An undercover video released by Live Action ahead of the March for Life appears to show a Planned Parenthood employee telling a woman that ending the life of an unborn child is safer than giving birth.
Investigators with Live Action released an undercover video on Thursday that appears to show Planned Parenthood employees being willing to covertly ship abortion pills, and agreeing to ship pills without confirming the gestational age of the child. The video was released as part of an effort to urge the Trump administration to take action to stop the widespread mailing of the abortion drug across the country.
For the video, Live Action said it made calls to 27 different Planned Parenthood affiliates across the country and asked a number of questions about receiving the abortion drug mifepristone. The video featured recordings of the calls with investigators and Planned Parenthood employees.
In one of the calls, an employee at a Planned Parenthood in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, tells a woman it would be safer for her to end the life of her unborn child through an in-person abortion or abortion pill than to deliver it.
“I mean, I would say like both procedures are really safe and effective, but as with any medical procedure, there are some risks involved,” the employee says in the video, according to Live Action. “Of course, you know, we can talk about that more in detail with, like, a medical care provider just to get more accurate info on that, if that makes sense. But I know they’re like, they’re like, certainly like, safer than, like, you know, carrying to term, I’d say as far as that goes.”  
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In another video from St. Cloud, Minnesota, a Planned Parenthood employee said to a woman that she couldn’t quite tell her what she would see after taking abortion pills.
“You’re pregnant, so the abortion, you will be bleeding and cramping and blood clots to get rid of the pregnancy or get rid of the baby, you know, the pregnancy,” the person said on the call.
In other videos, individuals identified as Planned Parenthood employees by Live Action told women they wouldn’t need to get ultrasounds before getting mailed abortion pills or need follow-up appointments after taking the pills.
“Do I have to have an ultrasound?” the Live Action investigator asks a person identified as a Planned Parenthood employee in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
“So, if you don’t want an ultrasound, if you’re OK not getting one, we can go ahead and move forward,” the unidentified employee responded, according to the recording published by Live Action.
In Portland, the investigator was told she could get the pills sent to her in a “confidential manner.”
“Can I do this without my parents knowing?” the Live Action investigator asked.
“Yeah, we can set it up to be confidential for you,” the Planned Parenthood employee responded.
Other investigators were told that the pills don’t “have to go right to your house” and that Planned Parenthood could “use a different address, you can put like a friend’s address or something.”
The video was released at a press conference attended by multiple Republican lawmakers, including Reps. Michael Cloud (R-TX), Mark Harris (R-NC), Troy Downing (R-MT), and Andy Biggs (R-AZ).
When reached for comment on the video, Planned Parenthood did not respond to the specific allegations but claimed to comply with all applicable laws.
“Planned Parenthood health centers that offer medication abortion follow all applicable laws and regulations and always ensure care provided reflects the latest credible research and upholds the highest standard of patient care,” Danika Severino of Planned Parenthood told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;In accordance with Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s medical standards and guidelines — which are developed and updated with medical experts across the field of sexual and reproductive health care using rigorous scientific evidence — providers at Planned Parenthood health centers explain the associated risks and benefits to patients seeking medication abortion, just as they do with every health care service provided,” she added.
The video was published in conjunction with the release of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LA26-The-State-of-Chemical-Abortion-01.20.26-updated.pdf">report</a> detailing the history and dangers of the abortion pill and a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary.
“Since its approval in 2000, this drug has ended the lives of approximately 7.5 million children in the United States. Live Action’s investigation now publicly documents how those regulatory failures in safety manifest in clinical practice, particularly within Planned Parenthood facilities tasked with administering this drug under federal safeguards,” Live Action President Lila Rose wrote to Kennedy and Makary.
Rose asked the officials to “reevaluate the approval and current regulatory status of mifepristone, strengthen transparency and data collection, and remove this dangerous drug from the market.”
On Thursday, Rose met with Kennedy and said that they <a href="https://x.com/LilaGraceRose/status/2014396553406886052">discussed</a> the “dangers of the abortion pill.”
Ahead of the March for Life, the Trump administration did make multiple pro-life policy moves that were praised by conservative groups. The administration ended the use of human fetal tissue in federally-funded research, expanded the Mexico City policy, cutting funding for abortion abroad, and took actions to protect the rights of doctors in Illinois to not perform abortions.
Those moves were praised by the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America organization, which also demanded that they reverse Biden-era guidelines that allowed the abortion pill to be sent through the mail. These regulations have enabled activists to ship abortion pills into states where medication abortions are technically illegal.
