Dolly Parton died Tuesday following a &#8220;brief battle with cancer,&#8221; her representatives revealed after her death was announced and as fans <a href="https://x.com/JWheelertv/status/2092387189170586010?s=20">gathered outside her Nashville home</a> to mourn the loss of one of country music’s most beloved stars.
A spokesperson for the 80-year-old icon confirmed the previously undisclosed diagnosis in a statement to <a href="https://people.com/dolly-parton-died-after-a-brief-battle-with-cancer-her-team-confirms-12067930">People Magazine.</a> The specific type of cancer was not disclosed.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement added.
The Tennessee-born singer was hospitalized on Friday and died four days later at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, confirmed her death in an Instagram video. 
“But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light, and is in the arms of Jesus,” Seaver said.
Parton’s death follows a period of growing health concerns. Fans were alarmed in September 2025 when she postponed a scheduled six-night Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace. True to form, Parton eased the disappointment with humor, joking that she needed a “100,000-mile check-up” — and clarifying that it didn’t involve her plastic surgeon.
Four days before her death, she opened up to <a href="https://people.com/dolly-parton-shares-health-update-while-announcing-plans-for-museum-exclusive-12065750">PEOPLE</a> about her recent health struggles.
“I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [her late husband] Carl,” Parton told the outlet.
President Donald Trump ordered American flags flown at half-staff nationwide for one week beginning Tuesday evening in honor of the philanthropist and country music icon.
“Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away. This is a true loss for millions of people. There has never been anyone like her, and never will,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
At Parton’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-world-loves-you-trump-orders-flags-to-half-staff-for-dolly-parton?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98The+World+Loves+You%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Orders+Flags+To+Half-Staff+For+Dolly+Parton">The Daily Wire</a> reported. The family is asking that, instead of flowers, people donate to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Parton will <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/08/25/celebrity-news/dolly-partons-funeral-plans-revealed-after-her-death-at-age-80/">reportedly</a> be laid to rest beside her late husband, Carl Dean, at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum — dressed in her signature high heels.

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A scientist in Japan may have <a href="https://www.earth.com/science/immune-system-aging-supercentenarians/">discovered</a> the secret to living beyond the age of 100.
While most of us watch our body’s internal security force turn to mush as we age, a mind-blowing new study shows that folks who blow past their 110th birthday are hiding a supercharged biological defense force in their veins.
According to <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585352-supercentenarians-have-an-abundance-of-immune-cells-that-ward-off-cancer/">groundbreaking research</a> led by Dr. Kosuke Hashimoto from the University of Osaka and the prestigious RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, the human body doesn&#8217;t just give up after living 100 years. Instead, it produces an army of microscopic hitmen to keep death away, a mysterious, chameleon-like defender known as the CD4 cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CD4CTL).
Normal immune cells act like police or soldiers; helper T-cells spot the bad guys and scream for backup, while killer T-cells eliminate the threat.
But the newly discovered cell does everything; it has radar sensors like a spotter and the firepower of a sniper.
In normal people under the age of 100, these hybrid cells are extremely rare, making up less than 5% of total T-cells. But once these people pass 100 years old, the floodgates burst open. By the time someone reaches 110, these cells explode to make up nearly 20% of circulating T-cells in their bloodstream.
&#8220;Our findings suggest that immune aging is not simply a process of decline,&#8221; Dr. Hashimoto revealed. &#8220;Even at extreme old age, the immune system may continue to adapt to persistent challenges.&#8221;
Analyzing over 43,000 individual cells from donors ranging from elderly senior citizens to ultra-rare supercentenarians, Hashimoto’s team made an even crazier discovery: these ancient immune cells don’t get tired. Normally, when a cell fights off continuous threats, it gets burnt out with &#8220;T-cell exhaustion.&#8221; But these centenarians’ cells showed no signs of fatigue.
Even crazier, when researchers cross-referenced the genetic blueprints of these cells against global databases, they found matching receptor sequences in patients fighting against aggressive tumors, particularly lung cancer. Yet, the 110-year-old donors who carried these exact same cells had zero history of ever having cancer.
These super-centenarians might be churning out these cells that obliterate early-stage tumors and hidden infections before a doctor or a scan even notices them. Spain&#8217;s María Branyas Morera lived to be 117 and resisted COVID-19 without showing a single symptom.
