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WASHINGTON – As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map for “exactly what our movement will do” with another crack at the White House. As the blueprint for a hard-right turn in America became a liability during the 2024 campaign, Trump pulled an about-face . He denied knowing anything about the “ridiculous and abysmal” plans written in part by his first-term aides and allies. Recommended Videos Now, after being elected the 47th president on Nov. 5, Trump is stocking his second administration with key players in the detailed effort he temporarily shunned. Most notably, Trump has tapped Russell Vought for an encore as director of the Office of Management and Budget; Tom Homan, his former immigration chief, as “border czar;” and immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy . Those moves have accelerated criticisms from Democrats who warn that Trump's election hands government reins to movement conservatives who spent years envisioning how to concentrate power in the West Wing and impose a starkly rightward shift across the U.S. government and society. Trump and his aides maintain that he won a mandate to overhaul Washington. But they maintain the specifics are his alone. “President Trump never had anything to do with Project 2025,” said Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in a statement. “All of President Trumps' Cabinet nominees and appointments are whole-heartedly committed to President Trump's agenda, not the agenda of outside groups.” Here is a look at what some of Trump's choices portend for his second presidency. As budget chief, Vought envisions a sweeping, powerful perch The Office of Management and Budget director, a role Vought held under Trump previously and requires Senate confirmation, prepares a president's proposed budget and is generally responsible for implementing the administration's agenda across agencies. The job is influential but Vought made clear as author of a Project 2025 chapter on presidential authority that he wants the post to wield more direct power. “The Director must view his job as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the President’s mind,” Vought wrote. The OMB, he wrote, “is a President’s air-traffic control system” and should be “involved in all aspects of the White House policy process,” becoming “powerful enough to override implementing agencies’ bureaucracies.” Trump did not go into such details when naming Vought but implicitly endorsed aggressive action. Vought, the president-elect said, “knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State” — Trump’s catch-all for federal bureaucracy — and would help “restore fiscal sanity.” In June, speaking on former Trump aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Vought relished the potential tension: “We’re not going to save our country without a little confrontation.” Vought could help Musk and Trump remake government's role and scope The strategy of further concentrating federal authority in the presidency permeates Project 2025's and Trump's campaign proposals. Vought's vision is especially striking when paired with Trump's proposals to dramatically expand the president's control over federal workers and government purse strings — ideas intertwined with the president-elect tapping mega-billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a “Department of Government Efficiency.” Trump in his first term sought to remake the federal civil service by reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers — who have job protection through changes in administration — as political appointees, making them easier to fire and replace with loyalists. Currently, only about 4,000 of the federal government's roughly 2 million workers are political appointees. President Joe Biden rescinded Trump's changes. Trump can now reinstate them. Meanwhile, Musk's and Ramaswamy's sweeping “efficiency” mandates from Trump could turn on an old, defunct constitutional theory that the president — not Congress — is the real gatekeeper of federal spending. In his “Agenda 47,” Trump endorsed so-called “impoundment,” which holds that when lawmakers pass appropriations bills, they simply set a spending ceiling, but not a floor. The president, the theory holds, can simply decide not to spend money on anything he deems unnecessary. Vought did not venture into impoundment in his Project 2025 chapter. But, he wrote, “The President should use every possible tool to propose and impose fiscal discipline on the federal government. Anything short of that would constitute abject failure.” Trump's choice immediately sparked backlash. “Russ Vought is a far-right ideologue who has tried to break the law to give President Trump unilateral authority he does not possess to override the spending decisions of Congress (and) who has and will again fight to give Trump the ability to summarily fire tens of thousands of civil servants,” said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a Democrat and outgoing Senate Appropriations chairwoman. Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, leading Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said Vought wants to “dismantle the expert federal workforce” to the detriment of Americans who depend on everything from veterans' health care to Social Security benefits. “Pain itself is the agenda,” they said. Homan and Miller reflect Trump's and Project 2025's immigration overl ap Trump’s protests about Project 2025 always glossed over overlaps in the two agendas . Both want to reimpose Trump-era immigration limits. Project 2025 includes a litany of detailed proposals for various U.S. immigration statutes, executive branch rules and agreements with other countries — reducing the number of refugees, work visa recipients and asylum seekers, for example. Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving advisers and architect of his immigration ideas, including his promise of the largest deportation force in U.S. history. As deputy policy chief, which is not subject to Senate confirmation, Miller would remain in Trump's West Wing inner circle. “America is for Americans and Americans only,” Miller said at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Oct. 27. “America First Legal,” Miller’s organization founded as an ideological counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, was listed as an advisory group to Project 2025 until Miller asked that the name be removed because of negative attention. Homan, a Project 2025 named contributor, was an acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director during Trump’s first presidency, playing a key role in what became known as Trump's “family separation policy.” Previewing Trump 2.0 earlier this year, Homan said: “No one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.” Project 2025 contributors slated for CIA and Federal Communications chiefs John Ratcliffe, Trump's pick to lead the CIA , was previously one of Trump's directors of national intelligence. He is a Project 2025 contributor. The document's chapter on U.S. intelligence was written by Dustin Carmack, Ratcliffe's chief of staff in the first Trump administration. Reflecting Ratcliffe's and Trump's approach, Carmack declared the intelligence establishment too cautious. Ratcliffe, like the chapter attributed to Carmack, is hawkish toward China. Throughout the Project 2025 document, Beijing is framed as a U.S. adversary that cannot be trusted. Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Project 2025's FCC chapter and is now Trump's pick to chair the panel. Carr wrote that the FCC chairman “is empowered with significant authority that is not shared” with other FCC members. He called for the FCC to address “threats to individual liberty posed by corporations that are abusing dominant positions in the market,” specifically “Big Tech and its attempts to drive diverse political viewpoints from the digital town square.” He called for more stringent transparency rules for social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube and “empower consumers to choose their own content filters and fact checkers, if any.” Carr and Ratcliffe would require Senate confirmation for their posts. ___Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs Walter Roban shared the Government’s environmental protection plans and support for green initiatives during the Youth Climate Summit today. Minister Roban said, “Welcome to the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute and the fourth annual Youth Climate Summit. As the Minister of Home Affairs, I am passionate about using the resources at my disposal to protect our environment while encouraging the growth and development of green initiatives. “As Bermuda’s future leaders, you must be knowledgeable and have a say in our chosen path. To that end, I wish to share with you our plans for the next twelve months. “At last year’s summit, I advised of the Government’s commitment to reducing single-use plastics in Bermuda. “I spoke of how the Government will introduce a Bill to reduce single-use plastics. Whilst the aim is to make a positive impact on the environment and human health, we are aware of the need to avoid any adverse economic effects by: “I am pleased to inform you that the Cabinet has now given the go-ahead for the Attorney General’s Chambers to draft the legislation. This is being done as we speak. As soon as they have produced a draft of the Bill, it will be publicised so everyone can provide feedback. Then, they will finalise the legislation and pass it into law to become an Act. “In line with protecting our environment from single-use plastics, we will also work to ensure that the air we breathe is safe. “Bermuda’s Clean Air Act was initially developed in 1993, using information available at that time on the known health effects of air contaminants on people, including respiratory and cardiovascular effects, such as asthma. In the thirty years since drafting these Regulations, our understanding of how air contaminants affect our health has grown significantly, and air quality standards in other jurisdictions have become more stringent. However, despite this improved understanding, you will be surprised to learn that the portion of the Bermuda’s Clean Air Regulations that set limits for contaminants in the outside air have never been updated. “I am pleased to announce that this issue is being addressed. In the coming months, Bermuda’s air quality standards will be aligned with the air quality objectives and target levels of the UK and EU. This alignment will result in limits that are even more enforceable than in those countries. These limits are grounded in the latest health and safety data regarding human exposure to air contaminants. “Through my previous speaking engagements, including last year’s Youth Climate Summit, many here today may recall me sharing information about the work to protect our oceans. Such as taking significant measures to protect our shark species from fishing because protecting them will help rebalance and restore our entire marine ecosystem. “We also recognise the importance of effectively managing our most significant resource, our marine EEZ or Economic Exclusive Zone. Bermuda is blessed with an extensive EEZ of some four hundred and sixty-four thousand [464,000] square kilometres. The Government is committed to sustainably managing this tremendous resource for current and future generations. We also recognise the global commitment to protect our oceans. With this in mind, we have committed to fully protecting 20 per cent of our EEZ. “To accomplish this, we have embarked on an exciting project called the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Plan, also known as BOPP, in partnership with the non-profit Waitt Institute and BIOS, the Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences. “The BOPP continues to evolve and develop. You can visit www.bermudaoceanprosperity.org to learn more about our plans to protect our ocean while building a thriving “blue” economy. “The BOPP is comprised of two complementary components. The first is a marine spatial plan, similar to the more well-known terrestrial plan, and the second is a blue economy strategy that is a guide for growing Bermuda’s ocean-related industries and attracting investment opportunities. “Much work has been done over the last several years. Numerous reiterations of draft plans have been continually modified and refined using feedback from all of the many marine-related stakeholder groups and the public. These groups included those focused on conservation, economic development, education, fishing, tourism, and utilities, to name a few. “We released a draft plan to the public in April of this year and invited public feedback. Then, I formed an independent review panel to review all the public feedback to guide us in refining the draft plan to achieve the social, economic, and environmental impacts that matter to the people of Bermuda. “In support of BOPP, we are creating the Marine Development Act, which will provide the framework for