“The abortion rate has gone way up over a million at least as far as we can track,” SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said on a press call attended by The Daily Wire. “They&#8217;re going up in these states because the abortion drugs, of course, through the mail, anyone can order them, they&#8217;re flooding [to] every boyfriend, every trafficker, every woman who orders them.”

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Like many young American girls, when I was a teenager, I hated myself and my body. I was unhappy and anxious. Eventually, I was diagnosed with depression and anorexia. 
It goes without saying that I was no stranger to feeling like I wasn’t “me” in my own body. No one told me to get liposuction for my anorexia. But when I went to the counselor’s office for my first appointment for gender dysphoria, I left with a letter of approval for testosterone.
Since I’ve detransitioned, life has felt like a roller coaster. The physical distress I experienced going through hormone “therapy” and surgery that drastically changed my body is only one portion of how horrific it truly is to not only attempt something impossible by supposedly transitioning from one gender to another, but to return to identifying with reality.
I was called a patient, but from start to finish, I was never treated like one.
Being a patient requires informed consent and the exhaustion of all avenues of care before resorting to the most drastic option. And yet, from the start, doctors were ecstatic to accelerate my so-called transition without once suggesting mental health treatment. Instead, a counselor suggested almost immediately that I needed to be put on wrong-sex hormones. When I raised any suspicion that this was not the right choice for me, the doctors were far from supportive and made me feel like my voice didn’t matter anymore. I was praised for raising my voice and embracing who I thought I was, but only when I identified as trans. Yet when I voiced a dissenting opinion on the same topic, the response was underwhelming and even shame-inducing.
For years, gender clinics, medical associations, and activist groups have driven the conversation around so-called “gender-affirming care,” but there has never been any long-term testing done to see what the implications of these treatments are on minors, especially the ones still going through puberty. Any time a question was raised as to whether this was safe, or if there could be a possibility of trans-identifying minors changing their minds down the road, it was diminished as “rare” and accused of putting politics over the mental health of these children.
The Trump administration has been the first presidential administration to sound the alarm on these harmful practices. For the first time, federal agencies started to ask the questions that detransitioners had been trying to warn the public about: are these “treatments” actually safe, or are they doing more harm than good?
In his first year back in office, President Trump has elevated the voices of detransitioners like me. Last summer, I had the honor of testifying <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/GAC-RFI-FINAL.pdf">in front of the Federal Trade Commission</a>, sharing my experience of how I was essentially forced into “gender-affirming care,” instead of the mental health care and therapy I desperately needed. Only a few years ago, my voice would have never been heard in the federal landscape.
Gender medicine has thrived in a system with zero accountability. I am proud to be at the forefront of a movement that is finally asking for the kind of accountability that is long overdue.
Detransitioners like me have been gaslit into believing we are anomalies, and that if doctors hadn’t taken action, we would’ve been suicidal or worse, dead. What the mainstream doesn’t want you to know is that my mental health issues didn’t magically disappear overnight once I began transitioning — they actually got worse. Yet the doctors who led me down this path have faced zero opposition and zero accountability — until now.
President Trump and his administration have been a disruptor to the system of gender ideology since day one. His administration has led the charge to make sure that the doctors, experts, and gender-ideology apologists finally answer the questions that have been stamped down, argued as ridiculous, and smeared by those who chose ideology over reality.
One of the first actions President Trump took upon being back in the Oval Office was <a href="https://www.independentwomen.com/2025/01/28/president-trump-protects-americas-children-from-chemical-surgical-mutilation-in-latest-executive-order/">signing an executive order</a> to protect minors from receiving any sex-changing surgery or procedure. This executive order also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to subsidize irreversible medical harm to children. HHS’s proposed guardrails bar hospitals that perform “gender-affirming care” from participating in Medicare and Medicaid.
Late last year, HHS also <a href="https://www.independentwomen.com/2025/12/18/hhs-takes-historic-action-to-ban-body-mutilating-medical-procedures-targeting-gender-confused-youth/">released a peer-reviewed, evidence-based review</a> concluding pediatric gender interventions lack long-term safety data and do not meet professionally recognized standards of care. Secretary Kennedy formally declared that these dangerous procedures were far outside acceptable medical practice. This bold move was the nail in the coffin of the claim that “the science is settled” and got gender medicine back on track based on evidence, ethics, and informed consent.
