Archive of News (2025)
‘A gut punch’: Trump admin cuts wipe out firefighter health and safety programs
People in and out of government told POLITICO that they fear the cuts will lead to major backsliding on understanding firefighters’ health risks.
Wisconsin senator wants 9/11 probe, cites conspiracy theories. NY leaders react
Advocates for 9/11 health programs blasted U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s call for yet another congressional probe into the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
GOP Senator Plans Hearings On 9/11 To Find Out ‘What Actually Happened’
This would be the same public servant who insisted the Jan 6, 2021, Capitol riot has been mired in a cover-up and peddled misinformation that the COVID-19 vaccine caused a spike in athletes “dropping dead on the field.”
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson wants to hold hearings on ‘what actually happened on 9/11’
Rep. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican, said the Wisconsin senator should “stop peddling conspiracy theories about the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history.”
‘Silly man’: GOP senator skewered by 9/11 responder for promoting conspiracy theory
9/11 first responder John Feal joined CNN’s Brianna Keilar, where he called Johnson “a silly man.”
House Republican: GOP senator ‘peddling conspiracy theories’ about 9/11
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) rebuked Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Tuesday evening for “peddling conspiracy theories” about the 9/11 attacks.
Ron Johnson says he thinks Senate could hold hearings on 9/11 conspiracies
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) suggested in an interview released Monday that Congress could hold additional hearings on the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and indicated he’s been listening to long-festering and debunked conspiracy theories about the government’s alleged involvement.
Senate Republican wants to hold hearings on a 9/11 conspiracy theory
In a podcast interview Tuesday with MAGA personality Benny Johnson, Ron Johnson asserted that one of the buildings around the World Trade Center complex in New York was brought down via “a controlled demolition.”
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths
The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.
Anxiety Is Side Effect of Staffing Cuts at Sept. 11 Health Program
Mayor Eric Adams has been slow to criticize the moves of the Trump administration, which have 9/11 survivors and first-responders on edge.