Donald Trump's administration is asking Congress for millions of dollars in public funds to cover costs stemming from the president's Freedom 250 events on the National Mall this summer, including a Christian-focused prayer event, a fireworks show that started late and a sparsely attended state fair. Last week, the administration asked for an unspecified amount of funding "to recoup costs associated with support of events celebrating America's Semiquincentennial," according to Sen. Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the National Mall. That request prompted Merkley to ask what, exactly, the administration needed the money for.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched an online cooking show on Thursday that aims to teach to teach Americans that making healthy meals can be "delicious and affordable," according to the show's splashy new web page. The slickly produced program is part of the Health Department's "Eat Real Food" initiative, which dramatically reshaped the country's dietary guidelines earlier this year in alignment with Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" agenda. The new guidelines effectively flipped the long-standing food pyramid to prioritize meat, dairy and vegetables over refined foods and grains. The guidelines also endorsed consumption of saturated fats that contradict established nutrition advice to limit them.
Reporter Stephanie Mencimer writes that she received a notice from the Internal Revenue Service claiming she underpaid her 2025 taxes, even though the agency had not credited payments she had already made. read more
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A Guatemalan man who was deported from the United States and his wife, who later left the country voluntarily to join him, were found dead in a sugarcane field in southwestern Guatemala, authorities said Tuesday. Their 1-year-old daughter was found alive beside their bodies. Nixon Giovanni Perez, 43, and Glendy Marisol Gonzalez, 25, were discovered with their hands tied behind their backs in a field outside Retalhuleu, a city about 112 miles (180 kilometers) west of Guatemala City, according to photos reviewed by Reuters.
American ships are now being attacked in Egypt.
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