Author: David Zimmermann, Washington Examiner

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says President Donald Trump has the “most unhinged eating habits” out of all the Cabinet members, revealing his diet often consists of candy, Diet Coke, and McDonald’s. Still, Kennedy said, Trump manages to have the “constitution of a deity” and the most energy out of anyone…

The Ford factory worker who heckled President Donald Trump near Detroit on Tuesday has been suspended by the automobile company for his behavior, but he says he has “no regrets.” The worker, identified as 40-year-old TJ Sabula, called Trump a “pedophile protector” while the president was touring the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan.…

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol could face the death penalty after prosecutors requested the punishment in his criminal case on Tuesday. Yoon is facing insurrection charges after he briefly declared martial law in South Korea just over a year ago. The prosecution’s request for the death penalty will be reviewed by a panel…

The United States has seized another sanctioned tanker in an effort to control the flow of oil in and out of Venezuela. The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the Olina tanker, the fifth vessel to be seized in recent days. The operation, part of Joint Task Force Southern Spear, was conducted early Friday in the Caribbean…

The U.K. military provided “enabling support” to the United States in its seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker registered in Russia, British officials said on Wednesday. The Marinera tanker, originally known as the Bella 1, was intercepted in the joint U.S.-U.K. operation after a two-week pursuit. The British Armed Forces provided “pre-planned operational support” to…

More than 1.4 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program across five states will be banned from using federal food assistance for candy and soda purchases, starting Thursday. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, and West Virginia are the first group of 18 states to set food restriction waivers at the start of the new year,…

Democratic candidate Renee Hardman won the Iowa Senate special election on Tuesday, preventing Republicans from regaining two-thirds control of the state’s upper chamber. Hardman defeated Republican candidate Lucas Loftin by nearly 45 percentage points, according to the election results, which showed that more than 95% of the votes were in by late Tuesday. The special election…

In the days leading up to the new year, President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again to discuss peaceful resolutions to the foreign nations’ respective conflicts. The White House is seeking to make progress in solidifying the next phase of the Israel-Hamas…

Israel became the first member of the United Nations to formally recognize Somaliland, a self-declared breakaway region in Somalia, as an independent and sovereign state on Friday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Somaliland’s recognition as being in the “spirit of the Abraham Accords,” the historic Trump-brokered agreement that normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and…

President Donald Trump will deploy 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans by New Year’s Eve, Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) announced on Tuesday. The newly announced deployment to Louisiana’s most populous city will last through February 2026. Landry said his state “desperately” needed the action, which fulfills a request he made of the president earlier…