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(L) Screenshot via: One America News (OAN) live feed. /(Background) US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on March 27, 2026. (Photo by Leandro Lozada / AFP via Getty Images) Pushing forward the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) initiative, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hosted a high-stakes roundtable on Thursday to announce a federal offensive against microplastic contamination. Speaking from EPA headquarters alongside Administrator Lee Zeldin, Kennedy characterized the ubiquity of plastic fragments in American bodies as a “generational health crisis,” linking the pollutants to rising rates of chronic disease, cognitive decline, and reproductive issues. The event marked the official launch of STOMP (Systematic Targeting Of MicroPlastics), a $144 million initiative spearheaded by  ARPA-H. As the federal agency dedicated to accelerating high-impact solutions for society’s most urgent health crises, ARPA-H designed STOMP to...

Israeli soldiers stand near an Iranian missile embedded in the ground on March 24, 2026 in the Palestinian village of Hares, West Bank. Iranian missiles have routinely flown over, and sometimes landed in, the West Bank during Israel's war with Iran. (photo credit: Erik Marmor/Getty Images) Approximately half of Iran's  missile  launchers and one-way attack drones are still operational despite five weeks of heavy strikes by the US and Israel, according to a Friday CNN report citing recent US intelligence assessments.  The intelligence information, relayed to CNN by sources familiar with the situation, indicated that the count may include missile launchers that are currently inaccessible, such as those buried under rubble but not destroyed in the strikes.  Sources added that a large percentage of Iran's cruise missiles, which allow it to threaten shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, were still intact.  US President Donald Trump  said on Tuesday ...

This photo of a TV screen shows the new spokesperson for the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, in Bureij refugee camp Central of Gaza Strip on December 29, 2025. (photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has told mediators it will not discuss giving up arms without guarantees that Israel will fully quit Gaza as laid out in a disarmament plan from  US President Donald Trump 's "Board of Peace," three sources told Reuters. Hamas ' disarmament is a sticking point in talks to implement Trump's plan for the Palestinian enclave and cement an October ceasefire that halted two years of full-blown war. A Hamas delegation met with Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Wednesday and Thursday to give their initial response to a disarmament proposal presented to the group last month, two Egyptian sources and a Palestinian official said. Hamas conveyed several demands and amendments to the board's plan, including an end to what they cal...

Alex Daniel Barbir was born on August 17, 1997, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He was raised in Cumming, Georgia, alongside his brother, Josh Barbir, who significantly influenced Alex's later career path. Josh is a high achieving professional in his own right, serving as a Captain and Medical Officer in the United States Army Reserve while practicing as a physician in Florida. Alex first made a name for himself as a standout athlete at South Forsyth High School. Known for his powerful 5’9, 200 pound frame, he was far more athletic than the typical American football kicker.  His college career began with high expectations when he initially committed to Rutgers University, only to perform a high profile flip to join the Penn State Nittany Lions, one of the most elite programs in American college football. However, a severe hip injury a torn labrum that required surgerynderailed his progress and left him disillusioned with the high pressure environment of big time sports. Feeling spiritua...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf looks on as parliament members chant in support of the IRGC while wearing military uniforms in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2026; illustrative. (photo credit: Hamed Malekpour/Islamic consultative assembly news agency/WANA/Handout via REUTERS) Iran’s leadership  is facing an escalating internal power struggle as the country’s economy edges toward collapse, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( IRGC ) increasingly consolidating control, according to an analysis by Iran International. The report describes what it calls the most significant political upheaval in Iran since the 1979 revolution, driven by a convergence of war, economic crisis, and a growing leadership vacuum. Together, these pressures are pushing the system away from its traditional balance between civilian government and unelected power centers toward what the analysis characterizes as a more overtly military-dominated structure. The report describes what it c...

Smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran on April 1, 2026. (photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) The IDF  struck and killed Jamshid Eshaqim, the commander of the Iranian Armed Forces’ Oil Headquarters, the military said on Thursday evening. “The Oil Headquarters forms an integral part of the regime’s armed forces, enabling the continuation of their activities and military buildup through profits from oil sales,” the IDF stated. "Th e Oil Headquarters forms an integral part of the regime’s armed forces, enabling the continuation of their activities and military buildup through profits from oil sales,” the IDF stated. Go to the full article > >