managing the Marine Spatial Plan and the Blue Economy Fund. “To strengthen Bermuda’s marine enforcement and compliance, the Government has been working with the UK through the Blue Belt Ocean Shield Programme and the US Coast Guard. Enforcement is also supported by the Royal Bermuda Regiment Coast Guard, which provides assistance to our fisheries wardens. A Marine Resources Enforcement Action Plan has been drafted as part of the BOPP and is in the process of being modified and strengthened. When fully implemented, it will continue to help coordinate these efforts. “Clean water is fundamental to public health and the sustainability of our natural ecosystems. Ensuring the purity of this essential resource protects our community’s health and our island’s economy and preserves Bermuda’s natural beauty for future generations. Monitoring groundwater quality and the status of the freshwater lenses is crucial to managing the island’s water resources. With this in mind, the Government updated the water legislation to increase the protection of our groundwater resources and limit pollution to the ocean. New measures put in place include extension of pollution to groundwater to also include pollution to the ground, increased enforcement and investigative powers to prevent local boats and outfalls from dumping sewage and contaminants into the sea. “The Government is committed to reducing the use of fossil fuels by eighty-five per cent [85%] in the production of electricity by 2035, which is reflected in the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan [IRP]. Work continues to promote the reduction and consumption of fossil fuels. We are also promoting the use and installation of domestic and utility-sized solar generation across the island. The Government and the Regulatory Authority are also actively investigating other means of renewable energy generation, such as wind and wave. “Finally, I would like to turn to one of the Government’s most critical projects. In 2021, I stated that Bermuda needed to embark on a comprehensive climate change assessment to better understand the threats we face and set priorities for action in the short, medium, and long term. I am glad to say that, with the assistance of the UK Government, the study has been completed, and the Government has started reviewing it. “We are in the process of forming a Climate Task Force to help us guide Bermuda’s adaptation process, which must begin soon to prepare for the climate changes we expect to see in the coming years—some of which have already begun. “The successful implementation of these initiatives will create economic opportunities, improve living standards, and, most importantly, protect and preserve our environment for future generations. As the saying goes, “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Thank you.” : ,

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The campaign for this round of assembly elections officially began on October 15, when the Election Commission of India announced polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. But in India’s tribal heartland, the campaign began far earlier — on June 28, when former chief minister Hemant Soren was released from jail after being imprisoned for five months over corruption charges. The 49-year-old was already buoyed by the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance’s (INDIA) performance in the Lok Sabha polls — the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) won three seats and its ally, the Congress, won two, up from one and one in 2019 — and he set out to craft a campaign premised on his persona, pushing his wife Kalpana Soren into a prominent spot, and playing up his family’s links to the state’s formation. Soren’s successful campaign rested on three prongs. One, emerge as the undisputed leader of the tribals. Soren had already embarked on this project in 2019 when he crafted the first pre-poll pact in the JMM’s history. He now linked his controversial jail term to the question of tribal asmita (pride). In every election speech, he reminded ordinary people how the Bharatiya Janata Party had detained a tribal son and conspired against the adivasis. Whenever possible, he brought up controversies around the Chhota Nagpur land-tenancy act and the implementation of a domicile policy based on land records from 1932 — two issues that had kicked up a huge political storm during the last BJP government in the state between 2014 and 2019, and were responsible for the defeat of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2019. Soren’s lieutenants also reminded people how the BJP nominated a non-tribal person (Raghubar Das) as chief minister, a first for a state whose formation was catalysed by a long and bloody adivasi movement. Though he didn’t campaign due to ill health, the figure of Soren’s father and JMM founder Shibu Soren was used strategically to fan his emotive connection with a generation of people who had seen the senior adivasi leader emerge as a flag-bearer of a separate state for tribespeople in the 1970s. This approach also helped the JMM control the more polarising aspects of senior Soren’s legacy and build a more inclusive campaign. Of course, it is unlikely that Soren would have emerged as a pan-state leader had it not been for his jail stint. In rally after rally, he played up his imprisonment, called it unjust, and attacked the BJP for having imprisoned a son of the soil. He alleged that he was locked up because he was serving poor tribespeople and was standing against big business interests, and promised the electorate an expansion in reservations if he was voted back to power. This was the second prong of his strategy, one that also hinged on pushing his wife, Kalpana Soren, into prominence. This was a risky strategy at first — after all, her rising prominence at the time of his arrest had led to rumblings in the party and it was also among the issues responsible for the exit of senior leader Champai Soren months before the elections (he joined the BJP). But together, the Soren couple put the chief minister’s persona and his jail stint the emotive core of their campaign. This helped Soren emerge as the biggest leader, not only of his own tribal group, the Santhals — the biggest scheduled tribe (ST) in the state, comprising roughly a third of the province’s adivasi population — but also blank out other competing tribal leaders from the BJP among groups such as Oraon, Munda and Ho. In a field crowded with other former chief ministers, it helped one stand out. The JMM and its allies