If scientists can crack the code and artificially replicate this cell, much more of the human race could live beyond 100, and there might even be a cure for cancer.

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WASHINGTON — The husband of former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard underwent surgery for sacral chordoma cancer and is recovering well, Gabbard shared in an emotional video first obtained by The Daily Wire on Thursday.
Gabbard said that her husband Abraham did not know he had cancer until he went to the doctor for pain in his back. Doctors then shared with him that he had a tumor growing around his tailbone, and after several rounds of biopsies, revealed that he had a diagnosis of &#8220;sacral chordoma&#8221; a &#8220;very very rare, one in a million type of cancer,&#8221; Gabbard said.
&#8220;Everything got blurry at that moment for me,&#8221; she said, sharing that she was in a meeting at DNI when she learned the news. &#8220;I packed up all my stuff, got in the car, called Abraham, and said &#8216;I&#8217;m coming home,&#8217; and I got back to him as quickly as I could so that we could just sit together and process this confirmation that my husband has cancer.&#8221;
Gabbard said doctors gave her husband two options: very invasive surgery, or radiation. She and her husband opted for the surgery and scheduled it as quickly as they could.
In her video message, an emotional Gabbard shares footage of her husband in the hospital, saying it was a &#8220;long eight hours&#8221; as he underwent the surgery, adding that she didn&#8217;t expect how scary the surgery would be. The video footage shows Gabbard hugging her husband, holding his hand, fixing his surgical cap as he awaited the surgery, as well as Abraham attempting to walk around the hospital after his surgery and even throwing up from the post-operative pain, since he refused to take any of the narcotic pain medication.
<div id="attachment_1161881" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-shares-raw-update-about-husbands-cancer-battle/senate-intelligence-cmte-holds-confirmation-hearing-for-dni-nominee-tulsi-gabbard-6" rel="attachment wp-att-1161881"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1161881" class="wp-image-1161881 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2196776904.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2196776904.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2196776904-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2196776904-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2196776904-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>Tulsi Gabbard greets her husband Abraham Williams as she arrives to testify during her confirmation hearing on January 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)</div>
&#8220;A few weeks after the surgery was done, we got the best call. The pathologists and the doctors said they were confident that they were able to cut out all of the cancerous bone and tissue.&#8221;
Almost three months later, Gabbard said, her husband has been undergoing a rigorous physical therapy program.
&#8220;Overall, Abraham is progressing very well,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The reality is that the battle isn&#8217;t over yet. Even as Abraham&#8217;s recovery continues, we are going to have to keep a very close eye on this. He&#8217;ll have to continue to get frequent MRI&#8217;s to keep an eye on whether or not this cancer is coming back either in the same place or in other parts of his body.&#8221;
The former Director of National Intelligence said both she and her husband are so grateful to God for &#8220;His unconditional love, for being our shelter, for being our peace and our strength and our stability, our everything, throughout this whole process and in our lives.&#8221; She also thanked the doctors and all the medical professionals who have aided her husband, and thanked everyone who has prayed for them and stood by them throughout this time of hardship.
The video closes with Gabbard breaking down in tears and Abraham joining her to hug and console her as she wipes away her tears with a tissue.
Gabbard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-tulsi-gabbards-heartfelt-letter-on-why-she-chose-to-resign?author=Ben+Domenech&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Read+Tulsi+Gabbard%E2%80%99s+Heartfelt+Letter+On+Why+She+Chose+To+Resign">announced in late May</a> that she would resign from her role as Director of National Intelligence, President Donald Trump&#8217;s spy chief, sharing that her husband was battling “an extremely rare form of bone cancer” and that she must “step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.”
“Unfortunately, after having done a great job, Tulsi Gabbard will be leaving the Administration on June 30th,” Trump said at the time. “Her wonderful husband, Abraham, has been recently diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, and she, rightfully, wants to be with him, bringing him back to good health as they currently fight a tough battle together.”
“I have no doubt he will soon be better than ever,” Trump added. “Tulsi has done an incredible job, and we will miss her.”
Gabbard served 15 months in her role as Director of National Intelligence, working to transform the intelligence community and restore public trust through reforms, many declassifications, aggressive transparency, revoking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-yanks-security-clearances-of-37-intel-officials-over-russiagate-abused-the-public-trust" target="_blank" rel="noopener">security clearances of intel officials</a> who “abused public trust,” ditching DEI programs, and targeting foreign terrorist organizations.
