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Florida Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost recently experienced the increasingly dangerous political climate. He was assaulted during a private event at the Sundance Film Festival after an unidentified man reportedly made racist comments and referenced President Trump’s immigration policies. According to multiple outlets, the 28-year-old attacker confronted Frost in a restroom, where he allegedly boasted about being white and later told the congressman that “Trump was going to deport” him. Frost wrote in a Jan. 24 post: " Last night, I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay." Thank you to the venue security and Park City PD for assistance on this incident." Witnesses at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) party in Utah said the man punched Frost in the face as he exited the bathroo...

  The political fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti intensified as President Trump abruptly removed ICE Director Tony Bodini from the Minneapolis assignment and replaced him with longtime immigration hardliner Tom Homan . The shake‑up comes as federal and state officials continue to issue conflicting accounts of how Pretti died, deepening public distrust and fueling unrest across Minnesota. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made an urgent trip to meet with President Trump—an appearance widely interpreted as an effort to protect her job as criticism mounts over the federal response and the department’s shifting narrative. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has openly accused the Trump administration of misrepresenting the circumstances of Pretti’s death. While federal officials insist Pretti approached agents with a gun, multiple videos show him holding a cell phone , and footage confirms that an agent removed Pretti’s firearm only after he was already on the ground...

  Mike Thurmond released the following statement on the fatal shooting today in Minnesota: What happened in Minneapolis today is deeply disturbing, and it did not happen by accident. A 37-year-old ICU nurse lost his life during an encounter with federal immigration agents carrying out policies driven by Donald Trump’s extremist agenda. This death is not an isolated incident -- it is the foreseeable result of a president who has spent years vilifying immigrants, encouraging brutality, and turning federal law enforcement into instruments of fear. Any loss of life, particularly under the color of law, is a grave matter, and this death demands the highest level of scrutiny. The aggressive enforcement culture Trump has created -- marked by mass raids, expanded federal operations, and a tolerance for excessive force -- has predictable and deadly consequences. The video circulating publicly is horrifying and raises serious questions about how and why lethal force was used. While all facts...

The United States has formally withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO) after nearly 80 years of membership, completing a process initiated by President Trump on his first day of his second term. The administration cited what it called the WHO’s “failures” during the COVID‑19 pandemic , lack of transparency, and refusal to implement reforms as key reasons for the exit. The withdrawal became official on January 22, 2026 , following the required one‑year notice period. The move ends all U.S. funding to the WHO and leaves behind hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid dues , according to reporting on the organization’s financial records. Officials acknowledge the departure may complicate access to global health data and weaken coordinated responses to international outbreaks. Public health experts warn the decision could undermine both global and domestic health preparedness , given the U.S. had been the WHO’s largest financial contributor.

The United States withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO), freeing itself from its constraints, as President Trump promised on his first day in office by signing E.O. 14155. This action responds to the WHO’s failures during the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to rectify the harm from those failures inflicted on the American people. Promises made, promises kept. Like many international organizations, the WHO abandoned its core mission and acted repeatedly against the interests of the United States. Although the United States was a founding member and the WHO’s largest financial contributor, the organization pursued a politicized, bureaucratic agenda driven by nations hostile to American interests. In doing so, the WHO obstructed the timely and accurate sharing of critical information that could have saved American lives and then concealed those failures under the pretext of acting “in the interest of public health.” Even on our way out of the organization, the WHO tarnished and tr...

The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program (IBTPP), and other state and local partners, continue to investigate a multistate outbreak of infant botulism. Epidemiologic and laboratory analyses indicate that ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula is the source of this multistate outbreak of infant botulism. No new cases have been added to the investigation since December 10, 2025. Product sampling and testing is being conducted by FDA, CDC, state partners, and ByHeart. Additionally, FDA collected ByHeart ingredient samples for analysis, as part of the investigation. As of January 23, 2026, two samples collected by FDA tested positive for  Clostridium botulinum  (toxin), Type A. One is a ByHeart powdered infant formula closed product sample that matches a clinical isolate from an infant included in this outbreak according to  whole genome sequencing  (WGS) analysis. These sam...