Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Saturday released data on an experimental obesity drug it acquired through the purchase of Metsera last year. The drug had a “similar side-effect profile as rival Novo Nordisk’s weekly injection Wegovy,” Reuters reports. Pfizer presented data on Saturday that showed a monthly dose of an experimental obesity drug it acquired through its purchase of Metsera last year had a similar side-effect profile as rival Novo Nordisk's weekly injection Wegovy. https://t.co/bCuQQ7AkyW — Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) June 6, 2026 Reuters explained further: The drugmaker hopes the compound, called berobenatide, can be the first GLP-1 weight-loss drug offered as a monthly shot as the company works ​to differentiate the compound from blockbuster drugs like Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound. In February, Pfizer ​said the compound showed up to 12.3% weight loss in patients without diabetes in ⁠its mid-stage VESPER-3 trial. Analysts are looking to the drug’s side-effect profile to assess whether it will be ​commercially viable. Pfizer executives said most patients experienced few or mild side effects, with gastrointestinal events largely limited ​to early doses and clustered close to when patients received the shot. The results were presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans. “Because of the very long half life here, you get a very smooth profile compared to ​weeklies,” Pfizer Chief Internal Medicine Officer Jim List said in an interview. “When you give it monthly … ​it’s very front-loaded. It does not persist through the month.” List said that researchers did see an increase in adverse ‌events after ⁠patients went from a weekly to a monthly dose in the trial, so the company plans to increase the dose more gradually in its late-stage program. Pfizer presented data on Saturday showing that the mean nausea rate in all the arms of the VESPER-3 study was around 38% and the mean vomiting rate was ​about 23.3%. Pfizer acquired Metsera in a $10 billion acquisition, entering the obesity drug market. More below: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has announced that the company will launch a new “once-a-month” shot designed to address America’s obesity problem. The announcement follows Pfizer’s acquisition of Metsera Inc., a biotech startup developing next-generation weight loss treatments.… pic.twitter.com/WG0JiXEEcd — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) November 11, 2025 More from Investing.com: The company utilized the American Diabetes Association conference in New Orleans to present new data on berobenatide, the long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist peptide inherited from that transaction. “We are entering a new era of internal medicine innovation,” Chris Boshoff, Pfizer’s chief scientific officer, said in an interview with Bloomberg ahead of the conference. In results from the Phase 2b VESPER-1 study, patients moving to the highest weekly dose achieved a 15.9% reduction in body weight over eight months without hitting a plateau. Additional data from the VESPER-3 trial evaluating overweight or obese patients without diabetes showed that individuals receiving the highest dose every four weeks lost nearly 15% of their body weight after 14 months. Pfizer emphasized that the drug could become the first once-a-month therapy in its class, offering a distinct convenience advantage over weekly options like Zepbound and Wegovy. “In Phase 2b studies, berobenatide delivered continuous, uninterrupted weight loss at all doses selected for Phase 3, while preserving a tolerable profile as people transitioned from a weekly to a monthly maintenance dose,” said Jim List, Pfizer’s chief internal medicine officer in a Saturday press release. List noted that Pfizer’s commercial network provides an edge as obesity care shifts to primary-care physicians, telling Bloomberg, “We have primary care in our DNA.” The drugmaker is preparing to advance more than 20 trials across obesity and related metabolic conditions in 2026, which includes 10 active and planned Phase 3 studies for berobenatide. Executives plan to evaluate the drug’s impact on closely linked comorbidities such as sleep apnea and knee osteoarthritis, while expanding clinical trials internationally into China and Japan. Read Pfizer’s release on the data HERE. What are your thoughts?

