The U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) announced an increase in reward money for information leading to the arrest of Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, a leader of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang, bringing the total to $5 million.

Families of the victims killed in the UPS plane crash in Kentucky have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the mail carrier.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has filled paperwork for a possible run to be the next Republican governor of Minnesota.

Former President Barack Obama on Monday took a victory lap over the absolute debacle that is Obamacare, the healthcare reform package he championed and signed into law in 2010. Signing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — informally dubbed Obamacare — into law was the one moment from his days in the White House that Obama said gave him goosebumps. “That was a good day,” he said of the bill signing, speaking at an event hosted by Walmart Heiress Olivia Walton on Monday. “And lo and behold, it’s still around.” Indeed, the ACA is still around, though it’s unclear for how much longer. The troubled healthcare system was at the crux of the record-long Democrat-backed government shutdown that started in October. Obamacare subsidies that were tacked on during the COVID pandemic are finally set to expire this month. According to Republicans, they are financially unsustainable, rife with fraud, and paper over massive problems that are spiking premiums for tens of millions of Americans. Democrats, on the other hand, pushed for the subsidies to be extended again, effectively arguing against the expiration date they had chosen. Ryan Long, Senior Research Fellow at the Paragon Health Institute, told The Daily Wire last month that Obamacare is making health insurance more expensive. Obamacare plan premiums have climbed a whopping 169% since 2013, for example. The increase is far steeper than that of employer-sponsored insurance, because when prices rise, the government is paying most of the cost, so insurers can keep raising them without people feeling the impact, Long explained. 50% off DailyWire+ annual memberships will not return for another year, so don’t miss this deal! Join now at DailyWire.com/cyberweek. Additionally, the expansion of Obamacare subsidies has created zero-dollar insurance plans that have sparked widespread fraud and abuse, costing taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. “There’s upwards of 6 million people who aren’t actually within that income category that are claiming credits as if they were in that income category,” he explained. “In certain states, there are three to four times as many people enrolled in 100 to 150% of poverty in these $0 plans than there are people actually in those income brackets.” “So these COVID credits have just produced massive amounts of fraud,” he said. “The federal government’s paying, you know, upwards of $27 billion to $30 billion in fraudulent payments.” Obama, apparently, has tuned out all of the chatter surrounding the collapse of Obamacare. During his conversation with Walton, the former president said he hasn’t watched cable news in 15 years. President Donald Trump and Republicans are reportedly working on a fix for Obamacare, or may even effectively craft an alternative system. Related: Obamacare Is A Disaster. Could Trump’s Plan Fix It?

A newly published study by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that children who were given smartphones before the age of 12 were at a greater risk of developing future issues, including depression, obesity, poor sleep, and more. Researchers noted that the earlier the study participants were given the devices, the more likely they were to develop the adverse effects. Lead study author Dr. Ran Barzilay told ABC News that his motivations for conducting the study were both personal and professional. “I have a nine-year-old who wants a phone, and I think [whether to get them a smartphone] is a question that is relevant for every parent of a kid going into adolescence, even before adolescence,” he told the outlet. “We didn’t even look at what the kids did on the phone,” the child psychiatrist said, per CBS News. “We basically asked one simple question: does the mere factor of having one’s own smartphone at this age range have anything to do with health outcomes?” The study included data collected from 10,500 participants in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD) between 2018 and 2020. It was noted that 63.6% of the ABCD study participants owned a smartphone, and the median age at which they received the phone was 11 years old. Researchers focused on children aged 9 to 16, seeking to identify health outcomes associated with when they were given a smartphone. The team found that 12-year-olds who had a cell phone had a 1.3 times higher risk of depression, a 1.4 times higher risk of obesity, and a 1.6 times higher risk of insufficient sleep as compared to their peers who did not have phones.  The risk of developing these problems increased by 10% for each year earlier the children were given phones, with some kids being given smartphones as young as 4. Dr. Barzilay said it was “quite surprising” to find that children who had no smartphone at 12 and then got one at 13 also had worse mental health and poorer-quality sleep that year, even after the study controlled for those factors. The study’s conclusion stated, “Smartphone ownership was associated with depression, obesity, and insufficient sleep in early adolescence. Findings provide critical and timely insights that should inform caregivers regarding adolescent smartphone use and, ideally, the development of public policy that protects youth.” The researcher also concluded that his 9-year-old, who wants a phone, is “not getting a phone anytime soon. Clear decision.”

War Secretary Pete Hegseth likely violated Pentagon regulations when he shared details about an attack on Houthi terrorists in Yemen, the Defense Department Inspector General said in a report provided to members of Congress on Tuesday evening. The report, as The Wall Street Journal noted, also stated that Hegseth, as the War Secretary, can declassify any War Department information he chooses — meaning that although regulation states that Hegseth should not have shared sensitive information via the messaging app, Signal, his actions may not rise to the level of a violation of law. The Inspector General’s review began in April after the contents of the Signal chat in question were made public by The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, who was accidentally added to the group when his contact information was imported through a phone belonging to United Nations Ambassador Mike Waltz, who, at the time, was serving as President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser. According to the report, Hegseth received classified information — from a classified message labeled SECRET/NOFORN — about the planned attack on Houthi terrorists from Gen. Erik Kurilla, the CentCom (U.S. Central Command) commander. He then sent some of that information, albeit without the classified designation, via the Signal chat. Hegseth has explained that he made a command decision to share that information in the moment with the group in question. The Inspector General confirmed that Hegseth has the authority to declassify War Department information. Any further inquiry may end there. 50% off DailyWire+ annual memberships will not return for another year, so don’t miss this deal! Join now at DailyWire.com/cyberweek. Several members of Congress who have already read the report have gone public with their reactions — including Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who made headlines in recent weeks when he took part in a video that encouraged members of the United States military to question orders in real time, insinuating that President Trump or War Secretary Hegseth either had or would give unlawful orders. “They very clearly stated he should not be using his cellphone and putting … this kind of information on an unclassified system,” Kelly said. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) pushed back, noting that Democrats had been gunning for Hegseth since before his confirmation hearings and weren’t likely to stop any time soon. “The arc of the story is that it’s just a never ending stream of efforts to undermine Pete Hegseth, right? The whole controversy. So they didn’t get him in the confirmation process? Make a big deal out of this,” he said, referring to the report as a “nothing burger before adding, “So it’s just an ongoing effort. I wouldn’t expect it to end with this, but I think again, the President has faith in Secretary Hegseth. I think he’s doing a great job, and it is what it is.” The unclassified full report, which was delayed in part due to the recent government shutdown, is set to be released to the public on Thursday.