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RFK Jr. Targets Antidepressant Use as MAHA Initiative Sparks Mental Health Backlash
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is opening a new front in the Trump administration's healthcare agenda, launching a campaign against what he describes as the "overuse" of antidepressants and psychiatric medication while drawing sharp concern from psychiatrists who warn the rhetoric could deepen mistrust around mental healthcare in the United States. 
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Pete Hegseth Halts 4,000-Troop Poland Deployment as Trump Signals Deeper Europe Drawdown
Pete Hegseth has halted a planned U.S. troop deployment to Poland, deepening concerns among European allies that the Trump administration is accelerating a broader military pullback from the continent at a time of heightened tensions with Russia and ongoing instability across NATO's eastern flank. 
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TPUSA Fundraising Letters Spark Backlash After Appeals Invoke Charlie Kirk Assassination and ‘Freeing’ Students From the Left
Turning Point USA is facing renewed scrutiny after alleged fundraising letters tied to the organisation and invoking the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk circulated widely online this week, triggering criticism over the group's rhetoric, finances and post-Kirk leadership strategy. 
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Trump Reports 3,642 Q1 Stock Trades With $1M Bets on Nvidia, Apple and Oracle During Market Turmoil
Donald Trump disclosed more than 3,600 stock trades during the first quarter of 2026, according to newly filed ethics documents that reveal aggressive buying across major technology and financial companies during one of the year's most volatile market stretches. 
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Kash Patel Under Fire as Report Details ‘VIP’ USS Arizona Snorkeling Excursion During Hawaii Security Trip
Kash Patel is facing renewed scrutiny after reports alleged he participated in a "VIP snorkel trip" near the sunken USS Arizona during an official visit to Pearl Harbor last summer, drawing criticism over whether recreational-style access near one of America's most sacred military memorials was appropriate for a senior federal official. 
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DHS Watchdog Probes $1 Billion ICE Warehouse Purchases After Kristi Noem Approved Sites With No Plumbing
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has launched a formal audit into nearly $1 billion in warehouse acquisitions tied to former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, intensifying scrutiny of a sweeping immigration detention expansion programme that purchased properties lacking basic infrastructure, zoning approvals and operational readiness. 
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Who Is Monica Witt? FBI Offers $200,000 Reward for Ex-US Counterintelligence Agent Accused of Defecting to Iran
The FBI has renewed its pursuit of former US Air Force counterintelligence specialist Monica Witt, announcing a $200,000 reward for information leading to her arrest and conviction as officials warn the alleged defector may still be assisting Iran's intelligence apparatus more than a decade after leaving the United States. 
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Trump Dines With Xi Inside Zhongnanhai While White House Staff Eat McDonald’s in Beijing Car Park
President Donald Trump spent Friday inside Beijing's tightly guarded Zhongnanhai leadership compound sharing a private lunch and walking tour with Chinese President Xi Jinping, while White House aides, embassy staff and reporters waited outside in parked vehicles eating McDonald's delivered through van windows. 
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Trump ICE Detention Policy Hit With 10,000 Court Losses as Judges Warn of ‘Villainy’ and ‘Seismic Shock’
Federal judges across the United States, including several appointed by President Donald Trump, have now ruled against the administration's immigration detention policy more than 10,000 times, delivering a wave of rebukes that legal analysts say is unprecedented in modern immigration enforcement. 
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Trump Turns Unusually Quiet After 2-Hour Xi Meeting as China Warns Taiwan Issue Could Trigger ‘Conflicts’
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened high-stakes talks in Beijing this week with lavish ceremony, warm public compliments and carefully choreographed symbolism. But by the end of a private meeting that reportedly lasted more than two hours, Trump appeared strikingly restrained, offering reporters only a terse remark about China's beauty after Chinese officials publicly emphasized Taiwan as the central issue in the negotiations.