Detransitioners like myself are grateful for the actions taken by the Trump administration that will ensure the safety and well-being of the next generation.
While my detransitioner friends and I may not have been protected, I know that the work we have put in — in speaking out, standing up, and tirelessly testifying across the country — will have a meaningful impact in protecting kids who are struggling with their mental health. I will continue to fight for the childhoods of every gender-confused kid out there so that they are protected from fear, coercion, and medical harm.
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Prisha Mosley is an Independent Women ambassador and detransitioner. Independent Women Features, the storytelling platform of Independent Women, featured Prisha’s story as part of its “Identity Crisis” docu-series, which highlights the irreversible harms of gender ideology. Prisha’s story, including her pregnancy journey, was documented in two parts, which can be found <a href="https://www.iwfeatures.com/documentary/mentally-ill-teen-betrayed-by-health-professionals-who-recommended-testosterone-and-top-surgery/">here</a> and <a href="https://www.iwfeatures.com/documentary/a-detransitioners-pregnancy-journey/">here</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
This article has been edited for clarity.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is <a href="https://www.wsj.com/health/rfk-jr-s-health-department-is-studying-health-effects-of-cellphones-b4c3a468?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqcx5z2O_cjc3AfhKqm-TqE3qYkNQ7VAuYO1m7ldcf9U8Ut4GM4UEEVZu6OnkXs%3D&amp;gaa_ts=696e3454&amp;gaa_sig=WC6JxftbtEEF2p5_PY5AV_kQUzfxafb1CdWcsP9wCTw4Gi567JbjmvgathHyEtxG_Du7MhLA90SUTJhhRdkaKA%3D%3D">launching a new study</a> into the potential health effects of cellphone radiation, a move that reflects long-standing concerns raised by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies but may run counter to the conclusions of many major scientific and regulatory bodies.
According to HHS, the study will examine electromagnetic radiation and human health to identify gaps in current scientific knowledge, including risks associated with newer technologies. HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said the effort is being undertaken while older federal webpages asserting that cellphones are not dangerous have been removed, describing those conclusions as outdated. The study was directed by President Donald Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission and follows earlier MAHA-aligned efforts, including policies cited by HHS claiming that 22 states restricted cellphone use in schools to improve children’s health.
The Food and Drug Administration, which operates under HHS, quietly removed webpages that had previously stated that the weight of scientific evidence did not link cellphone radio-frequency exposure to health problems. While summaries of those pages still exist, the original links now redirect to general information about the FDA’s regulatory role. Other federal agencies, however, have not changed their positions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute, and the Federal Communications Commission continue to say that existing evidence does not demonstrate a causal link between cellphone use and cancer, though some note that further research is warranted.
Kennedy, an environmental lawyer by training, has for years argued that wireless radiation poses serious health risks. He has represented plaintiffs who blamed brain tumors on cellphone use, chaired Children’s Health Defense, and helped force a federal court review of FCC radiation standards in 2020. He has publicly warned that children are exposed to what he calls a “toxic soup” of wireless radiation.
Many mainstream scientists disagree, as large epidemiological studies have found no link between cellphone use and cancer, and experts note that cellphones emit non-ionizing radiation, which does not damage DNA in the way cancer-causing radiation does. The World Health Organization similarly says there is no conclusive evidence of harm, though it encourages continued long-term research.

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President Trump signed a bill on Wednesday that overturns Obama-era restrictions on whole milk for school children.
The <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/222/text">Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act</a> allows schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to serve whole and 2% fat milk, a departure from the former standards set by the Obama administration. Previously, schools in the program were required to serve skim and low-fat milk.
“Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, whole milk is a great thing,” Trump said at the signing ceremony on Wednesday, which was attended by dairy farmers and their kids, per the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/whole-milk-school-lunches-trump-5572176286b322d844bb76d52906e2c7">Associated Press</a>. 
&#8220;With this legislation, schools will finally be able to expand their offerings to include nutritious whole milk,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;This is the perfect follow-up to the new Real Food pyramid.&#8221; The bill includes provisions for parents who prefer non-dairy alternatives, which were previously only allowed with a doctor’s note.
&#8220;We&#8217;re eliminating that rather ridiculous policy, allowing parents to choose what is best for their child, which is a big move,&#8221; Trump said, per <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/whole-milk-headed-back-school-cafeterias-after-trump-signs-health-law-experts-benefits">Fox News</a>.