ended up winning 27 out of 28 seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes. And three, the JMM was buoyed by the response among rural women to its Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana, which gave ₹ 1,000 to poor women. By making the cash transfer scheme the centrepiece of its welfare outreach, the JMM was able to build a new catchment of voters in every constituency whose identities lay beyond the traditional buckets of community or region. It helped arrest the development narrative that the BJP has successfully used elsewhere, and blunt allegations of corruption — especially in those 68 seats where more women voted than men. The culmination of this strategy was a victory unprecedented in scale in Jharkhand, helping JMM retain power for the first time in its existence. The ease of the win, though, hid just how bruising the campaign trail had been these last few months. As Soren told HT in an interview, no other elections were as tough.Brooks Nader is laughing her way through her sisters’ ridicule. The Dancing With the Stars alum, along with sisters Grace Ann Nader , Mary Holland Nader and Sarah Jane Nader , seemingly revealed a surprising secret about her weight loss journey when joining in on a viral TikTok trend where users perform a mock chase of a “suspect” by describing them with shocking truths. In one clip of them partaking in the trend, Brooks ran around the edge of a swimming pool while one of her sisters joked about her recent transformation from behind the camera. “Suspect randomly lost 20 pounds,” her sibling said while following her in the Nov. 29 TikTok . “Says it's from working out, but she got on Ozempic .” Following her sister’s accusation that she used the Type 2 diabetes medication, Brooks laughed through her shock and pleaded with her sister, saying, “Don’t! Don’t!” And that’s not the only wisecrack the supermodel—who shared multiple TikTok videos with her family and ex-boyfriend Gleb Savchenko during the Thanksgiving holiday—had heaped upon her. In the clip, another sister also shouted toward Brooks, “Suspect claims to have a completely full roster, but the same guy comes over every night.” Here it is😂😂😂😂 @Nader sisters @Mae @Ganimal🦁 @Sarah Jane The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model also gave a nod to her Dancing With the Stars season 33 appearance—where she was eliminated during week four—exclaiming, “I’m a dancer!” after her sister quipped she was famous “without having talent.” But Brooks made sure she wasn’t the only Nader sister on the receiving end of the laugh-filled roasts. “Suspect only likes women and men older than her dad that are ugly,” she said while following one of her sisters, before adding about the same sibling, “Suspect claims to be my little sister but is huge.” Read on to see what other stars have said about using Ozempic. Bonnie Chapman Dog the Bounty Hunter's daughter shared Nov. 1 that she had lost 58 pounds in 10 months thanks to a change in diet and the use of the weight loss medication Tirzepatide, adding, "I am able to look at myself in the mirror and feel so proud of where I've gotten." Jessel Taank The Real Housewives of New York City star shot down speculation about her glow-up between seasons 14 and 15. “I think that when you’re in reality TV, it’s so natural to be like, ‘Oh, she got plastic surgery or she did this or she’s on Ozempic,’” she told Us Weekly in October 2024. “I actually f--king hate Ozempic. I would never put needles in myself.” Lizzo After several fans speculated on social media that Lizzo used Ozempic to lose weight, following a post she shared in which she showcased a slimmer figure, the Grammy winner posted this video, set to a viral TikTok sound bite of Christoph Waltz 's character saying, "It's like a reward" from Django Unchained . Lottie Moss Kate Moss ' little sis revealed why getting on Ozempic was "the worst decision I ever made," during a September 2024 episode of her Dream On podcast. After taking a dosage meant for those roughly 220 pounds or more, the model was struggling to keep any food or water down and landed in the emergency room. “I literally had a seizure from how dehydrated I was, which honestly was the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me in my life,” she admitted. “My friend had to hold my feet down. It was so scary, the whole situation. My face was clenching up, my whole body was tense.” Jon Gosselin The Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum told Page Six in April 2024 that he lost 32 pounds in two months after taking injections of semaglutide, the generic form of Ozempic. "You know what's annoying?" he said. "The regret of not starting it 10 years ago." Ree Drummond The Pioneer Woman star shared on her blog in March 2024 that her 50-pound weight loss in 2022 was not due to taking Ozempic or similar medications. She added, "But you'll never hear a second of judgment from me about people who choose that direction!" Tracy Morgan In August 2023, the 30 Rock alum said on Today With Hoda and Jenna that he lost weight on Ozempic because it supressed his appetite. In March 2024, his health journey appeared to take a surprising turn . "I've learned to out-eat Ozempic," he said on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . "I gained 40 pounds." Later that month, he clarified to E! News that he was joking, adding, "Ozempic did great by me and I was glad to use it." Caroline Stanbury The Real Housewives of Dubai star opened up about using Ozempic after going through a "midlife crisis" at 45. "After 40, we all know it's very, very hard to lose weight," she said in the May 22 episode of her podcast Uncut & Uncensored With Caroline Stanbury. "But I met so many 40-year-old women going, 'How have you done it?' And I don't want to lie to you, I used Ozempic, which I think is one of the best tools if you're able to use it." Jennifer Aydin The Real Housewives of New Jersey star declared "I am not on Ozempic" during a July 2024 Watch What Happens Live interview before hilariously adding, "I'm on Mounjaro, okay. I'm sorry! I love being this weight, I love it! I have so much energy if you couldn't tell." Kandi Burruss The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum revealed her failed attempt to lose weight with the injectable medication. "It didn't curb my appetite. I know some people are like, ‘Oh, I can't eat.' Not me! I was eating appetizers, a regular meal and dessert, okay? It didn't stop anything for me," she shared in June 2024. "When you see it worked for other people and it doesn't work