NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 activists in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump’s promotion of coal to fuel the rise of artificial intelligence data centers, according to a letter sent Friday.

The letter, signed by at least two former staffers from Kennedy’s 2024 presidential campaign, marks the first major MAHA movement mobilization over fossil fuels and the latest in a series of rifts between the diverse group of activists and the Trump administration over environmental policy.

The letter to Trump, Kennedy and various other Cabinet officials, first obtained by The Associated Press, laments a 2025 executive order that aimed to boost coal to power data centers over pollution concerns and asks the administration to consider renewable options, including solar and geothermal energy.

“We understand the importance of American leadership in artificial intelligence, national security, innovation, and economic growth,” the letter reads. “But American AI leadership should not come at the cost of a more toxic burden for American children.”

The White House and the agencies receiving the letter didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Prominent MAHA figures behind the letter include Zen Honeycutt, a former Kennedy campaign staffer and founder of the advocacy group Moms Across America, and Charles Eisenstein, a former speechwriter on Kennedy’s campaign. Honeycutt said she asked the Kennedy-aligned political action committee MAHA Action to sign onto the letter but did not receive a reply.

Although it may not reflect the views of all MAHA activists, the new line of criticism against one of the administration’s signature policies less than three months before November’s midterm elections could present another challenge for Republicans as they seek to win over the voting bloc in key races.

As health secretary, Kennedy has carried out several policy changes that cater to the MAHA movement, including attempting to scale back childhood vaccine recommendations, a central priority for some activists. He also has sought to remove artificial dyes from food and encouraged Americans to have healthy diets free of ultraprocessed foods.

But many in the MAHA movement, which Trump credits with helping him win back the White House two years ago, say they have grown frustrated with the administration over its embrace of pesticides such as glyphosate and its deregulatory environmental agenda. Some have said they plan to vote on issues over party this fall, raising the political stakes of their increasingly public tensions with the Republican administration.

He also has been a vocal advocate for data centers, which power artificial intelligence and cloud computing, framing them as a necessary component of winning the AI race against China.

“If I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in, an AI plant or a data center,” Trump said this week, “I would absolutely want it because the jobs are enormous and the money paid, the taxes paid, are just enormous.”

Data centers have become a political flashpoint in this year’s elections. Voters across the political spectrum have criticized them for jacking up electricity bills, draining water supplies, and creating unhealthy amounts of air and noise pollution.

Friday’s letter asks the administration to require transparent review of data center location and power sourcing decisions, and respect existing environmental review requirements in the permitting process.

Honeycutt said that after Trump’s executive order last year, she researched the impact of coal ash on communities and was disturbed by what she found. She said she was also concerned about other aspects of data centers, including their land use and their effects on the people living near them.

“The data center push has been an overwhelmingly negative impact on our communities, and there are many in the MAHA movement that are extremely disappointed about that,” she said. “We vote for those who put health and safety first.”

Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist John Doyle will perform at Victoria Hall on Friday, August 28 from 7.30pm to 9pm.

His career spans over the past 20 years and includes collaborations with Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Irish fiddler Liz Carroll.

Doyle has also played alongside bluegrass musicians Tim O’Brien and Dirk Powell.

He was nominated for a GRAMMY for the album Double Play and played guitar on Eric Clapton’s latest album.

He is also a member of the Transatlantic Sessions band.

The Wall Street Journal said: “Doyle on guitar has risen to a level occupied by him alone.

“No one in Irish traditional music is a better guitarist than him right now.”

Earle Hitchner, writing for The Wall Street Journal and the Irish Echo, described his performance of The Arabic as “unforgettable.”

The Chicago Tribune praised Doyle as “A complete rhythm section all on his own,” while the Philadelphia News said he has “More talent than anybody deserves to have all to themselves.”

Tickets for the show are priced at £20.

Settle Victoria Hall is located at 24 Kirkgate, Settle, BD24 9DZ.

The student died in hospital earlier this year

A Cambridge student died from “poisoning”, an inquest has heard. Eliot Golding, 20, died in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, on March 18, 2026.

An inquest was opened into his death on Thursday (August 20) at Vantage House in Huntingdon. Coroner Simon Milburn told the court that his cause of death, after a post mortem, was confirmed as “sodium nitrate poisoning”.

Mr Milburn adjourned Mr Golding’s inquest for an inquest in writing to be held in the week commencing October 19.

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Alex McCarthy, 16, was one of five young people who died in the M9 road tragedy in the early hours of Sunday morning

The priest who presided over the funeral mass for a teenager who lost his life in the M9 collision paid his respects to the innocent family harmed in the head-on crash.

During Alex McCarthy’s service at the Holy Family Church in Askea, Carlow, Fr Tom Little remarked that a “tragic accident can happen in seconds”.

He recognised that a collision such as the M9 incident, which claimed five lives and left four injured, evokes a “deep sense of shock, anger, questions, regret and even a sense of disbelief.”

