Despite his historic wariness of the pharmaceutical industry, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stance toward weight-loss drugs appears to be softening. In December 2024, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services asserted that GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro “have a place” in treating obesity. In his recent Senate […]
Before nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump promised to let him “go wild on health, go wild on the food, go wild on the medicines,” and Kennedy has given every indication that he plans to do it. With the Senate now considering the nomination, we all […]
As players exited the field following the University of Texas’s thrilling overtime victory over Arizona State University in the College Football Playoffs, Texas freshman Nick Sanders approached ASU’s star senior Cam Skattebo and asked if he could pray for him. Skattebo immediately understood the request, and the two clasped hands and took a knee together, […]
David Schwimmer, a star on the sitcom ‘Friends,’ called on billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to take Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, off of Musk’s X social media platform. In an Instagram post Saturday night, Schwimmer posted a few of the antisemitic posts that Ye wrote on X on Friday, including, “Im...
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is quickling seeking to crack down on the activities of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), preventing it from drawing down more funding and ordering it to "cease all supervision and examination activity." Vought, who was just confirmed to his post on Thursday, has targeted the consumer...
Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who made a decision early Saturday morning that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties” from its payment systems. The order explicitly prohibts special government employees and those detailed...
No matter what the Trump administration does, international telehealth services, websites that sell pills and community networks will fill the gaps left by unjust laws trying to block abortion access.
President Trump says he has had talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, telling The New York Post that the two leaders have spoken and "I better not say" just how many times. Trump, who during his presidential campaign vowed to end the Russian-Ukraine war quickly, expressed sorrow over the...
President Trump could be stuck with spending priorities set under the Biden administration for longer than congressional Republicans had hoped. As Congress struggles to strike a bipartisan government funding deal, hopes of striking one by a March 14 shutdown deadline are fading. Some lawmakers say a stopgap seems like the most likely path to keeping...