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Fruit are displayed at Iovine Brothers Produce in Philadelphia, May 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)2026-01-07T16:34:51Z Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar, according to the latest edition of federal nutrition advice released Wednesday by the Trump administration.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins issued the 2025-2030 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which offer updated recommendations for a healthy diet and provide the foundation for federal nutrition programs and policies. They come as Kennedy has for months stressed overhauling the U.S. food supply as part of his Make America Healthy Again agenda. Our message is clear: Eat real food, Kennedy told reporters at a White House briefing. The guidelines emphasize consumption of fresh vegetables, whole grains and dairy products, long advised as part of a healthy eating plan. But they also take a new stance on highly processed foods, and refined carbohydrates, urging consumers to avoid packaged, prepared, ready-to-eat or other foods that are salty or sweet, such as chips, cookies and candy. Thats a different term for ultraprocessed foods, the super-tasty, energy-dense products that make up more than half of the calories in the U.S. diet and have been linked to chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. The new guidance backs away from revoking long-standing advice to limit saturated fats, despite signals from Kennedy and Food and Drug Commissioner Marty Makary that the administration would push for more consumption of animal fats to end the war on saturated fats. Instead, the document suggests that Americans should choose whole-food sources of saturated fat such as meat, whole-fat dairy or avocados while continuing to limit saturated fat consumption to no more than 10% of daily calories. The guidance says other options can include butter or beef tallow, despite previous recommendations to avoid those fats. Guidelines were due for an updateThe dietary guidelines, required by law to be updated every five years, provide a template for a healthy diet. But in a country where more than half of adults have a diet-related chronic disease, few Americans actually follow the guidance, research shows. The new recommendations drew praise from some prominent nutrition experts. There should be broad agreement that eating more whole foods and reducing highly processed carbohydrates is a major advance in how we approach diet and health, said Dr. David Kessler, a former FDA commissioner who has written books about diet and nutrition and has sent a petition to the FDA to remove key ingredients in ultraprocessed foods. Others expressed relief after worrying that the guidelines would go against decades of nutrition evidence linking saturated fat to higher LDL or bad cholesterol and heart disease. I guess whoever is writing these had to admit that the science hasnt changed, said Marion Nestle, a nutritionist and food policy expert who advised previous editions of the guidelines. They havent changed in any fundamental way except for the emphasis on eating whole foods. The new document is just 10 pages, upholding Kennedys pledge to create a simple, understandable guideline. Previous editions of the dietary guidelines have grown over the years, from a 19-page pamphlet in 1980 to the 164-page document issued in 2020, which included a four-page executive summary. The guidance will have the most profound effect on the federally funded National School Lunch Program, which is required to follow the guidelines to feed nearly 30 million U.S. children on a typical school day. The Agriculture Department will have to translate the recommendations into specific requirements for school meals, a process that can take years, said Diane Pratt-Heavner, spokesperson for the School Nutrition Association. The latest school nutrition standards were proposed in 2023 but wont be fully implemented until 2027, she noted. Science advisers didnt make ultraprocessed food recommendationsThe new guidelines skip the advice of a 20-member panel of nutrition experts, who met for nearly two years to review the latest scientific evidence on diet and health. That panel didnt make recommendations about ultraprocessed food. Although a host of studies have showed links between ultraprocessed foods and poor health outcomes, the nutrition experts had concerns with the quality of the research reviewed and the certainty that those foods, and not other factors, were the cause of the problems.The recommendations on highly processed foods drew cautiously positive reactions. The FDA and the Agriculture Department are already working on a definition of ultraprocessed foods, but its expected to take time. Not all highly processed foods are unhealthy, said Dr. David Ludwig, an endocrinologist and researcher at Boston Childrens Hospital. I think the focus should be on highly processed carbohydrates, he said, noting that processing of protein or fats can be benign or even helpful. More protein recommendedThe guidelines made a few other notable changes, including a call to potentially double protein consumption. The previous recommended dietary allowance called for 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight about 54 grams daily for a 150-pound person. The new recommendation is 1.2 to 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. An average American man consumes about 100 grams of protein per day, or about twice the previously recommended limit. Its not clear what evidence supported the change, but Ludwig said the earlier recommendation was the minimum amount needed to prevent protein deficiency and higher amounts of protein might be beneficial. I think a moderate increase in protein to help displace the processed carbohydrates makes sense, he said.The guidelines advise avoiding or sharply limiting added sugars or non-nutritive sweeteners, saying no amount is considered part of a healthy diet. No one meal should contain more than 10 grams of added sugars, or about 2 teaspoons, the new guidelines say. Previous federal guidelines recommended limiting added sugars to less than 10% of daily calories or people older than 2, but to aim for less. Thats about 12 teaspoons a day in a 2,000-calorie daily diet. Children younger than 2 should have no added sugars at all, the older guidance said. In general, most Americans consume about 17 teaspoons of added sugars per day, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Alcohol limits removedThe new guidelines roll back previous recommendations to limit alcohol to 1 drink or less per day for women and 2 drinks or less per day for men. Instead, the guidance advises Americans to consume less alcohol for better health. They also say that alcohol should be avoided by pregnant women, people recovering from alcohol use disorder and those who are unable to control the amount they drink.___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. JONEL ALECCIA Aleccia covers food and nutrition at The Associated Press. She is based in Southern California. twitter mailto

Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)2026-01-07T16:46:00Z WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money, signing off on a proposal that is expected to be the first of many as conservative states seek new latitude from a White House promising to return education to the states.Iowa was the first state to apply for an exemption from certain spending rules after Education Secretary Linda McMahon invited states to request the flexibility last year. Such waivers have been offered for years but are finding new interest as Trump officials leverage all available tools to remove the federal government from local education.McMahon formally approved Iowas plan Wednesday at an event in the state. Indiana and Kansas have also applied to be exempted from certain parts of federal education law, and leaders of other states have expressed interest. McMahon told The Associated Press that the new flexibility will free up time and money now devoted to ensuring compliance with federal rules. With fewer strings attached, states can pool their federal dollars toward priorities of their choosing, including literacy or teacher training, she said. We are eliminating that sort of, not bottleneck, but that additional compliance for the states, and thats just going to be incredibly helpful to the state, McMahon said.Its not going to have go through the Department of Education, and its going to flow directly more to the states, McMahon said. Iowas newly approved waiver applies primarily to education money used by the states education agency, not the larger sums of money that flow to the states more than 300 public school districts.Under the arrangement, federal money from four programs aimed at teacher training, English learners, after-school programs and academic enrichment will be pooled into a single pot with fewer limits on how it is spent. Iowas plan will merge about $9.5 million over the course of the waiver, which runs through September 2028. How much goes toward one purpose versus another is up to state officials. Iowa said it will save about $8 million in staff time that went toward making sure that spending complied with regulations.The state will be required to show that it is still meeting the spirit of the federal laws behind each funding source.Known as block grants, that funding model is a longtime dream of conservatives who say money from the federal government comes with too many strings attached. Opponents say block grants would allow states to redirect money away from the students who most need the federal aid, including low-income students and English learners, and toward Republican priorities. Democrats in Congress urged McMahon to reject block grant requests in a letter in May, saying it would fail the very students these provisions aim to support.The waiver approved for Iowa is far narrower than one initially proposed by the state in March. That one asked McMahon to combine 10 funding sources into a single block grant, both for the states education agency and for the states school districts. The early proposal requested flexibility for programs including Title I, which sends more than $100 million to Iowa schools with large shares of low-income students. Iowas new plan leaves Title I funding untouched.Education Department officials said Iowas new plan reflects the flexibility that can be granted under existing law. McMahon has separately asked Congress to pass a budget that would combine much of the nations federal education funding into a single block grant. Her proposal would zero out the four spending programs being consolidated in Iowa.In her formal approval, McMahon called Iowas plan a first-in-the-nation proposal to return education to the States by providing common-sense flexibility, within the letter of and while maintaining the spirit of Federal law. The waivers are the latest example of the Republican administration using the tools of federal bureaucracy in its mission to dismantle the Education Department. It is not uncommon for states to apply for waivers from the law because Congress created the exemption to give states flexibility with initiatives that advance academic achievement. Yet it is never been used so openly as a way to cede federal authority to states.McMahon has separately used a federal procedure to outsource much of her agencys work to other departments, using interagency agreements typically reserved for smaller tasks.Trump has promised to close the Education Department, saying it had become overrun by liberal thinking. Only Congress has the power to eliminate the agency, but Trump has directed McMahon to wind it down as far as legally possible. She has halved its staff and is offloading some of its biggest grant programs to other agencies.Opponents have fought her in court every step of the way, but the Supreme Court ruled in July that the dismantling work can continue.___The Associated Press education coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find APs standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org. 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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)2026-01-07T15:55:12Z The lightning U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro can be seen as both a benefit and a burden for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces botched an attempt to capture Ukraines capital and topple its leader at the start of Moscows invasion nearly four years ago.The ouster of Maduro highlights another Kremlin failure to support an ally, following the downfall of Syrias former President Bashar Assad in 2024 and last years U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. With the U.S. determined to establish control over Venezuela, Russia stands to lose a strategic foothold in the Western Hemisphere, along with billions of dollars invested in its oil industry.But President Donald Trumps actions in Venezuela also are causing unease in Western nations and giving the Kremlin fresh talking points to defend its war in Ukraine. In addition, Trumps interest in wresting control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark also threatens to destabilize the alliance at the moment when the U.S.-led efforts to broker peace in Ukraine enter a pivotal stage, distracting its members from their efforts to support Kyiv and provide it with security guarantees. Putin himself hasnt commented on the U.S. actions in Venezuela, which his diplomats have denounced as a blatant act of aggression. Dmitry Medvedev, Russias former president who serves as his deputy on the presidential Security Council, similarly rebuked Washington for trampling international law but also complimented Trump on defending U.S. interests. Even though Trumps action is completely unlawful, he cannot be denied a certain consistency -- he and his team are very aggressively upholding their countrys national interests, Medvedev said.On Wednesday, the U.S. said it seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela, including one flagged to Russia in the North Atlantic. Moscows spheres of influenceSince 2014s illegal annexation of Ukraines Crimean Peninsula that followed the ouster of a pro-Kremlin president in Kyiv, Putin has sought to justify his action by describing his neighbor as part of Russias sphere of influence where Western encroachment cant be allowed.Putin has argued that just as the U.S. would bristle at any foreign military presence in the Western Hemisphere, Russia sees NATOs expansion to its borders as a major security threat. He cited Ukraines bid to join the military alliance as a key reason behind his full-scale invasion of the country.We have made it clear and unambiguous that further eastward expansion of NATO is unacceptable, Putin said shortly before sending troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Are we the ones placing missiles near the U.S. borders? No, its the U.S. that has brought its missiles to our doorstep.Long before the invasion, Russia tested the ground on a possible deal under which it would refrain from meddling in Latin America in exchange for the U.S. offering Moscow free rein in Europe.Fiona Hill, who oversaw Russia and Europe on Trumps National Security Council during his first term, testified before Congress in 2019 that the Russians were signaling their willingness to make such an arrangement involving Venezuela and Ukraine. Russia never made a formal offer, Hill told The Associated Press in an interview, but Moscows then-ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, hinted ... many times to her that Russia could cede its influence in Venezuela to the U.S. in exchange for a sphere of influence in Europe.She said Trumps administration wasnt interested in the Russian overtures that she described as a hint-hint, nudge-nudge, wink-wink, how-about-doing-a-deal offer. In April 2019, Hill was sent to Moscow to convey the message that nobodys interested. ... Ukraine and Venezuela are not related to each other.Hill said she did not know if the winds have now changed and whether there was any deal between the U.S. and Russia to swap spheres of influence in Venezuela and Ukraine, but she noted that many officials, including herself, who were involved in restraining Trump in his first term arent around for his second. She argued that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio would likely be the only member of the Trump administration who would now resist such a proposal, but added that others, including Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, could have a different view.Who knows what Witkoff and others have been chatting about recently? Hill asked.Before Maduro was captured, AP reported Russia had started evacuating families of diplomats from Venezuela. When asked about the move, Hill said it would not be implausible that Witkoff gave Moscow a courtesy heads-up.Sam Greene, a Russia expert at Kings College London, observed that Moscow may have backed down on Venezuela in the expectation of the U.S. giving it a free hand on Ukraine.My worry is that it may be part of a tacit agreement, by which Washington, Moscow and Beijing agree not to deter one another against interventions in their putative spheres of influence, he wrote on X. Russias foothold in Western HemisphereBefore the invasion of Ukraine, senior Russian officials had issued vague warnings that Moscow could deploy troops or military assets to Cuba and Venezuela statements that the U.S. dismissed as bluster. Some drew parallels to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis when the Soviet Union deployed missiles to Cuba and the U.S. imposed a naval blockade of the island.Russian-Cuban ties withered after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, plunging Cuba into a grueling depression. Soon after his first election in 2000, Putin ordered the closure of a Soviet-built military surveillance facility in Cuba as he sought to improve ties with Washington. As tensions with the U.S. and its allies mounted, however, Moscow again intensified trade and other contacts with Cuba and sent warships to visit the island.Russia also has invested heavily in Venezuelas oil industry, as did China, and offered Caracas generous loans to purchase top-of-the-line air defense missiles, fighter jets and other weapons. On several occasions, most recently in 2018, it dispatched its nuclear-capable Tu-160 bombers to Venezuela in a projection of force.Military experts have said, however, that any attempt by Russia to establish a permanent military foothold in the Western Hemisphere would face overwhelming logistical challenges.The might-makes-right doctrineThe U.S. seizure of Maduro and his wife was seen worldwide as the return of the might- makes-right doctrine, backing Moscows argument that its action in Ukraine protects its vital interests the way the U.S. did in Venezuela.After its action in Venezuela, the U.S. has nothing to formally reproach our country for, Medvedev noted.Hill noted that Maduros capture makes it harder for countries to condemn Russias action in Ukraine because weve just had a situation where the U.S. has taken over or at least decapitated the government of another country using fiction.An indictment accuses Maduro and others of working with drug cartels to facilitate the shipment of thousands of tons of cocaine into the U.S.Fyodor Lukyanov, a Kremlin-connected, Moscow-based foreign policy expert, observed that if we consider whats happening from the perspective of setting a precedent, then we couldnt ask for anything better, and this includes Trumps conviction that the authorities in Venezuela must be approved by Washington.Russian hawks, meanwhile, argue the U.S. action in Venezuela has created a new sense of urgency for Moscow to dramatically speed up its offensive in Ukraine.Ukraine under our full control is our pass to the Great Powers club, Alexander Dugin, a hard-line nationalist ideologue, wrote in a commentary.___AP European Security Correspondent Emma Burrows in London contributed.

