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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Thanks to the Rural Health Transformation Fund, created by congressional Republicans and signed into law by President Trump, we are investing $50 BILLION in rural healthcare across America! <a href="https://t.co/4pA6EsLc0f">pic.twitter.com/4pA6EsLc0f</a>
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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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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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“Things got really intense. I didn’t consider it.”
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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>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-to-cut-funding-from-all-hospitals-that-perform-trans-procedures-on-kids">Trump Admin To Strip All Federal Funding From Hospitals That Perform Trans Procedures On Kids</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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A coalition of pro-life leaders urged the Trump administration on Tuesday to take action against “attacks on the unborn and most vulnerable” they said were coming from inside the White House, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Wire. 
The group, including Concerned Women for America CEO Penny Nance and Eagle Forum President Kirsten Ullman, called for the Food and Drug Administration to end Biden-era regulations that allowed the abortion pill to be shipped through the mail across the country. They said that the FDA’s current stance on the abortion pill was undermining the pro-life agenda promoted by the Trump administration.
“We do wish to express our deep concern about the actions and rhetoric coming from the current Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We write to bring to your immediate attention this critical threat to your Administration’s pro-life agenda,” the coalition wrote. “We, and the millions of pro-life Americans we represent across this great country, cannot sit idly while attacks on the unborn and most vulnerable are coming from inside the administration.&#8221; 
The FDA has faced criticism from pro-life groups and lawmakers after it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-lifers-demand-answers-from-trump-admin-after-shocking-abortion-pill-approval?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Pro-Lifers+Demand+Answers+From+Trump+Admin+After+%E2%80%98Shocking%E2%80%99+Abortion+Pill+Approval">approved</a> a generic form of the abortion pill in October and maintained the mail-order abortion regulations. 
“Most troublingly, the agency has maintained and actively expanded access to the abortion drug mifepristone, while operating under outdated regulations that allow unrestricted telehealth and mail-order prescriptions for the drug. Despite Secretary Kennedy’s requests for review, no meaningful policy restrictions have been implemented,” the pro-life leaders wrote. 
Last week, Senator Josh Hawley <a href="https://x.com/HawleyMO/status/1998806068974240199">sent</a> a letter to Food and Drug Administrator Marty Makary asking about reports that he was slow-walking a study on the dangers of the abortion pill.
The letter was also signed by Center for Urban Renewal and Education President Donald Eason, Faith and Freedom Coalition CEO Mary Thomas, Faith Wins CEO Chad Connelly, Patriot Voices Chair and former senator Rick Santorum, and Priests for Life National Director Frank Pavone. 
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They praised President Donald Trump&#8217;s past actions on abortion, thanking him for speaking at the March for Life, appointing Supreme Court Justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, and cutting federal funding for Planned Parenthood. 
Their letter follows a call from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America to fire Makary over his handling of the abortion pill review. The White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-stands-by-fdas-makary-after-accusations-he-slow-walked-vital-review-of-abortion-drugs">has stood</a> by Makary, pushing back on claims that he was slow-walking the abortion pill study. 
The Daily Wire reached out to the White House for comment on the letter.

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WASHINGTON—The last Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services was a man who identified as a woman and promoted the false claim that “gender-affirming” procedures are medically necessary for children. His replacement is a Catholic grandfather whose vigorous defense of freedom and the vulnerable has earned the Left&#8217;s scorn.
Admiral Brian Christine is a urologist from Alabama, a member of the American Urologic Association, the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, the International Society for Sexual Medicine, and the International Continence Society.
Last month, his office <a href="https://opa.hhs.gov/gender-dysphoria-report">r</a><a href="https://opa.hhs.gov/gender-dysphoria-report">eleased a report</a> on the risks of gender transition procedures for kids.  That report found that puberty blockers, cross sex hormones, and surgeries have &#8220;significant, long-term&#8221; harms that are &#8220;too often ignored or inadequately tracked.&#8221; He is determined, he told The Daily Wire, to do exactly the opposite of what his predecessor did.
That would be Rachel (Richard) Levine, a transgender-identifying man whom the Biden administration put front and center to convey its commitment to radical gender ideology. Levine came under fire during his tenure for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-secretary-levine-dubs-self-agencys-first-female-four-star-officer-in-bizarre-video-highlighting-diversity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> to be the “first female four-star officer” and attempting to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-identifying-biden-official-allegedly-behind-push-to-ditch-age-guidelines-for-transgender-procedures-docs-show?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trans-Identifying+Biden+Official+Allegedly+Behind+Push+To+Ditch+Age+Guidelines+For+Transgender+Procedures%3A+Docs+Show">remove any age restrictions</a> for transgender surgeries.
