WASHINGTON >> Even as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to meet with top Senate committee leaders,

The Coast Guard will surge additional resources to the “Gulf of America” and several other locations, the service said in a statement Tuesday, after the Trump administration sacked its top admiral and alleged that she had failed to prioritize the security of U.S. borders.

Members of two Senate committees will have a lot of ground to cover at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing to be Health and Human Services secretary (which has yet to be scheduled ). They should devote most of their time probing how his long history of anti-vaccine advocacy will impact infectious disease control.

The US Coast Guard is taking President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant mandate seriously, announcing this week it will step up patrols in migrant-prone crossings.

It comes after the Trump administration fired Coast Guard commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, the armed forces' first female service chief who had served since 2022.

A Princess Cruises trip on the Ruby Princess from San Francisco to Hawaii offers a festive 16-day winter escape with activities, Hawaiian cultural experiences and exciting port stops.

In the first session of the 119th Congress, Edward Case, U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district, reintroduced legislation aimed at eliminating “discriminatory and exclusionary shipping practices faced by residents and businesses in the non-contiguous areas of our country.”

Jan. 20, is the United States Presidential Inauguration. Set months after the election, it originally was meant to give states and Congress enough time to count votes and for the president

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American's without a passport can still travel to these tropical (and international) destinations. The U.S. is the fourth largest country by land mass, with over 3.5 million square miles to explore. It’s home to 63 national parks and some of the most well-loved cities in the world.

Award-winning author C.J. Cook shares his process for writing multiple award-winning biographies of artists, along with three tips for your own writing.

For 2024, daylight saving time came to an end Nov. 3, with clocks "falling back" an hour. In 2025, it's set to resume in the U.S. on Mar. 9, when clocks move one hour ahead (and people, for that matter, lose one hour of sleep).