As of May 2026, she oversaw the declassification of more than 500,000 pages of previously withheld government records, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-tulsi-gabbard-rfk-assassination-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> records tied to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., along with files related to Amelia Earhart’s disappearance and Biden administration documents outlining the federal government’s “Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism.” Her “ODNI 2.0” restructuring initiative also reduced agency bloat by more than 40%, saving taxpayers an estimated $700 million per year.

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Johnson &amp; Johnson announced on Monday it will be paying $5.5 billion to settle 76,000 lawsuit claims that its talc baby powder caused ovarian cancer.
Lawsuits about J&amp;J’s talc-based baby powder have entrenched the company in legal battles for the past 15 years. J&amp;J has settled similar lawsuits alleging that the baby powder contained asbestos and thus caused mesothelioma, but had not previously settled the ovarian cancer claims.  
This agreement came after a federal court <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-casts-doubt-69000-cases-alleging-jj-talc-caused-cancer-2026-07-22/">decision</a> on July 22 decreed that most claimants could not effectively tie the Johnson &amp; Johnson baby powder to their ovarian cancer.
“[The court confirmed] what we have maintained for years: that these claims lack scientific merit and were sustained only by unreliable expert opinions that could not survive rigorous judicial review,” Erik Haas, Johnson &amp; Johnson’s Worldwide Vice President of Litigation, <a href="https://www.jnj.com/media-center/press-releases/johnson-johnson-announces-a-proposed-resolution-of-ovarian-talc-litigation">said</a> in a statement. “While we are confident the Company would have ultimately prevailed with further litigation… this resolution allows the Company to put this matter behind it and remain focused on its mission to develop medicines and devices that save lives.”
Johnson &amp; Johnson repeated in its statement that the lawsuits were “meritless” and said that “Studies show talc is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer.” 
Chris Seeger, an attorney representing about 2,500 plaintiffs with talc claims, <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/johnson-johnson-agrees-pay-5-5b-settle-talc-lawsuits">told</a> Fox News that he helped negotiate the settlement. He also stated that J&amp;J could actually pay $7 billion or more because the settlement does not put a cap on the total payout but rather assigns specific values to qualifying ovarian cancer claims.
&#8220;We got a fair settlement, and our clients are going to be happy with it,&#8221; Seeger <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/johnson-johnson-announces-55-billion-settlement-talc-lawsuits-2026-07-27/">said</a> in an interview with Reuters.
Johnson &amp; Johnson plans to pay $3 billion of the $5.5 billion settlement in 2027 and the remainder in 2028 or later. 95% of claimants must agree to the settlement before it can take effect.
The company previously attempted a legal strategy to have shell-company subsidiaries declare bankruptcy in order to settle these cancer cases, but that proved unsuccessful.
J&amp;J switched its baby powder recipe from talc to a cornstarch-based product in 2020.

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Scientists are growing increasingly optimistic about new frontiers in melanoma treatment, with two promising developments pointing toward unconventional sources for combating the deadliest form of skin cancer.
The most recent breakthrough comes from the icy waters of Antarctica, where a team from the University of South Florida recently completed a six-week expedition to collect samples of ascidians, small marine invertebrates commonly known as sea squirts, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/29/sea-squirt-melanoma-treatment-research">The Guardian</a> reports. These creatures naturally produce bacterial toxins to ward off predators, and researchers believe those same toxins could be redirected toward fighting melanoma.
Bill Baker, a USF chemistry professor who led the effort, says early results are encouraging. Tests have already demonstrated that the substance eliminates melanoma cells in mice without harming the animals themselves — a critical early indicator that it could safely behave as a therapeutic drug. Baker described the milestone as a career highlight, noting that moving beyond petri dish results to demonstrating real physiological impact in living animals represents a significant leap forward.
The path to an approved human treatment remains long. Baker acknowledged that rigorous, multi-stage clinical trials would be required before any drug could reach patients. However, knowledge gained during this year&#8217;s expedition — including new insights into how the cancer-killing bacterium coexists inside the ascidian — could help accelerate that timeline.
Laboratory work is already underway in collaboration with the Desert Research Institute and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, including efforts to synthetically reproduce the toxin. That step is critical: harvesting enough of the compound from wild Antarctic organisms would be ecologically destructive and logistically impossible at the scale needed.
