The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tzield (teplizumab) injection to delay (slow down) the loss of the body’s own insulin production for pediatric patients aged 8 to 17 years recently diagnosed with Stage 3 Type I diabetes (T1D).
Friday, June 12, 2026
Trump says US military strike killed leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang
President Donald Trump on Friday night announced the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) "delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike" to successfully execute Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, the "infamous" leader of Tren de Aragua (TdA).
The U.S. Department of State previously offered up to a $5 million reward for the 43-year-old Venezuelan's arrest or conviction.
"Before I returned to office, Joe Biden opened our Southern Border to millions of Illegal Criminals, and allowed this foreign army to rape, maim, and murder American Citizens with total impunity," Trump wrote in a statement on Truth Social. "During my Campaign, I pledged to expel these monsters from our Country, and bring Justice to the families of those they slaughtered, including the precious 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, 22-year-old Laken Reilly, and countless other beautiful souls."
Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, was wanted by the U.S. Department of State. (U.S. Department of State)
The president said with Friday's action, the U.S. military "has brought retribution for them, their families, and their loved ones."
"Early in my Administration, I delivered on my promise to designate Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, deport thousands of evil criminals, and wage war against the Cartels, who have long been waging war against our Citizens, while weak leaders left America helpless and defensive," Trump wrote.
New video released Friday showed a fatal U.S. military strike targeting alleged Tren de Aragua leader Niño Guerrero. (President Donald Trump via Truth Social)
"This action was coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well," he continued. "As a result, Tren de Aragua terrorists no longer have safe haven in Venezuela or anywhere else and, under my leadership, we will find these vicious murderers and drugs lords anytime, anyplace, and send them to the depths of hell where they belong."
TdA, originally a prison gang in the Aragua state of Venezuela, has grown into a transnational criminal organization led by Flores, according to the State Department. The group has since been designated by the U.S. as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Guards escort inmates allegedly linked to criminal organizations at CECOT prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (Salvadoran Government via Getty Images, File)
Authorities said Guerrero spent many years incarcerated at the Tocorón Prison in Aragua State of Venezuela and expanded the group's influence by extorting prison inmates and bribing prison guards.
The gang later assumed overall control of the Tocorón prison, gold mines in Bolivar State, drug corridors on the Caribbean coast and of some of the clandestine border crossings between Venezuela and Colombia.
China 'strongly dissatisfied' with Pentagon move against top Chinese tech firms
China is strongly dissatisfied with a U.S. move to add several large Chinese companies to the Pentagon's list of firms it says are aiding China's military, the commerce ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/china-pentagon-companies/2026/06/12/id/1259530/
What lead and asbestos teach us about electric vehicles
by Christian Vezilj
For more than a century, society has repeatedly embraced new technologies long before understanding their long‑term consequences. Two of the clearest examples are lead and asbestos, materials once celebrated as miracles of industry. Lead paint was praised for its durability and bright color. Asbestos was hailed as a fireproof wonder material. Both were used everywhere — in homes, schools, factories, and consumer products — and both were considered completely safe. Only decades later did the truth emerge: these substances were silently poisoning millions.
Lead exposure, especially in children, caused irreversible neurological damage. Asbestos fibers, once inhaled, lodge in the lungs and trigger mesothelioma decades later. The tragedy is not simply that these materials were harmful. The tragedy is that the harm was invisible for years, and by the time the evidence became undeniable, the damage had already been done. The same pattern continued with leaded gasoline, which filled the air with toxic particles for generations before regulators finally intervened.
This historical pattern is important because it reveals something about how society evaluates risk. We tend to assume that if something is widely used, it must be safe. We trust convenience, industry, institutions, and experts. We trust that if a danger existed, someone would have discovered it already. But history shows the opposite: the most dangerous exposures are the ones whose effects take decades to appear.
Since COVID, many people have begun to recognize a pattern: the institutions and experts we rely on have not always been transparent. With earlier toxins — lead, asbestos, tobacco, and other industrial chemicals — researchers identified potential dangers long before the public ever heard about them. But those findings were minimized or buried until the evidence became impossible to ignore, often decades later.
The same pattern appears with ultra‑processed foods. Scientific studies raised concerns many years ago, yet only recently has the issue received serious public attention. For decades, these foods were marketed as safe and convenient, while early research pointing to metabolic and neurological risks remained largely overlooked.
Electric vehicles are marketed as clean, modern, and environmentally responsible. And in many ways, they are. But EVs also introduce something unprecedented: constant, close‑range exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) generated by high‑voltage batteries, inverters, and electric motors. These components sit directly beneath or behind the passengers, producing low‑frequency magnetic fields that differ from anything found in gasoline vehicles.
Current research shows that EMF levels inside EVs remain below international safety limits. That is reassuring — but it is also exactly what was said about lead paint, asbestos insulation, and countless other technologies in their early decades. The real question is not whether EVs are dangerous today. The real question is whether long‑term, daily exposure to electromagnetic environments could affect the body’s own electrical systems over time.
The human body is not a mechanical machine. It is an electrical organism. The heart beats through electrical impulses. The brain communicates through electrical signaling. Muscles contract through ion gradients. Every thought, every movement, every heartbeat is an electrical event. So it is reasonable to ask whether decades of exposure to strong, artificial EMFs could influence biological electrical activity in ways we do not yet understand.
If there is an effect, it may not appear immediately. It may not cause sudden illness. It could show up slowly, subtly, and statistically — the same way lead poisoning, asbestos‑related cancers, and tobacco‑related diseases emerged. It may take twenty or thirty years before patterns become visible. And by then, millions of people will have spent thousands of hours sitting inches above high‑voltage systems.
