NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with conservative commentator and podcaster Michael Knowles about President Trump and Pope Leo XIV.

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Trump has pushed unfounded claims of Tylenol use in pregnancy being tied to a ‘very increased risk of autism’ Taking acetaminophen – known in the US by the brand name Tylenol – during pregnancy has no effect on later autism diagnoses, according to a sweeping new study from Denmark published Monday. The Trump administration has targeted Tylenol use in pregnancy as a major cause of autism in children, which appears to have led to a drop in pregnant people taking the pain reliever. Continue reading

TMTG drops defamation claim over report that prosecutors were investigating payments received as possible money laundering Donald Trump ’s media corporation has dropped a defamation claim against the Guardian and two other defendants over a report that federal prosecutors were investigating $8m in payments the company received from entities with ties to Vladimir Putin as possible money laundering. A filing in the 12th judicial circuit in Sarasota county, Florida, on Friday confirms that Trump Me

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Immigration judges Roopal Patel and Nina Froes among six judges terminated by Department of Justice Two immigration judges who ruled against the Trump administration in the deportation cases of pro-Palestinian university students have been fired by the Department of Justice. The New York Times reported over the weekend that the justice department had terminated six judges, including Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, who oversaw deportation proceedings against Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, two st

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Crawford fined after Omaha traffic stop at gunpoint Boxer ordered to pay $75 plus $49 in court costs Police review found officers acted lawfully Terence Crawford was found guilty of careless driving Monday and ordered to pay a $75 fine stemming from a traffic stop last year during which police ordered the world champion boxer and passengers out of his vehicle at gunpoint . Crawford was stopped on 28 September, hours after his hometown of Omaha held a parade through downtown to celebrate his unan
NBC News · Oct 8
A new long-term study that followed over 10,000 people for decades revealed that fluoride has no negative effects on brain function. NBC News’ Erika Edwards details what else the study revealed.

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Stephen Doughty says US withdrawal of support means bill cannot complete passage through parliament A treaty over ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has become “impossible to agree at political level” and the corresponding bill will not complete its passage through parliament, a Foreign Office minister has said. Stephen Doughty told the Commons that the agreement with Mauritius was initially negotiated in close coordination with the US, but Donald Trump’s position “appears to