for you, it makes you depressed. Realistically, it makes you feel like, ‘What is wrong with me? Why is it not working for me?'" Brooke Burke “I can’t speak medically about it, but I do know that there’s so much information about what’s working and what’s not,” she shared during part of an interview with Fox News Digital . “I think that Ozempic has some great benefits, and I also think it has some dangers.” Tori Spelling The Beverly Hills, 90210 tried the drug to help her slim down after giving birth to her son Beau in 2017. "I tried Ozempic and it didn't work for me," she shared in an April 2024 episode of her misSPELLING podcast, "so I went on Mounjaro, which did do the trick and I did lose weight." "I think it's very important we understand certain medications are made for certain people," the actress told E! News' Francesca Amiker , "and to not take that away just for glamazon purposes." Raven continued, "Do what you gotta do, just make sure you save the medication for the people who actually need it." The Talk U.K. host revealed in September 2023 that she shed 42 pounds after using Ozempic earlier in the year. "Whatever you choose is up to you," she exclusively told E! News . "It's not a dirty little secret when you've taken something to help you lose weight, which is perfectly fine." She added, "We don't have to bulls--t." Kelly Osbourne Sharon's daughter has also weighed in on the Ozempic trend . "I think it's amazing," the Fashion Police alum told E! News in January 2024. "There are a million ways to lose weight, why not do it through something that isn't as boring as working out?" Kate Winslet The Titanic star, who was once a target for tabloids when it came to her weight, shared what she thought about the weight loss trend. "I actually don't know what Ozempic is," Kate admitted to The New York Times Magazine in an interview published in March 2024. "All I know is that it's some pill that people are taking or something like that." "Oh, my God," Kate remarked after learning about the injectable. "This sounds terrible." Heidi Montag The Hills star revealed in December 2023 that she'd recently lost 22 pounds—without taking Ozempic. "There's no shortcuts in life. And if you're taking that shortcut, I don't know," she told Page Six of other celebrities using the drug. "I don't want to name names or get into it, it's just nothing I would ever do." Heidi noted, "I want something that is sustainable. I want something that does also require hard work." The Trainwreck star did not hold back when she called out celebrities for not being honest about using Ozempic as a weight loss tool during her June 8, 2023 appearance on Watch What Happens Live. "Everyone and their mom is gonna try it. Everyone has been lying saying, 'Oh, smaller portions,'" she told Andy Cohen , who has also publicly weighed in on the Ozempic craze multiple times. "Like, shut the f--k up. You are on Ozempic or one of those things, or you got work done. Just stop." Schumer, who has been open about her past medical procedures, added, "Be real with people. When I got lipo, I said I got lipo." She admitted to becoming "immediately invested" in Ozempic in 2022, but explained that it was not "livable" for her to take the Type 2 diabetes drug as it hindered her ability to spend time with her 5-year-old son Gene . "I was one of those people that felt so sick and couldn't play with my son," Schumer recalled. "I was so skinny, and he's throwing a ball at me and [I couldn't]." "People have a mixed feeling about interventions like this," Dr. Drew exclusively told E! News at Fox's Special Forces: World's Toughest Test season two event in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 2023. "They're tantalized by it, but on the other hand, they have this weird judgment." He continued, "If we have a medication that can be helpful, by all means, people should be encouraged to think about it." Forget winter, a hot take is coming. The Game of Thrones alum was not shy when it came to sharing her opinion about Ozempic and its advertisements. In an April 5, 2023 Instagram Story, the actress reposted a tweet from writer Sophie Vershbow that read, "The Ozempic ads plastered across the Times Square subway station can f--k all the way off." One ad featured in Vershbow's Twitter photos read, "One shot to lose weight," while another offered similar text, "A weekly shot to lose weight." Turner adding her own commentary, writing, "WTF." Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk previously told E! News that the drug is not FDA-approved for chronic weight management. "While we recognize that some healthcare providers may be prescribing Ozempic for patients whose goal is to lose weight, Novo Nordisk does not promote, suggest, or encourage off-label use of our medicines and is committed to fully complying with all applicable U.S. laws and regulations in the promotion of our products," the Danish pharmaceutical company said in a statement. "We trust that healthcare providers are evaluating a patient's individual needs and determining which medicine is right for that particular patient." Chelsea Handler Ozempic is no laughing matter for the comedian. Handler revealed her "anti-aging doctor" prescribed the medication without her realizing what the drug was. "I didn't even know I was on it," she said during the Jan. 25, 2023 episode of Call Her Daddy . "She said, 'If you ever want to drop five pounds, this is good.'" But while she tried the drug, Handler noted that she didn't like how it made her feel. "I came back from a vacation and I injected myself with it," she recalled. "I went to lunch with a girlfriend a few days later, and she was like, 'I'm not really eating anything. I'm so nauseous, I'm on Ozempic.' And I was like, 'I'm kind of nauseous too.' But I had just come back from Spain and was jet-lagged." Ultimately, Handler stopped using the drug because it wasn't medically necessary for her, adding that she gave away the remaining doses to friends. "I've injected about four or five of my friends with Ozempic, because I realized I didn't want to use it because it was silly," she said. "It's for heavy people. I have people coming over to my house, and I'm like, 'OK, I can see you at 1, I can see you at 2.'" Khloe Kardashian clapped back when commenters on Instagram speculated that she was taking Ozempic. "Let's not discredit my years of working out," Kardashian wrote on a January 2023 post. "I get up 5 days a week at 6am to train. Please stop with your assumptions. I guess new year still means mean people." Dr. Terry Dubrow In