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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump’s top health officials unveiled a sweeping Make America Healthy Again agenda in a new 20-page report Tuesday. The report identifies about 130 separate policy priorities across 10 federal departments and agencies to address chronic disease in children. The MAHA Commission, an interagency task force, issued a report in May outlining four primary drivers: poor diet; chemical exposure; lack of physical activity and chronic stress; and overmedicalization. The new report identifies four broad strategies: advancing research; realigning incentives; increasing public awareness; and fostering private sector collaborations. MAHA-reportDownload Trump signed an executive order in February establishing the commission and requiring the dual reports on the causes of the precipitous rise in childhood chronic disease and proposed policy solutions. The new report signals a shift away from a reliance solely on medical research to advance therapeutics, medical devices, and surgical operations in favor of a broader focus on everyday root causes. Emblematic of the MAHA-Make America Great Again coalition, the report couples priorities once associated with Democrats, like reducing the influence of the pharmaceutical industry and improving school nutrition, with a traditionally Republican approach of embracing new technologies, public-private partnerships and deregulatory actions. (Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images) Administration officials praised the report as unprecedented in its scope and ambition. “I’m grateful to work for a president willing to run through walls on this,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a roundtable discussion at HHS headquarters. Many of the policies would have been “unthinkable two years ago,” Kennedy added. Advancing Research The National Institutes of Health will launch a new initiative on chronic disease that takes a “whole-person health” approach, the report states, a major pivot for a biomedical research funder divided into 27 separate institutes and centers. The NIH will link multiple datasets—such as claims information, electronic health records and wearables data—into a new “real world data platform” as it seeks to diagnose the drivers of the rise in chronic disease. The platform will incorporate artificial intelligence, but “maintain rigorous privacy protections and consent protections,” the report states. The real world data platform will be applied to ongoing scientific questions about the possible causes of autism. Media reports lambasted this initiative as an “autism registry” in April, stoking concerns about data privacy. The NIH also intends to leverage existing longitudinal birth cohort data through existing initiatives while asking new questions about sleep and nutrition, health impacts of insulin resistance, supplements, and fitness, the report indicates. The NIH also will champion new approach methodologies, such as an alternative to animal testing called organoids and computer models, the report states. Additionally, the NIH will work with the Environmental Protection Agency to study the cumulative effects of chemical contaminants, including pesticides, on human health. The institutes will also establish a new vaccine injury program at the NIH Clinical Center. The report describes a litany of research topics to be undertaken by the NIH, the EPA, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, several of which had been sidelined as taboo by universities and scientific journals for years: The impact of fluoride and pharmaceutical compounds found in drinking water; exposure to microplastics; the efficacy of nutritional interventions, rather than medication on human health; the efficacy of repurposed generic drugs to treat certain medical conditions; the oral microbiome; the gut microbiome; the cumulative impacts of electromagnetic radiation; and excessive screen time as an addiction. The report also states that using precision agricultural technology to optimize growing could help decrease pesticide volume and improve the soil microbiome, while also improving the bottom line for farmers. Realigning Incentives The report also outlines intended structural changes at HHS and other agencies, including new firewalls between federal policymaking and regulated industries. For instance, HHS will establish a public database to disclose financial relationships and mandate recusal requirements per the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Kennedy’s actions to reduce conflicts of interest on the committee of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the childhood vaccination schedule, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, has ignited a firestorm in recent days, inducing the ouster of short-lived CDC Director Susan Monarez. The report reveals that the White House Domestic Policy Council and HHS will develop a new vaccine framework with an emphasis on scientific and medical freedom. It also outlines the overhaul of direct-to-consumer pharma ads, calling for a strict FDA crackdown on illegal marketing of pharmaceutical drugs in TV ads and by social media influencers. The administration also reiterates in the report its emphasis on reducing consumption of highly processed foods by developing a formal federal definition of the term, reducing food dyes, revamping the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, implementing new strategies for reducing deleterious additives already found in food, adding nutrition education to medical school curricula, and removing sugary beverages from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Increasing Public Awareness The MAHA agenda includes a new Make American Schools Healthy Again awareness campaign with a focus on nutrition and fitness. MAHA educational campaigns will include information about the revamped dietary guidelines around the following themes: “food for health,” “real food