Young adults are cutting off their parents in increasing numbers, and some experts are pointing the finger at the therapists — who traditional wisdom suggests should be healing family rifts rather than reinforcing the divides.
Citing varying degrees of &#8220;trauma,&#8221; &#8220;toxicity,&#8221; and &#8220;abuse,&#8221; people in their 20s and 30s are cutting ties with the family members they&#8217;ve accused of participating in those behaviors — often their own parents — and claiming that their mental health would be at risk if they didn&#8217;t do so.
The Wall Street Journal published a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/why-are-so-many-adults-cutting-off-their-parents-d4e1190c">report</a> in late September on the alarming trend, noting a connection between the rise in younger Americans in therapy and the rise in family estrangement — along with several cultural changes that also appear to be contributing factors — and the perfect storm that followed.
It is certainly not a new concept for young adults to set boundaries or even cut ties altogether with their parents or other family members — and in some cases, particularly where physical or emotional abuse is a factor, it might be warranted — but the numbers have grown steadily in recent years, particularly since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic itself caused a number of people to cut ties with family members as some were convinced — with help from legacy media — that anyone who refused to get one of the vaccines, or even went outside without a mask, was actively and intentionally putting others at risk. Family members who would willingly pose a public health risk, they argued, should be cut off if only for the sake of self-preservation.
And that logic quickly spilled over into the mental health space, as teens and younger adults increasingly began adopting new gender identities. Parents or other family members who did not immediately accept and accommodate those new identities were labeled &#8220;abusive&#8221; and &#8220;toxic&#8221; — first socially and then, in some states, legally.
And while it&#8217;s certainly nothing new for young adults to rebel against their parents — nor is it new for parents to push back — the overall family dynamic has changed dramatically. Even a generation or two ago, the Journal noted, parents were typically &#8220;viewed as people with a shared history who disagree.&#8221; Now, as soon as parents cross into &#8220;non-affirming&#8221; territory, they&#8217;re seen as an enemy to be dispatched.
&#8220;Influencers&#8221; flooded TikTok and other platforms with videos about how they&#8217;d cut off a non-affirming parent for the sake of their own mental health. According to the Journal&#8217;s report, TikTok users shared more than 138,000 videos about going &#8220;no-contact&#8221; or &#8220;low-contact&#8221; with a parent in the past month — about 10 times the number posted during the same month in 2020. The vast majority of the content — more than 80% — was posted by women.
But how did it become &#8220;toxic&#8221; or &#8220;abusive&#8221; to simply voice a differing opinion?
Over time, the definitions of several key words have broadened almost beyond recognition — particularly for parents of those in their 20s and 30s today, most of whom were raised in the 1980s and 1990s.
The word &#8220;trauma,&#8221; for example, used to be reserved for &#8220;rare and uncommon&#8221; events that were by definition &#8220;outside the range of usual human experience.&#8221; Today, someone might describe being scolded at work by a supervisor as &#8220;traumatic.&#8221;
&#8220;Toxicity&#8221; and &#8220;abuse&#8221; have undergone similar metamorphoses, now being used as catch-alls to describe anyone who voices disagreement or challenges the beliefs held by the person using the terms.
Those broadened definitions, coupled with a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250522-should-you-ever-cut-ties-with-your-parents">hyper-focus</a> on individual identity — to the point that protecting that identity supersedes relationships with others — have led to a culture in which blood is no longer &#8220;thicker than water.&#8221;
Joshua Coleman, a psychologist specializing in estrangement explained some the reasoning behind the decisions to cut ties with family.
&#8220;There’s this idea that if you don’t endorse or embrace my identity, you are no longer an ally,&#8221; Coleman said. &#8220;And from that perspective, cutting you off becomes a virtuous act of self-care and protecting my mental health.&#8221;
&#8220;Once the culture picked up on the idea of trauma that is everywhere, therapists really responded to that,” added the University of Minnesota’s William Doherty, a therapist and professor emeritus of family social science. &#8220;We also have a culture that blames parents for everything.&#8221;
Therapists, beginning as far back as the 1990s, were already moving to treat &#8220;gender dysphoria&#8221; by validating the patient&#8217;s feelings about their own identity rather than treating any underlying pathology. By 2013, gender identity disorder was officially reclassified from a mental health disorder to a sexual health issue.