The newly passed bill reverses the largely unsuccessful Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, championed by Michelle Obama, which aimed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-jr-could-do-what-michelle-obama-actually-promised-healthy-lunches-for-low-income-students">curtail childhood obesity</a> by reducing calories and fat in school lunches. 
The Department of Agriculture shared a photo of President Trump with a milk mustache on X Sunday. The accompanying text said, “The Milk Mustache Is Back. Drink Whole Milk.”
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The bill comes just one week after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced major changes to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-flips-the-food-pyramid-and-announces-massive-changes-to-dietary-guidelines">reported</a>. 
The new guidance flipped the food pyramid upside down, advising Americans to eat whole foods, prioritize healthy fats and protein, and limit or avoid ultra-processed foods. Kennedy and Rollins declared the war on “healthy fats,” which included whole milk, was over.
These changes follow RFK&#8217;s Make America Healthy Again initiative, which he’s championed since before Trump took office. During a 2024 Fox &amp; Friends <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBwLt1dJ6mH/">interview</a>, RFK was asked what he would do to improve school lunches. 
He replied, “I’ll get processed food out of lunches immediately. About half the school lunch program goes to processed food… We’re creating a diabetes problem in our kids, by giving them food that is poison and I’m going to stop that.”

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Donald Trump has incredibly high testosterone levels for a man his age, and discussed the president&#8217;s bizarre diet — which includes a lot of fast food.
“He&#8217;s got incredible health,&#8221; Kennedy said of President Trump during a recent appearance on The Katie Miller Podcast.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, looked at Trump&#8217;s medical records &#8220;and said he&#8217;s got the highest testosterone level that he&#8217;s ever seen for an individual over 70 years old,&#8221; according to Kennedy, who joked that he knows Trump would be okay with him disclosing that to the public.
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“He&#8217;s got a he&#8217;s incredible health. <a href="https://twitter.com/DrOz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrOz</a> looked at his medical records and said he&#8217;s got the HIGHEST testosterone level that he&#8217;s ever seen for an individual over 70 years old.
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The president, though, has a bizarre diet, Kennedy said. When asked who has &#8220;the most unhinged eating habits&#8221; in the administration, Kennedy quickly pinpointed Trump.
&#8220;The interesting thing about the president, is that he eats really bad food, which is McDonald’s, and candy, and Diet Coke — he drinks the Diet Coke at all times. He has the constitution of a deity. I don’t know how he’s alive,&#8221; Kennedy joked.
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&#8220;He says that the only time he eats the junk food is when he&#8217;s on the road, and he wants to eat food from big corporations because he trusts it — he doesn&#8217;t want to get sick when he&#8217;s on the road,&#8221; the secretary explained. &#8220;But when he&#8217;s at Mar-a-Lago or at the White House, he&#8217;s eating really good food.&#8221;
&#8220;If you travel with him, you get his idea that he&#8217;s just pumping himself full of poison all day long and you don&#8217;t know how he&#8217;s walking around, much less being the most energetic person any of us have ever met,&#8221; Kennedy added.
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“He eats really bad food, which is McDonald’s, and candy and Diet Coke. But he drinks Diet Coke at all times. He has the constitution of a deity. I don’t know how he’s alive…He&#8217;s just pumping himself full of poison all day long.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/l4iHnlTkiE">pic.twitter.com/l4iHnlTkiE</a>
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President Trump is known for having incredible energy and needing very little sleep. Left-wing CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins recently <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cnn-kaitlan-collins-reveals-why-181726613.html">talked</a> about how media folks dread traveling with Trump on Air Force One because the president &#8220;does not sleep.&#8221;
“He doesn’t sleep on these trips, and you’re going to Asia or something, and that’s like the only time you’re going to sleep before you go on this trip, but Trump is just always up and talking,” Collins said a source told her.
Trump, apparently, will even “wake staff up if they’re asleep because he wants to talk to them,” Collins added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-releases-trumps-excellent-health-exam-summary">White House Releases Trump’s ‘Excellent’ Health Exam Summary</a>

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Bob Weir, who co-founded the Grateful Dead and helped introduce new generations to the band at the end of a virtuosic career, died Saturday following a brief battle with cancer. He was 78.
“It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir,” the guitarist’s family wrote in a <a href="http://bobweir.net/bobby/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> posted on his website. “He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could.”
