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Only you can make America healthy again

The “Make America Healthy Again” movement is a major focus of President Donald Trump‘s second term. As Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is leading the push to reduce the rates of obesity and chronic illness, among other things. Improving the lives of Americans in the present and paving the way for […]

Breaking barriers should not mean breaking women’s sports

For decades, women have been encouraged to shatter glass ceilings, make history, win world records, and compete on equal footing in arenas once closed off to them. Sports became one of the clearest symbols of that progress after the implementation of Title IX. Female athletes were told that if they worked hard enough, sacrificed enough, […]

As MAHA grows, so do efforts to protect pesticides

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story As MAHA grows, so do efforts to protect pesticides The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement’s crusade against pesticides is creating divisions in the Republican Party, as some members back the industry while others stand with MAHA activists. © Jeff Roberson, Associated Press file...

Trump administration designates 3 Muslim Brotherhood branches as terror groups

The Trump administration has designated three chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which it says threaten U.S. interests, as terrorist organizations in an attempt to curtail their financial support. The State Department announced on Tuesday that the label was given to the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, a group founded in Egypt...

Will US strike Iran? All eyes on Washington as Trump mulls options

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Will US strike Iran? All eyes on Washington as Trump mulls options Concerns that the U.S. may strike Iran hit a new peak Tuesday after President Trump pledged that “HELP IS ON ITS WAY” to the...

Dimon warns attacks on Powell could backfire, drive up interest rates

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell could result in increased inflation and interest rates. Speaking to reporters on the call for his company’s fourth-quarter results, Dimon said “anything that chips away” at the independence of the central bank “is probably not a good...

House GOP adds to chorus criticizing DOJ investigation of Fed’s Powell

Some House Republicans have joined in criticizing the Department of Justice’s probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, arguing it could undermine the regulator’s independence. Those GOP members join a chorus of Democrats and some Republican senators who have criticized the investigation, arguing it's an abuse of the Justice Department’s authority designed to pressure Powell, who...

Timeline slipping for potential Senate ObamaCare subsidy compromise

The timeline is slipping for a bipartisan group of senators to release a compromise to revive the expired enhanced ObamaCare subsidies, according to one of the lead negotiators.  Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) told reporters Tuesday that lawmakers are looking at a deadline of the end of January to have a legislative framework ready. Moreno had previously said lawmakers would have text of a bipartisan deal as early as this...

Halligan doubles down on US attorney title

Lindsey Halligan, the loyalist top prosecutor hand-picked by President Trump in the Eastern District of Virginia, told a federal judge Tuesday she's entitled to continue calling herself the U.S. attorney after different judge found she was unlawfully installed to the post. The contention came in sharp-tongued court filings responding to U.S. District Judge David Novak's order last...

Bacon joins Democrats to introduce ‘No Funds for NATO Invasion Act’

GOP Rep. Don Bacon (R) joined House Democrats to introduce legislation seeking to preemptively block President Trump from using military force to acquire Greenland — a prospect the president has declined to rule out amid renewed interest in the Danish territory. The “No Funds for NATO Invasion Act,” introduced Monday, would prohibit the use of...

46 percent in new poll support abolishing ICE, 43 percent oppose

A new Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent of respondents support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with 43 percent opposed to getting rid of the agency. The poll, released Tuesday, found that 35 percent of respondents strongly support eliminating the agency, while 1 in 10 somewhat support such a move. Just over 30 percent...

Iran allows international calls for first time in days

Iran on Tuesday allowed citizens to call internationally after days of phone and internet outages amid violent protests.  More than 2,000 Iranians have been killed amid antigovernment protests, activists told The Associated Press. Some in Tehran told the newswire they were able to call abroad for the first time Tuesday but could not receive international...

Mamdani, President Trump have been texting at least twice a week — as unlikely bromance blossoms: sources

Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Trump reportedly text twice weekly in an unlikely political bromance that sources describe as 'friendly.'

Trump administration files seizure warrants targeting ships tied to Venezuelan oil trade: report

The U.S. has seized five vessels in a Venezuela oil crackdown as the Trump administration files court warrants targeting sanctioned trade in international waters.

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