We’re taking your comments and questions straight from YouTube and putting them to the test in this week’s Straight From You — where we sort fact from speculation and add context that headlines often miss. This week’s topic: Why we still say “Department of Defense” instead of “Department of War.” You said: The question: Why […]
In this Media Miss Minute, Russia is wading into the war in Iran by hurling accusations at the U.S. and Israel. Plus, more Americans want to see Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abolished than ever before. Media Miss by the left: Russia accuses US, Israel trying start wider conflict in Middle East Russia is accusing […]
Fewer pregnant women were prescribed acetaminophen in emergency rooms nationwide in the weeks after President Donald Trump warned Americans that the drug could cause autism in unborn children, researchers reported Thursday. Acetaminophen — also called paracetamol — is the active ingredient in over-the-counter fever and pain relievers such as Tylenol. During a September 2025 White […]
Facing criticism for how she handled a Senate testimony, President Donald Trump fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday. She served in the pivotal role as a loyalist to Trump, supporting the president’s deportation and larger immigration goals. Trump made the announcement official in a Thursday Truth Social post, adding that Sen. Markwayne […]
Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday that 53 medical schools across the country will start requiring doctors to receive 40 hours of nutrition education before graduating. The inclusion of nutrition into physicians’ training marks a “transformative breakthrough in medical education that will reshape the way we train doctors in our country and […]
Chronic diseases — once considered the ailments of old age — are increasingly striking younger people. Nearly half of new colorectal cancer cases in the U.S. now occur in adults under 65, the American Cancer Society reported on Monday. About one in five heart attacks affect people younger than 40, and the share of 18- […]
The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers on Thursday. The vote followed a similar failed vote in the Senate on Wednesday. The proposal failed by a 212 to 219 vote, with two Republicans voting with Democrats and four Democrats voting with Republicans. Republicans largely supported Trump’s decision […]
Los Angeles cannabis shops have charged customers hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes, but the city doesn’t think they’ll see half of it. LA is missing $400 million in taxes and fees from cannabis businesses and says it may be lucky to get half of that. It comes at the same time the city […]
The impact of war in the Middle East has already made its way home to the U.S. in the form of increased gasoline prices. American consumers have noticed the difference. The average price of gasoline is up more than 20 cents per gallon over the past week and 35 cents from a month ago, according […]
A massive, decades-long controversy that has roiled Rhode Island’s Catholic community was stirred anew this week with the release of a 282-page report detailing years of sexual abuse by priests and cover-ups by church officials. The report — which follows a more than five-year investigation by state Attorney General Peter Neronha — found that 75 […]
