Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., dismissed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call for a federal crackdown on Zyn nicotine pouches, saying there are “bigger issues” to address Thursday. “I’m going to err on the side of more freedom and personal choices of those kinds of things,” Fetterman told reporters. “And I made that same argument when I wanted to legalize marijuana.”  Fetterman added he doesn’t support “snuff or chewing...

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his backing to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott amid the latter’s feud with the Biden administration over border security — urging states to send their National Guards to the border and promising to work “hand in hand” with the state to combat the “invasion” if he is inaugurated again in January 2025. In posts to Truth Social, Trump backed Abbott and accused...