President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s leading medical research agency. Bhattacharya has called for reforming the NIH by reducing the power of many of its longest-serving officials.
A cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah began at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. Lebanese civilians are returning to their homes in the southern part of the country, although Israel has warned that its troops are still in the area. Lebanon’s prime minister praised the United States and France for brokering the cease-fire after more than a year of conflict, calling it a step toward establishing calm and stability.
Birthright citizenship is a law Trump is partly opposed to, though mostly in its interpretation. Birthright citizenship means a person becomes a U.S. citizen if he or she is born on U.S. soil, with some interpreting it to mean such regardless of the citizenship status of their parents. To delve further into the ramifications, NTD speaks with Austin Raynor, an attorney and special counsel for the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Supreme Court practice.