So when parents — seeking answers and help for children dealing with those feelings — took their children to therapists for help, the results were predictable: therapists affirmed the children&#8217;s feelings, and if the parents didn&#8217;t agree, they became the problem.
The Cleveland Health Clinic even has a page on its website dedicated to helping children understand whether or not they should cut off their parents.
&#8220;Family conflicts can draw your attention away from your needs, goals and priorities. Many people who go no-contact end up taking better care of themselves because they have more time and energy to devote to their own health and well-being,&#8221; Psychologist <a class="text-brandBlue-500 print:text-black underline underline-offset-[5px] print:no-underline decoration-1 break-words hover:text-blue-800 transition" href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/25858-chivonna-childs" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-identity="link">Chivonna Childs, PhD</a>, advises.
&#8220;Therapists gave estrangement the professional, authoritative stamp of approval,&#8221; Doherty said.
Pastor Andrew Packer of <a href="https://www.goodshepherdcollinsville.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Good Shepherd Lutheran Church</a> noted that the shift in family dynamics came from a move away from Biblical principles in culture generally and in the therapy space.
&#8220;On the one hand, there are some really abusive and terrible parents, and I do not blame children who cut off contact with them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;On the other hand, our culture has completely forgotten that all relationships are difficult and take work. They involve bearing one another&#8217;s burdens in love — and bearing one another&#8217;s weaknesses, annoying habits, opinions we disagree with, etc., in love too.&#8221;
&#8220;Therapists and the self-therapy that labels anyone who disagrees with you or doesn&#8217;t affirm all of your opinions and choices as &#8216;toxic&#8217; is creating an environment where the 4th Commandment and the honor owed to parents is rejected swiftly,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Time and time again, I have seen loving, well-meaning parents treated like monsters. It&#8217;s another issue where we need our reality shaped by a Biblical view of things so that we can see clearly to properly address it.&#8221;
Packer went on to say that it was especially difficult for Christian parents to navigate that particular space, adding, &#8220;I think the hardest part for Christian parents is that we want our children to know the love and grace and mercy God has for them in Christ — and even that can be seen as &#8216;toxic.&#8217; Love shaped by Christ and His Word should be central for all Christian parents.&#8221;

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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele warned Haitian gangs that his military could &#8220;finish with you too&#8221; after four Salvadoran aviation technicians were taken hostage following an ambush Sunday.
The four technicians, whom Bukele described as &#8220;non-combatants,&#8221; were in Haiti as part of the United Nations-backed international Gang Suppression Force. Salvadoran officials initially said the men had escaped an ambush on their armored vehicle on foot. Bukele later confirmed that they were being held hostage.
&#8220;To the gang leaders and gang members holding our four compatriots hostage in Haiti: Our kidnapped men are not combatants. They are aviation technicians who are part of our mission in Haiti, within the framework of an international mission,&#8221; Bukele explained in his message, <a href="https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/2112981920741310695">posted to X</a> in Haitian Creole.
&#8220;Our mission consists only of pilots and technical personnel, whose primary job is to carry out medical evacuations and save lives, not to wage war,&#8221; Bukele continued. &#8220;However, they were kidnapped in a cowardly manner while returning after buying food at a market in the area.&#8221;
Bukele went on to note that the Salvadoran military was already moving to rescue the four hostages, and warned the gang members that they would not stop until all four were safely returned.