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)2026-01-07T11:02:05Z COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) In Ohios closely watched race for governor, Republican entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Democratic former health chief Amy Acton rolled out their picks for running mate on Wednesday, announcing a seasoned conservative lawmaker for him and a pragmatic former party chair for her.Ramaswamy tapped Ohio Senate President Rob McColley while Acton chose former state Democratic Chair David Pepper. The current Republican Gov. Mike DeWine cannot run for reelection because of term limits.Ramaswamy, a billionaire biotech executive from Cincinnati, said he wanted a partner who understands legislating and can help charge ahead on an aggressive agenda. Rob is a proven conservative leader, and he is committed to my vision to make the American Dream a reality for every Ohioan, Ramaswamy said. McColley, 41, was first elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2014 before being appointed to the Senate to fill a vacancy in December 2017. Acton, a physician who helped lead Ohios early pandemic response, said Peppers track record as a problem-solver at the local level will serve as an asset to her campaign. She confirmed her selection of Pepper to The Associated Press ahead of their first public appearance together Wednesday. Ive been going everywhere and listening deeply for almost two years now, and people are longing for public servants again who solve the problems of our everyday life, Acton said in an interview. Pepper, 54, the son of a former Procter & Gamble CEO, is a lawyer, writer and former member of the Cincinnati City Council and the Hamilton County Commission in his hometown.Pepper spearheaded a foreclosure prevention program, introduced a prescription drug discount program for county residents, led an earned income tax credit initiative, balanced the budget and held the line on property taxes, according to the campaign.Pepper said he sees economic similarities between his time in county office during the Great Recession and now.Im really looking forward to taking that experience of working across party lines because, back then, thats how you did things and applying that statewide, he said. JULIE CARR SMYTH Smyth covers government and politics from Columbus, Ohio, for The Associated Press. She was part of the AP team honored as a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09908-wThe anterior cingulate cortex encodes affective pain behaviours modulated by opioids; targeting opioid-sensitive neurons through a new chemogenetic gene therapy replicates the analgesic effects of morphine, providing precise chronic pain relief without affecting sensory detection.

