Dementia

The Daily Beast reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. skipped the champagne when celebrating the release of his agency’s Make America Healthy Again report. Instead, the Health and Human Services secretary marked the publication of the error-ridden report—which linked to nonexistent scientific studies—with a shooter of non-pasteurized milk alongside controversial health influencer Dr. Paul Saladino, who pushes an animal-based diet. The …

CBS News reports: Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 in New York City. Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has not yet agreed to the date, leaving GOP Sen. JD Vance’s participation in question. Earlier in the day, CBS News proposed four dates for a debate between …

Reuters reports: President Joe Biden got a boost on Friday from an influential Democrat in Congress, Representative James Clyburn, who said the 81-year-old incumbent should not drop his reelection bid following a high-profile press conference. “I am all in. I’m riding with Biden no matter which direction he goes,” Clyburn said on NBC’s “Today” program. Clyburn, 83, is a respected …

The Independent reports: Hooded sweatshirts are not only cozy but fashion-forward. And for US Senator-elect John Fetterman (D-PA), who sports hoodies, shorts, and t-shirts, his choice of dress helped him land a spot on The New York Times’ most stylish people list of 2022. Fetterman made it to the list, accompanied by a photo of him wearing his everyday outfit …

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams named a veteran violence interrupter as his “gun violence czar” Thursday as the city braces for the summer months when shooting rates historically tend to surge. Andre Mitchell — founder of Man Up!, a Brooklyn-based anti-violence group that has attracted scrutiny from city authorities in the past — will serve in the …

Rolling Stone reports: Near the beginning of Donald Trump’s time in office, the then-president had a pressing question for his national-security aides and administration officials: Does China have the secret technology — a weapon, even — to create large, man-made hurricanes and then launch them at the United States? And if so, would this constitute an act of war by …

The Hill reports: The White House holiday decorations are making their digital debut, getting a reveal on Google Maps Street View. Jill Biden announced Friday that this year’s Christmastime decor — which she unveiled earlier this week — could now be toured by virtual visitors. The theme for this year’s White House decorations is “Gifts from the Heart.” The Google …

Raw Story reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell claimed on Wednesday that he will pay $5 million to anyone who attends his cyber symposium and can prove that data in his possession did not come from the 2020 election. During an appearance on Real America’s Voice, Lindell presented strict rules for winning the $5 million bounty. He said that participants would …

The Washington Post reports: Since Jan. 6, every day has dumped more bad news on the president, including his historic second impeachment. But one person close to the president said it can be hard to predict what will bother him most and that even with all that was going on, he was particularly upset that Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Tom …

CNN reports: His mood darkened as soon as he walked into his members-only club Mar-a-Lago, three days before Christmas, according to multiple sources. The changes to his private quarters, many of which were overseen by his wife, first lady Melania Trump, were not to President Donald Trump’s liking, and he was mad about it. Several weeks in the works, the …

Fox News reports: President Trump launched his latest attack against Twitter on Christmas Eve, accusing the company of “going wild with their flags” and “trying hard to suppress even the truth,” referring to his continued baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Trump also reiterated his call to end Section 230, a provision in the Communications Decency …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump is reportedly questioning the loyalty of Vice President Mike Pence as the commander-in-chief pushes ever more extreme measures to overturn his election loss. After another round of White House scheming with right-wing allies, Trump is focused on the vice president’s largely ceremonial role of presiding over a Jan. 6 session of Congress …

The Independent reports: President Donald Trump has today tweeted another election result rant but continues to stay silent on claims Russia was responsible for a massive cyberattack on the US. Meanwhile, Mike Pompeo has claimed that Russia carried out the cyberattack that targeted a number of federal agencies, including the nuclear weapons agency. Mr Pompeo’s sentiments were echoed by Senator …

The Daily Beast reports: As this dreadful election cycle hurtles toward its sorry climax, we have reached a point that was perhaps always inevitable—the incumbent president threatening to kick his Democratic rival’s ass. At a Sunday night rally in Florida, the recently hospitalized president, who famously believes that doing exercise makes people die young because humans have a finite amount …

The Hill reports: President Trump said Thursday at a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., that only Jesus Christ is more famous than he is. “Someone said to me the other day, ‘you’re the most famous person in the world by far.’ I said, ‘no, I’m not’… they said, ‘who’s more famous?’ I said, ‘Jesus Christ’,” Trump recounted, prompting cheers from …

CBC News reports: Mr. Trump posted a video to Twitter late Wednesday, praising the therapeutic drugs that he credits with helping him in his recovery. The president called the therapeutics a “cure” for him, even though there is no cure for viruses like COVID-19. “I feel great. I feel like, perfect,” the president said in a four-minute video. “I think …

The New York Daily News reports: Spoiler alert: it’s not a compliment. President Trump promoted a tweet from a Daily Beast columnist that repeated his claim Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un are more mentally competent than Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. That tweet also mocked the president for fawning over tyrants. Trump, who has been …

Cleveland’s NBC News affiliate reports: President Donald Trump shook things up in Northeast Ohio on Wednesday by calling for a boycott of Goodyear tires after the company reportedly told employees they couldn’t wear “Make America Great Again” or “Blue Lives Matter” attire. It didn’t take long for leaders in Akron and across the state to respond. Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan …

Axios reports: To the alarm of some government health officials, President Trump has expressed enthusiasm for the Food and Drug Administration to permit an extract from the oleander plant to be marketed as a dietary supplement or, alternatively, approved as a drug to cure COVID-19, despite lack of proof that it works. The experimental botanical extract, oleandrin, was promoted to …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump on Thursday tore into Kamala Harris and other Democrats, saying the presumptive vice presidential nominee is a “mad woman” and claiming her party wants to get rid of “any kind of animals” and tear down New York’s famed Empire State Building. The president, trailing Joe Biden in nationally polls and ones in most key swing …