The Pentagon announced on Friday that it reduced its list of recognized religions from over 200 to 31, removing 180 faiths. “The Office of the Secretary of War is announcing a significant change to the Department’s categorization of religious affiliation. In a long overdue move, we reduced the list from over 200 unmanageable categories to 31. With this move, we are returning to the original intent of collecting this data – to allow our chaplains and religious support personnel to provide the best spiritual care to our warfighters,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said. “This decrease in religious affiliation codes is not designed to make any claims on the legitimacy of any faith or religious belief, nor is it intended to provide a list of ‘officially approved’ religions. Rather, it is designed to allow chaplains to quickly look at the religious composition of their units and determine how they structure resources to best provide for warfighters of all faith groups,” he continued. “The Department of War places a high value on the First Amendment and the free exercise of religion. Chaplains play an instrumental role in providing spiritual care and facilitating the Warfighters’ ability to freely exercise their religion of choice, or no religion at all. With this new change, we believe we can provide the best data to support our chaplains in that effort,” he added. The Office of the Secretary of War is announcing a significant change to the Department’s categorization of religious affiliation. In a long overdue move, we reduced the list from over 200 unmanageable categories to 31. With this move, we are returning to the original intent of… https://t.co/dgHX5ytzjJ pic.twitter.com/eho537O08J — Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellASW) June 5, 2026 More from Military.com: The reforms mark the first time the list has been officially revised since a memo was issued March 27, 2017, decreasing the total number of faiths from 211 to its new number of 31. The changes were iterated in a May 20, 2026, memorandum issued by the Under Secretary of War and signed by Anthony Tata, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness of the United States, and obtained by Military.com. This latest revision to the faith codes comes at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the Tata-signed memo, done to “streamline the DoW collection of religious preferences collection for service members to enhance the delivery of targeted religious support from the Chaplaincy.” It calls for the previously instituted faith and belief codes to be revised within a 60-day period from the issuance of the memorandum. “The new list will provide chaplains with clear, readily available information that will better enable them to anticipate the religious support needs of service members and to provide religious support activities that align with service members’ personal faith and practices,” Tata wrote. He added that members will not be limited to the list of “religious affiliation codes” when selecting information for their dog tags. The revised list, according to documents obtained by Military.com, includes Agnostics, Buddhists, Hindus, Islam (Muslims), Judaism, Sikh, and a wide range of Christian-based groups like Baptists, Catholics, Lutherans and Methodists. Read the full list below: “The previous system had ballooned to well over 200 faith codes,” Hegseth said in March, according to Fox News. “It was impractical and unusable, and many codes were never used at all,” he added. Utah Sens. John Curtis and Mike Lee pushed back against the list, which appeared to categorize The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints separately from the other Christian codes. Utah Sens. John Curtis and Mike Lee are pushing back after the Pentagon changed its categorizations for chaplains to not classify members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as "Christian."https://t.co/2bRikxcybv pic.twitter.com/ryxQyVvssP — KSL.com – Utah Breaking News (@KSLcom) June 6, 2026 “Can anyone tell me why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was left out of the list of Christian churches?” Lee questioned. Can anyone tell me why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was left out of the list of Christian churches? pic.twitter.com/t4u6PI29ON — Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) June 6, 2026 “Latter-day Saints are among the most patriotic, service-oriented individuals in our country. They are also unequivocally Christian—just look at who is in the name of the Church. It is unacceptable for a government entity to characterize a faith in a manner that contradicts the religion’s own foundational tenets. I am working now to ensure a correction is made,” Curtis said. Latter-day Saints are among the most patriotic, service-oriented individuals in our country. They are also unequivocally Christian—just look at who is in the name of the Church. It is unacceptable for a government entity to characterize a faith in a manner that contradicts the… https://t.co/ywqk59ZtRz — Senator John Curtis (@SenJohnCurtis) June 6, 2026 KSL.com shared further: The Department of War letter on the official change states it will “enhance delivery of targeted religious support from Chaplaincy.” Service members will not be limited to the new list of religious affiliation codes when selecting information on their identification tags, the letter states. The new list of religious affiliation codes identifies 21 Christian religions with a second identifying name, but then lists The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on its own. Some other Christian faiths have questioned whether the Church of Jesus Christ is in fact Christian due to differing beliefs. But many members of Utah’s predominant religion have taken issue with not being counted as Christians, as the faith is centered around the teachings of Jesus Christ.