The expedition itself was no small feat. Divers descended up to 130 feet in freezing, unpredictable waters, navigating hazards, including leopard seals, shifting sea conditions, and poor visibility.
This discovery adds to a growing body of research exploring novel, non-traditional approaches to melanoma treatment.
In a separate development <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cancer-fighting-vibrating-molecules-99-efficiency-against-lab-cultures-of-melanoma-cells-reported">reported</a> in late 2024, researchers at Rice University made waves with a very different method: using light-activated molecules, dubbed &#8220;molecular jackhammers,&#8221; to physically rupture cancer cells. When stimulated by near-infrared light, these small dye molecules vibrate in unison and tear apart the outer membranes of malignant cells. In laboratory cultures of human melanoma cells, the technique achieved a 99% elimination rate, with half of the mice in animal trials becoming completely tumor-free.
Together, the two lines of research underscore a broader trend: some of the most promising weapons against cancer may come from the natural world or from physics-based approaches that bear little resemblance to conventional chemotherapy — offering renewed hope for patients facing one of oncology&#8217;s toughest diagnoses.

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday shared a major health update on her husband’s aggressive cancer battle. 
The top Trump cabinet official revealed her husband, Abraham, was diagnosed with a “very rare” form of cancer called sacral chordoma. The slow-growing bone cancer typically starts in the bones of the spine or skull, according to the Mayo Clinic.  The disease can grow anywhere along the spine and mostly affects adults ages 40 to 60, with surgery as “the main treatment.” 
On Thursday, Gabbard took to X to provide an encouraging update on Abraham’s course of treatment.
“The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost seven hours and was successful,” Gabbard said. “He had a rough night and is in a lot of pain, but is finally home resting.&#8221;
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My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma. The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost seven hours and was successful. He had a rough night and is in a lot of pain but is finally home resting. Now recovery begins. We’re so grateful…
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) <a href="https://x.com/TulsiGabbard/status/2062535301289914674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
“Now recovery begins. We’re so grateful for the outpouring of prayers and kind messages from all of you. Our hearts are full,” she added. 
Gabbard previously shared a heartfelt message on social media as the couple headed to the hospital for surgery. 
“We are humbled and so grateful to be surrounded by aloha during this really tough time,” she said. 
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We are getting ready to head to the hospital for my husband’s surgery and just wanted to say thank you so much to all of who have shared messages, prayers and well wishes for Abraham. We are humbled and so grateful to be surrounded by aloha during this really tough time. 🙏🏽 <a href="https://t.co/EpDcRqv8FV">pic.twitter.com/EpDcRqv8FV</a>
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) <a href="https://x.com/TulsiGabbard/status/2061788108727705658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2026</a></blockquote>
In May, Gabbard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-resigns-from-trump-admin?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Reacts+To+Tulsi+Gabbard%E2%80%99s+Surprise+Resignation">announced she was stepping down</a> to support her husband through a battle with “an extremely rare form of bone cancer.”
“My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer,” she wrote. “He faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months. At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.” 
<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116619437706453945">On Truth Social,</a> President Trump praised Gabbard for doing “an incredible job.”
Vice President Vance called her a “patriot” and a “great asset” to the White House.
“I’m sorry to see her go, but certainly understand that family comes first. She and her husband Abraham, will be in my prayers as they face this next challenge together, and she has my gratitude for being a great addition to the administration and a loyal confidante,” he said. “Godspeed Tulsi!”
In 2024, Gabbard, a former Hawaii Democratic Congresswoman, made waves when she crossed over to support President Trump’s re-election campaign. Her last day is expected to be June 30.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-taps-familiar-name-to-replace-tulsi-gabbard?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Taps+Familiar+Name+To+Replace+Tulsi+Gabbard">The White House on Tuesday</a> tapped Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William J. “Bill” Pulte to fill the role.

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A new drug in development has shown promising results in restricting cancer cells&#8217; ability to hide from the immune system and reduced tumors in some patients by at least 30%. 