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro looks on during a swearing-in ceremony for new military commanders at the army academy in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Vega)2026-01-07T17:23:35Z BOGOT, Colombia (AP) An abhorrent violation of Latin American sovereignty. An attack committed by enslavers. A spectacle of death comparable to Nazi Germanys 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain.There is perhaps no world leader criticizing the Trump administrations attack on Venezuela as strongly as left-wing President Gustavo Petro of neighboring Colombia.While other officials tread carefully, Petro has seized on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro to escalate his spiraling war of words with President Donald Trump, who has said a U.S. military operation in Colombia sounds good to me. On Wednesday, Petro called for Colombians to take to the streets to stand up for their nations sovereignty in response to Trumps insults and military intervention threats. He convened emergency meetings before the United Nations and the Organization of American States. And the former leftist guerrilla even threatened to take up arms against the U.S. to defend his country. Petros high-stakes gambit has put Colombia, long Americas staunchest regional ally, in Trumps crosshairs and his government in a bind: how to reap the political rewards of standing up to Washington just months before a presidential election without jeopardizing crucial security assistance or goading Trump into making good on his threat to invade. That tension was on split-screen display this week as Petro lashed out at Trump while his top officials rushed to assure the U.S. that Colombia remains the pillar of its counternarcotics strategy abroad. For the past 30 years, the U.S. has worked closely with Colombia, the worlds largest producer of cocaine, to arrest drug traffickers, fend off rebel groups and boost economic development. Colombia retains leverage as the main source of intelligence Washington uses to interdict drugs in the Caribbean, experts say. People are trying to tell Trump: Look, you can punish Petro to the extent possible, but you dont want to punish the country. That undermines the fight against drugs and is going to be harmful for the United States, said Michael Shifter, a Latin America expert at the Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington. But Trump is completely unpredictable, Shifter said. He changes his mind, hes driven by his own impulses.Trump and Petro hate each otherPetro has drawn Trumps ire for months. He has turned back U.S. military deportation flights, urged American soldiers to disobey Trump during a pro-Palestinian rally in New York, lambasted U.S. attacks on alleged drug vessels as murder, and sparred with him over Israels military campaign in Gaza and his administrations crackdown on immigration.Infuriated, Trump has deployed language that he often used to describe Maduro, calling Petro a lunatic and an international drug leader. He has revoked Petros U.S. visa; slapped sweeping sanctions on him, his relatives and his interior minister on drug-related grounds; vowed to end all U.S. aid to Colombia; and threatened punitive tariffs on Colombian exports. Thrilled by Maduros ouster, Trump pushed the fight even further in recent days. He called Petro a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States and warned of a possible U.S. military operation on Colombian soil. Petro plays the fight to his advantagePetro cant help relishing the conflict as long as it remains only verbal. Frustrated with congressional resistance to his contentious reforms, failing to fulfill his promise of total peace with armed groups and facing a series of electoral tests, Petro has found in Trump the perfect foil as he fights for his legacy.He wants this stage where he is the clearest adversary, rhetorically or politically, to the U.S., said Sergio Guzman, a political risk analyst based in Bogot. The constitution bars Petro from seeking another term in Mays presidential vote but the countrys first leftist president wants his coalition to retain power over the resurgent right that blames his unpopular government for rising crime. Colombia will also hold legislative elections in March. So far, Petros strategy of playing David to Trumps Goliath seems to be paying off. As Trump escalated his threats against Colombia this week, even some of Petros opponents rushed to his defense. Trump is misinformed and misfocused; his simplistic statements are counterproductive, said Anbal Gaviria, a right-wing presidential hopeful, praising his countrys strong democratic institutions. Colombia is not Venezuela, nor Cuba, nor Nicaragua. Alarm grows in Colombia over Trumps threatsA U.S. military operation against Petro who, unlike Maduro, was democratically elected, is unlikely, experts say.But complicating the calculation for Colombian officials is Trumps increasingly militaristic comments about Latin America that lump Colombia in with Venezuela as a source of narcotics and immigrants in the U.S.Whereas the Colombian institutions still maintain cooperation and have a lot to lose, Petro personally feels like that bridge has already burned, said Elizabeth Dickinson, a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group.Recent statements from top ministers betray the rising alarm. Fears are also building that Colombia that shares a 2,200-kilometer (1,360-mile) volatile border with Venezuela and is the biggest host of Venezuelan refugees could get sucked into a wider regional conflagration if its neighbor descends into chaos. As Petro fired more salvos on social media, Colombias interior and justice ministers scrambled to put out the fire, announcing they had notified U.S. intelligence agencies the government would continue to coordinate and cooperate in the fight against drug trafficking based on U.S. information and technology. In a news conference, Defense Minister Pedro Snchez sought to reassure the public that the leaders latest spat had done nothing to upset security cooperation critical to the Colombian military and police as they fight leftist guerrillas and drug traffickers. Washington has provided Bogot with roughly $14 billion in the last two decades. Today, we have a golden opportunity to invest even more in strengthening international cooperation, Snchez said, ticking off the governments successes in destroying thousands of cocaine labs and intercepting fentanyl shipments.Colombia is trying to resolve the tensions with Trump diplomatically, Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio told reporters on Tuesday. Nonetheless, Colombia is preparing for the possibility of aggression against our country by the United States.We have a highly trained, very well prepared army, she said. Indeed, the army has long received training from the U.S.___DeBre reported from Buenos Aires, Argentina.___Follow APs coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https://apnews.com/hub/latin-america ISABEL DEBRE DeBre writes about Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for The Associated Press, based in Buenos Aires. Before moving to South America in 2024, she covered the Middle East reporting from Jerusalem, Cairo and Dubai. twitter mailto