&#8220;Today, we have launched a military operation to rescue them. We have a single objective: to bring our four compatriots back home alive, without any harm. However, I want you, the gang leaders, to understand one thing very clearly: today&#8217;s attack is nothing compared to what is coming if we do not get all four hostages back alive,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And do not take our word for empty threats. We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish with you too. We still have time to avoid this. Return our four compatriots to us alive, without any harm, and everything will go back to how it was before the kidnapping. The decision is in your hands.&#8221;
The initial attack, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/americas/haiti-el-salvador-ambush-latam-intl">reported</a>, was an ambush and marked the first real attempt by local gangs to strike the GSF. It took place in Croix-des-Bouquets, a small, once-peaceful neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, the island nation&#8217;s capital city.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz pledged to help secure the technicians&#8217; rescue, adding, &#8220;To the gangs and gang leaders who carried out this cowardly attack, if you think you’re going to intimidate this coalition into retreat, you have made a terrible mistake.&#8221;

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&#8220;The View&#8221; host Sunny Hostin admitted during a recent panel discussion that she&#8217;d been trying to throw former Vice President Kamala Harris a lifeline when she unintentionally pulled the pin on a political grenade.
The liberal hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; were talking with producer Brian Teta during a special broadcast of their &#8220;Behind the Table&#8221; podcast, and he brought up a few of their more embarrassing exchanges. In one such exchange — during the 2024 presidential campaign — Hostin had asked Harris, &#8220;Would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years?&#8221;
Harris, after an uncomfortable pause, replied, &#8220;There is not a thing that comes to mind.&#8221;
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“Thanks for showing that, Brian &#8230; You know. It became so infamous. People wrote books around that question,&#8221; Hostin laughed, thanking Teta for bringing up such an uncomfortable memory.
Teta asked what she thought about the way that scene had played out, now that she had the benefit of hindsight.
&#8220;I thought it was a gift. I thought — I was looking at [Biden&#8217;s] numbers, his approval ratings were so low, and I thought she&#8217;s got to distance herself from him. Right? And so, what better venue in front of three million people that are her people than to ask her —&#8221; Hostin explained.
&#8220;If you have an answer. It&#8217;s a good audience,&#8221; Sara Haines interjected.
&#8220;Yeah, you know, that then to ask her what would you do differently?&#8221; Hostin continued. &#8220;And I actually thought the answer was going to be: &#8216;You know, we had a lot of wins in this administration. I was there for those wins. But I, as a woman of color, as a child of immigrants, as — I have a different lived experience and I intend to bring that lived experience with me into the White House. I will do this. I will do that. I will do this. I will do that. I will do that.&#8217; That was what I was expecting. I was not expecting ‘not a single thing comes to mind.'&#8221;
Teta noted that Harris later wrote about the exchange, saying that she&#8217;d had no idea at the time that Hostin had effectively &#8220;pulled the pin on a hand grenade.&#8221; Hostin, however, said she knew immediately that Harris&#8217; answer would be a major problem for the candidate.
&#8220;We all did,&#8221; cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin agreed.
Cohost Ana Navarro said Harris&#8217; staff came out to the table during the commercial break and warned Harris that she needed to do some serious damage control, and fast.
&#8220;They knew immediately that she needed to come back and do damage control. Which she tried, but it never — she didn’t control the damage,&#8221; Navarro said.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who has not been seen publicly since new details came out about the federal investigation into her citizenship status, emerged from her cocoon briefly to beg her supporters for financial support.
Omar, ignoring the fact that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-crimes-that-could-be-behind-the-ilhan-omar-raid">investigation</a> began under former President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration, has consistently referred to any and all questions about her immigration status as politically motivated and has accused President Donald Trump of attacking her specifically because of her race, gender, and religion — and because she has been one of his more vocal critics.