This is why it is fair to ask whether EV‑related EMFs could have long‑term biological effects that we simply cannot detect yet. Electric vehicles may ultimately prove to be completely safe. Or they may reveal subtle long‑term effects on neurological, cardiovascular, or developmental health. We do not know yet — and that uncertainty is precisely the point. The lesson of history is not that every new technology is dangerous. The lesson is that we must not confuse “no evidence of harm” with “proof of safety.” When the human body encounters new forms of exposure, whether chemical, electrical, or nutritional. The question is whether we are willing to learn from the past, or whether we will once again wait for decades of data before acknowledging risks that were visible from the beginning.
More Democrats support mass deportations, removal of criminal migrant, new poll
Americans — including Democrats — have grown more supportive of mass deporting illegal immigrants and booting those who have broken the law out of the country, according to a new poll.
The survey found that some 80% of voters supported “deporting immigrants who are here illegally and have committed crimes” — a five-point jump from April when just 75% of those polled favored giving the “worst of their worst” a one-way ticket out of the US, a new Harvard/Harris a new Harvard University/Harris poll shows.
The uptick since April was seen across party lines, and was most pronounced among Democrats, many of whom have vehemently opposed President Trump’s nationwide illegal immigration crackdown.
According to the poll, 71% of Democrats now support deporting criminal migrants, compared to 63% in April — an 8-point increase in just one month.
Republican support held steady but still inched up from 89% in April to 90% in May, and the proportion of independents in favor jumped from 73% in April to 79% a month later.
As for deporting any immigrant in the country illegally, 56% of polled voters expressed support, a modest 1% increase since the poll was conducted in April. However, the rise in support takes an interesting turn when broken down by party affiliation.
Among Democrats, 37% are now in favor, a four-point increase from 33% who said the same in April. This ties independents, whose support of deporting all illegal immigrants climbed from 49% in April to 53% in May.
Perhaps most surprisingly, the proportion of Republicans who expressed support for such a deportation plan actually fell from 80% support in April to 77% in May.
The poll was conducted for the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University by The Harris Poll and Harris X, which surveyed 1,725 registered voters between May 29 and 30. The margin of error is +/-2.4 points.
Last month, the Department of Homeland Security revealed that more than 3 million illegal aliens have left the US or been deported since President Trump took office.
Of those, 2.2 million opted to self-deport through a program that allows migrants to turn themselves in via a DHS app in return for a cash stipend and free flight home.
Another 900,000 have been deported since Jan. 20, 2025, and as of May DHS has arrested 900,000 migrants in the US illegally, according to agency figures.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/12/us-news/more-democrats-support-mass-deportations-new-poll-shows/
Apollo snubs Mamdani, picks Austin, Texas for second US HQ
Apollo Global Management has reportedly picked Austin, Texas, as the city that will host its second US headquarters, as Wall Street firms look to escape Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax-and-spend, left-wing policies.
After narrowing down the choices to Texas and Florida, the Marc Rowan-led powerhouse chose Austin over apparent concerns about the lack of private schools in the Sunshine State, the Financial Times reported Friday.
Apollo manages money for pension funds, insurers and wealthy investors — and controls more than $800 billion in assets. The firm runs its empire from a Midtown tower at 9 W. 57th St., with views over Central Park.
Now it wants a major base far from Manhattan.
The firm says the move is about talent, according to the FT. Apollo wants to recruit workers who don’t want to live in New York — or pay New York prices.
Choosing a new HQ outside the Big Apple marks a significant blow to city coffers.
Apollo paid a whopping $1.276 billion in income taxes in 2025, up from $1.062 billion the year before. While filings don’t break down how much of that went to New York City, it stands to lose a hefty revenue stream as the firm looks to expand elsewhere.
Citadel — whose CEO Ken Griffin was targeted by Mamdani in a bizarre tax-the-rich video — also doubled down on expanding outside New York.
The Apollo and Citadel moves are part of “a troubling pattern taking shape” in the city, Steve Fulop, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, previously told The Post.
“The solution is that the administration needs to have a real pro business agenda that has support of the broader business corporate community,” he added. “We haven’t seen this yet and there is a sense of urgency to getting this going. It is a competitive landscape and without a strategy companies will look to more friendly places.”
The Post has approached an Apollo spokesperson for comment.
Southern states have been proving attractive to big business. Low taxes and lighter regulation have already drawn Vanguard and Fidelity to Texas. Goldman Sachs is building a $500 million office tower in Dallas. Wells Fargo just opened a massive 850,000-square-foot campus outside the city.
Texas keeps rolling out the welcome mat. The state passed laws to lure companies to reincorporate there and opened special courts just for business disputes.
The Texas Stock Exchange plans to start trading this summer — and the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq have both opened Texas outposts to compete.
Elon Musk, who moved his companies to the state, has urged other bosses to follow.
Austin offers Apollo the boon of no state income tax.
The capital city hosts deep-pocketed investors, including the fund that manages the University of Texas system’s $80 billion-plus endowment and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas — exactly the kind of clients Apollo courts.
The city boomed through the pandemic as a tech hub, with Meta, Google and Oracle all expanding there.
'Trump accepted release of $24bn in frozen Iranian assets, Rezaei says'
Mohsen Rezaei, a former IRGC commander and current military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said US President Donald Trump accepted the release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets but is unwilling to make the decision public.
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