<a href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-well-being/new-experimental-cancer-drug-removes-tumours-invisibility-cloak-early-trial-shows-1960776">Immunotherapy treatments</a> for cancer have improved survival rates, but due to cancer’s ability to play “hide-and-seek,” many drugs become ineffective. However, <a href="https://www.greywolftherapeutics.com/news/greywolf-therapeutics-reports-durable-clinical-responses-with-first-in-class-oral-erap1-inhibitor-grwd5769-across-six-solid-tumor-types">Greywolf Therapeutics</a>, an Oxford-based biotech company that focuses on treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases, developed a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/01/cancer-smart-drug-cells-invisibility-cloak-shrink-tumours-trial?utm_source=chatgpt.com">drug</a> designed to &#8220;stop cancer cells concealing themselves from the immune system, allowing immunotherapy treatments to identify and destroy them.” 
A trial, led by the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, England, tested 83 patients with cervical, bladder, liver, bowel, lung, or head and neck cancers. The patients were given the drug and immunotherapy treatment, cemiplimab. In the trial across the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Australia, the research found tumors shrank in 26 patients, and 15 of those patients had tumor reductions by at least 30%. 
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The drug, called GRWD5769, shrank tumors in all six cancer types and halted the progression of the disease for at least six months in 18% of the cervical cancer patients, 32% of liver cancer patients, 36% of bladder cancer patients, 38% of head and neck cancer patients, 51% of bowel cancer patients, and 55% of lung cancer patients. 
The results of the trial were presented at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago by <a href="https://www.greywolftherapeutics.com/news/greywolf-therapeutics-reports-durable-clinical-responses-with-first-in-class-oral-erap1-inhibitor-grwd5769-across-six-solid-tumor-types">Professor Fiona Thistlethwaite,</a> the medical director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Clinical Research Facility at The Christie. She said that she is excited about the trial because it shows “strong signals of efficacy across six tumor types that have shown great resistance to immunotherapy, with very few side effects. That&#8217;s unusual at such an early stage.” 
Thistlethwaite told The Guardian, “For a drug that is given as a tablet, this is very impressive. It’s early days, and we need further studies, but this is a new drug with a new mechanism that clearly helps immunotherapy perform more effectively.”
The drug works by addressing <a href="https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/2020/08/22/cancer-invisibility-cloak/">an issue that has plagued</a> scientists for decades: cancer’s ability to play hide-and-seek. The way the body fights foreign cells — bacteria and viruses — is by antigen-presenting cells (APCs) showing T-cells the external invaders, which then fight the disease. The problem with cancer cells is that they are not external invaders, but the body’s own cells, which become mutated. They coat themselves with PD-L1, a protein normal cells produce that works to hide their identity to T-cells, effectively playing hide-and-seek.
The new drug can “reveal hidden tumors through T-cell diversification and priming,” <a href="https://www.greywolftherapeutics.com/grwd5769#:~:text=What%20stage%20of%20development%20is">according to the Greywolf website,</a> which means that through the drug inhibiting ERAP1, it removes cancer’s &#8220;invisibility cloak” and allows T-cells to detect tumor cells originally invisible.
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/01/cancer-smart-drug-cells-invisibility-cloak-shrink-tumours-trial?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Dr. Samuel Godfrey,</a> Cancer Research UK&#8217;s research information lead, said that while immunotherapy has “transformed treatment for some cancers,” it doesn’t work for everyone. “This trial seems to show how this new drug could make immunotherapy more effective, including in some cases where immunotherapy had previously failed.”

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Former first lady Jill Biden suggested during a recent interview that the White House health care team should have diagnosed former President Joe Biden&#8217;s advanced prostate cancer much earlier.
Jill Biden spoke with Rita Braver for an interview that aired on CBS News and discussed her husband&#8217;s diagnosis, which came just a few months after they left the White House in early 2025, and how the health care team could have missed the aggressive disease that had already metastasized to his bones.
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RITA BRAVER: So is it a big change? You were in The White House and you are living kind of a quiet life in Delaware?
JILL BIDEN: Well, it&#8217;s not exactly a quiet life. I mean, we are… <a href="https://t.co/khvdCKizAx">pic.twitter.com/khvdCKizAx</a>
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) <a href="https://x.com/BonillaJL/status/2061241509337296976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So is it a big change?&#8221; Braver asked. &#8220;You were in the White House, and you are living kind of a quiet life in Delaware?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, it&#8217;s not exactly a quiet life. I mean, we are still doing a lot of things, writing, traveling, speaking. But then we come home, and this is our peaceful place, let&#8217;s put it that way,&#8221; Jill Biden replied, noting that she and the former president were certainly still keeping themselves busy.
