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Monday, May 12, 2025

Most people need around eight hours of sleep each night to function, but a rare genetic condition allows some to thrive on as little as three hours. read more


"The MMR vaccine that we currently use has millions of particles that were created from aborted fetal tissue, millions of DNA fragments," RFK Jr. told Fox News host Bret Baier in a report aired on Thursday. read more


U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, a Clinton appointee, held a hearing Friday in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of labor unions, nonprofits and local governments, who argue in their complaint that President Trump's efforts to "radically restructure and dismantle the federal government" without any authorization from Congress violate the Constitution. read more


President Donald Trump's special envoy broke with long-standing protocol by not employing his own interpreter during three high-level meetings with Russia's Vladimir Putin ...


Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who faces more than seven years behind bars after pleading guilty to wire fraud and identity theft, revealed this week that he will be seeking clemency from President Trump.


The cost far exceeds what is permitted by the budget resolution Republicans adopted earlier this year, which set the parameters for the massive package of tax cuts and extensions, energy policy and border security investments the party wants to pass in the coming weeks. read more


"Let's be clear, Republican leadership released this bill under cover of night because they don't want people to know their true intentions," the committee's ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) said in a statement. read more


The United States is becoming less popular globally in the aftermath of Donald Trump's return to the White House, according to new data. read more


Small businesses are hurting as border crossings between the US and Canada are down some 17% since Trump started imposing tariffs. Canadian's car trips to the US are down almost 32% compared to March 2024. Nationally, a 10% drop in Canadian tourism would cost the US up to 14,000 jobs and $2.1bn in business. Michigan is one of the places likely to acutely feel the brunt of Trump's idiocy. In 2023, Canadian visitors spent a collective $238m in that state alone. To stay afloat, a rubber duck museum in Washington State is moving north to Canada. Source: LINK read more


"US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the suspension of live cattle, horse, and bison imports through US ports of entry along the southern border due to the continued and rapid northward spread of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico, effective immediately. NWS has been recently detected in remote farms with minimal cattle movement as far north as Oaxaca and Veracruz, about 700 miles away from the US border." CDC info: www.cdc.gov read more


A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for an astonishing two-thirds of observable climate warming since 1990. Basically, that small minority of the wealthiest among us contribute nearly seven times as much to extreme climate change as the entire lower-earning 90 percent of the planet. read more


The Trump Organization, founded by President Donald Trump and co-led by his sons Eric and Donald Jr., announced a new deal to last month to develop a luxury golf resort in Qatar, signaling it has no intention of slowing foreign business activity during Trump's second term. read more


The first group of 49 white South Africans to be granted refugee status by President Donald Trump's administration are due to arrive shortly in the US. read more


The Supreme Court has not yet reversed its 1935 ruling on whether the president can actually do that. read more


As President Donald Trump's administration announced a cooling in the tariff trade war with China, critics were quick to pile on. read more


US beef prices are soaring to record highs as the country's cattle inventory reaches its lowest level in more than 70 years, putting further strains on Americans' grocery bills.


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