first,” and “healthy foods and healthy families.” Educational campaigns will also include other MAHA priorities, providing more information directly to the public on topics such as fluoride, pesticides, screen time, illegal vapes, kratom, and chronic opioid use. The report also calls for facilitating greater public access to government reports and public-facing clinical transparency reviews to help patients make determinations about medical evidence. Fostering Private Sector Collaborations The report outlines a number of actions to reduce regulatory red tape in agriculture and medicines. On agriculture and food, the report recommends deregulatory actions to facilitate organic farming, small farms, and direct-to-consumer sales at farmers markets and schools, and in underserved areas. The report also signals plans to axe bans on selling whole milk in schools. On pharmaceutical drugs, the report recommends discarding animal-testing requirements for drugmakers, reducing clinical trial costs through new health data technology, and implementing plans for a new Food and Drug Administration priority voucher pilot program. The report includes actions to deregulate meatpacking plants and processing and to reclassify agricultural runoff. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post RFK Jr.’s Report Unveils Plan to Make America’s Children Healthy Again appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Pro-LGBTQ groups and Second Amendment advocates seem to have formed a surprising alliance, as both last week publicly condemned a potential gun ban proposed by the Department of Justice.   Their statements came in response to multiple reports that the DOJ is “reviewing ways to ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell.”   Those reports painted the DOJ’s discussions as a response to the August shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. That shooting, allegedly committed by a “transgender” person, left 2 children dead and 17 children and adults wounded.  But LGBTQ groups denounced any potential ban as infringing on the rights of transgender individuals.?  LGBTQ Nation, which describes itself as “the world’s most-followed LGBTQ news source,” posted on X Thursday, “Attorney General Pam Bondi is all-in on Trump’s escalating assault on trans people.” Its post linked to an article titled “DOJ plans to label trans Americans as ‘mentally defective’ to take away their guns.”  A spokesperson for GLAAD, another LGBTQ advocacy group, called the potential gun ban an attempt to use the transgender community as a scapegoat for recent shootings.  “Instead of actual solutions, the administration is again choosing to scapegoat and target a small and vulnerable population,” the spokesperson told CNN.  LGBTQ groups weren’t alone in decrying attempts to keep guns out of the hands of those suffering from gender dysphoria.  Following the report, the National Rifle Association released a statement saying, “NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process.”  Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Chairman Alan Gottlieb said in a statement, “Prohibiting whole groups of people from owning and using firearms because a sick individual misused a gun to harm and kill children is as reprehensible as restricting the rights of all law-abiding citizens because some people have committed crimes.”  Gun Owners of America posted on X, “GOA opposes any & all gun bans. Full stop.”  That was reposted by the campaign account of Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who said, “I oppose all gun bans as well.”  The Trump administration rejected attempts to frame its discussions as specifically targeting transgender individuals, describing them instead as an attempt to keep guns away from those struggling from mental disorders.  A DOJ spokesperson told FOX News, “The DOJ is actively evaluating options to prevent the pattern of violence we have seen from individuals with specific mental health challenges and substance abuse disorders.”  Currently, federal law prohibits those with certain mental illnesses from owning firearms. The post Odd Bedfellows: LGBTQ Groups, Pro-Gun Orgs Denounce Gun Ban  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

President Donald Trump could be preparing to put the final nail in the coffin of court precedent limiting the right to pray in public schools, legal experts say. Trump announced Monday that the Department of Education will issue new guidance on school prayer in line with his 2024 campaign promise to “bring back prayer” to public schools. “The president spoke about that yesterday, and some of the changes we are making to ensure that the religious liberties of America’s students in our youth are respected in public schools,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Daily Signal on Tuesday. “In fact, he had a young student, invited him on stage to share his story about how when this young boy spoke about biological and biblical truth in his classroom, he faced consequences for that, and how Americans of faith should not be facing consequences for expressing their religious freedom and their religious views.” Yesterday @POTUS announced new guidance on public school prayer. I asked @PressSec if Trump is seeking changes to court precedent.