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Dick Cheney's former physician increasingly worries over Trump's overall health

Cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Reiner expressed grave concerns about President Donald Trump's physical and mental health ahead of his third Walter Reed medical checkup in 13 months. In conversation with "CNN News Central" Reiner called for mandatory presidential health disclosures to Congress and the public, comparing the matter to fitness requirements for pilots and Secret Service agents. He demanded credible explanations for Trump's visible health issues, including bruising attributed to "vigorous handshaking"—which Reiner argued is an insufficient explanation — and severe ankle swelling diagnosed as chronic venous insufficiency, despite no edema appearing earlier in the year. Most concerning to Reiner is Trump's severe daytime drowsiness, or somnolence, including multiple instances of falling asleep in the Oval Office and potentially during the Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day observances. Chronic insomnia increases dementia risk, decreases cognitive function, raises cardiac complications, and ages the brain by 3.5 years, Reiner explained. The prominent CNN medical analyst has become a leading voice questioning Trump's fitness for office.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

Prestigious hospital gave Epstein 24/7 access, house calls and other favors: report

Newly released Justice Department files reveal the extraordinary lengths to which Mount Sinai Hospital staff went to provide VIP medical care to Jeffrey Epstein, even years after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor.The documents expose a network of doctors and administrators at the prestigious Manhattan medical institution who arranged after-hours emergency room access, made house calls to Epstein's homes and private island and facilitated professional opportunities for people in his circle, reported CNN.One notable instance involved Dr. Jess Ting, a plastic surgeon at Mount Sinai, who repeatedly traveled to Epstein's residences for medical consultations. In emails obtained by the Justice Department, Ting described Epstein as a "VIP" and pledged that "for Mr. Epstein anything is possible." When Epstein's assistant asked if Ting could perform a procedure at 10 p.m., Ting simply responded: "yes. See you then."Hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin, a prominent trustee of the Mount Sinai Health System and primary founder of a namesake breast cancer center at the hospital, is mentioned numerous times in the Epstein files and is now married to Epstein's ex-girlfriend Eva Andersson-Dubin, who used her connections for special treatment from the hospital.Robin Solomon, who headed trustee services at Mount Sinai, provided Andersson-Dubin with a 24/7 emergency room contact number in 2013. "All he has to say is he's a friend of yours and EVERYONE is great," Solomon wrote, according to the files.The revelations have created significant tension within Mount Sinai's medical community. Multiple doctors told CNN they had no knowledge of Epstein's connections to the hospital and expressed shock upon learning the details.One anonymous physician affiliated with the institution called for the hospital to rename the Dubin Breast Center, fire implicated doctors and sever ties with the Dubin family."I think they're just focused on the money and not upsetting people in power," the doctor said, suggesting that financial considerations from wealthy donors continued to influence institutional decision-making.The hospital has largely remained silent on the controversy. Mount Sinai's statement acknowledged that Epstein's actions were "reprehensible" but declined to address specific questions about its internal investigation, the total amount of donations received, or the conduct of staff members involved in providing preferential treatment.The files also document instances where Epstein leveraged his hospital connections for personal favors unrelated to his own medical care. When his girlfriend Karyna Shuliak was rejected for a dental residency at Mount Sinai, Epstein forwarded the rejection email to Solomon, who subsequently promised to intervene: "I'm going to call my contact tomorrow and get her interviewed.""The Epstein files indicate that the New York financier appears to have given over $300,000 to Mount Sinai-affiliated organizations, with at least $125,000 donated directly to the Dubin Breast Center," CNN reported."In 2013, Andersson-Dubin tried to pitch Epstein on helping to fund post-surgery recovery rooms for women, telling him that the floor could be called 'The Epstein Floor for Women,'" the report added. "The next year, hospital employees discussed putting up a plaque at the Dubin Breast Center that would say it was in honor of Epstein. It is not clear if this plaque ever went up."The DOJ's release of millions of Epstein files has prompted Mount Sinai to form a committee to investigate its ties to the financier, but hospital leadership has provided no public updates on that investigation or any corrective measures being considered.

US plans to cut bombers, firefighters and warships available to Europe in time of war: report

The US will reduce the number of aircraft and warships available to NATO allies during times of crisis, according to a new report.

