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Russell Brand to moderate panel at MAHA summit
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Russell Brand to moderate panel at MAHA summit

Comedian Russell Brand on Tuesday will moderate one of the panels scheduled for the second Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, D.C. Brand, who has been part and supported the MAHA movement launched by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is set to moderate a discussion about reforms to…

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Hegseth instructs Pentagon to defend 2026 elections from ‘foreign actors’
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Hegseth instructs Pentagon to defend 2026 elections from ‘foreign actors’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed the Pentagon last week to prioritize and deploy “advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities” to track down, disrupt and neutralize “foreign actors to protect the 2026 midterm elections” while “maintaining the fundamental freedoms that characterize our country.”  “Commander U.S. Cyber Command and the Directors of the Combat Support Agencies will prioritize…

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Vance, RFK Jr., Mike Tyson to speak at MAHA Summit in DC
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Vance, RFK Jr., Mike Tyson to speak at MAHA Summit in DC

Vice President Vance, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former boxing heavyweight Mike Tyson are slated to speak on Tuesday for the second Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, D.C. The event will conclude with a “fireside chat” between Vance and Kennedy, the summit’s agenda online shows. Organizers…

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Heavily Damaged Submarine USS Connecticut Now Won’t Return To Service Until 2027
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Heavily Damaged Submarine USS Connecticut Now Won’t Return To Service Until 2027

The Navy hoped Connecticut would be back by 2025, then this year, and it is now planning for its final retirement with repairs still underway. The post Heavily Damaged Submarine USS Connecticut Now Won’t Return To Service Until 2027 appeared first on TWZ.

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New polls have Democrats thinking big on Senate
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New polls have Democrats thinking big on Senate

Recent polling showing Democrats performing strongly in Senate battlegrounds and more reliably red states is fueling optimism that the party could clinch both chambers in November.   An AARP poll released Monday showed Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 11 percentage points in the North Carolina Senate race, while recent polls have shown…

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Thune: Ads promoting Trump political message ‘shouldn’t be paid for by taxpayer dollars’
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Thune: Ads promoting Trump political message ‘shouldn’t be paid for by taxpayer dollars’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Monday that while he likes President Trump’s new ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists,” they “shouldn’t be paid for by taxpayer dollars.” Thune warned Trump about using taxpayer money for ads that resemble the political ads he ran online during the 2024 presidential…

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