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4 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Margaret Manto |Emily Kennard
The Trump administration’s clean up of the “Make America Healthy Again” Commission’s hallmark and error-riddled report is opening new questions about how the report’s authors drew some of its sweeping conclusions about the state of Americans’ health. At least 18 of the original report’s citations have been edited or completely swapped out for new references since NOTUS first revealed the errors Thursday morning.
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4 weeks ago | 
undark.org | Emily Kennard |Margaret Manto
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report harnesses “gold-standard” science, citing more than 500 studies and other sources to back up its claims. Those citations, though, are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions. Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all. This story first appeared in NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Margaret Manto
The White House is downplaying the “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report’s citation issues, even as it scrambles to fix them. A NOTUS investigation published Thursday found that at least seven of the report’s citations appeared to not actually exist.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice: Many new pardons. Fishy citations in the MAHA Commission report. Parliamentarian gonna parliament. But first: Elon vs. Washington. Elon’s CloutElon Musk used to kill Republican-backed spending bills at whim. Now he’s saying farewell to the White House and sounds like just another guy with opinions and an account on X.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Emily Kennard |Margaret Manto
2 hours agoFrom MAHA to TACO—A Guide to the Acronyms of Trump’s Second TermYou may be familiar with POTUS (President of the United States), MAGA (Make America Great Again), and GOP (Grand Old Party), but there’s a new acronym that President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Emily Kennard |Margaret Manto
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report harnesses “gold-standard” science, citing more than 500 studies and other sources to back up its claims. Those citations, though, are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions. Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all. Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes is listed in the MAHA report as the first author of a study on anxiety in adolescents.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice: The Trump admin vs. universities, again. The surprising things MAHA is involved in. “Florida Democrat” is becoming passé. Plus: Life for the Capitol Police, now. Harvard’s Going to Need a New Fight SongOn Tuesday morning, Marco Rubio’s State Department issued an order pausing all student visa applications, a move seen by many as part of Donald Trump’s ongoing war with Harvard.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Margaret Manto
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is workshopping a new theory: The HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement sanctioned child trafficking during the Biden administration, and he has a mandate to stop it and track down the missing migrant children. “During the Biden administration, HHS became a collaborator in child trafficking and for sex and for slavery,” Kennedy said during a cabinet meeting this month.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice:It’s pronounced nu-cu-lar. Senators making plans. Trump posting through it. Letting Them CookSpeaker Mike Johnson has been warning the Senate against making major changes to the reconciliation bill, telling CNN on Sunday that it’s “best not to meddle with it too much.” But Senate Republicans have their own plans, and those plans definitely do not include caring what the House has to say. Sen. Ted Cruz said he expects “considerable changes in the Senate” to the bill. Sen.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice: World’s Greatest Deliberative Body time. The MAHA moment. “Stupid” is as stupid does. Fans of green energy are bummed. Is the Senate Going to Be Different? The Senate reconciliation fight is another chance for Republicans to argue over priorities they want to, well, prioritize. The party’s prioritizer in chief, Donald Trump, is ready to engage the chamber but may need a different set of skills if he wants to be The Closer again. Trump’s reliable threat of a primary?