In her video message, Omar thanked her supporters for donations that she said would be used to help her “fight Trump and his administration for trying to intimidate me and so many other people right before the midterm elections.&#8221;
&#8220;We know that they’re running scared, we’re not going to be intimidated, we’re not going to be silenced, we’re not going to be scared,&#8221; she added, promising, &#8220;I’ll be out there campaigning alongside all of you and making sure that we beat back all of this and that we win in the midterms — win the House, win the Senate and hold this administration accountable.&#8221;
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&#8220;Thank you so much again and please continue to support us,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;It is going to be a very expensive and challenging time and so we appreciate whether you’re able to send $5, $10, $20. &#8230; Thank you.&#8221;
Omar&#8217;s Washington, D.C., home was the subject of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ilhan-omar-raid-approved-after-feds-seized-sisters-phone">federal search warrant</a> and was raided over a week ago, with Homeland Security Investigators taking documents and electronics from the home. Reports indicate that agents were looking for documents related to her father&#8217;s immigration and naturalization — in part because <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ilhan-omars-staff-altered-her-birthdate-after-she-was-elected-heres-why-that-matters">Omar&#8217;s claim to obtaining citizenship</a> at the age of 17 hinges on the information contained in those documents. No record of Omar&#8217;s father&#8217;s citizenship could be found at all during a 2023 search by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Omar has since demanded that they return everything that was taken.

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The 16-year-old shooter who killed three children and one teacher on October 15 at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, had a family history marked by his father&#8217;s violence and alcohol abuse, according to a new report.
The gunman, who was shot and killed by an armed parent during the attack and is not being named per The Daily Wire&#8217;s mass shooter policy, was a former student at the school. The shotgun he used was a birthday gift from his mother, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bend-oregon-elementary-school-shooting-gun-birthday-gift-mom/">reported</a>, citing sources.
According to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/10/20/us-news/oregon-school-shooter-griffin-john-came-from-broken-violent-family/">report</a> published Tuesday by The New York Post, the gunman&#8217;s father had a history of alcohol abuse. He was arrested and sentenced to serve 48 months in prison after assaulting the boy&#8217;s mother and threatening her with a knife, but was released early and petitioned a judge to lift the restraining order against him so that he could see his son.
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In letters to a judge following his domestic violence arrest, the father acknowledged a history of alcohol abuse and said he had previously been jailed several times. After his early release, he was arrested again for allegedly head-butting a police officer and for using alcohol and marijuana in violation of the terms of his parole. The Post reported that it was unclear whether he was convicted in that case.
Police said the teenager shot his way into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-people-including-children-shot-at-oregon-elementary-school">Silver Rail Elementary School</a> and opened fire in a special education classroom. He had previously received special education services at the school. He killed three students — aged 5, 8, and 11 — and 25-year-old teacher Megan Lambert. He also reportedly shot a 7-year-old student in the face. That student, who was in a wheelchair, was hospitalized. A 54-year-old teacher was also shot.
The shooting ended when an armed parent, Kaylub Giamanco, followed the gunman into the school and shot and killed him. By then, a teacher had tackled the shooter and was grappling with him for control of the weapon.
Giamanco called his mother shortly after shooting the gunman, she <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-school-shooter-bystander-identified-silver-rail-elementary/">told</a> CBS News Sacramento.
&#8220;He said, ‘Mom, I just shot and killed somebody.’ I said, ‘Kaylub, tell me about it.’ He said, ‘A man went into my daughter’s school and shot kids,’ and he said, ‘and I looked at him point-blank, and I shot and killed him, Mom,'&#8221; Kenda Freeman, Giamanco&#8217;s mother, told the outlet.

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A New Jersey school district on Monday agreed to rescind a policy that allowed teachers and school officials to keep parents in the dark about their children&#8217;s &#8220;gender identities.&#8221;
The School District of the Chathams in 2024 ruled that counselors could determine &#8220;whether, and to what extent, parents/guardians can be involved&#8221; after students expressed a desire to identify as a different gender. In August, Moms For Liberty and the Thomas More Society sued the school district, <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/education/moms-for-liberty-sues-chathams-school-district-over-transgender-student-policy/">alleging</a> that the policy violated parents’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
&#8220;No school has the authority to transition a child behind his or her parents’ backs, and the Supreme Court made that unmistakably clear,&#8221; Christopher Ferrara, senior counsel at the Thomas More Society, said.
Citing two recent Supreme Court cases, the Thomas More Society wrote to the school district demanding it rescind the policy. On June 15, school board President Ann Ciccarelli claimed that at least one of those cases did not apply to New Jersey schools.
&#8220;This board told New Jersey parents the ruling didn’t apply to them, kept its secret transition policy on the books, and forced families to go to federal court to protect their own children,&#8221; Ferrara said.