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, Aug. 12, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)2026-01-07T17:36:09Z ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he plans to call a special session in April for the Republican-dominated legislature to draw new congressional districts, joining a redistricting arms race among states that have redrawn districts mid-decade.Even though Floridas 2026 legislative session starts next week, DeSantis said he wanted to wait for a possible ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais could determine whether Section 2, a part of the Voting Rights Act that bars discrimination in voting systems is constitutional.I dont think its a question of if theyre going to rule. Its a question of what the scope is going to be, DeSantis said at a news conference in Steinhatchee, Florida. So, were getting out ahead of that.Congressional districts in Florida that are redrawn to favor Republicans could carry big consequences for President Donald Trumps plan to reshape congressional districts in GOP-led states, which could give Republicans a shot at winning additional seats in the midterm elections and retaining control of the closely divided U.S. House. Nationwide, the unusual mid-decade redistricting battle has so far resulted in a total of nine more seats Republicans believe they can win in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio and a total of six more seats Democrats expect to win in California and Utah, putting Republicans up by three. But the redrawn districts are being litigated in some states, and if the maps hold for 2026, there is no guarantee the parties will win the seats.In 2010, more than 60% of Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the drawing of district boundaries to unfairly favor one political party in a process known as gerrymandering.___Follow Mike Schneider on the social platform Bluesky: @mikeysid.bsky.social MIKE SCHNEIDER Schneider covers census, demographics and Florida for The Associated Press. Author of 2023 book, Mickey and the Teamsters. twitter mailto

