A new MAHA report explores the root causes of increasing sickness among children, pointing to factors such as ultra-processed foods and exposure to chemicals. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump held an event on Thursday at the White House to highlight the first report from the Commission to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA), which focuses on improving childhood
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has promised to be helpful in any way possible to facilitate passage of legislation countering the Chinese regime’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting. The question came up at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where Rubio testified on May 21 about the State Department’s 2026 budget proposal. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who
Prescription drugs cost more in the United States than anywhere else in the world. President Donald Trump and some bipartisan senators want to change that. Trump has so far issued several actions related to prescription drug prices. The latest, announced May 12, is a Most Favored Nation Prescription Drug policy, requiring pharmaceutical companies to offer their
The Make America Healthy Again Commission report, released on May 22, said that the rise in chronic diseases such as obesity among children can be traced to a number of factors, including diets that increasingly feature ultra-processed foods, with health decisions influenced by distorted scientific literature that is funded or otherwise impacted by corporations. The
The high court lifts two lower court orders preventing the president from firing members of independent labor boards. The Supreme Court on May 22 formally blocked lower court rulings that prevented President Donald Trump from firing members of independent labor boards. The new order in Trump v. Wilcox was unsigned. Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor,
The event was caught on camera, and the suspect shouted her full name as she walked away. WASHINGTON—The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on May 22 that it had arrested a woman for assaulting then-interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin. Emily Gabriella Sommer, 32, allegedly spat on Martin while he was conducting a television interview. The incident
Julius Malema has been found guilty of hate speech on several occasions for inciting violence against whites, with each conviction overturned on appeal. JOHANNESBURG—Julius Malema doesn’t need to put much effort into stirring controversy. He leads a party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), whose policies include seizing all forms of “white-owned wealth,” including mines, land,