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Iran negotiations questioned as reports of U.S. strikes fuel escalation concerns

A lack of security clearance didn’t stop a former U.S. official from spouting off on negotiations in Iran, including his hopes to see them “break down” as […]

'You're an idiot': White House lashes out at CNN for reporting on Trump's 'advanced age'

The White House is pushing back hard after CNN published a report examining President Donald Trump's health and mortality — calling the journalist behind the story an "idiot" and blasting the outlet as "gutter trash."Rapid Response 47, the Trump White House's official rapid response account, unloaded on CNN reporter Kevin Liptak after he published a piece Monday headlined "Trump's advanced age and threats to his life serve as reminders of his own mortality.""You're an idiot," the account posted on X, directing the insult at Liptak. "The 'threats to his life serve as reminders' that Radical Left lunatics — incited by outlets like gutter trash CNN — keep trying to murder him."The account also defended the president's work ethic, claiming Trump "works harder in one day than you have in your entire life."Liptak's report noted that Trump has begun making tacit acknowledgments of his own mortality, musing during a White House event earlier this year, "I don't know how long I'll be around. I have a lot of people gunning for me."The pushback comes as outside physicians say they have persistent questions about the nearly 80-year-old president's health. The White House has attributed recurring bruises on Trump's hands to his daily aspirin use and frequent handshaking — an explanation one cardiologist called "not credible." A viral New Year's Eve video also showed Trump appearing to drag his right leg, renewing concerns. Meanwhile, Trump's swollen legs — attributed by the White House to chronic venous insufficiency — have prompted warnings from physicians that the condition could warrant evaluation for congestive heart failure.Trump is set to undergo his third physical exam since taking office as the oldest president ever inaugurated. His physician is expected to release a summary of findings following the exam.

Trump 'stunned' his allies 'into silence' with a last-minute demand: report

In his phone call Saturday with the leaders of several Middle East nations, President Donald Trump reportedly “stunned” those on the call into “silence” with a last-minute demand, and to such an extent that the president “asked if they [were] still there,” Zeteo and Axios reported.The phone call occurred on the same day Trump had announced that a deal to end the U.S. war against Iran was within reach, during which, the president floated a new requirement to leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, one that he apparently had not raised before, per two U.S. officials who spoke with Axios.Per the officials, Trump insisted that any deal to end the war include a requirement for those on the call to join the Abraham Accords, the 2020 Trump-brokered agreements designed to normalize relations with Israel.“The leaders, especially those of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Pakistan who don't have formal diplomatic relations with Israel, were surprised by Trump's request,” Axios reported over the weekend. "’There was silence on the line, and Trump joked and asked if they are still there,’ one of the U.S. officials said.”Trump doubled down on his new ask on Monday, despite the reaction he received when first floating the proposal on Saturday.“On Memorial Day, Trump said talks were ‘proceeding nicely’ but also stuck to his unlikely new plan, saying ‘it should be mandatory’ that Muslim countries join the Abraham Accords,” Zeteo reported Tuesday. “He was, he insisted, 'asking my Representatives to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these Countries into the already Historic Abraham Accords.'"

Insiders spill on shadow war targeting Trump to torpedo peace talks: report

After President Donald Trump announced Saturday that an Iran peace deal was within reach, “hawkish Republicans” targeted the president with a campaign designed to convince him he would "look foolish and weak" for pursuing it – a pressure campaign that appears to have worked following fresh U.S. strikes on Iran Monday, Zeteo reported Tuesday.“Two sources with knowledge of the situation told [Zeteo] that hawkish Republicans flagged for the White House media coverage, social media posts, and other material arguing that reported peace terms would hand the Iranians victory and make Trump look foolish and weak,” Zeteo’s Martin Pengelly wrote in the outlet’s report. “And then came the apparently inevitable news: reports of renewed violence. And so, Trump’s Iran fiasco continues.”Trump’s announcement on Saturday was met with a wave of criticism from right-wing figures, with the president lashing out at said critics on Sunday as “losers” who knew “nothing” about the ongoing negotiations. Whether motivated by the “extreme internal pressure” he’s reportedly under or other factors, Trump did ultimately authorize strikes on targets in southern Iran on Monday, sinking two boats and attacking a missile launch site.Bloomberg has previously reported that the president has also been under extreme “outside” pressure to resume the Iran war as well, notably from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.