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Breitbart News is hosting a policy event with Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, as the Trump-era United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) works to weed out waste and woke, making the agency truly work for the benefit of the American people again. The event, hosted by Breitbart News’s Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle, will take place Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 11 a.m. Eastern. Breitbart News is partnering with CGCN and the ALFA Institute to put on the event. “The USDA is at the center of several major policy battles facing the United States under President Trump’s second term, particularly…

One of the thorniest issues around Medicaid is yet to be resolved ahead of a crucial House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting next week to mark up its portion of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Thursday Republicans are still considering a controversial proposal to cap federal spending in states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which could help Energy and Commerce hit its $880 billion savings target to finance the party-line package. “There’s still ongoing discussion about per capita caps, but it’s a sensitive thing,” Johnson said, nodding to tensions between…

A trend has emerged but there is “no publicity” around it, Kirill Dmitriev has said Foreign businesses that left Russia three years ago are quietly returning to the country’s market, President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, has said.US, European, and Asian companies pulled out of Russia due to supply problems caused by unprecedented sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. Other firms left due to the risk of facing secondary sanctions or public relations pressure.In March, Putin ordered the government to draft clear, tight regulations for Western firms seeking to…

A watchdog has reported dozens of injuries, millions in equipment losses and minimal results The US military’s humanitarian pier mission in Gaza last year resulted in far more injuries, damage, and operational failure than previously publicly acknowledged, an investigation has found.The mission, formally known as Operation Neptune Solace, was launched under the administration of former President Joe Biden in 2024 after the US failed to persuade Israel to expand overland access for humanitarian deliveries. The US military constructed a temporary offshore pier and floating causeway to transfer aid from ships to the Gaza shoreline without entering Israeli or Gazan ports.The…

Slovakia, Mr. Robert Fico, Prime Minister (Photo: Andrej Klizan) Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has hit out at the globalist-led governments of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, accusing them of deliberately sabotaging his plans to attend the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9. The event, marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, is a key moment for Fico to honor the Soviet sacrifices in World War II—something he believes is crucial for acknowledging history and the defeat of the physical manifestation of Hitler’s odious ideology. Fico, a nationalist social democrat, aimed his ire squarely…

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Aetna’s withdrawal from the ACA exchanges, the potential for digital health consolidation, high error rates from new AI models, a radioisotope deal and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. CVS chief executive David JoynerBloomberg Finance Health insurer Aetna is leaving the Affordable Care Act’s individual marketplaces starting in 2026. The move marks the second time Aetna withdrew from the space: It previously pulled out in 2018 and came back in 2021. Aetna’s departure will leave some 1 million members in 17 states searching for new health insurance for…

US President Donald Trump holds an executive order after signing it alongside US Secretary of … MoreAFP via Getty Images Republicans in Congress, at the Department of Education, and in the White House are advancing an array of proposals that threaten to diminish or eliminate multiple federal student loan forgiveness programs. If enacted, advocacy organizations warn that the consequences for borrowers could be devastating, leading to higher payments and decades trapped in debt. The attack on student loan forgiveness programs is three-pronged. Last week, Republican lawmakers in Congress advanced legislation that would make major changes to key federal student loan…

Apple Senior Vice President of Services Eddy Cue defended the company’s $20 billion a year deal with search monopoly Google during the remedy phase of the internet giant’s antitrust trial in Washington, DC. Cue also testified that rapid advancements in AI could disrupt Google’s search monopoly more effectively than court intervention. The Verge reports that during the ongoing remedies trial following the Justice Department’s successful antitrust case against Google’s search monopoly, Apple executive Eddy Cue took the stand to defend the company’s lucrative search deal with Google. The agreement, which sets Google as the default search engine on Apple’s Safari…

Former Foreign Minister of Colombia Álvaro Leyva revealed in a letter published on Tuesday that far-left President Gustavo Petro refused to speak to Chinese communist dictator Xi Jinping for the entirety of a lavish banquet on his official visit to Beijing in 2023 — an incident Leyva claimed as evidence of Petro’s drug addiction problems. Leyva served as Petro’s foreign minister from August 2022 to May 2024. In late April, he published an explosive four-page letter in which he claimed that Petro — who has publicly advocated for the legalization and normalization of cocaine — suffered from substance addiction. Leyva…

Peloton shares stumbled in early trading after the company reported a 13 percent year-over-year drop in revenue for the fiscal third quarter, marking the third straight quarter of declining sales. Bloomberg reports that despite beating analyst estimates with a revenue of $624 million for the quarter ended March 31, Peloton’s shares dropped four percent in morning trading on Thursday to $6.70 based in part on a 13 percent drop in profit, the third consecutive quarter it has suffered a decline. The fitness equipment and subscription company has been struggling to maintain its pandemic-era growth as consumers return to pre-lockdown routines.…