addition to embracing the weight-loss drug, Dubrow actually revealed in January 2023 he temporarily used Mounjaro to learn how it affects the body. "I thought it was amazing," the Botched star shared. "I didn't have that much weight to lose. But I wanted to try it because so many of my patients were on it and I wanted to see what it was like when you're not diabetic and you only have 10 to 15 pounds to lose." Although Dr. Dubrow didn't disclose how much weight he lost or how long he took the medication for, he confirmed he's no longer using it. "I thought, 'You know what, I kind of want to get my appetite back,'" he explained the reason for quitting the medication, noting he also experienced "low-grade nausea." The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star got real about claims that she was taking the medication after her followers on social media took notice of her weight loss. Richards wrote back to one user under a Jan. 5, 2023 snap on Instagram of herself and her girlfriends after a workout, "I am NOT on ozempic." In another response, Richards added, "Never have been." That wouldn't be the last time the Bravo star shot down the rumors, reiterating that she is "NOT taking" the medication under a Jan. 16 post on Instagram by Page Six . After fans questioned whether or not she was taking Ozempic, Jessica set the record straight. "Oh Lord," she told Bustle in an interview published July 6, 2023. "I mean, it is not [Ozempic], it's willpower. I'm like, do people want me to be drinking again? Because that's when I was heavier. Or they want me to be having another baby? My body can't do it." Dr. Paul Nassif Nassif echoed his Botched costar in giving the drug two thumbs up . "Just like he's telling everyone, no Ozempic-shaming," Nassif exclusively told E! News in February 2024. "I'm OK with it. I'm OK with Terry and—actually a lot of my friends I saw this last weekend—they all look incredible. Health-wise, they felt better, their blood sugars came down, their blood pressure came down. All of this can hopefully help with longevity, you just have to do it the right way." In fact, the famed plastic surgeon said taking Ozempic potentially has other benefits outside of weight management."We're looking into Ozempic more also as an anti-aging treatment for the future," Nassif explained. "So, there's going to hopefully be some good things the more we learn about all these semaglutides and the different products. This Shah isn't shy about her Ozempic use. Gharachedaghi didn't "see a reason to hide" being on the medication when discussing her health journey , telling Entertainment Tonight in May 2023 that she would prefer to "just talk about it because there's so many people out there who want to do the same thing or they want to learn about what you did." Of her 30-pound weight loss due to her experience with Semaglutide—the generic version of the weight-loss drug—the Shahs of Sunset star explained, "Obviously, I didn't look like this two months ago. So..I would be a liar to say I quit drinking alcohol and you know all of a sudden started working out like some people like to say." Gharachedaghi went on to note that she still has an appetite, saying, "I'm actually a little hungry. Look I'm gonna go smoke a little pot and I'm gonna eat definitely." The influencer said that using Ozempic to treat her type 2 diabetes negatively affected her overall health . "It was brand new, just got FDA approved, no one knew about it and I was so scared," Bader recalled on the Jan. 12, 2023 episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast. "They said I need this. And I had a lot of mixed feelings." After she went off the drug, Bader—who has been open about her battle with binge eating —said it caused a cycle of "bad binging." "I saw a doctor, and they were like, 'It's 100 percent because you went on Ozempic,'" she explained. "It was making me think I wasn't hungry for so long. I lost some weight. I didn't want to be obsessed with being on it long term. I was like, 'I bet the second I got off I'm going to get starving again.' I did, and my binging got so much worse. So then I kind of blamed Ozempic." Forget shedding for the wedding because The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member admitted she was taking Ozempic to lose weight prior to filming the season 13 reunion. During the April 4, 2023 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen , Catania confirmed she had been taking the antidiabetic medication because she didn't want to be "looking any bigger than anyone else," at the taping, explaining, "I got on the bandwagon." Billie Jean King The tennis legend—who has been open about her struggles with an eating disorder—expressed her reluctance in trying diabetes medication solely for weight loss purposes. "With the new injections, the Ozempics of the world, it's very interesting because my doctor wants me to try it," she shared in an April 2024 episode of Lemonada Media's Wiser Than Me podcast. "I don't want to lose weight fast because I think it looks horrible. I don't think it's healthy." However, she noted that she has "taken a few injections"

NoneLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Hidalgo scored 24 points and No. 6 Notre Dame defeated JuJu Watkins and third-ranked Southern California 74-61 on Saturday in a marquee matchup on the West Coast. Watkins and the Trojans (4-1) fell behind early and were down 21 points in the fourth quarter. She had 24 points, six rebounds and five assists. Hidalgo came out shooting well, hitting 5 of 8 from the floor in the first quarter and had 16 points at the break. She added six rebounds and eight assists. Hidalgo's backcourt mate, Olivia Miles, added 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Fighting Irish (5-0). Even though Hidalgo outshone her, Watkins’ imprint was all over the game. A documentary about her life aired on NBC leading into the nationally televised game. A buzz arose when Snoop Dogg walked in shortly before tipoff wearing a jacket in USC colors with Watkins' name and number on the front and back. Her sister, Mali, sang the national anthem. Notre Dame: The Irish struck quickly, racing to a 20-10 lead in the opening quarter. Even after cooling off a bit, they never trailed and stayed poised when the Trojans got within three in the second and third quarters. USC: The Trojans were without starting guard Kennedy Smith, whose defense on Hidalgo would have proven valuable. It was announced shortly before tipoff that she had a surgical procedure and will return at some point this season. The Trojans got within three points three times but the Irish remained poised and never gave up the lead. Notre Dame's defense forced the Trojans into 21 turnovers, which led to 22 points for the Irish. Watkins, Kaleigh Heckel and Talia von Oelhoffen had five each. USC was just 1 of 13 from 3-point range Notre Dame plays TCU on Nov. 29 in the Cayman Islands Classic. USC plays Seton Hall in the Women's Acrisure Holiday Invitational on Nov. 27 in Palm Desert, California. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketballBushra Bibi, incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan's wife, will not attend the "do-or-die" protest planned for Sunday (today) due to illness, her spokesperson Mashal Yousafzai said on Saturday. The statement from Bushra's spokesperson on the eve of former ruling party' much-hyped "decisive" anti-government protest in Islamabad. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan also confirmed that the former first lady would not be participate in the PTI demonstration due to ill health. He made the statement while speaking on the Geo News programme "Naya Pakistan". Bushra has recently faced a strong reaction from government officials for her recent video message wherein she accused Saudi Arabia of playing a role in Khan’s ouster as premier. In a video message shared on PTI’s official X handle, Bushra alleged that Saudi officials had expressed displeasure over ex-prime minister Khan’s "barefooted" visit to Madina. She had also urged PTI supporters to join much-hyped protest on November 24 in Islamabad. However, Imran rebuffed the government’s impression, saying that he has "excellent relations" with Saudi Arabia. Sources closer to the former ruling party told Geo News that the former first lady had been busy participating in political activities since November 1 and also held meetings with the PTI leaders regarding preparations for the November 24 demonstration. They also revealed that the incarcerated PTI founder had sent a message to Bushra to stay out of political matters after her statement backfired at a crucial time when his party was mounting pressure on the government for his release. Following her statement that stirred a controversy, cases were registered against Bushra, under the Telegraph Act of 1885 a day ago. The FIRs were lodged in Dera Ghazi Khan and other cities, accusing her of inciting hatred through her video statement, The News reported. According to the police, legal proceedings were underway under Section 126 of the Telegraph Act and other relevant laws. A case under cybercrime offence was also under consideration that would be taken up by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cybercrime Wing within a day, it added.George Takei, most famous for portraying Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek series of films and TV shows, jumped to social media Sunday to celebrate President Biden’s pardon on his son, Hunter. Despite spending four years telling America that he would never pardon Hunter because he “respects the law,” the president did, indeed, pull out a last minute pardon for his son who has been convicted on felony counts of tax evasion and gun charges. While many Democrats were aghast over being lied to by Biden about the eventual pardon, party shills such as actor Takei expressed satisfaction over the pardon. Takei said he was happy for Biden to finally be done with the “undeserved nightmare” of his son’s felonies. “I’m happy for the Biden family. This has been a long and undeserved nightmare. May they find peace these holidays,” the actor wrote. I’m happy for the Biden family. This has been a long and undeserved nightmare. May they find peace these holidays. — George Takei ( @georgetakei.bsky.social ) December 1, 2024 at 6:53 PM Takei, of course, was a big supporter of Biden and Harris and a virulent hater of Donald Trump and his voters and his social media postings are rife with venomous attacks on conservatives, Republicans , and Trump. Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: facebook.com/Warner.Todd.Huston , or Truth Social @WarnerToddHuston

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map for “exactly what our movement will do” with another crack at the White House. As the blueprint for a hard-right turn in America became a liability during the 2024 campaign, Trump pulled an about-face . He denied knowing anything about the “ridiculous and abysmal” plans written in part by his first-term aides and allies. Now, after being elected the 47th president on Nov. 5, Trump is stocking his second administration with key players in the detailed effort he temporarily shunned. Most notably, Trump has tapped Russell Vought for an encore as director of the Office of Management and Budget; Tom Homan, his former immigration chief, as “border czar;” and immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy . Those moves have accelerated criticisms from Democrats who warn that Trump's election hands government reins to movement conservatives who spent years envisioning how to concentrate power in the West Wing and impose a starkly rightward shift across the U.S. government and society. Trump and his aides maintain that he won a mandate to overhaul Washington. But they maintain the specifics are his alone. “President Trump never had anything to do with Project 2025,” said Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in a statement. “All of President Trumps' Cabinet nominees and appointments are whole-heartedly committed to President Trump's agenda, not the agenda of outside groups.” Here is a look at what some of Trump's choices portend for his second presidency. The Office of Management and Budget director, a role Vought held under Trump previously and requires Senate confirmation, prepares a president's proposed budget and is generally responsible for implementing the administration's agenda across agencies. The job is influential but Vought made clear as author of a Project 2025 chapter on presidential authority that he wants the post to wield more direct power. “The Director must view his job as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the President’s mind,” Vought wrote. The OMB, he wrote, “is a President’s air-traffic control system” and should be “involved in all aspects of the White House policy process,” becoming “powerful enough to override implementing agencies’ bureaucracies.” Trump did not go into such details when naming Vought but implicitly endorsed aggressive action. Vought, the president-elect