&#8220;The Chathams Board of Education had every opportunity to fix this policy,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Instead, its own president stood up at a public meeting and told parents that Supreme Court precedent simply doesn’t apply to them. That is not a legal argument; it is defiance of the law of the land.&#8221;
Moms For Liberty asked the court to declare the policy unconstitutional and block its enforcement unless and until it was amended to require parental notice and consent before a student is allowed to adopt a new name or pronouns, or engage in any other activities based on a newly asserted gender identity.
The school board voted unanimously to settle the suit, which it did on October 15. As part of the settlement, the district agreed that it would not implement a similar policy in the future.
&#8220;Now that the policy is gone for good, every teacher and counselor in the district will receive a copy of the board’s written commitment to respect parents’ rights,&#8221; Ferrara said. &#8220;Districts that choose to still hide children’s gender transitions from their parents can follow the Chathams’ lead and change course now, or they can explain themselves to a federal judge.&#8221;

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Actor Matthew McConaughey faced accusations on Sunday that he used artificial intelligence to write a 6-minute video urging Americans to give independent candidates a serious look ahead of the midterms.
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh was among those who suggested the actor&#8217;s words sounded like they were written by AI.
&#8220;&#8216;That’s not indecision. It’s judgment&#8217;; &#8216;That’s not competition. It’s a scrimmage.&#8217; This is the most ChatGPT speech I&#8217;ve ever heard,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2112183427692671066">he wrote</a>. &#8220;Why? You&#8217;re Matthew McConaughey. You have a very distinct and recognizable way of speaking. Why outsource that to AI? I don&#8217;t get it.&#8221;
McConaughey, who often weighs in on individual issues, intentionally does not take sides with either political party. In the video, he argued that there should be someone on the ballot who represented &#8220;independents&#8221; like him.
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&#8220;So they&#8217;ve been telling us for years that an independent vote is a wasted vote,&#8221; McConaughey began, quipping, &#8220;Well, a great question for our times is, how&#8217;s that &#8216;unwasted&#8217; vote been working out for you?&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah. Now before we go any further, I want to let you know, this is not about me right now. This is about the upcoming ballot,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I am not here today to endorse a candidate or party. I am here endorsing two things: fairness and reality. See, I believe in a fair fight, and a fair fight is not just two fighters throwing the same punches at each other for 50 years. A fair fight is when the fighters who oughta be represented in the fight are actually in the fight! That&#8217;s fair.&#8221;
McConaughey argued that more Americans identify as independents than as Republicans or Democrats, and that independents deserved representation just as members of the two major parties did.
&#8220;Independents belong in the fight. not as a protest, not as a spoiler, but as a real and potential winner on the ballot and considered seriously by us. Independent does not mean you’re middle of the road. Independent is the original road,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Before there was ever a Republican or Democrat, there was an American &#8230; a true independent is not a fence sitter.&#8221;
The Oscar-winning actor further explained that a true independent would not hate either Republicans or Democrats, but would weigh their positions and take what was best and workable from both parties.
&#8220;That&#8217;s not indecision, that&#8217;s judgment,&#8221; he said.
He argued that the extremes on either side of the aisle were not good for the country, and said that if more people were willing to risk voting the way they really felt, Americans would have a Congress that better reflected what they needed.
&#8220;America&#8217;s brand was never R or D. It&#8217;s independent,&#8221; he declared.
Other viewers echoed Walsh&#8217;s criticism.
&#8220;Another casualty of AI psychosis. Listen to Matthew McConaughey read 6 minutes of Claude output pretending it’s his own words. He says &#8216;it’s not X it’s Y&#8217; like 10 times. No comment on the subject matter, but sad to see smart people letting themselves become meat proxies,&#8221; another <a href="https://x.com/scottastevenson/status/2111904936070197589">posted</a>.
Former reality television star <a href="https://x.com/spencerpratt/status/2111889925872435495">Spencer Pratt</a> (&#8220;The Hills&#8221;) also reacted to McConaughey&#8217;s video, but addressed the content rather than how it may have been written.
