Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared another snake-handling video Wednesday after social media users raised concerns over his earlier encounter with a pair of black racer snakes. Kennedy Jr. posted an Instagram video captioned, “In response to the many comments about venomous snakes, this video shows how Cheryl and I handled a recent rattlesnake rescue.” The clip begins with Kennedy Jr. sitting in his...

The official Democratic National Committee  X account ignited a social media firestorm on Wednesday afternoon in a profanity-laden online spat with President Donald Trump’s chief policy advisor, Stephen Miller. “Shut up, you ugly f—” @TheDemocrats wrote. The comment was made in response to Miller’s own jeering of James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate in Texas. “The Democrats made history in Texas by nominating their first transgender senate candidate,”...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed protesters outside Delaney Hall as “fake” and “paid for” as demonstrations continued at the Newark ICE detention facility and Democratic lawmakers increased pressure over conditions inside. “These aren’t protesters; these people are fake, they’re all paid for,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday. “We run the finest facilities anywhere in the world of their type.” Trump’s comments came after days of...