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Britain’s King Charles III said in a televised announcement that, thanks to early detection and intervention, his treatment for prostate cancer will be reduced in the new year. The king’s message was in support of the Stand Up to Cancer charity campaign. Charles disclosed his cancer diagnosis in February 2024, less than 18 months after taking the throne.



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Dec. 12, 2025, 6:33 PM ESTBy Julia AinsleyWASHINGTON — White House pressure to ramp up deportations has sparked rising tension and finger-pointing inside the Department of Homeland Security, with the agency’s secretary, Kristi Noem, and her top advisor blaming subordinates for not hitting arrest quotas and undermining their relationships inside the West Wing, according to two DHS officials with direct knowledge of the matter. Noem and her close advisor Corey Lewandowski have sought to deflect blame from themselves for any White House frustration with the pace and scope of deportations, pinning it instead on the leaders of the agencies in charge of immigration enforcement — acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, the DHS officials said.Underscoring the turmoil, Scott recently expressed concern to colleagues that Lewandowski is able to monitor his emails, the two officials and another DHS official said, sparking concern among other top staffers that their messages were being reviewed.“Everyone in leadership is so worried about what they say in email and text,” one of the top staffers said.As the agency that carries out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations policy — a core tenet of his agenda — DHS is often under intense scrutiny both inside and outside the White House. The rising tensions within DHS come as deportation numbers continue to lag behind the administration’s own goals with Trump nearing the one-year mark of his second term.White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson praised Noem’s performance when asked about the finger-pointing.“Secretary Noem is doing a great job implementing the president’s agenda and making America safe again,” Jackson said. “President Trump’s entire immigration team is on the same page when it comes to implementing the president’s agenda and the results speak for themselves — the border is secure, and deportations continue to increase.”Neither the White House spokesperson nor DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, Tricia McLaughlin responded to requests for comment on the finger-pointing and rising tensions inside the agency.Spokespeople for CBP and ICE did not respond to requests for comment.Trump campaigned on a promise to launch the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history. But the effort has fallen short of expectations thus far. ICE is arresting fewer than 1,000 people a day on average, based on ICE data recently released as a result of a lawsuit, far below the 3,000 daily goal set by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller in May. (The administration does not release deportation data.) The pressure on Noem and Lewandowski has led to tense confrontations within the Homeland Security Department, the two DHS officials said. Lyons has privately pushed back on the notion that it was his fault there wasn’t more space to detain immigrants and has defended himself to colleagues, the officials said. At one point he threatened to quit, arguing that Lewandowski — not him — was responsible for any decisions related to detention facilities, the officials said.ICE is now moving forward with plans to own and operate its own detention space out of large warehouses, as previously reported by NBC News.The two DHS officials said Scott has been left out of conversations about Border Patrol operations in major U.S. cities as well as social gatherings that have included other top DHS leaders. DHS leaders also have told Scott he may soon be out of a job, the officials said, despite record low border numbers during his tenure.One change in the upper ranks of the department came earlier this week. Noem’s deputy, Troy Edgar was told that Trump plans to name him as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, a position that would remove him from the No. 2 spot at DHS, according to a person familiar with the plans.Julia AinsleyI am NBC News’ Senior Homeland Security Correspondent.Laura Strickler contributed.
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Sept. 24, 2025, 6:17 PM EDTBy Daniel ArkinJimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night television after a brief suspension drew 6.26 million total viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings, making it the show’s highest-performing regularly scheduled episode in over a decade.The robust ratings are remarkable partly because a typical episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” attracts roughly 1.6 million viewers. Disney, which owns ABC, highlighted that the latest episode did not air in 23% of American households. That’s because Nexstar and Sinclair, two major owners of ABC broadcast affiliates, continue to refuse to run the show following Kimmel’s remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Jimmy Kimmel becomes emotional during monologue after returning to air01:57Kimmel had been at the center of a political firestorm for nearly a week after he commented on the political motivations of the man suspected of killing Kirk at an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.“The MAGA gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” he said on his Sept. 15 show.Investigators had not yet released details about the suspect’s possible motive at the time.Authorities have charged Tyler Robinson, 22, with murder. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has said the suspect grew up in a conservative household in Utah but later became influenced by what he characterized as “leftist ideology.”Two days after Kimmel’s remarks about MAGA, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr accused him of being part of a “concerted effort to lie to the American people” and threatened to “take action” against Disney at the regulatory level. Disney’s decision to temporarily pull the show drew backlash from Hollywood talent and lawmakers in both parties, stoking a national debate over free speech.In the opening minutes of Tuesday’s episode, Kimmel, 57, passionately defended free speech and mocked President Donald Trump.“This show is not important,” Kimmel said. “What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.”He also attempted to smooth tensions.“You understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man,” Kimmel said, his voice breaking. “I don’t think there’s anything funny about it.”In less than 24 hours, Kimmel’s opening monologue has netted more than 26 million views across YouTube and other social media platforms, according to Disney.The initial data does not include streaming viewership, Disney said.Nexstar said Wednesday it was “continuing to evaluate the status of” Kimmel’s show.“We are engaged in productive discussions with executives at The Walt Disney Company, with a focus on ensuring the program reflects and respects the diverse interests of the communities we serve,” Nexstar said in a statement.Sinclair struck a similar chord: “Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return.”Daniel ArkinDaniel Arkin is a national reporter at NBC News.