Brian Christine has different priorities.
On Friday morning, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ceremonially swore Christine in as the assistant secretary for health and the head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, pinning Christine with his insignia to recognize his rank as a four-star admiral. 
&#8220;When President Trump and I asked Brian Christine to serve, we weren&#8217;t just checking a box,” the secretary <a href="https://1819news.com/news/item/rfk-jr-praises-mountain-brook-doctor-admiral-brian-christine-during-pinning-ceremony">said on Friday</a>. “We were both convinced that we had found the leader who would be most able to revive and strengthen the uniform service.&#8221;
“Under Admiral Christine&#8217;s leadership, the core is entering a new era, one defined by readiness, transparency, integrity, and clinical excellence,” the secretary promised. “He will rebuild our alignment, the core&#8217;s alignment with sister agencies, restoring pride in the uniform, and sharpening our focus on preparedness and fitness.”
In an interview with The Daily Wire from his office in the Hubert Humphrey building in Washington, D.C., Christine explained that there are about 5,200 individuals in the <a href="https://www.usphs.gov/">commissioned corps</a> of the public health service, commissioned by the president, who carry a rank. Christine, as an admiral, is one of them. 
“We are the secretary and the president&#8217;s deployable healthcare force,” he explained. “We have physicians. There are nurses, there are engineers, even veterinarians, believe it or not, scientists who are part of the commission corps. We deploy to where the secretary, where the president feels that we are needed for public health efforts.”
“We have officers that work at the FDA, for instance. We have officers, a tremendous number, that work in the Indian Health Services &#8230; We have officers, 18 officers, that are at Guantanamo Bay providing the medical care for individuals in Guantanamo Bay. We have officers in the Federal Prison Bureau taking care of inmates, because they need medical care as well.&#8221; 
Christine is ready to dive into a number of issues, but a main priority for him is to build up the commissioned corps, to increase morale, and make sure they’re ready to be deployed by the secretary. One way of doing this: launching his “Public Health Service Mission Fit,” an initiative to build a stronger Public Health Service and to support readiness in “physical fitness, mental wellness, sleep, and nutrition.” 
“We want to be ready,” he shared. “I want my officers to be physically fit, to be mentally fit, to be emotionally fit, to be deployed, and to lead the charge on public health. One of my goals is to bring the commission corps more in line with the other uniformed services &#8230; it&#8217;s going to promote physical well-being. It&#8217;s going to promote physical challenges for my officers, physical fitness training twice a year, physical fitness standards that need to be met weekly required training.”
Christine is very excited about the plan (“He’s very fit, as you can tell,” joked Kennedy at the Friday ceremony as he discussed how Christine plans to promote fitness through his role). He plans to take his own public health service fitness test in the next few weeks, post the results, and challenge his officers to beat his score.
Levine, he said, did not promote physical fitness. 
“This was not a priority for him,” Christine said, using the masculine pronoun “he” to refer to Levine. “It&#8217;s a priority for me. Our officers. We&#8217;re going to be challenging the other uniformed services. We&#8217;re going to be challenging them to put together teams. We&#8217;re going to put together physical challenges, fitness challenges, and we&#8217;re going to engage. We&#8217;re going to challenge them. We&#8217;re going to meet the other uniformed service members on the field of battle, and we&#8217;re going to be having competitions.”
<div id="attachment_1014985" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-admiral-brian-christine-the-man-replacing-bidens-infamous-trans-identifying-health-official/the-atlantic-festival-2024-day-1-8" rel="attachment wp-att-1014985"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1014985" class="wp-image-1014985 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/12/GettyImages-2173174162-864x576.jpg" alt="Rachel (Richard) Levine speaks on stage during the &quot;Takling the Youth Mental-Health Crisis&quot; Panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for The Atlantic)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/12/GettyImages-2173174162-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/12/GettyImages-2173174162-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/12/GettyImages-2173174162-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/12/GettyImages-2173174162.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Rachel (Richard) Levine speaks on September 19, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for The Atlantic)</div>
Undoing Levine’s push to promote so-called “gender-affirming care” for children is another main priority for Christine, who spoke at length of how radical this effort was. 