&#8220;A guitarist, vocalist, storyteller, and founding member of the Grateful Dead,” the statement continues, “Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music.&#8221;
Fans were shocked to learn that Weir received his cancer diagnosis in July and began treatment just before performing in a series of shows to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Grateful Dead in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
His final performance with the band was, fittingly, “Touch of Grey,” a 1987 song about coming to terms with growing old that marked the Grateful Dead’s only appearance on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The youngest member of the band’s founding lineup, Weir was known for his fierce stage presence and baritone voice, which served as counterpoints to frontman Jerry Garcia’s hippie tenor.
Like the band’s founding bassist, Phil Lesh, who died in October 2024, Weir was known for his unique style of rhythmic playing, which served as the driving pulse of the Dead’s famous jams. Bob Dylan <a href="https://x.com/rayfp/status/2010148337161515062?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> Weir “a very unorthodox rhythm player” who “plays strange, augmented chords and half chords at unpredictable intervals that somehow match up with Jerry Garcia.”
Weir, whose voice even casual Dead fans will recognize from the verses of “Truckin’,” wrote or co-wrote many of the Grateful Dead’s most popular songs, including “Sugar Magnolia,” “Jack Straw,” “Mexicali Blues,” and “Playing in the Band.” Known affectionately to friends and fans alike as “Bobby,” Weir is survived by his wife, Natascha, and their two daughters, Monet and Chloe.
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Born Robert Hall Parber in San Francisco on October 16, 1947, Weir was adopted by Frederic and Eleanor Weir shortly after birth.
Weir met a 21-year-old Jerry Garcia on New Year’s Eve 1963, when Weir was just 16. The pair joined with Lesh, drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and pianist Ron &#8220;Pigpen&#8221; McKernan to form the Grateful Dead in 1965. He remained with the band until they disbanded following Garcia’s death in 1995.
Like Garcia, Weir had a prolific musical career outside the Dead. In the early 1980s he formed Bobby and the Midnites, a band packed with jazz veterans that blended jazz, rock, and power pop in two albums and legendary live shows.
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In 1998, Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann, and Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart formed The Other Ones, which continued the Dead’s legacy of improvisation-driven live shows. Weir partnered with Lesh again in 2009 to form Furthur, a psychedelic jam band that was active until 2014. From 1995 until 2014, Weir was also the frontman for RatDog, his primary post-Dead vehicle.
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In 2015, Weir launched his most enduring side project, which wasn’t really a side project at all. Weir met John Mayer, then a nascent Deadhead, at Capitol Studios that winter. A few weeks later, when Mayer was slated to guest-host The Late Late Show on CBS, he invited Weir to join as the musical guest. The two first played together during a <a href="https://relix.com/articles/detail/dead-and-company-the-origin-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now-legendary soundcheck</a> that lasted more than two hours and inspired the pair to launch Dead &amp; Company.
The revival act, which featured Mayer in Garcia’s place, brought Weir back together with drummers Hart and Kreutzmann, along with Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge and RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. Dead &amp; Company played more than 200 shows over its 10-year run, including two residencies at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
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Though Mayer and Weir conceived of it as its own entity, Dead &amp; Company continued the Grateful Dead’s tradition of live jams and brought their catalogue and the Deadhead culture to a new generation of fans.
Tributes to Weir are pouring in from all corners of the globe, a testament to his and the Dead’s wide-reaching appeal.
“Rest in Peace Bob Weir. Thank you for all the years of support in the environment wars and thank you for your friendship,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy posted, along with a picture of him with Weir.
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Rest in Peace Bob Weir. Thank you for all the years of support in the environment wars and thank you for your friendship.
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“Mostly, he just loved playing, and I loved that about him,” Phish frontman Trey Anastasio wrote on Instagram. “I don’t think he ever got caught up in the bigness. I don&#8217;t think it meant anything to him. There were times when I was talking to him when I thought he was the last actual hippie.”
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Daily Wire host Michael Knowles chipped in with a rendition of &#8220;Sugar Magnolia&#8221; on his ukulele, adding only, &#8220;RIP, Bob Weir.&#8221;
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Though fans remained unaware of Weir’s failing health, the guitarist reflected on mortality in a March <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bobby-weir-grateful-dead-company-interview-1235290296/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Rolling Stone.
“I’ll say this: I look forward to dying. I tend to think of death as the last and best reward for a life well-lived. That’s it,” Weir said. “I’ve still got a lot on my plate, and I won’t be ready to go for a while.”