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Braver provided the voice-over as the network cut to the next portion of the interview: &#8220;But there has not been a lot of peace for the Bidens.&#8221;
&#8220;Just four months after leaving office, President Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of stage four prostate cancer that had traveled to his bones,&#8221; Braver prompted, and Jill Biden affirmed that timeline. &#8220;How is the president doing now?&#8221;
&#8220;He is doing well. But it was a shock. I mean, Rita, honestly, I can remember getting the diagnosis, and it was just, it was shocking,&#8221; she explained.
Braver opened the door for Jill Biden to put the onus on the White House health care team: &#8220;Do you think that someone, when he was in The White House, should have discovered it, given him a test?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, you know, the doctors said that according to the American Urological Association, that men over 70 don&#8217;t need a PSA, a blood test anymore because it&#8217;s a slow-growing cancer. I have to say, Rita, I do feel we had amazing care in The White House, but somehow that was missed,&#8221; she replied.
&#8220;So you&#8217;re a little bit tense when it comes to his health, huh?&#8221; Braver pressed.
&#8220;I don’t know if the word is &#8216;tense,&#8217; but I think I’m vigilant,&#8221; Jill Biden replied.
The former first lady also recently revealed that she had worried that her husband might have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-jill-biden-recalls-private-fear-during-biden-trump-debate">having a stroke</a> during his debate with President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-dismantles-jill-bidens-stroke-claim">Donald Trump</a>.
Trump challenged her in a Truth Social post, arguing that if she had truly been concerned for her husband&#8217;s health during the debate, she should have rushed out onto the stage to help him.
&#8220;She said that she thought he was having a ‘stroke,’ and various other really bad things, and yet never rushed onto the stage to help her troubled husband, as any good wife would do,&#8221; he said.

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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was reportedly diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after her departure from the Department of Justice earlier this year.
Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/05/27/pam-bondi-white-house-ai">reported</a> that Bondi, 60, has already undergone treatment and is now recovering. Few details about the diagnosis or treatment have been publicly released and Bondi has not personally commented on the reports surrounding her health.
The revelation stunned many in Washington and conservative media circles, especially as the former attorney general has remained closely tied to President Donald Trump following her DOJ exit. Trump is reportedly planning to tap Bondi for a new artificial intelligence advisory role inside the administration.
After the news broke, social media quickly filled with prayers and messages of support from Trump allies, conservative commentators, and longtime supporters.
Former White House official Katie Miller wrote on X that Bondi had been “quietly kicking cancer’s ass the last few weeks,” while praising her personally.
Bondi became one of the most recognizable faces inside Trump’s Justice Department and remained a fierce public defender of the administration throughout her time in office.
Following her removal last month, she vowed to continue fighting for Trump and his agenda.
Before joining the Trump administration, Bondi served as Florida attorney general and built a national profile as a tough-on-crime prosecutor and outspoken conservative legal figure.
She later became one of Trump’s most visible defenders during several major legal and political battles tied to the White House.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, most thyroid cancers are considered highly treatable when caught early, with survival rates remaining extremely high for many patients.
Bondi is not the only major figure in Trump’s orbit currently battling cancer, as White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles continues undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent a lifetime staring down death—whether it was Egyptian fire in the Suez Canal, a terrorist’s bullet during the Sabena Flight 571 rescue, or the crushing weight of leading a nation in a multi-front war for survival. On Friday, the world learned that he has spent the last two months quietly staring down a new enemy: cancer. And, true to form, the cancer blinked first.
In a characteristically <a href="https://x.com/netanyahu/status/2047625296396845425">blunt announcement</a>, Netanyahu revealed that a routine medical screening recently detected a &#8220;tiny spot&#8221; of a malignant tumor in his prostate. While many men his age might opt for the &#8220;wait and watch&#8221; approach, the former Sayeret Matkal commando—a man who once refused to let fellow soldiers carry his stretcher during grueling navigation exercises—chose the path of maximum aggression.
“You already know me,” Netanyahu said, in a statement that served as both a medical update and a warning to Israel’s enemies. “When I’m given information in time about a potential danger, I want to address it immediately. This is true on the national level and also on the personal level.”
Netanyahu delayed the publication of his annual medical report by two months, a strategic move designed to deny the Iranian &#8220;terror regime&#8221; the opportunity to weaponize his health for propaganda purposes during the height of the current conflict. It was a classic &#8220;Bibi&#8221; maneuver: subordinating personal vulnerability to national security.