Coloured houses covered by snow are seen from the sea in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)2026-01-07T17:07:20Z BRUSSELS (AP) U.S. President Donald Trumps latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one, for an alliance focused on external threats that could now face an armed confrontation involving its most powerful member.The White House says the administration is weighing options that could include military action to take control of the strategically located and mineral-rich island, which is a semi-autonomous region that is part of NATO ally Denmark.Trumps renewed interest in Greenland could put at risk the entire future of NATO, which was founded in 1949 to counter the threat to European security posed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The alliance is normally focused on threats such as those from Russia or international terror groups. It would not function without U.S. leadership and firepower. NATO, the worlds biggest security organization, was built on a Three Musketeers-like vow that an attack on anyone in its ranks will be met with a response from all of them. That security guarantee, enshrined in Article 5 of its founding treaty, has kept Russia away from allied territory for decades. But in an organization that operates on unanimity, Article 5 does not function if one member targets another.Uneasy allies and neighbors Greece and Turkey have harassed each others military forces and disputed borders for decades. But past internal clashes have never posed the kind of threat to NATO unity that would arise from an American seizure of Greenland.In a post on social media Wednesday, Trump said that RUSSIA AND CHINA HAVE ZERO FEAR OF NATO WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES. But he added: We will always be there for NATO, even if they wont be there for us. A White House warningThe White House took its threats toward Greenland to a new level Tuesday, issuing an official statement that insisted Greenland is a national security priority and refusing to rule out the use of military force.The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. military is always an option at the commander in chiefs disposal, it said.Ian Lesser, distinguished fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States think tank and an expert on NATO, described the White House statement as very striking.Its a low-probability, high-consequence event if it were to happen. But the odds have changed, and so it becomes more difficult to simply dismiss this as bluster from the White House, he said.The statement came after the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain defended the sovereignty of Greenland, along with Denmark, whose right to the island was recognized by the U.S. government at the beginning of the 20th century.It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland, the leaders said Tuesday in a joint statement. Canada, which sits off the western coast of an island that has been crucial to the defense of North America since World War II, expressed its support as well. NATO itself remains reluctant to say anything that might annoy its leading member.Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that the U.S. threat must be taken seriously, particularly after Trump ordered the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicols Maduro in a nighttime raid, and that any U.S. attempt to take control of the island could mean the end of NATO.Asked whether Frederiksen was right when she said that an American attack on another NATO country means that everything stops, an official at the alliance said: NATO does not speculate on hypotheticals.The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because NATO protocol forbids the use of their name, preferred to note Greenlands strategic significance.The Arctic is an important region for our collective security, and NATO has a clear interest in preserving security, stability and cooperation in the high north, the official said. Together we make sure that the whole of the alliance is protected. Trumps interest in Greenland also threatens to destabilize the alliance at the moment when the U.S.-led efforts to end the war in Ukraine enter a pivotal stage, distracting its members from their efforts to support Kyiv and provide it with security guarantees.Maria Martisiute, a defense analyst at the European Policy Center think tank, warned that NATOs credibility is on the line.When a leading alliance member undermines another member, it hurts NATOs cohesion and credibility, and it serves only our adversaries such as Russia and China, she said. Tension comes after NATO leaders agreed to Trumps demandsLast summer, NATO leaders rallied behind Trumps demand that they increase defense spending. Apart from Spain, they agreed to invest as much per capita as the United States does, within a decade.Just before Christmas, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte hailed Trump as a savior.I believe fundamentally that thanks to Donald J. Trump, NATO is stronger than it ever was, Rutte told BBC radio. NATO has never been as strong as this moment since the fall of the Berlin Wall.Yet in a year-end address in Germany meant to rally to European citizens behind defense spending, Rutte warned that Russia might attack elsewhere in Europe within a few years should it win in Ukraine.Conflict is at our door, the former Dutch prime minister said. Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured.Lesser said its difficult to reconcile Trumps defense spending victory with his designs on Greenland.What good is it to have revived NATO capability if its no longer a functional political alliance afterwards? he asked. If that breakdown occurs, its a gift to Moscow, and its a gift to Beijing.___Associated Press journalist Mark Carlson in Brussels contributed to this report.

Federal law enforcement officers stand near a roadblock at Portland Avenue and East 32nd Street, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, after reports of a shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis, where immigration enforcement has been conducting a major crackdown. (AP Photo/Tim Sullivan)2026-01-07T16:56:00Z MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Authorities reported a shooting Wednesday involving federal agents in Minneapolis, where immigration enforcement has been conducting a major crackdown.Live video posted online showed a large presence of federal and local officers, yellow police tape and cars that had been in a crash. Cmdr. Gregory Bovino of U.S. Customs and Border Protection was in the group.We are aware of a shooting involving federal law enforcement near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue. Please avoid this area, the city government said on X.No other details about the shooting or crash were immediately available.In a scene that hearkened back to the immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles and Chicago, bystanders didnt hold back in venting their anger, blowing whistles, taunting the the federal agents and telling them to go home.Shame! Shame! Shame! they loudly chanted from behind the police tape. After the shooting, Mayor Jacob Frey said immigration agents were causing chaos in our city.We are demanding ICE leave the city and state immediately. We stand rock solid with our immigrant and refugee communities, Frey said on social media, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it had launched an extraordinary immigration enforcement operation, with 2,000 agents and officers expected in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area for a crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on The Immigration Defense Network, a coalition of groups serving immigrants in Minnesota, held a training session Tuesday night for about 100 people who are willing to hit the streets to monitor the federal enforcement.I feel like Im an ordinary person, and I have the ability do something so I need to do it, Mary Moran told KMSP-TV.___DellOrto reported from St. Paul, Minnesota. Associated Press reporter Ed White in Detroit contributed. GIOVANNA DELLORTO DellOrto is a multimedia reporter with The APs Global Religion team. She has reported across the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, covering events and issues ranging from the conclave to the Israel-Hamas war to the Olympics, from immigration to the intersection of Indigenous spirituality and the environment.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09882-3Albumin selectively inhibits Mucorales growth through the release of bound free fatty acids.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09856-5Yakut communities, with Trans-Baikal admixture during the Mongol expansion, preserved genomic diversity and oral microbiomes despite the Russian conquest, which introduced cereals, pathogens and Christianity, whereas marital practices preserved low consanguinity except in one late case of traditional shamanism.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09910-2Single-neuron recordings in humans reveal largely separate content and context neurons whose coordinated activity flexibly places memory items in context.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09896-xMitochondria that are transported from satellite glial cells in dorsal root ganglia to peripheral sensory neurons through tunneling nanotube-like structures provide protection against peripheral neuropathy.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03988-4An in-depth analysis of nutrient availability across mouse tissues reveals their influence on the spread of cancer to other organs.