“Americans of faith should not be facing consequences for expressing their religious freedom and their religious views, not in any public school in… pic.twitter.com/zptwxvz13l— Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell (@TheElizMitchell) September 9, 2025 “Not in any public school in America should that be happening,” Leavitt added. The details of the directive have not been released. But if the guidance says it’s legal to pray in schools, leftists are likely to sue, which could set the Supreme Court up to undo existing cases prohibiting students from praying, leading prayer, and being led in prayer, according to Roger Severino, director of the Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights under first Trump administration. “I expect the guidance will say administrators can no longer force kids to shed their faith at the schoolhouse door,” Severino told The Daily Signal. “President Trump has promised to end DEI and LGBT ideology being imposed on students nationwide, especially students of faith, but I also believe he will protect the rights of students to pray because schools are not state mandated God-free zones.” God back in graduations? Today @POTUS announced upcoming guidance from @usedgov on the right of school kids to pray, lead, and be led in prayer in public schools. Atheists and leftists will likely sue against the guidance (and schools implementing it) which may tee up @scotus… pic.twitter.com/xGar6BPoi7— Roger Severino (@RogerSeverino_) September 8, 2025 Based on past actions, an executive order encouraging religious activity in public schools would likely be challenged by those who want to remove religion from the public square, said Tyson Langhofer, director of the Center for Academic Freedom at the conservative nonprofit law firm Alliance Defending Freedom. “But it’s very clear that the Constitution protects private religious expression in the public square,” he told The Daily Signal. “Not only does it protect it, but it prohibits the government from discriminating against religious individuals who want to engage in religious activity.” Lemon v. Kurtzman In Lemon v. Kurtzman, the Supreme Court in 1971 established a three-pronged test a statute must pass to avoid violating the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. The statute must have a secular legislative purpose; its principal or primary effect must be one that neither promotes nor inhibits religion; and it must not foster “excessive government entanglement with religion.” This test dominated public school prayer jurisprudence until 2022, when the court largely discarded the test. Lee v. Weisman In 1992, the court held that the Establishment Clause prohibits public schools from composing official prayers to recite as part of a religious program carried on by the government. The court held that a rabbi speaking at a public high school graduation created “a state-sponsored and state-directed religious exercise in a public school,” violating the Establishment Clause.  Since-retired Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who wrote the opinion, used the Lemon Test to justify the ruling. Santa Fe v. Doe Eight years later, in 2000, the court held in Santa Fe v. Doe that a Santa Fe High School’s policy allowing student-led, student-initiated prayer at football games violated the Establishment Clause. The court decided that football game prayers were public speech authorized by a government policy and taking place on government property at government-sponsored school-related events, and that the high school’s policy involved government endorsement of prayer at important school events. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District But in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District in 2022, the court pared back the application of the Establishment Clause. The court largely abandoned the Lemon Test, ruling instead that the Establishment Clause “must be interpreted by ‘reference to historical practices and understandings.’” High school football coach Joe Kennedy led students in prayer during and after school games. Kennedy refused to stop after Washington state’s Bremerton School District asked him to, in order to prevent the school from being sued for violating the Establishment Clause.  Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, Kennedy won the case. The Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution neither mandates nor permits the government to suppress such religious expression, saying that the First Amendment protects an individual engaging in a personal religious observance.  Our country would be a better place if we taught public school students biblical values. Fortunately, @LifeWiseAcademy is already doing it across America—during school hours.Let’s have more prayer, happier families, and more fulfilling lives.I love evangelizing on TV! pic.twitter.com/ufrqJc3IYp— Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) September 8, 2025 Langhofer said an executive order from Trump setting out what types of religious activity are allowed in school under the Establishment Clause could help public schoolteachers and administrators understand the extent of the current law. The Supreme Court’s Establishment Clause jurisprudence has evolved a lot over the past 20 years, Langhofer said. Many of the prior decisions on prayer were based on the Lemon Test, but now that it has been overruled, many policies previously held as unconstitutional in cases like Lee and Santa Fe could be looked at again. The Kennedy v. Bremerton ruling hints that the conservative Supreme Court would view the Establishment Clause differently than how it was interpreted in the past, Langhofer said. “There is a misunderstanding broadly in the public and in public school administration of what the Establishment Clause means,” he said. “The Establishment Clause prohibits the government from establishing a particular religion, which would include forcing individuals to participate in religious activities that they don’t want to participate in.” “But it absolutely does not prohibit individuals from engaging in religious activity, including prayers, even during any kind of school hours,” he continued. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., praised Trump for “understand[ing] that prayer is the cornerstone of strong families, strong communities, and a strong nation.” “By protecting our children’s right to pray in school, he is restoring faith to its rightful place in American life,” she told The Daily Signal. “I’m thankful our nation has a leader who boldly defends religious liberty.” The post How Trump’s Forthcoming Guidance on Public School Prayer Could Alter Existing Court Precedent appeared first on The Daily Signal.