Much like the resolve of a certain president who rose powerfully to his feet after an assassin&#8217;s bullet nearly took off his head, the prime minister’s resolve is backed by a medical history that reads like a manual on physical toughness. In July 2023, after undergoing emergency surgery to implant a pacemaker under general anesthesia, Netanyahu was discharged on a Monday morning and was back in the Knesset by Monday afternoon to vote on historic judicial reform. Less than a year later, in March 2024, he underwent hernia surgery and was back at his desk within 24 hours.
This latest skirmish with a malignant tumor was no different. Netanyahu opted for targeted treatments that he claims have now &#8220;removed the problem,&#8221; leaving no trace of the disease. During the procedures, he reportedly read a book and continued working.
For the man who survived the &#8220;Unit,&#8221; the message was clear: a tumor is just another insurgent to be neutralized. Whether it is Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in the north, or a rogue cell in his own body, Netanyahu’s philosophy remains the same: identify the threat, strike it with precision, and return to the mission.
&#8220;Thank God, I overcame this too,&#8221; Netanyahu stated. &#8220;I am in excellent physical condition.&#8221;
The prime minister concluded his announcement by urging Israeli citizens to take care of their own health—a rare moment of paternal warmth from a leader whose political identity is forged in the fires of elite special forces combat.
But make no mistake: the &#8220;commando&#8221; is still very much in the room, and he has no intention of retreating.

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Former Nebraska Republican Senator Ben Sasse said he does not fear his death during an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/opinion/ben-sasse-death-pancreatic-cancer.html">interview</a> with Ross Douthat earlier this week.
Sasse <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-senator-ben-sasse-reveals-stage-four-cancer-diagnosis-ive-got-less-time-than-id-prefer?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Former+Senator+Ben+Sasse+Reveals+Stage-Four+Cancer+Diagnosis%3A+%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99ve+Got+Less+Time+Than+I%E2%80%99d+Prefer%E2%80%99">said</a> in December that he had been diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, calling it a “death sentence.”
“I was incredibly blessed to be quickly at peace,” Sasse told Douthat. “I kept hearing the Pauline phrase, ‘To live is Christ, to die is gain.’&#8221;
“Death is terrible,” Sasse added. “We should never sugarcoat it. It is not how things are meant to be. But it is great that death can be called the final enemy. It’s an enemy, but it’s a final enemy, and then there will be no more tears.”
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Sasse is now in the fourth month since his diagnosis, having been told he had three to four months to live.
“I believe in the Resurrection, and I believe in a restoration of this world, and so I did not feel great fear about my death,” Sasse said. “I didn’t want the pain I was going through, I didn’t want to be a pansy-ass in my final moments.”
Sasse had a bloody face during his interview, a side effect of a new cancer treatment, he told Douthat. The treatment is extending the lives of cancer patients, but causes bleeding, peeling, and rashes.
“It’s a nasty drug,” Sasse said. “It causes crazy stuff, like my body can’t grow skin, and so I bleed out of a whole bunch of parts of me that shouldn’t be bleeding.”
Sasse has done several interviews since his diagnosis, and he told Douthat he has “time to redeem.”
“You gotta redeem the time, and there’s only so many bits of unsolicited advice I can give my children,” Sasse said when asked why he is choosing to talk to journalists. “You journalists want to talk, and if you don’t have anybody better, I’m your man.”
Although Sasse said he has made peace with his mortality, he added that he does have regrets about having prioritized poorly throughout his life.
“We’re all on the clock, and I wanted to have prioritized better, and whether I really only had three or four months left or if I get nine to 12 months left, I wanna prioritize better from then. But in my tradition, in Christianity, the need for daily repentance is just a truth. I am broken,” Sasse said. “And I get to repent every day of my sins — of both omission and commission. And yet, at a slightly bigger level, if you’re only gonna get three or four months, you really wanna get some of your affairs in order.”
Sasse said he has felt a heaviness about the diagnosis because he does not want to leave his children without a father.
“I knew that God was not surprised by the diagnosis,” Sasse said. “There is not a maverick molecule in the universe. But I didn’t like the idea of my 14-year-old son not having a dad around at 16. I didn’t like the idea of my daughters, who are 22 and 24, not having their dad there to walk them down the aisle.”
