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It doesn't matter if Donald Trump has dementia: mental health experts
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (817+ words) Over recent weeks, speculation has grown about US President Donald Trump's erratic behaviour during the US-Israel war on Iran. The claim of frontotemporal dementia in particular has stuck. This form of dementia can affect judgement, empathy, language skills and impulse…...
This MAGA stunt is putting the military in danger: ex-Army commander
20+ hour, 47+ min ago (761+ words) In a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, April 21, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Defense Department was "discarding" the military's "mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately." Hegseth's announcement was applauded by MAGA anti-vaxxers but drew a…...
Trump told Dr. Oz diet soda probably kills cancer 'because it kills grass': report
1+ week, 1+ day ago (325+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to unveil the Trump Rx drug discount site, as Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz reacts, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, in…...
'All the signs of dementia': Top medical expert sounds alarm about Trump's health
2+ week, 2+ day ago (322+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) in Miami, Florida, U. S. , March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque On Easter Sunday 2026, U. S. President Donald Trump used his Truth Social platform to rant against the Islamist theocracy in Iran. Trump posted, "Tuesday will be…...
George Will: Why cigarettes are 'making a mild comeback"
3+ week, 20+ hour ago (218+ words) Group of friends lighting cigarettes and smoking together sitting on a bench outdoors, Image via Shutterstock. At 84, conservative Washington Post columnist George Will is old enough to remember when cigarette smoking was ubiquitous in public places in the United States....
She owed her health insurance company 5 cents " so they canceled her coverage
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1129+ words) In the summer of 2025, Lorena Alvarado Hill, a teacher's aide in Florida, was surprised to receive several medical bills for scans and other appointments that her government-subsidized insurance plan had previously covered. (Michelle Bruzzese for KFF Health News) Last summer,…...
Trump's first surgeon general: New influencer pick 'doesn't meet' basic requirements
3+ week, 4+ day ago (314+ words) President Donald Trump watches as Surgeon General Jerome Adams speaks during a news conference in Washington on Sunday, March 22, 2020. Yuri Gripas / Reuters President Donald Trump's first surgeon general denounced his latest pick for surgeon general, MAHA influencer Casey Means, on…...
Raw milk sold by RFK Jr. supporter emerges as possible source of e. coli outbreak
1+ mon, 18+ hour ago (443+ words) When President Donald Trump appointed Robert Kennedy Jr. as his Secretary of Health and Human Services, the presidential nephew was criticized for his many pseudoscientific beliefs, among them his support for raw milk. Now an e. coli outbreak in California has…...
'Don't know what to do': Trump admin roiling from new diagnosis
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (266+ words) President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, announced on Monday through the president that she was diagnosed with breast cancer " and reports indicate the White House is worried about how it will get by without her. CNN described Wiles…...
'Should not have learning disabilities': How Trump ableism to insult his foes
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (471+ words) President Donald Trump insulted California Governor Gavin Newsom for his dyslexia in a comment that exacerbates tensions between his administration and the neurodivergent community. Describing Newsom as a "low-IQ person" while talking with reporters in the White House on Monday,…...