(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) New data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shows that while some progress has been made in reducing mental illness and substance abuse, 86.6 million Americans aged 18 and older had either a mental illness or substance use disorder in 2024.
SAMHSA’s 2024...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Watch Headline USA's video breakdown of our best stories from last week, and find the time stamps and links below:
0:20: Thomas Crooks Had High-Ranking Military Officials in His Family
https://headlineusa.com/thomas-crooks-family-includes-high-ranking-military-officials/
1:27: EXCLUSIVE: Medical Examiner Collected Trump Shooter’s Bile and Hair
https://headlineusa.com/exclusive-medical-examiner-collected-thomas-crooks-bile-and-hair-but-omitted-results-from-toxicology-report/
2:27: Alleged Would-be Trump Assassin’s Son Sentenced for Sex-Abuse...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) President Donald Trump’s allies are doubling down on investigations into members of the Obama administration, with two Republican lawmakers calling for a deeper investigation into former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “email controversy.”
Clinton served as SOS under the Obama administration from 2009 to...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge told reporters on Monday that viral videos of Saturday's brutal downtown attack show only one side of the story and complicate her department's investigation.
Theetge condemned social media and mainstream journalism for circulating incomplete video footage of the weekend downtown assault...
(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) As Congress debates how to rein in federal spending, some experts say aspects of Medicare Advantage should be on the chopping block, starting with $86 billion a year in taxpayer-funded supplemental benefits that often go unused or unverified.
The federal government pays Medicare Advantage plans...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a $100 million pilot program on Monday to address Hepatitis C in homeless populations.
The Hepatitis C elimination initiative, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will primarily be used to treat individuals...
(Headline USA) Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is open to answering questions from Congress — but only if she is granted immunity from future prosecution for her testimony, her lawyers said Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for the committee that wants to interview her responded with a terse statement...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Monday described the situation in Gaza as a “genocide,” making her the first Republican member of Congress to use the term to describe the Israeli assault on the Palestinian territory.
Greene made the comments in response to the news that the pro-Israel...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to propose to his political-security cabinet a US-supported plan to begin annexing the Gaza Strip, Haaretz reported on Monday.
The report said that the plan is being proposed to appease Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and prevent him from quitting the...
(Headline USA) New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that a gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League but took the wrong elevator.
Investigators believe Shane Tamura was trying to get to the NFL offices after...
(Headline USA) A shooting at a midtown Manhattan office building on Monday left at least five people dead, including an off-duty New York City police officer.
The suspect was identified as Shane Tamura, of Nevada. Sources said he fatally shot himself.
Law enforcement officials located identification on Tamura’s body, including a concealed...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump is asking a federal court in Florida to force Rupert Murdoch to give a deposition for the president's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal within 15 days, citing the media mogul's age and physical condition.
Trump sued the Journal, owned by Murdoch, in the U.S. District...