Alex McCarthy was amongst the five young people who perished after their group travelled in a high-powered BMW the wrong way along the busy motorway, striking a family heading to Dublin Airport during the early hours of Sunday morning.

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Sisters Niamh and Alma Kinsella, alongside Ella Hendricken and a seven year old boy who were travelling in the other vehicle, suffered catastrophic injuries. All remain hospitalised, reports the Irish Mirror.

During his address earlier today/yesterday, Fr Little paused to offer prayers for the injured family, who were remembered during the prayers of the faithful.

He stated: “We come together in Holy Family Church, Askea, with heavy hearts and a deep sense of sadness.

“Conscious that lives have been lost, others have been injured, and families have been left to carry the grief that is so difficult to put into words.”

He added: “A tragic accident can happen in seconds and the result of it can last a lifetime.

“These types of accidents bring a deep sense of shock, anger, questions, regret, and even a sense of disbelief. Words cannot express the true feelings of our heart, so today is a day for compassion, prayer, and remembrance.”

We remember in our prayers those who have been injured and pray that they may make a good recovery. “Thanking God that they have survived. Thanking God for the emergency services, doctors, nurses and ambulance staff and all who care for the sick.”

His homily went on: “We remember those who have died to this world, knowing that each life is God’s great gift to each one of us, to be treasured and respected. Those who have died were loved by their family and friends.

“Their absence leaves a space that cannot simply be filled. We remember families on both sides of the accident to God in prayer. We are bringing today our human emotions of hurt, loss, confusion, sadness, responsibilities, in prayer to God.”

Recognising the profound effect the collision would have on loved ones, Fr Little urged people not to “carry sorrow alone”. He added: “For us who remain the journey ahead will not be easy. There will be moments of grief and sadness.

“As part of God’s family let us support one another. Let families not feel that they must carry their sorrow alone.”

Alex’s remains, placed in a baby blue casket, arrived at the church shortly after 3pm in a horse-drawn carriage. Those walking behind wore t-shirts bearing Alex’s image alongside the words “The Boss”.

As the casket was brought out, family and friends lifted it high, banging on the sides while cheering.

Several photographs of Alex were displayed outside the church, accompanied by a large screen showing images of the 16 year old. During the service, Alex’s grandmother Tina gave several readings – breaking down in tears at one point.

Following the service, Alex’s casket was carried from the church and once more raised aloft and struck. Sulkies were also present before his remains were transported to St Mary’s Cemetery for burial.

A substantial Garda presence was maintained throughout the proceedings. Numerous officers were stationed at roundabouts and on roads approaching the town.

Armed Gardai were also deployed in the vicinity. The other four teenagers who lost their lives are Joe Carthy, 15, Jack Kennedy, 17, Jeremy O’Brien and 17 year old Kamil Pustkowski.

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In the hope of defending their Premier League crown this year, Bruno Guimaraes and Christos Tzolis have been added to the ranks during the summer, while Ezri Konsa is expected to be presented to supporters before kick-off after finalising his £51million transfer from Aston Villa, though Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal’s are not done in the market amid links with a new winger. The Spaniard has a virtually fully fit squad to choose from, with William Saliba and Jurrien Timber the only key absentees.

By HENRY CLARK, SPORTS NEWS EDITOR

Published: 17:32 BST, 21 August 2026 | Updated: 17:47 BST, 21 August 2026

BOSTON (AP) — The defense rested its case Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children.

Prosecutors then began calling rebuttal witnesses before attorneys make their closing arguments in the trial, which is likely entering its final days.

Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the deaths of Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy, who ranged from 8 months to 5 years old. They were found in the basement of the family’s home in coastal Duxbury, Massachusetts. Clancy jumped from a second-story window after strangling the children and remains paralyzed from the waist down.

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Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, hasn’t disputed that she killed the children but says she should not be held criminally responsible because she had postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness linked to the stress, sleep deprivation and hormonal changes that follow childbirth. Prosecutors argue that Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, planned the killings.

Reddington sought to bolster that defense by having the jury hear from more of Clancy’s family members, who detailed her worsening mental health before the January 2023 killings. He also called a psychologist who met with Clancy after the killings.

Clancy’s mother, Paula Musgrove, described her daughter as a dedicated and loving mom whose mental health began declining in October 2022.

In a text message displayed to the jury, Clancy wrote: “Mom, will you please come up and stay with me for a bit? I’m really sick. Something is wrong.”

Musgrove also recalled a more alarming disclosure in December. Musgrove, Clancy and Clancy’s then-husband, Patrick Clancy, were in the couple’s kitchen when Clancy said she had to tell them something.

“She told us she had thoughts of harming the children,” Musgrove said.

Clancy’s former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, testified that Lindsay Clancy begged for help in the months leading up to the killings. The jury was shown texts between the two in which Lindsay Clancy spoke about fears that she had developed a dependence on benzodiazepines, but couldn’t sleep without taking them.