“We’re righting those wrongs right now,” he said. “We&#8217;re focused on protecting our children. We&#8217;re focused on preaching the truth that a little boy is a little boy, a little girl is a little girl. You can&#8217;t change that.”
Christine is sympathetic to the struggles of children struggling with gender dysphoria and to the challenges their parents face. On a personal level, he believes in pastoral care from pastors or priests who can help support these kids, if their parents wish it. 
“We&#8217;re focused upon telling parents there is hope for these kids who suffer with gender dysphoria,” he explained. “They do suffer. They need counseling. They need compassionate counseling and care and support.”
“We&#8217;re advocating for what&#8217;s best for children,” he said firmly. “We have science to back us up, clear science [showing] that the wrong way to treat these children are castrating chemicals and surgeries that reject their sex. That&#8217;s what Rachel Levine had pushed. We&#8217;re righting those wrongs right now.” 
His confidence is bolstered by the knowledge that both the President of the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services are firmly behind this cause as well. 
“President Trump and Secretary Kennedy are working to turn this country around. To make this country greater than it&#8217;s ever been, to make the country healthier. We in this office, we want to be and we are the tip of the spear for that. We&#8217;re here for the president. We&#8217;re here for the secretary, and we’re not going to back down.” 
HHS sparked a backlash earlier this month by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-identifying-biden-official-outraged-trump-hhs-changed-his-nameplate?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trans-Identifying+Biden+Official+Outraged+Trump+HHS+Changed+His+Nameplate">changing the name</a> on Levine’s official portrait in the halls of the Humphrey Building — it formerly read Rachel Levine, but now reads Richard Levine. Under the Biden administration, Democrats and activists had widely celebrated that Levine was the first “transgender person to win Senate confirmation,” consistently describing Levine as a woman and heralding his wins as those of women. 
Levine’s spokesman called the name change an “act of bigotry against her,” and Levine himself told NPR, “I&#8217;m not going to comment on this type of petty action.&#8221;
An HHS spokesman said that their &#8220;priority is ensuring that the information presented internally and externally by HHS reflects gold standard science,” telling outlets at the time: “We remain committed to reversing harmful policies enacted by Levine and ensuring that biological reality guides our approach to public health.&#8221;
Asked about the matter, Christine himself brushed the topic off. 
“The bottom line is the name on that plaque is the name that that person was given at their birth on their birth certificate,” he said, adding, “We&#8217;re not focusing on that.”
What he is focused on is righting Levine’s wrongs. He believes that he brings the perspective of a main street physician to the role, one who truly understands healthcare. 
“I want to help the American people understand that … it&#8217;s a new day for health care. Secretary Kennedy promotes science, transparency, honesty, integrity, promotes all the things that my predecessor and the prior president did not,” he said. 
“It&#8217;s wonderful,” he responded. When asked whether he finds the task daunting, “because we have the opportunity to do so much good. We have the opportunity to really help President Trump make America greater than it&#8217;s ever been and to help the secretary make America healthier than it&#8217;s ever been. Doing it with science and truth and integrity and honesty.” 
Americans should expect to see Christine’s office continue to push back against gender ideology. Christine also says his office is heavily involved with the dietary guidelines, sharing that new guidelines will be released in January: “This is going to be taking the very best science and speaking to how we can improve our diets and how we can really make America healthy again.”
There’s more to come, he promised, vowing that his office will not be “taking our foot off the accelerator.” 
As for any media backlash to these intended projects, Christine didn’t seem too worried. 
“I believe we have the science and the integrity to back us up,” he said simply. “The secretary does. The president does. That&#8217;s fine. I&#8217;m in this role. I understood what I was getting into, right? And I&#8217;m proud to be here. I&#8217;m not afraid of that at all.” 
“There&#8217;s always going to be individuals who have an axe to grind who don&#8217;t love our secretary, and they&#8217;re going to make up stories about him and produce fake news,” he added. “We&#8217;re going to tell the truth.”

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Perhaps the only thing Democrats and Republicans seem to agree on these days is that the pharmaceutical industry is bad. In particular, there has been bipartisan movement in recent years to ban direct-to-consumer drug ads, which are only permitted in the United States and New Zealand. Some supporters, like The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh, have called these ads <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-the-reasons-why-big-pharma-commercials-should-be-banned">dangerous</a>.