The announcement delayed the arraignment of Mr. Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents last month.

Now the governments recommendation is to limit drinking, without specifying safe amounts for men and women. The guidelines no longer warn of risks like cancer.

Republicans have cheered the raid that ousted Nicols Maduro but toiled to square their longstanding views with President Trumps unclear and rapidly evolving strategy.

Security forces have boarded buses, searched phones and interrogated people, looking for evidence that they welcomed the capture of Nicols Maduro.

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Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09852-9Cas12a3 nucleases constitute a distinct clade of type V CRISPRCas bacterial immune systems that preferentially cleave the 3 tails of tRNAs after recognition of target RNA to induce growth arrest and block phage dissemination.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09888-xUsing two-photon microscopy with a panoramic virtual reality setup, how head direction cells in larval zebrafish integrate visual landmarks and optic flow to track orientation is revealed.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09840-zA nine-year transit-timing campaign has measured the extremely low masses and densities of four large planets orbiting the young star V1298 Tau, which are now predicted to contract and form a typical compact super-Earth and sub-Neptune system.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09784-4Analysis of the local branching geometries of several physical networks shows violations of predictions of length and volume minimization, leading to the hypothesis that estimating the material cost requires accounting for the full three-dimensional geometry.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09897-wNew results indicate that rhabdodontids and the previously described Ajkaceratops are actually distinctive European ceratopsians, a group better known from Asia and North America.

Despite a slew of reforms enacted last year to rein in the practices of towing companies, more needs to be done to protect consumers whose cars face removal and possible sale, the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles said Tuesday.DMV Commissioner Tony Guerrera laid out five recommendations he plans to make for the legislature to consider during its session that begins in February. The recommendations follow a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that exposed how state law for decades favored towing companies at the expense of low-income consumers. They also follow months of meetings with a group of industry and consumer representatives.The recommendations would require towing companies to make more effort to notify owners that their cars have been towed and streamline the process by which the firms can sell unclaimed vehicles.The commissioner announced his proposal at the last scheduled meeting of a working group of towing and consumer representatives. The group was created as part of a towing reform law passed last year after the news organizations showed how towing companies were seeking the DMVs permission to sell some cars after as little as 15 days, one of the shortest time frames in the country. Many low-income residents were towed for minor violations, sometimes from their own apartment complexes, only to lose their cars when they couldnt afford to get them back before they were sold.If the legislature adopts the recommendations, towing companies would no longer place values on vehicles that they tow, which now determines whether a tower can start the sales process in 15 days or 45 days. Instead, all cars would be sold at a public auction after 30 days, Guerrera said.Other recommendations include requiring towing companies to send two letters to the registered owner of the vehicle after its towed, one certified and one not. If the car isnt claimed, towers would have to send a third letter to the owner after 30 days to inform them when and where the auction will be held. The towing companies would be required to either advertise the auction on their websites or publish legal advertisements in local newspapers.The DMV would also be required to set up a portal on its website listing every towed car so that people can find out which tower has their vehicle, when it was towed and when the auction will be.If a vehicle receives no bids and the car owner shows up, the towing company would be required to offer the car back to them at whatever their costs are before selling it for scrap.There was little pushback from industry leaders or consumer advocates on Tuesday even though towing representatives had previously complained that the changes would add costs and consumer lawyers had objected that the recommendations didnt go far enough to protect drivers.The proposal also didnt address the initial task the legislature assigned to the group: how to handle the profits from the sales of towed cars. Currently, towing companies are supposed to hold onto proceeds for a year so owners or lenders can claim them. After that, any unclaimed funds, minus towing fees, are required to be turned over to the state. But CT Mirror and ProPublica found that hasnt happened in part because the DMV never set up a system to collect the money.Guerrera said after the meeting that the DMV has set up a process to monitor whether towing companies are turning funds over to the state. He said they wont know if the system is working until October because the money from sales of towed cars must be held for a year.After Guerrera finished outlining his proposal, Eileen Colonese, secretary of the industry group Towing & Recovery Professionals of Connecticut, said Guerreras plan doesnt address a key issue: The last registered owner of the vehicle is not necessarily the owner when its towed.I still believe that until the state of Connecticut comes up with a process to figure out who really owns the vehicles, all of this stuff that were doing is pretty much nonsensical because were still not notifying the current owner of the vehicle, Colonese said.Consumer advocate and attorney Raphael Podolsky said Guerreras recommendations are a step in the right direction, but theres still a lot of issues that need to be addressed until the system is fixed.Guerrera said his plan was inspired by the discussions during the previous four committee meetings. He said he hopes the portal on the states website will also help DMV personnel better track what towing companies are doing with vehicles.Under the revised law, which went into effect on Oct. 1, towing companies must now give people warning before removing vehicles from apartment parking lots unless theres a safety issue. They also must accept credit cards, let people retrieve their belongings and be available on weekends for people to pick up their cars. And although the sales process can begin after 15 days for vehicles worth less than $1,500, towers must wait 30 days before selling them.Guerrera said he expects that the working group will keep meeting.I want to have continuous meetings, whether its quarterly or twice a quarter, to try and narrow down any issues that come up or that need to be fixed so that we can create a system that works for everybody, Guerrera said.The post Step in the Right Direction: Connecticut DMV Commissioner Calls for More Reforms to State Towing Law to Protect Drivers appeared first on ProPublica.