&#8220;Republicans vs dems isn’t the issue, man. It’s people who hate America vs people who love it…that’s what counts. There are people in both parties who have no love for their country. A 3rd party doesn’t fix that. There is no political solution for cultural rot. Stop pretending,&#8221; he said.

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Your Uncle Frank&#8217;s famous whiskey may soon be legal.
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would review an 1868 law banning home distilling, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-distilling-spirits-reconstruction-ban-51131151865ded86093a99ec56451465?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter">reported</a>. The high court will consider whether Congress acted within its constitutional authority when it passed the law more than 150 years ago.
Federal law makes home distilling a crime punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
The ban was enacted as part of an 1868 tax reform measure designed to curb fraud by commercial distillers. Plaintiffs in two separate cases argue that Congress overstepped its taxation powers by prohibiting home distilling. Government attorneys are pushing back, arguing that the restriction helps prevent tax evasion and that overturning it would improperly limit congressional authority.
<a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/10/supreme-court-agrees-to-consider-federal-ban-on-home-distilleries/">The Supreme Court</a> agreed to review <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/department-of-justice-v-mcnutt/">Department of Justice v. McNutt</a> after two recent challenges to the law resulted in conflicting federal appeals court rulings.
The primary case involves the Texas-based Hobby Distillers Association and individual would-be home distillers. A panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals <a href="https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-10760-CV0.pdf">ruled in their favor</a>, finding that the ban exceeded Congress&#8217; authority under the Constitution&#8217;s Taxation and Necessary and Proper clauses.
The other case centered around <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/ream-v-department-of-the-treasury/">John Ream</a>, a brewpub owner from Newark, Ohio, who wants to distill whiskey at home for his own personal consumption. <a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" href="https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/26a0117p-06.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA">A three-judge panel</a> of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal ban should stand.
&#8220;Our country’s founders would be rolling over in their graves to learn that a pastime in which even George Washington partook, which is as American as apple pie and certainly a lot older, has quite absurdly been turned into a federal crime,” Ream&#8217;s attorney Robert Alt said in a statement.
&#8220;The importance of this case and the questions it presents could hardly be overstated,” <a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26/26-93/416889/20260720142519562_Ream%20-%20Cert%20Petition.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA">the plaintiffs’ lawyers wrote</a>. “It presents fundamental questions of the extent of federal power and the powers reserved to the states and the people.”
The federal government also petitioned the Court to review the case, saying that the law was within the scope of Congress&#8217; power because it was &#8220;convenient&#8221; or &#8220;useful&#8221; in carrying an enumerated power into effect.
“Congress restricted home distilling because a distiller can more easily conceal a distilling operation or thwart necessary inspections — thereby evading the requisite tax — if the still is located in&#8221; a private residence or similar structure, the government argued.

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Violent riots have rocked Paris — and now would-be museum patrons are paying the price, as protesters have forced the Louvre to close its doors.
The official account for the famous art museum shared the news in both French and English via X, citing a &#8220;student social movement.&#8221; No date was given for the museum&#8217;s return to normal business operations.
&#8220;Dear visitors, due to student strikes the museum is currently closed. We apologise for the inconvenience,&#8221; the museum posted.
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🇫🇷 Chers visiteurs, en raison d’un mouvement social étudiant, le musée est fermé pour le moment. Nous vous prions de nous excuser de la gêne occasionnée.
🌍Dear visitors, due to student strikes the museum is currently closed. We apologise for the inconvenience. https://t.co/tNKFk3B9aj
— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) <a href="https://x.com/MuseeLouvre/status/2112105415722811622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Tourists who had hoped to visit the Louvre on Monday were captured on video shouting &#8220;you sons of b*tches&#8221; and waving their middle fingers at the protesters who were blocking the entrance to the museum.
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Des touristes venus visiter le musée du Louvre insultent et font des doigts d&#8217;honneur aux étudiants qui bloquent le musée depuis ce matin.