Despite his concerns, Sasse said, he is still at peace.
“I’ve continued to feel a peace about the fact that death is something that we should hate, we should call it a wicked thief, and yet, it’s pretty good that you pass through the veil of tears one time and then there will be no more tears,” Sasse said.

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Bayer said on Tuesday its Monsanto unit had reached an agreement worth as much as $7.25 billion to resolve tens of thousands of current and future lawsuits claiming that its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer.
The German company said the proposed nationwide settlement, filed on Tuesday in state court in St. Louis, Missouri, would establish a long-term claims program funded by capped annual payments over up to 21 years.
The company, which acquired Roundup as part of its $63 billion purchase of agrochemical company Monsanto in 2018, is facing claims over Roundup from approximately 65,000 plaintiffs in U.S. state and federal courts.
The plaintiffs say they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other forms of cancer after using the weedkiller, either at home or on the job.
Following the announcement, Bayer shares rose as much as 7.7% to reach their highest level since September 12, 2023. Frankfurt-listed Bayer shares were up 7.2% by 1839 GMT.
Bayer said it expects its provisions and litigation liabilities to rise from 7.8 billion euros ($9.24 billion) to 11.8 billion euros. It anticipates around 5 billion euros in litigation-related payouts in 2026, and now expects negative free cash flow for the year.
Roundup is among the most widely used weedkillers in the United States. Bayer has said decades of studies have shown Roundup and its active ingredient, glyphosate, are safe for human use.
The deal covers the bulk of the lawsuits, but requires a judge&#8217;s approval and a minimum number of plaintiffs to opt in. It does not require Bayer to admit liability or wrongdoing and allows the company to back out if too many plaintiffs decline to participate.
It is also designed to head off future lawsuits, and allows people who can prove they have been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and were exposed to Roundup prior to Tuesday to file claims to receive a portion of the settlement up to 21 years from now.
The agreement was negotiated with Motley Rice, Seeger Weiss and other law firms that would represent a nationwide class of plaintiffs, if the court allows the deal to proceed.
Bayer CEO Bill Anderson said on a call with investors and reporters that he is confident the proposed class action settlement will resolve the vast majority of the claims, although he declined to say how many people currently support the deal.
Attorneys who negotiated on behalf of the plaintiffs said the deal represents the best path forward. Payouts will be determined by a tiered system that considers exposure, age at diagnosis and cancer type. Individuals could receive up to $198,000 or more, according to attorney Eric Holland.
The company said it had separately reached confidential settlements to resolve other Roundup cases with specific law firms, although the company would not name the firms or specify the amount of those deals.
Tuesday&#8217;s proposed settlement comes after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in a case that Bayer argues will sharply limit its liability in the litigation.
The company said the Supreme Court case, scheduled for oral arguments at the end of April, remains essential to resolving the Roundup litigation.
Bayer is arguing that consumers should not be able to sue it under state law for failing to warn that Roundup increases cancer risk because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found no such risk and requires no such warning. Bayer argued that federal law does not allow it to add any warning to the product beyond the EPA-approved label.
A favorable ruling would wipe out several large verdicts that remain on appeal and could also prevent future claims from individuals who choose to opt out of the nationwide settlement.
Bayer investors welcomed news of the proposed settlement but some, like Markus Manns, portfolio manager at Bayer shareholder Union Investment, cautioned it was &#8220;not yet the breakthrough that many investors had hoped for.&#8221;
&#8220;The settlement buys Bayer time, but without a win in the Supreme Court, a new wave of lawsuits could roll over Bayer in a few years,&#8221; Manns said.
The company had previously paid about $10 billion to settle most of the Roundup lawsuits that were pending as of 2020, but failed to get a settlement then covering future cases.
It has had a mixed record with cases that have gone to trial. It prevailed in a series of Roundup trials, but has been hit with large jury awards in the past few years, including a $2.1 billion verdict in a case in the U.S. state of Georgia in March.
The verdicts shattered both investor confidence and company hopes that the worst of the Roundup litigation was over, and put pressure on Bayer to find a comprehensive solution to the lawsuits.
(Reporting by Diana Jones and Kirsti Knolle; Additional reporting by Dietrich Knauth; Writing by Linda Pasquini and Friederike Heine; Editing by Alexander Smith, Alexia Garamfalvi and Jan Harvey)

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