At the end of the day, his worldview still lines up pretty well with the modern Democrat Party, but “Real Time” host Bill Maher isn’t afraid to call out the disingenuous way today’s leftists try to make their case. In his latest such rant, he took on the manufactured outrage over CBS News’ decision to fire former “60 Minutes” personality Scott Pelley. The left have denounced the Tiffany Network’s supposed lurch to the right after new boss Bari Weiss entered the picture. As Fox News explained, however, Maher took those critics to task this week: Bill Maher pushed back on Sen. Chris Murphy’s claims about political influence over “60 Minutes” during Friday’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” challenging the Connecticut Democrat’s argument that President Donald Trump and his allies are reshaping major media companies to favor the administration. “When I see actual evidence of that, I’ll be on your side,” Maher said. The HBO host also downplayed the impact of the tumult at CBS and “60 Minutes,” saying, “I don’t feel like Scott Pelley was a national treasure. Companies change hands all the time.  “I feel like we see everything through such a partisan lens. ‘Oh my God! ’60 Minutes’ has a new cast!’ So does ‘Saturday Night Live!’” Murphy had argued that the controversy surrounding CBS News and “60 Minutes” was part of a larger pattern involving the White House, corporate ownership and media pressure. Maher’s common-sense rebuttal to the inane musings of a sitting senator only exemplifies how rare such intellectual honesty has become on the left. His remarks sparked some dittos from like-minded social media users: Why should he? What a ridiculous political deflection. — @theclearthinker (@theclearthinke1) June 6, 2026   Maher has occasional moments of clarity. — Jim Pulaski (@jpula23687) June 6, 2026   Only out-of-touch denizens of progressive bubbles, think that it's okay to act like a whiny little bitch towards your boss (as Pelley did), and that when you get fired for cause, it's the boss' fault! — Marc Meunier (@MarcMeu87868286) June 6, 2026 Naturally, Mediaite’s spin on the story wasn’t quite so charitable toward Maher, but it did include this segment of the transcript: SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT): Yeah, I mean, listen, you’re watching a censorship state be created. Trump is using the powers that he has available as president of the United States to install only friendly ownership at the big media companies. He’s using regulatory powers to punish people who oppose him. I guess it’s fascinating to me that, like, all our big institutions have kind of let us down, right? From academia to the corporate world to big media, they’ve all folded in with him. And yet, we’re, like five months away from an election. And we might pull off a free and fair election. It’s kind of astounding that the people of this country, even as the corruption of our democracy happens in media, in the corporate world, even around Donald Trump’s inner circle, the people have just decided they’re hanging on to this democracy. BILL MAHER: That’s a big charge that you just made, that that that 60 minutes itself and CBS itself is now completely MAGA. I don’t see it that way. SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT): No it’s not completely MAGA. BILL MAHER: Well, it’s kind of what you said SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT): But he is clearly intent on installing people who will tell his story and will keep his critics off the air. BILL MAHER: Let me ask you this question. I watch 60 Minutes every week. I’ve had since I was a kid. If I didn’t hear all the buzz in the media, if I didn’t read about it all the time, would I ever notice that it was any different? I don’t think I would. Here’s some additional commentary:   This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

Votes are still being counted in Los Angeles. Voters in Los Angeles hit the polls on June 2nd to cast their vote for the next mayor of Los Angeles but now four days later only 71% of the vote has been counted. So far no candidate has reached the 50% threshold needed to become the next mayor but current Democrat mayor Karen Bass has already snagged enough votes to be in the upcoming run-off election. Coming in at second place is Spencer Pratt who currently has 28.2% of the vote and in third is Nithya Raman who is sitting at 24.9%. Take a look: The New York Times reported the election results will still take a “few weeks”: Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman are in a slow-speed chase for the chance to advance to the November election for mayor of Los Angeles. Mr. Pratt, a reality TV star and registered Republican, ended election night on Tuesday with 30.4 percent of the nearly 500,000 ballots tabulated to that point in the primary. But hundreds of thousands of ballots still remained to be counted over the course of the following few weeks, and those ballots were expected to favor Democrats. That raised the question of whether Ms. Raman, a progressive Democrat who ended election night with 22.3 percent of the vote, could catch up. In updates to the vote count provided on Wednesday and Thursday, Ms. Raman did notably better among the 60,000 newly counted ballots than Mr. Pratt. On Thursday evening, Mr. Pratt’s share of the vote tabulated so far was down to 29.4 percent, and Ms. Raman’s share was up to 23.4 percent. Karen Bass, the Democratic incumbent mayor of Los Angeles, remained in first place with 35 percent of the vote and will proceed to the November election. Los Angeles County wasn’t able to provide an estimate of the number of ballots that remained to be counted in the city. But based on historical patterns and other data, there could be between 250,000 and 300,000 ballots from city voters left to count in the race. Podcaster Patrick Bet-David has claimed the election is being stolen in plain sight: “Stolen In PLAIN SIGHT” – Spencer Pratt’s Odds TANK In RIGGED LA Mayor’s Race pic.twitter.com/ltbH9KGfuj — PBD Podcast (@PBDsPodcast) June 5, 2026 NBC News reported the DOJ is currently probing the election: A federal prosecutor in California said Friday that authorities have launched investigations tied to the state’s recent elections following President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of fraud. Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, said Friday morning on X that his office was pursuing “multiple election fraud investigations” alongside the FBI, without providing details. “We will follow the evidence wherever it leads and prosecute any violations of federal election law to the fullest extent,” said Essayli, who criticized California’s mail voting — a frequent target of Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Around the same time as Essayli’s post, a federal prosecutor from the U.S. attorney’s office visited the ballot processing center for Los Angeles County, the L.A. County registrar’s office told NBC News on Friday. Here’s what President Trump had to say about the LA mayoral race: There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY??? President DJT pic.twitter.com/kicq2DLFG9 — Whiplash347 (@Whiplash437) June 5, 2026 This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

The FIFA World Cup is set to kick-off on June 11. Currently soccer players from all across the globe are making their way to the United States, Canada and Mexico who will be hosting the FIFA World Cup. For the most part players have been able to enter the host countries without any problems but one member of Iraq’s national soccer team had the opposite experience. Striker for Iraq’s national soccer team, Aymen Hussein, was questioned for nearly 7 hours after his team arrived to O’Hare International airport in Chicago. Reuters reported more on the incident and revealed one person who came with Iraq’s national team was barred from entering the United States: Iraq’s World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly seven ​hours at Chicago’s O’Hare airport after arriving with the squad ‌early on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting official said. Hussein was finally allowed in, but the team’s photographer was barred from entering the United States, said the ​official who works for the Iraqi Olympic Committee, but has ​close contacts with the team. There was no immediate comment ⁠from the Iraqi Football Association, or from Hussein, a talismanic figure who scored ​the goal that secured the team’s qualification for the finals. U.S. Immigration ​and Customs Enforcement and the Homeland Security Department did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment on the reported questioning that was also covered by Iraqi ​media. Fans came out in the early hours of the morning to ​greet the Iraq squad at the airport, holding flags and asking players to ‌pose ⁠for pictures less than a week before the start of the tournament, video on social media showed. Aymen Hussein was later captured in a photo leaving the airport without any problems: خلـوا العـالم تعـرف أن الولايـات المتحـدة لا تستحـق تنظيـم كـأس العـالم، تم أحتجاز لاعب المنتخب العراقي أيمن حسين للتحقيق لمدة 7 ساعات من قبل السلطات الأمريكية في مطار شيكاغو!!!!!! تخيلوا رحلة مدتها 12 ساعة بالأضافة 7 ساعات حجز للتحقيق بدون سبب واضح، ضاع يوم اللاعب. pic.twitter.com/ij8O4slizV — Hayder (@hay23ds) June 6, 2026 Iraq is not only the only soccer team to have one of its staffers barred from entering the United States. The New York Times reported several staffers part of Iran’s national soccer team had their visas denied: After months of uncertainty about its participation at the World Cup, Iran’s soccer team has finally been granted visas to enter the United States, where it is scheduled to play all three of its group stage games, according to four senior officials. With their country at war with one of the World Cup hosts, the United States — a first in the tournament’s near-100-year history — Iranian soccer players and officials were forced to wait almost until the start of the event to find out whether they would actually be allowed to compete. On Friday, an Iranian official was quickly dispatched to collect passports that had been handed in as part of the approval process, one official said. Applications from all members of the 26-man roster have been accepted, but more than a dozen members of the support staff — that could include coaches, trainers, analysts and medical personnel — and Iranian soccer federation officials expected to accompany the team were rejected, according to the four officials. The president of the Iranian federation, Mehdi Taj, a former commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also had his visa rejected, the first official added. FIFA, soccer’s governing body whose president, Gianni Infantino, has developed a close relationship with President Trump, had been working behind the scenes to handle one of the biggest crises in tournament history, Mr. Taj told The New York Times in an interview earlier this week. Mr. Infantino had met with Iranian officials in March, and his deputy, Secretary General Mattias Grafström, traveled to Turkey last month as Iran arrived to begin a weekslong training camp. The four officials who confirmed the Iranian visas were approved have direct knowledge of the team’s visa status, but were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. One, an administration official, said the visas necessary for Iran to compete in the World Cup were issued to athletes and necessary support staff. The official said that the system would not be abused to allow anyone to be admitted to the country under false pretenses. Paolo Zampolli, a longtime Trump ally and the administration’s Special Representative for Global Partnerships, told The Times the decision to limit who could enter the United States was taken to “protect the homeland.” Will you be watching the World Cup? This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.