White House releases new dietary guidelines The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans come as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made nutrition policy a cornerstone of his Make America Healthy Again agenda.

That dual existence had caused him to compartmentalize his thinking, said Mr. Ames, who would plead guilty in court the next day. Russian officials told author Pete Earley, who wrote a book about Mr. Ames, that the money Moscow owed Mr. Ames would be delivered to his wife and son in some way. At the Allenwood, Pennsylvania, maximum-security prison, Mr. Ames studied law in the prison library and filed several lawsuits. In prison, Mr. Ames met with Robert Benedetti, a film producer who was an acquaintance from their time together at the University of Chicago. Benedetti interviewed Mr. Ames in prison, and the result was a 1998 movie that aired on the Showtime cable network: “Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within,” with Timothy Hutton as Mr. Ames.

Now three years out of leadership, Hoyer remains an active legislator but feared ending up like many other elderly lawmakers, becoming physically or mentally frail in their final days in office. 2 post for a House caucus without ever getting promoted to the top spot. When Pelosi took charge in January 2003, the caucus unanimously elected Hoyer as her top lieutenant. “We were put together by the caucus,” Hoyer said. “And what I mean by that, Nancy was elected, I was elected and Clyburn was elected.

Carolyn Hax can’t get to every question she receives, so every week we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice. Out of the many great responses we receive, we select a few standouts to publish on Wednesdays.

Boyz II Men back on tour with Toni Braxton and New Edition Considered the best-selling R&B group of all time, Boyz II Men are back with a new nationwide tour called “The New Edition Way Tour,” bringing together supergroup New Edition and R&B star Toni Braxton

NationalMinneapolis mayor tells ICE to ‘get the fuck out’January 7, 2026 | 7:51 PM GMTResponding to the shooting death of a 37-year-old woman, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) had a fiery message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

NationalWalz on ICE: ‘Don’t take the bait’January 7, 2026 | 9:40 PM GMTDuring a news conference on Jan. 7, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) said that the fatal shooting by an ICE officer is an issue of public safety, not politics.

US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker in North Atlantic, 2nd tanker in the Caribbean The U.S. has seized two oil tankers linked to Venezuela accused of violating U.S. sanctions.

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Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, can reasonably expect two things to happen as they get accustomed to their new day-to-day life at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York: They will be uncomfortable and kept out of harm’s way. The federal Bureau of Prisons doesn’t comment on current inmates, but Mangel said Maduro and Flores are likely housed in a segregated area, not with the general population — in separate cells and alone. “His case, he is a security risk in general population,” Mangel said. In their first court appearance in New York Monday, Maduro and Flores pleaded not guilty to drug and weapons charges and chose, at least for now, not to fight their detention. Hurwitz expects that the security protocols in place are with the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein top of mind.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a news conference in Texas on Wednesday that “a woman attacked” officers and “attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle” after the officers got stuck in the snow. The officer who would soon shoot the woman can be seen walking behind her vehicle, toward the front of the car. Two federal officers in a truck then pull up to the car as the woman was waving her hand out the window. The officers exit their truck and approach the woman’s car. The firing officer and the person who appeared to be filming him can be seen moving toward the woman and her car.

With three starters out, Luka Doncic tried to will the Lakers to a victory with a 38-point, 10-rebound, 10 assist triple-double. He played 38 minutes and 20 seconds one night after playing 37 minutes and scoring 30 points in Tuesday’s win over the Pelicans..James also scored 30 points in Tuesday’s win but sat out Wednesday with right sciatica and left foot arthritis. With him, Hachimura and Reaves out, the Lakers ( 23-12 ) had an average of 61 points sidelined. The Spurs sent a full-court double team to Doncic later in the second quarter. In his record 23rd NBA season, James has navigated new territory at every turn.

Advertisement“My message is clear: Eat real food,” Kennedy said at a White House briefing. The guidance says “other options can include butter or beef tallow,” despite previous recommendations to avoid those fats. Not all highly processed foods are unhealthy, said Dr. David Ludwig, an endocrinologist and researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital. AdvertisementMore protein recommendedThe guidelines made a few other notable changes, including a call to potentially double protein consumption. Makary said the new advice supersedes protein guidance that was based on the “bare minimum” required for health.

Well+BeingThe new dietary guidelines include butter. Here’s my advice. January 7, 2026 | 11:04 PM GMTThe new U.S. dietary guidelines include butter as a cooking fat in addition to olive oil. Previous guidelines encouraged shifting away from butter in favor of vegetable oils. Decades of research suggest that butter raises LDL, or the “bad” cholesterol, compared to plant-based oils, and higher intake is linked to greater health risks over time.

It is only Wednesday night, the first full week back from a holiday break, and the pace of updates about Venezuela and now the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good has been dizzying. ICE shootings are not some outlier phenomenon. One story that continues to intrigue me is the update to a post I filed Tuesday for Pressing Issues. Keep Us Paywall-FreeIf you find this kind of reporting and curation valuable, please consider supporting The Latino Newsletter with a tax-deductible donation. What We’re ReadingArellano on Rubio: From Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano, “Plague, thy name is Marco Rubio.