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A look at how gym-themed public displays by Trump-era officials—featuring Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr., and Kid Rock—are deployed as political messaging to project masculine strength and energize voters, amid policy fights and looming foreign crises, with experts noting the tactic taps cultural anxieties about male identity.
Health-minded MAHA Moms who had backed Trump via RFK Jr. are furious after Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to boost domestic glyphosate production, viewing the move as a betrayal and a threat to their cause. The rift risks undermining Trump’s support among the movement, even as Kennedy’s role remains defended by some, while environmental and pesticide critics say the MAHA alliance helped propel policies seen as health and environment-damaging.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended President Trump’s Defense Production Act order to boost domestic glyphosate production, while the Make America Healthy Again coalition that helped Trump’s 2024 win grapples with the move as midterm pressures mount; the policy argues glyphosate and elemental phosphorus are vital for agriculture and national security, even as critics warn it undermines MAHA’s pledges against the chemical.
With measles outbreaks in several states, federal officials including CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz urge Americans to get vaccinated, warning that rising skepticism could threaten the US’s measles-elimination status as cases mount in South Carolina and near the Utah–Arizona border, mostly among unvaccinated children.
Health Secretary RFK Jr. claimed the keto diet could cure schizophrenia, a statement experts say greatly overstates early research as he campaigns for real-food eating and new dietary guidelines that favor fats and proteins over carbohydrates.
Ryan Murphy’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette will debut with three episodes on February 12 on FX and Hulu, kicking off a nine‑episode run that releases weekly through March 26. The series, the first installment in Murphy’s Love Story anthology for FX, follows their high‑profile romance, with Paul Anthony Kelly as JFK Jr. and Sarah Pidgeon as Bessette, and features Naomi Watts as Jackie Kennedy Onassis among a cast that also includes Grace Gummer, Alessandro Nivola, Leila George, Sydney Lemmon, and Constance Zimmer.
A Kennedy-linked political group pledged $1 million to back Rep. Julia Letlow in a likely challenge to Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Louisiana Republican who voted to convict Trump and chairs a key Senate committee. Trump’s endorsement has raised the prospect of a heated GOP primary, threatening Cassidy’s reelection; MAHA PAC aims to advance Kennedy’s health-policy priorities at HHS and is led by associates close to Kennedy.
Rolling Stone reports that emails show Health and Human Services officials fast-tracked a $1.6 million, no-bid grant to Danish researchers for a birth-dose hepatitis B trial in Guinea‑Bissau, timed with RFK Jr.’s policy shifts. The funding was pushed as a “funding priority” by Kennedy appointees, drawing ethical concerns over withholding a lifesaving vaccine and raising questions about political influence on research funding.
Six leading medical groups plan to sue to overturn the Kennedy-era reduction of the routine childhood vaccine schedule from 17 to 11 vaccines and to block a February vaccine-advisory meeting, arguing the changes lack scientific basis and threaten public health; the lawsuits echo ongoing disputes over vaccine policy and Covid vaccine access, while the removed vaccines remain available with provider approval and states enforce immunization requirements.
Vaccine advisers under RFK Jr. plan to vote on ending universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and will investigate if childhood vaccines contribute to allergies and autoimmune disorders.
U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, a doctor, supports short-term Tylenol use during pregnancy and comments on the unproven link between prenatal acetaminophen and autism, emphasizing the need for more research and caution in public health messaging.
Anne Goyette, a leukemia patient in Georgia, faced delays and confusion in obtaining a COVID-19 booster amid policy changes under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., highlighting broader chaos and uncertainty in vaccine policy and administration in the state and across the U.S.
A draft government report suggests it will not recommend strict restrictions on pesticides or ultra-processed foods, signaling a potential victory for the agriculture industry and a setback for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to reduce chemical additives in food, though the final language may still change before publication.
Senator Chuck Schumer urged Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to declare a public health emergency over the rising measles cases in the US, which have reached a record high in 2025, to mobilize federal resources and control the outbreak, but no immediate action has been taken.
Several major medical organizations and a pregnant woman filed a lawsuit against HHS and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over alleged unlawful vaccine policy changes, including unilateral COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and removal of CDC advisory members, citing concerns about safety, process, and public health impact.