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Minneapolis protests turn violent after a shooting involving an ICE agent turns fatal, the United States seizes two oil tankers attempting to run the Venezuelan blockade, and the Trump administration releases dramatically new dietary guidelines.
It’s Thursday, January 8, 2026, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">ICE Officer Fatally Shoots Woman Who Drove Car Toward Him</h2>
A 37-year-old woman was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning by an ICE officer. The chaotic scene was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/violent-agitator-who-tried-to-run-over-ice-agents-in-minneapolis-fatally-shot-by-feds-dhs-says">captured</a> on video and replayed across major network news for the rest of the day. The video showed a woman in her vehicle appearing to block the street. ICE agents approached her car and told her to get out of the vehicle. She disregarded the agents, backed up her car, then drove forward toward an ICE agent. One angle appears to show the car making contact with an ICE officer before the fatal shot was fired. Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz urged nationwide demonstrations against ICE and ordered the state’s National Guard to prepare for deployment. The Trump administration defended the ICE agents, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying the woman attempted to “weaponize her vehicle” and was shot in self-defense.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">U.S. Seizes Venezuela-Tied ‘Dark’ Tanker Flying Russian Flag</h2>
The Trump administration continues to exert pressure on Venezuela, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/live-updates-united-states-strikes-venezuela-captures-president-maduro">seizing</a> two oil tankers on Wednesday, one flying under a Russian flag. As part of its effort to evade American sanctions, Venezuela has deployed a so-called “dark” or “shadow fleet” of oil tankers that often sail outside of legal shipping lanes and deploy false flags. The U.S. Coast Guard seized one such vessel on Wednesday after it had evaded capture last year when it sailed from Venezuela to Iran. Mid-journey, the Bella 1, as it is called, began flying a Russian flag and changed its registration to Russia. Russia even intervened diplomatically with the United States, urging the U.S. to end the pursuit. Russia sent several vessels to escort the tanker, but the U.S. military seized it anyway. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the crew of that vessel is “under full investigation and criminal charges will be pursued against all culpable actors.” Moscow claimed the ship had been given lawful permission to fly under a Russian flag and slammed the seizure as “piracy.”
<h2 style="text-align: center;">RFK Jr. Flips The Food Pyramid</h2>
Fulfilling another MAHA promise, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-flips-the-food-pyramid-and-announces-massive-changes-to-dietary-guidelines">flipped</a> the food pyramid and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hhs-scraps-old-alcohol-guidance-says-drinking-can-be-socially-healthy">announced</a> sweeping changes to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). The food pyramid has been completely flipped to prioritize healthy fats and protein and limit or avoid ultra-processed foods. During a press conference on Wednesday, Kennedy and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the “war” on “healthy fats” is over and recommended that Americans include nutrient-dense protein in every meal, such as eggs, poultry, seafood, and red meat. At the bottom of the pyramid – now the smallest part of the pyramid – are fiber-rich whole grains, but the DGA emphasizes that refined carbohydrates should be avoided. The guidance also says to “avoid highly processed, packaged, prepared, or ‘ready-to-eat’ foods,” as well as “sugar-sweetened beverages, like soda, fruit drinks, and energy drinks.”

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Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of the 35th U.S. president, John F. Kennedy, died on Tuesday after revealing in a November essay that she had been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. She was 35.
Her passing was announced by her family in a social media post from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
&#8220;Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts,&#8221; the family wrote.
Schlossberg was a climate change and environmental journalist and the second child of JFK&#8217;s daughter, former U.S. diplomat Caroline Kennedy, and the designer-artist Edwin Schlossberg.
In a New Yorker essay published in November, Schlossberg said she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia with a rare mutation, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
At the time, she also criticized her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. health secretary, for being a vaccine skeptic and cutting funding for cancer research.
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According to the <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/6212-acute-myeloid-leukemia-aml">Cleveland Clinic</a>, acute myeloid leukemia &#8220;typically happens when certain genes or chromosomes mutate (change). AML usually affects people age 60 and older, but it can also affect younger adults and children. [It] is an aggressive cancer that can be life-threatening.&#8221;
The illness only affects about 4 in 100,000 adults per year.
Blood Cancer United <a href="https://bloodcancerunited.org/resources/newsroom/fda-approves-new-drug-treat-advanced-aml-adults">reported</a> in November that the FDA approved a new drug called ziftomenib to treat those with advanced AML with an NPM1 gene mutation.
