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7 predictions for how MAHA will change how Americans eat

Uncle Sam thinks you’re probably eating wrong, and he’s got some advice.  Out: processed carbohydrates and added sugar.  In: fat and protein, especially the animal-flesh kind. Those are some of the biggest takeaways from the new — and newly inverted — food pyramid announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this month.  While […]

Can Congress stop Trump from trying to take Greenland?

Since the United States announced it would “run” Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration has openly floated similar interventions elsewhere in Latin America. But the country Donald Trump has fixated on most isn’t an adversary — it’s an ally. Greenland, a NATO member and longtime partner of the United States has repeatedly […]

50,000 clandestine Starlink terminals are keeping Iranians in touch with the rest of the world

It’s difficult to know exactly what is happening in Iran since the government shut down the internet on January 8, plunging a nation of more than 90 million people into digital darkness. Crackdowns against anti-government protesters have led to at least 2,600 deaths, although some estimates put the death toll at upward of 20,000. According […]

Iran’s regime may have one chance to save itself

Iran’s regime is on the ropes. The recent wave of protests, the government’s bloody crackdown, and the US threat of direct intervention all mark a profound turning point in its modern history.   The Islamic Republic’s current trajectory is unsustainable — without a course correction, a gradual internal disintegration of the economy and the increasing reliance […]

Trump is waffling on Iran strikes. Here are four possible reasons why.

Is help really “on its way” for Iran’s protesters? That’s what President Donald Trump promised in a Truth Social post earlier this week, adding that “Iranians Patriots” should “KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!” Trump first threatened that the US was “locked and loaded” to launch strikes on Iran if it continued killing protesters […]