But even those who don&#8217;t feel that strongly about the issue aren&#8217;t jumping up to defend these ads, which generally feature a bunch of shiny, happy stock-photo models dancing around while a narrator speed-reads through a list of side effects ranging from nausea to death.
In this provocative piece, Stephen Moore does just that. A noted economist and political commentator, Moore served as a senior economic adviser to President Donald Trump and was instrumental in crafting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Moore not only argues that pharmaceutical ads help patients, but that banning them could have negative downstream consequences. We hope you enjoy. — Tim Rice
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Chevrolet’s newest <a href="https://x.com/chevrolet/status/1993694235552595978?s=46" target="_blank" rel="noopener">holiday ad</a> is tugging at America’s heartstrings.
The spot follows a family’s classic Chevy Suburban through decades of memories — kids tumbling around the backseat, tearful college drop-offs, and that quiet, bittersweet moment when the house becomes an empty nest. The ad ends as the couple parks their old Suburban beside a shiny new one, welcoming their grown children and grandchildren home for the holidays.
It’s the kind of commercial American companies have long excelled at: emotionally evocative in all the right ways, tapping into nostalgia, family, and the warmth of the season — and, yes, selling a product. Holiday ads have become part of our cultural fabric. Think of Coca-Cola&#8217;s polar bears, or the Budweiser Clydesdales. These ads don’t just market products; they help set the tone for the season.
Ads like these may not survive if Washington continues down a troubling road of restricting TV commercials for politically unpopular — but legal — products. At the top of this list is pharmaceutical ads, which Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants removed from the airwaves. In that fight he has an unlikely ally: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
This may seem like a rare instance of bipartisan cooperation. And in today’s political climate, dinging pharmaceutical companies is almost certain to prove popular.
But we already have strict advertising laws against including false or misleading claims in ads, and severe penalties for violations — and appropriately so. Banning pharmaceutical ads would be regulatory overkill, and could have negative consequences its advocates aren’t considering.
Contrary to what critics say, prescription drugs preserve life and improve health. Because of this, advertising can be a social good. An ad that makes people aware of a new drug’s benefits can literally save lives and alleviate suffering.
Some politicians and regulators say these ads only serve to artificially drive up demand. And they do drive up demand — for treatments that work. That’s a good thing.
Think about what would happen if we had a new wonder drug to help cure or stop the spread of breast cancer. Now imagine that the government prevented the pharmaceutical company from promoting this treatment to patients.
It could take months before patients get access to this miracle cure.
Plus, if lawmakers succeed in chipping away protections for advertisers, it will only empower future government censors. Imagine a future Democrat administration that wants to ban ads for gas-powered cars or disposable diapers in the name of “protecting the environment.”
Pharmaceutical ads may not be the most popular thing in the world. But that doesn’t change the fact that they have a real benefit — or the fact that banning them would do more harm than good.
Stephen Moore is a co-founder of Unleash Prosperity and a former senior economic advisor to President Donald Trump.
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WASHINGTON—The head of the Food and Drug Administration is facing heavy fire from the pro-life community amid reports that he slow-walked a review of abortion drugs promised by Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The backlash followed a Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/fda-slow-walking-a-long-awaited-abortion-pill-safety-study">report</a> stating that the FDA had delayed its review of the impacts of abortion drugs, specifically mifepristone — a review promised by both Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. Two people familiar with the matter reportedly told Bloomberg that Makary requested that the review be put off until after the midterm elections.
Health and Human Services Press Secretary Emily Hilliard told The Daily Wire on Tuesday afternoon that the FDA’s comprehensive scientific reviews &#8220;take the time necessary to get the science right,&#8221; adding, &#8220;That is what Dr. Makary is ensuring as part of the Department&#8217;s commitment to gold-standard science and evidence-based reviews.&#8221;
HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon similarly rejected the idea that Makary was acting ideologically, telling Bloomberg the &#8220;assertions that the FDA is slow-walking this review for political purposes are baseless.&#8221;
The White House similarly backing Makary, telling The Daily Wire that Makary is working hard to &#8220;ensure that Americans have the best possible, Gold Standard Science study of mifepristone.&#8221; A White House official also pushed back on the claim that the study is being &#8220;slow walked,&#8221; saying that comprehensive and exhaustive reviews take time.