said, “knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State” — Trump’s catch-all for federal bureaucracy — and would help “restore fiscal sanity.” In June, speaking on former Trump aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Vought relished the potential tension: “We’re not going to save our country without a little confrontation.” The strategy of further concentrating federal authority in the presidency permeates Project 2025's and Trump's campaign proposals. Vought's vision is especially striking when paired with Trump's proposals to dramatically expand the president's control over federal workers and government purse strings — ideas intertwined with the president-elect tapping mega-billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a “Department of Government Efficiency.” Trump in his first term sought to remake the federal civil service by reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers — who have job protection through changes in administration — as political appointees, making them easier to fire and replace with loyalists. Currently, only about 4,000 of the federal government's roughly 2 million workers are political appointees. President Joe Biden rescinded Trump's changes. Trump can now reinstate them. Meanwhile, Musk's and Ramaswamy's sweeping “efficiency” mandates from Trump could turn on an old, defunct constitutional theory that the president — not Congress — is the real gatekeeper of federal spending. In his “Agenda 47,” Trump endorsed so-called “impoundment,” which holds that when lawmakers pass appropriations bills, they simply set a spending ceiling, but not a floor. The president, the theory holds, can simply decide not to spend money on anything he deems unnecessary. Vought did not venture into impoundment in his Project 2025 chapter. But, he wrote, “The President should use every possible tool to propose and impose fiscal discipline on the federal government. Anything short of that would constitute abject failure.” Trump's choice immediately sparked backlash. “Russ Vought is a far-right ideologue who has tried to break the law to give President Trump unilateral authority he does not possess to override the spending decisions of Congress (and) who has and will again fight to give Trump the ability to summarily fire tens of thousands of civil servants,” said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a Democrat and outgoing Senate Appropriations chairwoman. Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, leading Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said Vought wants to “dismantle the expert federal workforce” to the detriment of Americans who depend on everything from veterans' health care to Social Security benefits. “Pain itself is the agenda,” they said. Trump’s protests about Project 2025 always glossed over overlaps in the two agendas . Both want to reimpose Trump-era immigration limits. Project 2025 includes a litany of detailed proposals for various U.S. immigration statutes, executive branch rules and agreements with other countries — reducing the number of refugees, work visa recipients and asylum seekers, for example. Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving advisers and architect of his immigration ideas, including his promise of the largest deportation force in U.S. history. As deputy policy chief, which is not subject to Senate confirmation, Miller would remain in Trump's West Wing inner circle. “America is for Americans and Americans only,” Miller said at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Oct. 27. “America First Legal,” Miller’s organization founded as an ideological counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, was listed as an advisory group to Project 2025 until Miller asked that the name be removed because of negative attention. Homan, a Project 2025 named contributor, was an acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director during Trump’s first presidency, playing a key role in what became known as Trump's “family separation policy.” Previewing Trump 2.0 earlier this year, Homan said: “No one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.” John Ratcliffe, Trump's pick to lead the CIA , was previously one of Trump's directors of national intelligence. He is a Project 2025 contributor. The document's chapter on U.S. intelligence was written by Dustin Carmack, Ratcliffe's chief of staff in the first Trump administration. Reflecting Ratcliffe's and Trump's approach, Carmack declared the intelligence establishment too cautious. Ratcliffe, like the chapter attributed to Carmack, is hawkish toward China. Throughout the Project 2025 document, Beijing is framed as a U.S. adversary that cannot be trusted. Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Project 2025's FCC chapter and is now Trump's pick to chair the panel. Carr wrote that the FCC chairman “is empowered with significant authority that is not shared” with other FCC members. He called for the FCC to address “threats to individual liberty posed by corporations that are abusing dominant positions in the market,” specifically “Big Tech and its attempts to drive diverse political viewpoints from the digital town square.” He called for more stringent transparency rules for social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube and “empower consumers to choose their own content filters and fact checkers, if any.” Carr and Ratcliffe would require Senate confirmation for their posts.Article content OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says Canada didn’t live up to its values on immigration over the last few years as it allowed more people into the country than it could absorb. Recommended Videos Carney, who is currently a special adviser to the Liberal party, made those comments during an event in Ottawa held by Cardus, a Christian think tank. Carney says Canada let newcomers down by admitting more workers and students than it could provide for, including with housing, health care and social services. Earlier this fall, the Liberal government announced a plan to significantly reduced its immigration target for permanent residents and to dramatically scale back the number of temporary residents in Canada. Those changes came about after a period of strong population growth that led to mounting criticism of the Liberal government’s immigration policies. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has acknowledged that the federal government did not get the balance right on immigration after the COVID-19 pandemic.Biden’s pardon of son risks tarnishing legacy, empowering Trump