&#8220;In a clinical trial, 21.4% of patients treated with ziftomenib went into a full remission or remission with partial recovery of blood counts, which means there were no signs of cancer cells in the bone marrow, but not all blood counts had returned to normal.&#8221;
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Rural health care is getting a big boost thanks to the Trump administration.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on Monday that all 50 states will receive funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion investment established through President Trump&#8217;s Working Families Tax Cuts legislation.
This $50 billion initiative is meant to strengthen and modernize health care in rural communities across the country. The funds will be allocated over five years, with $10 billion available each year from 2026 through 2030. For the first year, the money for each state ranges from $147 million to $281 million.
“Today marks an extraordinary milestone for rural health in America,” said CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. “Thanks to Congress establishing this investment and President Trump for his leadership, states are stepping forward with bold, creative plans to expand rural access, strengthen their workforces, modernize care, and support the communities that keep our nation running.&#8221;
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that because of the investment, rural Americans will have affordable health care close to home, free from bureaucratic obstacles.
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“More than 60 million Americans living in rural areas have the right to equal access to quality care,” Kennedy said. “This historic investment puts local hospitals, clinics, and health workers in control of their communities’ health care.&#8221;
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stated in a press release Monday that states are improving healthcare access in rural areas by planning efforts that will:
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<li>Strengthen and Sustain the Rural Clinical Workforce</li>
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Oz told reporters Monday the $50 billion investment isn&#8217;t intended to pay off the bills: “The purpose of this $50 billion investment is to allow us to rightsize the system and to deal with the fundamental hindrances of improvement in rural health care.”
As part of the program, states are required to submit regular updates to the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services. Oz said he wants states to get creative with the funds to change the way health care has been administered in rural America.
&#8220;By doing this the right way and by allowing more practitioners to move to these areas and training nurses and doctors in these rural areas, we think they will stay put and provide high-quality care,&#8221; Oz said.

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Cheryl Hines admitted during a recent interview that her husband, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had offered her the chance to stage a &#8220;fake&#8221; separation in order to divert politically motivated attacks away from her.
Hines told Dr. Phil McGraw that Kennedy had known he would be a political target, but that he&#8217;d made the offer in the hopes that he could draw some of the negative attention away from her, sparing her the stress of constant scrutiny.
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Dr. Phil raised the question, asking whether it was true that Kennedy had offered her an out, and then immediately followed up by asking whether she had actually considered going through with it.
&#8220;Well &#8230; Things got really intense,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t consider it.&#8221;
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Hines went on to say that Kennedy had drawn a significant amount of criticism for his stance on vaccines during COVID — particularly vaccine mandates — and that she had often gotten lumped in with him when he was attacked.
When Kennedy voiced his unpopular opinions, Hines said, people would turn on her and ask how she could stay married to him if those were the things he believed. Others would refuse to spend time with her because she stayed with him, saying, &#8220;I can&#8217;t be around you because you&#8217;re married to him.&#8221;
Hines brushed it all off, saying that she&#8217;d known she and Kennedy would have disagreements before they were married, and nothing had changed. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t marry him because of his politics. Why would I leave him because of his politics?&#8221;

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A new childhood vaccination schedule under Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could look a lot more like Denmark&#8217;s schedule — meaning more parental control, fewer overall shots, and nixing very early doses.
Kennedy has made it clear that he wants to overhaul how vaccines are recommended — and mandated — in the United States. So far, the secretary has handpicked a new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) panel and green-lighted changes to the Hep B and COVID vaccines.
But more changes are coming. New reports indicate that HHS wants to recommend fewer vaccines and instead encourage parents to speak to their doctors about certain shots. Denmark&#8217;s vaccine schedule is reportedly the model HHS wants to align with more closely.
In Denmark, children receive far fewer vaccines than children in the U.S. For example, the Scandinavian nation does not recommend vaccinating children against the flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), hepatitis A and B, or chickenpox, among other viruses, as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/19/childhood-vaccine-schedule-denmark-revisions">highlighted</a> by The Washington Post. Compared to the U.S., Denmark recommends eight fewer vaccines against infectious diseases.
Also, in Denmark, children are recommended to get vaccinations later than in the U.S. Denmark waits until a baby is 3 months old before vaccinations, recommending zero at birth. A fully vaccinated 12-month-old child in Denmark will have received 18 vaccine doses for six diseases, <a href="https://cyvaccine.com/article/does-demnark-practice-same-vaccination-schedule-as-the-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Cyvaccine, while a 12-month-old in the U.S. will have received 43 vaccine doses for 16 diseases.