President Donald Trump could very well usher in a new birth of free speech in the United Kingdom, that very much appears to be on an Orwellian path to tyranny. Despite a long, shared Anglo-American tradition of free speech, the U.S. and the U.K. are going separate ways. In the U.S., institutionally backed political correctness is on the wane, at least for now. In Britain, it’s being enforced by state authorities. But with Trump set to make an unprecedented second state visit to the U.K. in late September, he has a chance to address one of the most contentious issues eroding our longstanding alliance. “I will just say that in terms of, U.K., strange things are happening over there,” Trump said last Thursday. “They are cracking down and surprisingly so. And I’ve spoken to the prime minister and, let’s see what happens. But, it is a different, a little bit different situation. I’m very surprised to see what’s happening.” What’s been happening there has been downright disturbing. Britain’s speech crisis came to a head recently when British authorities arrested and interrogated Irish comedian Graham Linehan as he arrived in Heathrow Airport over a handful of social media posts. In the posts, Linehan had been critical of transgender ideology and mocked gender identity activists. Even the reliably liberal Atlantic Magazine noted how disturbing and tyrannical this arrest was. “Assuming that Linehan’s account is correct, then his arrest is totalitarian, absurd, and a waste of police time,” wrote Atlantic staff writer Helen Lewis. “It is also symptomatic of a wider chill on free speech in Europe, where the selective deployment of laws over hate speech, offense, and incitement has turned the police into the enforcers of progressive values and given them enormous discretionary power.” In the U.K., not only does free speech not have the same legal protection as the U.S., but their system has made it easy to weaponize government and enforce what can only be described as woke blasphemy laws. British authorities have attempted to extend those laws beyond their borders too. It’s noteworthy that Linehan had been in Arizona when he made the X posts leading to his arrest. And the U.K.’s weaponization of censorship has undoubtedly escalated. The New York Post reported in August that about 30 people are arrested in the U.K. every day for social media posts and other speech crimes. The “crimes” include everything from posting crass racialized words online to criticizing pro-Palestinian protesters to praying near an abortion clinic. Britain has not only criminalized rudeness, but it’s also actively suppressing political speech. What the people of Britain and much of Europe are living through is if the Great Awokening in the U.S. never slowed down. Publicly condemning immigration laws, gender identity activists, or any of the Left’s sacred cows comes with the real risk of arrest. But there are signs that at least some British subjects are fed up with the odious speech laws. In recent months, the flag of England has been popping up all over public places as a sign of resistance to open ended immigration. It should be no surprise that the display of these flags is being criticized as “racist” by left-wing and legacy media news outlets. But suppressing speech while squashing serious questions about immigration and gender ideology is creating a powder keg in England that can’t simply be swept away. The situation appears to have prompted Trump to action. Much like in his negotiations with other allies and adversaries, the 47th president seems willing to use American economic leverage to get the U.K. to abandon its censorship regime. According to the Telegraph, Trump may demand stronger free speech guarantees by the British government in exchange for a technology sharing agreement. Not only will this benefit Brits, but American companies that risk running afoul absurd British laws. “U.S. and U.K. officials have been working on a technology partnership that will include close co-operation on ‘pillars’ such as artificial intelligence and advanced computing,” the Telegraph reported. “Discussions about including a passage regarding the value of free speech in draft versions of a memorandum of understanding have been ongoing for several weeks.” Less censorship in exchange for technological cooperation would certainly be a welcome development. It’s no exaggeration to note that if the U.K. doesn’t reverse course on censorship, it could do serious damage to the “special relationship” it’s had with the U.S. since the end of World War II. Trump is giving the U.K. a serious amount of encouragement and a little cajoling to set things right. Maybe a little bit of the spirit of ’76 will finally hit England’s shores and help them save themselves from a fast-approaching dystopia. The post Trump Should Bring Free Speech With Him to the UK appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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