No Hep A) 3 years: Consider MMR (always give MMR by itself) 4-6...

The following is an excerpt from pp 682 - 690 of the: National Archives - JFK Assassination Records - Appendix 13: Biography of Lee Harvey Oswald Detailing Lee Harvey Oswald's U.S. Marine Corps activities for the period of 1957 - 1959, prior to his defection to the U.S.S.R.

This is a comment that is on the YouTube video given in the link. I worked for an emergency door repair service in the year 2000, I got a call to go fix a garage door in a suburb of Memphis Tn. The man who opened the door was a very fit, silver haired guy who looked like a retired executive. He showed me the garage door and stoof by while I repaired it. I stared making small talk while I work. I asked him what kind of work he did and he told me he was a retired FBI...

We love Republican Senator John Kennedy’s one-liners. He didn’t disappoint Wednesday night. He compared the popularity of Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer to a sexually transmitted disease. He also lays out the Republicans’ ‘secret plan’ to demolish the Democrat Party. You have to hear this! (WATCH)

President Trump said Monday that he’s preparing to release 80,000 Kennedy assassination files on Tuesday — a trove that’s expected to be pored over by history buffs and conspiracy theorists. Trump made the remark while visiting the Kennedy Center performing arts hub in Washington. It was not immediately clear if Trump was referring to files pertaining to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy of the 1968 assassination of his brother, then-Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY). He also has ordered the release of files on Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 assassination. The long-hidden files may come as a let-down,...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) will stop placing Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) in care and placement shelters operated by Southwest Key Programs Incorporated. The move was announced as a measure by the Trump administration to end sexual abuse and harassment of UACs placed in the facilities during the search for sponsors in the United States. Southwest Key operates 27 residential shelters that provide temporary living arrangements for UACs in Texas, Arizona, and California and has been the largest provider of such shelters for unaccompanied alien children in the United States. Southwest Key operates these shelters through grants...

President Trump announced Friday that two Fox News personalities will join the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – exactly one month after he axed existing members and appointed himself chairman of the iconic cultural institution. Trump, 78, said Fox News anchors Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo will serve on the 33-person Kennedy Center board of trustees to usher in “America’s Golden Age.” “I am thrilled to announce that Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo will be joining our Kennedy Center Board – This completes our selection,” the commander in chief wrote in a Truth Social...

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on Monday introduced a bill that would end federal funding for NPR and PBS, reports the Washington Examiner. "We're spending half a billion dollars a year, 14 and a half billion dollars over time, to give to people at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and NPR and NPS [sic] to participate in opinion journalism, which they're entitled to do, but they can't do it on the taxpayer dime. They're doing it on the taxpayer dime, but they shouldn't be able to," Kennedy said on the Senate floor. The report comes nearly a month after President Donald...

Alan Dershowitz said he will sue Jack Schlossberg after the social media influencer and only grandson of John F. Kennedy falsely claimed the civil rights attorney and Harvard professor had killed his wife, The Post has learned. “I hope he will preserve all of his documents because I am about to commence a legal action against him,” Dershowitz, who has been married to Carolyn Cohen since 1986, told The Post Wednesday. “My lawyers have advised me now that I have a viable defamation action.” Earlier this month, Schlossberg, with wild, unkempt hair, filmed himself attacking the 86-year-old lawyer. “Alan Dershowitz...

Jack Schlossberg goes on foul-mouthed tirade against DOGE after JFK Library shuts down over cuts to taxpayer-funded staff Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg unleashed a foul-mouthed rant against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) late Tuesday after his grandfather’s namesake JFK Presidential Library and Museum temporarily closed due to layoffs of taxpayer-funded staff. The 32-year-old grandson of President John F, Kennedy told the cost-cutting DOGE initiative to “eat s–t” after the Boston-based library shut its doors Tuesday afternoon because of staffing cuts. The library blamed the closure on President Trump’s recent executive order overhauling the federal workforce. “Hey, it’s Jack,”...

Politics Senate voting on RFK Jr.'s confirmation as HHS secretary By Kaia Hubbard Updated on: February 13, 2025 / 10:41 AM EST / CBS News Washington — The Senate appears poised to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday, following weeks of questions surrounding whether the controversial nominee would win the Senate's approval. After all Republicans voted to advance Kennedy's nomination in a procedural vote Wednesday, the Senate is taking a final vote on his confirmation Thursday morning. Kennedy, 71, is a longtime environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist whose family...

Vaccine policy, Medicare drug negotiations and a potential DTC advertising ban will all fall under Kennedy’s purview as HHS Secretary.. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was confirmed as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday morning. Kennedy was confirmed by the Senate in a full floor vote. The Senate advanced Kennedy following a key procedural vote of 53 to 47 on Wednesday afternoon. The confirmation came weeks after a pair of Senate committee hearings in which Kennedy was interrogated by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle over his controversial views on vaccines, public...

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has made some questionable remarks regarding China in recent years, including applauding the country for allegedly using threats of prison or organ harvesting as a means to meet its green energy goals, according to unearthed comments reviewed by Fox News Digital. "They take this very seriously," Kennedy said in 2014, speaking of China and its clean energy agreement that year. "I don’t know whether… the guy ends up in prison with his, you know, organs harvested or what. But they are very, very dead serious." Kennedy’s comments, made on "The Ring Of Fire" radio...

The FBl just discovered about 2,400 records tied to President Kennedy's assassination that were never provided to a board tasked with reviewing and disclosing the documents, Axios has learned. • The still-secret records are contained in 14,000 pages of documents the FBI found in a review triggered by President Trump's Jan. 23 executive order demanding the release of all JFK assassination records. Why it matters: The discovery - 61 years after Kennedy was killed in Dallas - follows decades of government reluctance to release all documents related to the assassination, which fueled a mountain of conspiracy theories. • The existence...

Former President John F Kennedy’s only grandson Jack Schlossberg has vowed to leave social media “forever” after attacking his cousin RFK Jr., Megyn Kelly, Elon Musk, and more, in a flurry of incoherent posts that left some concerned about his mental health. “I’m sorry to everyone. I Was wrong. I’m deleting all my social media. Forever,” he wrote, before deleting his accounts. Schlossberg—whose mother Caroline Kennedy ripped first cousin RFK Jr. as a “predator” ahead of his confirmation hearing to be Health and Human Services secretary—faced backlash in January for seemingly mocking his cousin’s spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder that...

[Video] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied Gov. Josh Green’s allegation that he caused many deaths in Samoa by discouraging the measles vaccine. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- Gov. Josh Green was in the U.S. Capitol hearing room Wednesday while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied Green’s allegation that he caused many deaths in Samoa by discouraging the measles vaccine. Green responded with profanity on national television. Speaking on CNN and MSNBC cable outlets after the hearing, the governor was clearly angry. It was understandable because during his confirmation hearing, RFK Jr. basically called Green a liar. Kennedy, who was nominated by President Donald...