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Sept. 24, 2025, 5:17 PM EDTBy Peter Nicholas and Dan De LuceWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is suddenly bullish when it comes to Ukraine’s chances of repelling Russia’s invasion and regaining all its territory, yet the shift in rhetoric means little unless he is prepared to ramp up pressure on the Kremlin, diplomats and foreign officials say.Thus far, Trump hasn’t taken these essential steps, they added.Trump’s social media post Tuesday upended the conventional thinking about his view of the war, now in its fourth year. Back in February, he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he didn’t have the “cards” in a peace negotiation and that his country was in “big trouble.”Now, Trump says that Russia is the one that is in “big economic trouble” and that its failure to swiftly conquer its smaller neighbor has revealed it to be a “paper tiger.”“After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,” he wrote in his post Tuesday. “Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years a War that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win,” Trump added. “This is not distinguishing Russia.”Trump’s aim in releasing the statement was to exert “maximum public pressure on Russia to get them to the table for a deal” to end the war, according to a senior Trump administration official.Next steps will depend on how Russia responds, said the official, who did not lay out any specific policy changes happening now.There are different ways to construe Trump’s statement. One is that he’s grown tired of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s persistence in shelling Ukraine and is prepared to step up coercive measures aimed at getting Russia to pull back.“Trump concluded Putin is not interested in peace,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a Trump confidant, said in an interview Wednesday. Calling Trump’s post and his speech to the United Nations General Assembly a “game-changer,” Graham added, “There was a belief in Moscow that Trump is on their side, but the president made it clear that Ukraine will have all it needs as long as it needs.”Another interpretation is that Trump is done with what’s proved a futile effort to midwife a peace deal. Instead, Trump is leaving it to the combatants and European nations to resolve the war as best they can. “Good luck to all!” Trump wrote at the end of his post.Nothing in Trump’s post committed the U.S. to more aggressive action on Ukraine’s behalf. He did not say he would impose secondary sanctions on China for its economic support of Russia. Nor did he pledge to slap new sanctions on Russia. Rather, he said the U.S. would continue something it is already doing: selling weapons to NATO that the alliance is in turn supplying to Ukraine.Trump’s message was accurate in that he noted that Russia’s economy is under strain from international sanctions while endorsing Ukraine’s territorial integrity, said Evelyn Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute think tank. But there was no indication that the president was ready to take measures bolstering Ukraine’s position, either by squeezing Russia or stepping up U.S. military aid to Ukraine, she said.“In terms of concrete action, that’s the missing thing,” Farkas said. “He hasn’t changed anything he’s doing.”Trump’s Truth Social post appears to reflect his growing frustration over what he sees as Russia’s intransigence, and his recognition of what European governments have been saying for some time: that Moscow is struggling to turn the tide in a grinding conflict.“But I don’t think he’s willing to do much about it,” one source close to Zelenskyy’s government said.In a further sign that America’s posture remains largely the same, there was no indication that the White House had notified allies or Ukraine that U.S. policy had changed, according to three Western officials and a source close to Ukraine. At present, allies do not anticipate that Trump’s new assessment will result in concrete action such as a weapons package for Ukraine, the sources said.One Western official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the message to Europe seemed to be: “Over to you.”“I read it [Trump’s social media post] as him trying to back out of this whole thing,” said John Bolton, who was White House national security adviser in Trump’s first term and has become an outspoken critic of the president. “He’s not saying the U.S. is doing anything new or different from what it’s doing now, i.e., selling weapons and ammunition and things to Europe.”“This is not, ‘I’m going to sanction Russia. I’m going to arm Ukraine. I’m going to do this or that.’ This is, ‘I’m sure glad the Europeans and NATO are going to help out,’” Bolton added. (The FBI searched Bolton’s home last month as part of an investigation into classified records. An attorney for Bolton has said that the former official did not keep or store anything improper.)It would be a mistake to discount the import of Trump’s statement, others said. A president who has long called for warmer relations between Washington and Moscow is now publicly belittling Russia’s military machine. Those living in Russia’s shadow welcomed Trump’s affirmation of Ukraine’s sovereignty.