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&#8220;The White House maintains the utmost confidence in Commissioner Makary, whose leadership at the FDA has delivered and continues to deliver one landmark victory for the American people after another, from cracking down on artificial ingredients in our food supply to conducting the first safety review of baby formula in decades,&#8221; Deputy White House Press Secretary Kush Desai said. &#8220;Uninformed attacks against Commissioner Makary from individuals outside the Administration will not change these facts.”
But a number of high-profile pro-life leaders view the matter differently. They insist Kennedy and Makary promised a timely review of the abortion drugs, and, in their view, wasted time means more babies killed through abortion drugs, and more women harmed by their adverse effects.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, one of the top pro-life groups in the United States, came out swinging on Tuesday morning with a statement condemning Makary, saying he should be &#8220;fired immediately&#8221; and accusing him of &#8220;undermining&#8221; the Trump-Vance pro-life agenda.
&#8220;The FDA is doing nothing while every single day abortion drugs take the lives of children, put women and girls at serious risk, empower abusers and trample state pro-life laws,&#8221; said the organization&#8217;s president, Marjorie Dannenfelser. &#8220;The FDA needs a new commissioner who will immediately reinstate in-person dispensing as it existed under President Trump’s first term and immediately conduct a comprehensive study.&#8221;
&#8220;Commissioner Makary is severely undermining President Trump and Vice President Vance’s pro-life credentials and their position that states should have the right to enact and enforce pro-life protections,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Makary must go.”
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley (R.), who has been particularly vocal throughout the second Trump administration about the need to examine abortion drugs, also slammed Makary on Tuesday, saying that the Bloomberg report suggests the FDA &#8220;lied&#8221; to him and other members of Congress.
&#8220;FDA needs to stop dithering &amp; reinstate the mifepristone safety guardrails,&#8221; Hawley said. &#8220;Nothing less is acceptable.&#8221;
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NEW report saying FDA lied to me and other members of Congress &amp; is not actively reviewing the chemical abortion drug at all. FDA needs to stop dithering &amp; reinstate the mifepristone safety guardrails. Nothing less is acceptable <a href="https://t.co/33LVP5U1aL">https://t.co/33LVP5U1aL</a>
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1998381095231099315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
A pro-life leader who has engaged in conversations with the White House on the topic shared with The Daily Wire that the Tuesday report shattered the confidence of pro-life organizations advocating for the review, confirming inklings of delays that they had already heard.
“I don’t think Senator Hawley is alone in his concerns,&#8221; the leader shared.
Lila Rose, a well-known pro-life activist who heads the pro-life organization Live Action, warned in a <a href="https://x.com/LilaGraceRose/status/1998429557909565477">post</a> on X: &#8220;If Dr Makary will not act as head of the FDA to protect children and mothers he should be fired. Under his watch abortion pills kill preborn children and endanger women and the study he promised is nowhere to be found. End mail order abortion. Ban the abortion pill now!&#8221;
SBA Pro-Life America cites peer-reviewed research that found three-quarters of emergency room visits within 30 days after a woman took abortion drugs were coded as severe or as critical. They also point to studies that found more than one in ten women experience at least one severe adverse event when taking the abortion drugs, and point out that complications can include hemorrhaging, infections, sepsis, and, in some cases, death.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reverse-this-wrong-republicans-push-rfk-to-fix-bidens-abortion-drug-mistakes">reported</a> in late November that 175 Republican lawmakers called on HHS to take “immediate action” to reinstate safety requirements on abortion drugs, highlighting the growing body of evidence showing that the drugs are causing severe and underreported harm to women, asking RFK Jr. and Makary to “at a minimum, reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone.”
Until 2023, the FDA required abortion drugs to be administered to women under a doctor’s supervision. Under President Joe Biden, that and other safety standards were removed, which the Biden White House justified by citing the coronavirus pandemic.
“The need for urgent investigation and review of this drug comes in the wake of the Biden-Harris administration’s egregious action to remove critical safeguards that once applied to abortion drugs, and the FDA’s approval of a new abortion drug generic in September 2025,” wrote the lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN).
“Under your leadership, HHS and FDA can reverse this wrong,” they conclude. “We urge you to immediately reinstate the REMS requiring in-person dispensing of mifepristone and to expedite the promised review by the FDA into the dangers of abortion drugs.”

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A famed doctor with tens of millions of followers on social media was recently schooled on the issues plaguing public health by a supporter of the &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; agenda.
Mikhail Varshavski, known online as Dr. Mike, argued on a recent episode of Jubilee&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y90R8BPc8Ag">Surrounded</a>&#8221; that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should step down from his position, citing cuts to bureaucracy within the department.