Denmark also offers parents more control over their child&#8217;s vaccinations. Recommendations are voluntary in the Scandinavian country, and not mandated for school entry, unlike in the U.S. Kennedy reportedly wants to mirror Denmark in this respect, too.
Former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said such a change would put liability back on vaccine manufacturers, which is something HHS, under Kennedy, seems inclined to do.
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Rumors of the shifts peaked after President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum earlier this month directing HHS to &#8220;FAST TRACK&#8221; a comprehensive evaluation of vaccine schedules. Trump directed the department to change the vaccine schedule so it more closely mirrors other developed nations, while using the &#8220;Gold Standard of Science and COMMON SENSE!”
“The American Childhood Vaccine Schedule long required 72 ‘jabs,’ for perfectly healthy babies, far more than any other Country in the World, and far more than is necessary,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “In fact, it is ridiculous! Many parents and scientists have been questioning the efficacy of this ‘schedule,’ as have I!”
&#8220;I have just signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of Health and Human Services to ‘FAST TRACK’ a comprehensive evaluation of Vaccine Schedules from other Countries around the World, and better align the U.S. Vaccine Schedule, so it is finally rooted in the Gold Standard of Science and COMMON SENSE!&#8221; he continued.
“I am fully confident Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the CDC, will get this done, quickly and correctly, for our Nation’s Children,” Trump added. “Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAHA!”
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As for more, HHS says any reports about the vaccine schedule shake-up are merely speculation. “Unless you hear it from HHS directly, this is pure speculation,&#8221; HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/19/childhood-vaccine-schedule-denmark-revisions">said</a>.
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The Trump administration rolled out new rules on Thursday that will defund hospitals that perform transgender procedures on children and penalize doctors who administer those procedures. 
The Department of Health and Human Services posted rules that will bar hospitals that offer transgender procedures to minors from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. The rules will also prohibit federal funding of Medicaid&#8217;s Children’s Health Insurance Program from going toward transgender procedures on those under 19 years of age. 
“Collectively, these actions will ensure that the federal government in no way funds directly gender-transition procedures on minors and also does not fund facilities that perform these procedures on minors,” an HHS official said on a background call attended by The Daily Wire. 
“Nearly all U.S. hospitals participate in Medicare and Medicaid, and this action is designed to ensure that the U.S. government will not be in business with organizations that intentionally or unintentionally inflict permanent harm on children,” an HHS background document on the announcement said. 
There will be a sixty-day comment period on the proposed regulations before they take effect. The actions were rooted in an HHS review of transgender procedures that found they had harmful impacts on children’s health. 
“Sex-rejecting procedures on children — which include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical operations — cause irreversible damage, including infertility, impaired sexual function, diminished bone density, altered brain development, and other irreversible physiological effects,” HHS said. 
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also signed a declaration that medical professionals who perform transgender procedures are out of compliance with professionally recognized standards of health care. The declaration summarized the HHS review of the procedures. 
In line with that declaration, Assistant Secretary for HHS Public Health Service, Admiral Brian Christine, signed a public health message stating that the evidence does not support transgender procedures. The HHS Office of Civil Rights also put forth a rule saying “policies preventing or limiting sex-rejecting procedures” do not violate nondiscrimination laws. 
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Additionally, the FDA issued warning letters to 12 manufacturers of breast binders “for illegal marketing of breast binders to children for the purposes of treating gender dysphoria.” Breast binders have been given to young girls who want to have a more masculine-looking chest. The letters inform the companies that they must take action to come back into compliance with the approved use of the binders. 
The actions were taken as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive order that directed his administration to take action end all support and funding for transgender procedures on children.
The move was praised by Stanley Goldfarb, the chair of the organization Do No Harm.
“President Trump and HHS are taking another critical step to protect children from harmful gender ideology,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire. &#8220;The proposed rule – banning hospitals from performing sex change interventions on minors as a condition for Medicare and Medicaid participation – is common sense, evidence-based, and morally imperative. Many so-called gender clinics have already begun to close as the truth about the risks and long-term harms about these drugs and surgeries on minors have been exposed.&#8221;

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Trump Admin To Strip All Federal Funding From Hospitals That Perform Trans Procedures On Kids

Trump Admin To Cut Funding From All Hospitals That Perform Trans Procedures On Kids

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