#Louvre #Paris #17octobre #24octobre https://t.co/YoH0cGgbie
— Luc Auffret (@LucAuffret) <a href="https://x.com/LucAuffret/status/2112114636002644055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2026</a></blockquote>
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By Monday morning, students from the École du Louvre had <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/travel/top-tourist-destination-world-shuts-down-amid-violent-protests">barricaded</a> the museum&#8217;s entrances — the iconic glass pyramid, the Carrousel du Louvre and the Passage Richelieu — forcing management to turn away visitors, Fox News reported, citing AFP.
The blockade was organized in solidarity with nationwide protests over the rising cost of living and recent police actions, according to the outlet.
On a busy day, the renowned art museum — which plays host to masterpieces such as Leonardo da Vinci&#8217;s &#8220;Mona Lisa,&#8221; Johannes Vermeer&#8217;s &#8220;The Lacemaker,&#8221; the Venus de Milo, Michelangelo&#8217;s &#8220;Dying Slave,&#8221; and the Great Sphinx of Tanis — can draw as many as 20,000 visitors.
Rioters have also looted and damaged businesses, including major shopping districts in Paris, Fox News reported. Dozens of radical groups, including communist organizations and a Muslim student association, have backed the protests, where Palestinian flags are a common sight, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/communists-and-muslims-join-forces-to-bring-europe-to-its-knees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.

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Singer and actress Selena Gomez admitted on Sunday that her addiction to vaping nicotine has changed her voice permanently — and she warned her fans not to do the same, adding, &#8220;It&#8217;s not worth it.&#8221;
The &#8220;Only Murders in the Building&#8221; actress made the comment in a video posted to her Instagram story. She said that she&#8217;d only recently stopped vaping and was hoping she&#8217;d be able to kick the unhealthy habit for good, Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/10/19/celebrity-news/selena-gomez-reveals-the-addiction-that-changed-her-voice-permanently/">reported</a>.
&#8220;I’m not going to be able to change my voice,” she said. “I vaped nicotine a lot, and nicotine is so hard to quit &#8230; it’s just not worth it.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s so stupid, and it’s changed my voice. So if you guys don’t like listening to my voice, that’s totally understandable; I don’t mind. Just don’t listen to it,&#8221; the 34-year-old &#8220;Wizards of Waverly Place&#8221; alum continued, laughing. &#8220;But I am really excited because I stopped [vaping] and I just hope I can keep it up. It’s really hard, but I know if you are going through something, you can get through it too.&#8221;
Gomez has been candid about her health issues in recent years, specifically her ongoing battle with the autoimmune disorder lupus. Lupus, a condition in which the body&#8217;s immune system attacks healthy tissues and organs, can cause uncomfortable swelling in the joints that can mimic arthritis, extreme fatigue, and recurring fevers.
The condition can affect multiple systems within the body simultaneously, including the joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and lungs — and treatments can also trigger weight fluctuations.
&#8220;My weight would constantly fluctuate because I would be on certain medications,&#8221; Gomez said on a 2023 episode of the Apple TV+ series “Dear…”
Gomez had <a href="https://pagesix.com/2025/12/17/celebrity-news/selena-gomez-finally-explains-reason-for-why-her-voice-has-changed/">previously attributed</a> the change in her voice to swelling in her throat, which may have been related to her condition.
&#8220;I get weird. My throat kind of swells inside sometimes. That’s all. That’s good,&#8221; she said in 2025, responding to a fan question about it during an Instagram Live.

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The 2026 midterms aren&#8217;t even over yet, and Vice President JD Vance has already dropped a bomb into the 2028 presidential election cycle: he might not run.
Vance told the audience at a Michigan town hall that he had not yet made a decision about whether or not he would seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2028 — and said it was certainly a possibility that he would sit the election out.
Host Tony Dokoupil started the ball rolling by jumping on a comment Vance had made earlier in the evening — namely that he might be &#8220;out of a job&#8221; in a couple of years.
&#8220;The structure of the sentence suggests that you&#8217;d be running for a continued job,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Not necessarily,&#8221; Vance laughed.