“This is remarkable,” said Marko Mihkelson, chairman of the Estonian parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. “I see it probably as the first time that the U.S. president said that Ukraine should win the war and this victory means the liberation of the occupied territories.”One Western official whose country is a member of the so-called Coalition of the Willing that supports Ukraine said: “We have always been saying that Russia has been weaker than anyone thought. We have been saying they have been weakened by the sanctions and weaker than what some think and weaker than even Putin thinks. We fully agree with this analysis.”Heartening as Trump’s message was to Ukraine’s allies, an about-face could come at any point. Trump has a history of making pronouncements that don’t always hold up.Heading to a summit meeting with Putin in Alaska last month, Trump said he wanted a ceasefire. He emerged from the meeting with no ceasefire, saying the new goal was a broader peace agreement — an outcome that is not in sight. Moscow has expanded its drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, killing a record number of civilians.Since taking office, Trump has threatened to impose new sanctions on Russia if it doesn’t negotiate in good faith, and issued two deadlines to Moscow that have come and gone without consequences.The president mentioned a new deadline on Tuesday at a bilateral meeting at the United Nations with Zelenskyy. When reporters asked Trump if he still trusts Putin, he said, “I’ll let you know in about a month from now.”Daniel Fried, a former U.S. ambassador to Poland and a fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank, said in an interview: “I’m pleased by the sentiment of support” for Ukraine.He added: “I don’t want to be snarky or cynical, but we’ve seen for many months Trump tiptoe up to the line of action, and then slide away from it.”“We see a lot of words from Trump. We need to see an actual decision.”Peter NicholasPeter Nicholas is a senior White House reporter for NBC News.Dan De LuceDan De Luce is a reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit. Julie Tsirkin, Garrett Haake and Gordon Lubold contributed.
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Nov. 30, 2025, 6:00 AM ESTBy David CoxIn early 2023, Liana Shatova began taking low doses of an antidepressant to ease symptoms of a premenstrual disorder marked by mood swings, anxiety and depression. At first, the difference was remarkable for her. “I felt full of energy and could juggle multiple things at once,” said Shatova, 40, a business development manager from the Greater Boston area. Then, after around 18 months on the medication, she started to fear she was becoming emotionally numb.“My best friend’s mom died unexpectedly, everyone was in shock and sobbing, and I couldn’t cry at all,” said Shatova. “I just felt nothing.” When Shatova asked her doctor if she could stop taking the medication sertraline, an antidepressant better known by its brand name Zoloft, she said she was reassured that she was on the lowest prescribed dose and that coming off it wouldn’t be difficult.Initially all seemed well, but after a month, Shatova said she experienced her first bout of what would become chronic insomnia, followed by panic attacks. Other symptoms emerged, including night sweats, muscle and joint pain and mood swings that left her unable to work. She said her doctor told her that the symptoms were a relapse of her premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and suggested a different antidepressant. Shatova declined the new drug.Antidepressants, primarily SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, are some of the most widely prescribed medications in the United States, taken by tens of millions of adults. About twice as many women as men report using an antidepressant in the past 30 days, with antidepressant use highest among women aged 60 and older, according to government data.Side effects are a key reason people choose to go off their medication, but stopping the drugs can also lead to withdrawal symptoms, research indicates. Along with the growing awareness, a deprescribing movement is building up in the field of psychiatry, aimed at helping patients reduce or stop their medications when no longer considered necessary. In a recent large analysis published in The Lancet in November, researchers at King’s College London found that physical side effects, including quick weight gain, significantly increased heart rate or elevated blood pressure, may be more common than once thought, depending on the drug. The review analyzed results from 151 clinical trials and 17 reports from the Food and Drug Administration, involving about 30 different prescription drugs used to treat depression, anxiety, and bipolar and panic disorders. The researchers examined the effects of antidepressants on weight, blood glucose, total cholesterol, blood pressure and heart rate. They didn’t look at emotional changes experienced by patients such as Shatova, although the lead study author said it should be examined further in future studies. “Not all antidepressants are built the same when it comes to their physical health side effects,” said Dr. Toby Pillinger, an academic clinical lecturer at King’s College London, who led the study. “Up until recently, we’ve approached antidepressant prescribing with a one-size-fits-all policy, and I think we need to move away from that.”Separately, in August, psychiatry researchers in the U.K. found that serious withdrawal effects may be more common than previously suspected, especially with longer-term use, although the study was small with just 18% of participants responding to the survey. The results showed that among people who had been taking antidepressants for more than two years, 63% reported moderate or severe withdrawal effects, with a third describing withdrawal issues that lasted more