A supporter of the MAHA movement named Brian needed under two minutes to decimate Dr. Mike&#8217;s argument.
&#8220;So considering all of that &#8230; where did that get us?&#8221; the MAHA supporter asked Dr. Mike, responding to specific HHS cuts cited by the online personality.
Notably, Secretary Kennedy has defended cuts to HHS, citing absurd bureaucracy and overlapping offices that he contends are wasteful and not helping improve public health.
&#8220;Look at the state of America, of Americans&#8217; health, and you tell me that the public is actually healthy,&#8221; Brian dared Dr. Mike. &#8220;What RFK is doing is he is saying, &#8216;enough is enough, something has to change.&#8217; And I will say this very politely &#8212; I think that you have to be f***ing insane to say &#8216;more&#8217; is somehow going to get us out of the current public health crisis that we have right now.&#8221;
&#8220;Americans are fat and they are sick and it is not getting better, and taking more and more money and continuing to flush it down the toilet is not going to solve the problem,&#8221; he continued.
&#8220;We know what will stop cancer dead in its tracks. We know what will stop all chronic disease dead in its tracks. Do you know what it is?&#8221; Brian asked.
&#8220;Lifestyle changes,&#8221; Dr. Mike responded.
&#8220;Lifestyle changes,&#8221; the MAHA supporter agreed. &#8220;The American Heart Association has known about this for years, that the most important predictor of longevity, risk of chronic disease, all-cause mortality is <a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/cir.0000000000000461">VO2 max</a>. So why aren&#8217;t doctors &#8212; why isn&#8217;t the government creating a public health system that says, &#8216;you know what, we&#8217;re gonna focus on VO2 max because even if we stopped every dollar we had [going] into cancer research right now, and we took that money and we said, let&#8217;s get people moving, let&#8217;s increase their VO2 max.'&#8221;
&#8220;The question is, when is enough enough to admit that the system you are a part of has drastically failed Americans?&#8221; Brian posed.
The supporter added that Secretary Kennedy, &#8220;by the very fact of how he looks in his 70s, does more to encourage people to live a healthy lifestyle and truly make America healthy again.&#8221;
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🔥 Dr. Mike Claims RFK Jr is ‘Decimating Public Health’, Gets Lit Up by a MAHA Supporter
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention&#8217;s (CDC) vaccine panel recommended this week that the hepatitis B immunization should not be given to all babies immediately after birth. The decision was fully supported by President Donald Trump, who then took the issue one step further, signing a memorandum to &#8220;fast track&#8221; a full evaluation of the childhood vaccine schedule.
The decision from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, marks a major shift, changing up standard practice in the United States for some 30 years.
In an 8-3 vote, the panel recommended the hepatitis B vaccine only be given at birth for infants whose mothers test positive for the virus, or whose status is unknown. If a mother has a negative hepatitis B status, she should speak to her doctor about getting the first dose of the vaccination at birth.
Traditionally, the vaccine is given in three separate doses. The ACIP panel decided that some children do not need a third dose, and recommended testing children&#8217;s antibody levels before determining if they need follow-up doses.
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On Friday, Trump posted on Truth Social that the decision from ACIP is &#8220;very good&#8221; and criticized the general vaccine schedule for children.
&#8220;[T]he CDC Vaccine Committee made a very good decision to END their Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation for babies, the vast majority of whom are at NO RISK of Hepatitis B, a disease that is mostly transmitted sexually, or through dirty needles,&#8221; the president wrote.
&#8220;The American Childhood Vaccine Schedule long required 72 &#8216;jabs,&#8217; for perfectly healthy babies, far more than any other Country in the World, and far more than is necessary,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;In fact, it is ridiculous! Many parents and scientists have been questioning the efficacy of this &#8216;schedule,&#8217; as have I!&#8221;
Trump then announced that he signed a &#8220;Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of Health and Human Services to &#8216;FAST TRACK&#8217; 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;
&#8220;I am fully confident Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the CDC, will get this done, quickly and correctly, for our Nation’s Children,&#8221; the president added. &#8220;Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAHA!&#8221;
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In addition to other notable changes, Kennedy&#8217;s Health and Human Services department has so far modified COVID vaccine recommendations, advised that young babies get vaccinated against chickenpox separately, and opened the door to exploring a connection between vaccines and autism.
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