&#8220;No?&#8221; Dokoupil asked. &#8220;So there&#8217;s a chance — okay, let&#8217;s go right there: Is there a chance that you don&#8217;t run for president in 2028?&#8221;
&#8220;Of course there’s a chance!&#8221; Vance&#8217;s reaction was immediate. &#8220;Yeah, man, we’ve got four little kids, my wife has never loved politics. She loves public service. I think you know you can do a lot of good in this job, and I’ve tried to do as much good as possible.&#8221;
&#8220;I really — people ask me this question all the time. I think they assume that because I&#8217;m a politician, &#8216;Of course he&#8217;s going to run for president in 2028,'&#8221; he continued adding that, as a rule, he tended to procrastinate on major life decisions and only make up his mind at the last minute.
&#8220;My wife will tell you this: I&#8217;m a procrastinator. I hate &#8216;thinking about it,'&#8221; he added. &#8220;And what will happen is that first of all, after all of these fine people elect Mike Rogers United States Senator for the state of Michigan, what&#8217;s going to happen is, they don&#8217;t have to think about it. And I actually will have to make a decision.&#8221;
Throwing up his hands, Vance shook his head and concluded, &#8220;But you know, anything could happen, man.&#8221;
President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vance-reveals-who-will-decide-2028-gop-presidential-nominee">Donald Trump</a> has refrained from naming a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-takes-a-spontaneous-2028-presidential-straw-poll-vance-or-rubio">chosen successor</a>, making it clear that he has confidence in a number of members of his own cabinet should any of them decide to run for the 2028 nomination. He has said specifically that he thought Vance would do a great job, and has also voiced support for Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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Police in Wichita, Kansas, released the 34-year-old woman who drove her truck through a crowd at the Stryker Sports Complex, killing two people and leaving another ten injured. No charges have yet been filed, and no explanation was given.
The Wichita Police Department released a <a href="https://x.com/WichitaPolice/status/2111885699850862763">lengthy statement</a> via X, giving updates across several aspects of the tragic incident that left Adrian Cole, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35, dead.
Investigators interviewed more than 30 witnesses — including the two children who were in the truck with the driver — before speaking with the driver herself.
&#8220;Following the interviews, investigators consulted with the Sedgwick County District Attorney&#8217;s Office. The 34-year-old driver was subsequently released pending the results of toxicology testing and a mechanical examination of the vehicle,&#8221; the police department posted. &#8220;No charges have been filed at this time, and investigators continue working to determine the circumstances that led to the crash.&#8221;
The statement also gave new details about the victims, two of whom were pronounced dead at the scene.
&#8220;Emergency personnel responded and immediately began providing medical care to those injured. Despite lifesaving efforts, two people died at the scene. They have been identified as 6-year-old Adrian Cole and 35-year-old Nicholas Schafer, both of McPherson, Kansas. The two victims were not related,&#8221; the statement read.
&#8220;Ten people injured in the crash were transported to Ascension Via Christi and Wesley Medical Center with injuries described as noncritical. An additional 61-year-old woman was transported after experiencing medical complications unrelated to traumatic injuries, bringing the total number of people transported to local hospitals to 11,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;The ages and genders of the 10 people injured in the crash are: a 5-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy, two 8-year-old boys, a 9-year-old girl, a 28-year-old woman, a 32-year-old man, a 59-year-old woman, a 65-year-old woman, and a 68-year-old man.&#8221;
The investigation is ongoing. The Wichita Police Department has asked anyone with information about the crash to contact the department or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers. It also encouraged anyone who needs mental health support after the incident to reach out to Sedgewick County COMCARE.
&#8220;Our hearts are with the families of Adrian and Nicholas as they face an unimaginable loss. What should have been a day of children playing soccer and families spending time together ended in tragedy,&#8221; Police Chief Joe Sullivan said. &#8220;We are also thinking about those who were injured, their loved ones and everyone who witnessed what happened. We know this tragedy has affected many people throughout our community, and we want those families to know they are not alone. Our officers and investigators will continue working to understand exactly what happened.&#8221;

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