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Ms. Menin, a centrist Democrat, said she would investigate bad actors in business and city agencies and played down areas of difference with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Bus driver Jackie Terry builds a snow sculpture for her students to enjoy along their bus route on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 in Vergennes, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)2026-01-07T18:05:27Z SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) Messy winter weather brought snow, ice, freezing rain and dangerous driving to the New England states on Wednesday as the region prepared for more unpleasant conditions later in the week.The combination of rain, snow and slush blanketed the region, causing dozens of school districts to close for the day or begin on a delay. Snow accumulations were not expected to be high, but the road conditions made it unsafe to roll buses on Wednesday morning, districts said. Sam Ruth of Brattleboro, Vt., shovels the walkway after a wintry mess passed through the region on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) Sam Ruth of Brattleboro, Vt., shovels the walkway after a wintry mess passed through the region on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Bus driver Jackie Terry builds a snow sculpture for her students to enjoy along their bus route on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 in Vergennes, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart) Bus driver Jackie Terry builds a snow sculpture for her students to enjoy along their bus route on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 in Vergennes, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Rebecca Soubbel of Brattleboro, Vt., walks her daughter, Eleanor Raymond, 5, a kindergartener, to Green Street Elementary School in Brattleboro, after a two-hour delay from a wintry mess on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) Rebecca Soubbel of Brattleboro, Vt., walks her daughter, Eleanor Raymond, 5, a kindergartener, to Green Street Elementary School in Brattleboro, after a two-hour delay from a wintry mess on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More About a tenth of an inch of ice coated some areas a little less than the amount that can cause power outages from falling tree limbs, but more than enough to create unsafe roads. Nonetheless, there were a few thousand power outages, mostly in Maine, with several hundred in Massachusetts. With icy conditions forecast during both the morning and afternoon bus routes, ensuring the safety of our students and staff is our highest priority, said the administration of Maine Regional School Unit 21, based in Kennebunk, in a statement. Morgan Loeffler of Brattleboro, Vt., walks her two dogs, Molly and Gia, through the snow on Western Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) Morgan Loeffler of Brattleboro, Vt., walks her two dogs, Molly and Gia, through the snow on Western Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More All six New England states were under National Weather Service winter weather advisories, and the service issued several hazardous weather outlook statements for northern areas that could be hit with winter storms in the coming days. The possibility of hard rain followed by dropping temperatures could create treacherous driving conditions later in the week, the service said. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Highway authorities in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts reported numerous traffic crashes and vehicle spinouts in those states, though there were no serious injuries reported as of late Wednesday morning. At least five New England airports, including Logan International Airport in Boston, had aircraft being treated with deicing fluid for snow and ice. Richard Hill shovels the sidewalk outside his home on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 in Vergennes, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart) Richard Hill shovels the sidewalk outside his home on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 in Vergennes, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More In southern Maine, the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory despite the potential for only two inches of snow in some areas, said Jerry Combs, meteorologist with the service in Gray, Maine. And more hazardous weather could be on the way, as another system is expected to bring rain Friday night into Saturday, followed by the potential for snow Saturday into Sunday, he said. A sidewalk plow from the Brattleboro, Vt., Department of Public Works clears off the sidewalk on Green Street on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) A sidewalk plow from the Brattleboro, Vt., Department of Public Works clears off the sidewalk on Green Street on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The service typically holds off on issuing an advisory unless there is the potential for four inches of snow, but other kinds of messy weather necessitated it on Wednesday, Combs said. That was for the freezing rain and sleet and snow mixture, he said. That makes the road conditions that much worse.___Associated Press writer Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire, contributed to this report. PATRICK WHITTLE Whittle is an Associated Press reporter based in Portland, Maine. He focuses on the environment and oceans. twitter mailto

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03985-7Low levels of albumin, a protein found in blood, are associated with poor clinical outcomes for people with the fungal disease mucormycosis.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03986-6Surprising fossil finds in a Moroccan quarry reveal 773,000-year-old hominin specimens that are close to the ancestor of modern humans.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04016-1Bilayer graphene has been used to observe robust interference patterns consistent with the presence of fractionally charged quasiparticles known as non-Abelian anyons. Demonstrating and controlling this interference is a crucial step towards harnessing these elusive quasiparticles as building blocks for fault-tolerant quantum computers.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09906-yTreatment with 4-fluorouridine (also known as EIDD-2749) in an African green monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) model of Lassa disease resulted in complete clearance of infectious virus in a high proportion of cases and prolonged survival to the pre-determined study end-point in all cases.

Nature, Published online: 07 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09892-1This Perspective proposes a new framework to support the inclusion of Black, Indigenous and people of colour in conservation initiatives.

He said he would retire from writing and public speaking.

Whether or not the Venezuelan raid was advisable, it was Trumpian.