By Sean Tseng Beijing recently tightened export controls on some critical rare earth elements, ratcheting up its tariff standoff with Washington. By monopolizing more than 90 percent of global rare earth processing, China has long held these 17 elements as a strategic chokepoint. Analysts say Beijing’s new export-licensing rules—ostensibly applying to all countries, but aimed […]
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Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Thousands of Premature Deaths Each Year
By George Citroner For every 10 percent increase in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in your diet, your risk of premature death rises by around 3 percent, according to a comprehensive new study that has health officials across eight nations—including the United States, Canada, and the UK—calling for immediate policy interventions. The research, recently published in the […]
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Elon Musk Not Working From White House Anymore, Chief of Staff Confirms
By Jack Phillips A top Trump administration official confirmed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, is no longer working from the White House. “Instead of meeting with him in person, I’m talking to him on the phone, but it’s the same net effect,” White House chief of staff Susie […]
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4 Indicted as US Officials Disrupt Marriage Fraud Operation: ICE
By Jack Phillips U.S. immigration officials announced on Monday that they had disrupted a marriage fraud operation in Maryland, and four people have been indicted. An investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Maryland, along with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland, […]
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IBM Announces $150 Billion US Investment to Boost Quantum Computing and Manufacturing
By Chase Smith IBM announced plans on Monday to invest $150 billion in the United States over the next five years to expand its role as a global leader in computing. The company said in a statement that the investment will include more than $30 billion for research and development to advance and continue IBM’s […]
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Make America Healthy Again Movement Extends Beyond Its Architect
By Jeff Louderback For avid supporters, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement itself is not new. It began long before Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign and subsequent confirmation as health secretary. “The principles of the MAHA movement were once a way of life all over the country decades ago,” Samantha Rayburn, a 40-year-old […]
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How Junk Food Took Hold in the US and What RFK Jr. Is Doing About It
By Lawrence Wilson INDIANAPOLIS—“It’s not food. It’s food-like substances.” This is how Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described the many manufactured food products that are high in calories but low in nutritional value. “Strawberry flavoring in food … there’s no nutrients,“ Kennedy said. ”It’s sugar. Your body is craving that, but it doesn’t get […]
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DOJ Announces RICO Charges Against 27 Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members
By Joseph Lord The Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 21 announced that 27 alleged members or affiliates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) had been charged under legislation designed to bring down criminal enterprises. The allegations against those charged included committing robberies and shootings, sex trafficking and organized prostitution of women brought […]
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Hegseth Responds After Report Says He Shared Attack Plans in Second Signal Chat
By Zachary Stieber Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on April 21 responded to a report that he shared plans for an attack in Yemen in a chat that included his wife and brother. “What a big surprise that a few leakers get fired and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out from the same media […]
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Trump Admin Releases 10,000 Previously Classified RFK Assassination Files
By Chase Smith More than 10,000 pages of previously classified government records related to the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy were released by the Trump administration on Friday, April 18. The documents, now available online through the National Archives website, were digitized and declassified under a directive from President Donald Trump, who pledged […]
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Legal Battles, Accusations of Bias as America’s Public Media Faces Uncertain Future
By Brad Jones President Donald Trump’s plans to cut government spending and reduce funding to public media have ruffled feathers in Washington and triggered lawsuits from journalists whose jobs at Voice of America and other tax-payer-funded media agencies have been threatened. Trump signed an executive order on March 14, slashing funding at seven agencies and […]
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More Than 1,020 Illegal Immigrants Charged With Immigration-Related Crimes
By Naveen Athrappully U.S. attorneys from southwestern border districts this past week continued the crackdown on illegal immigration under the Trump administration. “The U.S. Attorneys for Arizona, Central California, Southern California, New Mexico, Southern Texas, and Western Texas charged more than 1,020 defendants with criminal violations of U.S. immigration laws,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) […]