than three months. Symptoms ranged from insomnia to confusion, electric sensations, muscle cramps, agitation, mood swings and derealisation or an alteration in the person’s perception of the world. Dr. Mark Horowitz, a clinical research fellow at University College London who led the withdrawal study, said other research has found that roughly a quarter of patients experience severe symptoms when they abruptly stop taking their medications, from burning pain in the skin or limbs, balance problems, ongoing panic attacks, and sound and light sensitivity. Abrupt cessation of antidepressants is not recommended, but research has found that withdrawal symptoms can occur even when people attempt to taper. A review of various existing studies published last year by a group of German psychiatrists concluded that as many as 1 in 3 antidepressant users will experience some kind of withdrawal symptoms, with severe symptoms occurring in 1 in 30 users. Dr. Joseph Goldberg, clinical professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, said that antidepressants have long been known to cause “discontinuation symptoms,” mainly nausea and dizziness, particularly if stopped abruptly.It’s unclear why some patients have severe symptoms after stopping their medications. Some researchers, concerned by reports of antidepressant withdrawal, suggest that the underlying mechanisms are similar to those faced by people suffering from alcohol and opiate withdrawal. “Withdrawal symptoms tell you that your brain is trying to restore a balance that it was forced to change by the presence of a drug,” said David Cohen, professor of social welfare at the University of California Los Angeles. “I think it’s the best accepted explanation for why stopping any centrally active drug, whether its antidepressants, coffee or heroin, leads to some discomfort.”The challenge for psychiatrists is that the drugs, which are often prescribed along with therapy, do help many people, particularly in the short term. Dr. Jonathan Alpert, a psychiatry professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said that anecdotes of extreme withdrawal do not reflect his own professional experience. In his practice, Alpert estimated that two-thirds of his patients have been on antidepressants for more than five years, and only a small handful had experienced protracted withdrawal symptoms lasting more than a few days.“There’s been this very inflated idea that it’s really difficult to come off psychiatric medications,” said Alpert. “Even though I respect people’s narratives of their own experience, it feels very different from what we see in clinical practice and research studies.”Goldberg also expressed skepticism as to whether antidepressants themselves are actually responsible for the symptoms being reported by patients. “If somebody, after years of treatment, develops some frankly rather peculiar and unexpected neurological problems, I’m not sure how confident one can attribute that to medicine,” he said. “Anything is possible. But I think we have to consider the more likely possibility that the thing they’re encountering may be unrelated.” More than a year after Shatova first attempted to taper off the medication, she said she’s still undergoing a painstaking process of tiny, gradual reductions to try to avoid exacerbating her symptoms. “I am still tapering and now at 0.835 mg of Zoloft, doing it very slowly and carefully,” she said. “My sleep has gotten better, but I still have windows and waves triggered by life stresses and hormonal fluctuations.” It’s important not to dismiss people’s experiences, Goldberg said, and anyone going through symptoms should undergo further testing. A past president of American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Goldberg said that the organization is now completing new guidelines on deprescribing. The goal is to help doctors explain what to expect when stopping psychiatric medications so patients don’t self-taper without medical supervision.Alpert suggested analyzing different types of data stored in electronic health records to get insight into the characteristics of patients who have prolonged withdrawal symptoms. “Do they have abnormal MRIs or blood tests with inflammatory markers? Through looking at large datasets, it will be more possible to identify predictors of this subset of people who seem to have unusually prolonged symptoms.”Cohen feels that the field of psychiatry needs to speed up research. However, in the wake of the 43% cut to the National Institutes of Health annual budget proposed to Congress by the current administration, a figure which is equivalent to $20 billion per year, it is likely that such studies would need to be carried out by either U.K. or European researchers. “We need large, nonindustry funded trials to examine what happens when people stop antidepressants, using various tapering strategies and long enough follow-up,” Cohen said. “We need dozens of such trials now.”If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988, or go to 988lifeline.org, to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You can also call the network, previously known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 800-273-8255, or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.David CoxDavid Cox is a freelance journalist focusing on all aspects of health, from fitness and nutrition to infectious diseases and future medicines. Prior to becoming a full-time journalist, he was a neuroscientist attempting to understand how and why the brain goes wrong.
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