Prosecutors argue that Clancy contrived to get her husband out of the house the day of the killings. They have attempted to show that while she was getting treatment for anxiety, insomnia and depression, she wasn’t suffering from psychosis.

Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi were the image of romantic bliss when they were spotted emerging from a London dinner date this week.

Their relationship went public in April when they were glimpsed passionately kissing at the afterparty for Justin Bieber‘s Coachella performance after being set up by Kendall’s younger sister Kylie Jenner.

In the intervening months, their globetrotting dalliance whisked them off to Hawaii and Japan, with the pair going viral in TikTok for holding hands in Tokyo.

Kendall, 30, was once again seen clasping her boyfriend’s hand as she and Elordi, 29, emerged from the restaurant China Tang at the Dorchester this week.

The supermodel and reality TV star highlighted her willowy supermodel frame in a sleeveless pale blue pencil skirt cut just above the knee.

Sharpening her screen siren features with makeup including a slick of nude lipstick, she let her dark hair cascade freely over her shoulders. 

Kendall, 30, was once again seen clasping her boyfriend’s hand as she and Elordi, 29, emerged from the restaurant China Tang at the Dorchester this Thursday

The supermodel and reality TV star highlighted her willowy supermodel frame in a sleeveless pale blue pencil skirt cut just above the knee

She accessorized with a black snake-embossed leather clutch that matched her stilettos and the rims of the gleaming sunglasses she wore.

Elordi, meanwhile, was as dapper as ever in a pinstriped suit and black tie, mirroring his girlfriend by popping on a set of orange-tinted shades.

The Wuthering Heights heartthrob kept his girlfriend’s hand clasped in his as they made their way down Park Lane upon exiting the Dorchester. 

Kendall and Elordi traveled to London for the premiere of his new film The Dog Stars, a post-apocalyptic Ridley Scott picture also starring Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley and Guy Pearce.

Their trip included a glamorous dinner at Cipriani with Elordi’s father John on Wednesday, followed by the red carpet event for the movie on Thursday. 

Elordi was claimed to have booked the £60,000-a-night penthouse sweet at Claridge’s for himself and his girlfriend in a bid to impress her. 

‘Jacob’s a proper romantic and he wanted Kendall to have that amazing view over London where you can see the stars,’ an insider told The Sun. ‘It costs £60,000 a night to stay there. But upgrading was worth the money.’

The Daily Mail contacted a representative for Elordi for comment. 

Sources had reported in April that they were ‘making out and all over each other’ while attending Bieber’s afterparty for his Coachella comeback, via Deuxmoi.

Sharpening her screen siren features with makeup including a slick of nude lipstick, she let her dark hair cascade freely over her shoulders

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She accessorized with a black snake-embossed leather clutch that matched her stilettos and the rims of the gleaming sunglasses she wore

Elordi, meanwhile, was as dapper as ever in a pinstriped suit and black tie, mirroring his girlfriend by popping on a set of orange-tinted shades

The Wuthering Heights heartthrob kept his girlfriend’s hand clasped in his as they made their way down Park Lane upon exiting the Dorchester

An insider then exclusively informed the Daily Mail they had been dating ‘as far back as early February’ thanks to a spot of matchmaking from Kylie.

At that stage, Kylie’s boyfriend Timothee Chalamet was waging a best actor Oscar campaign for his turn as an underground ping pong champion in Marty Supreme.

Meanwhile, Elordi was nominated for a string of supporting actor awards for his role as the monster in Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein. 

‘Kylie was around Jacob a lot during Timothee’s award season marathon because Jacob was nominated for Frankenstein and Timothee was nominated for Marty Supreme,’ the source explained to the Daily Mail.

‘Kylie is the alpha sister and pushed Kenny to start a romance with Jacob because she wanted to set up double dates with Timothee,’ shared the insider. 

‘Kenny’s house is where all the parties happen, a lot of action there, so the four of them got close there,’ the source expanded, divulging that ‘Kenny found out she just clicked with Jacob… there was chemistry.’

Kendall and Elordi were seen in rapt conversation at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March, leading to a burst of romance rumors from fans.

By May, they were seen drinking rosé together on a beach in Hawaii and enjoying a double date in Los Angeles with Kylie and Chalamet.

Sources had reported in April that they were ‘making out and all over each other’ while attending Bieber’s afterparty for his Coachella comeback, via Deuxmoi

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Sources had reported in April that they were ‘making out and all over each other’ while attending Bieber’s afterparty for his Coachella comeback, via Deuxmoi

An insider then exclusively informed the Daily Mail they had been dating ‘as far back as early February’ thanks to a spot of matchmaking from Kylie

‘Kylie is the alpha sister and pushed Kenny to start a romance with Jacob because she wanted to set up double dates with Timothee,’ shared the insider

Elordi’s dating history has included Lori Loughlin’s daughter Olivia Jade – who rose to infamy in the college admissions scandal – as well as Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber and his The Kissing Booth co-star Joey King.

Jade and Elordi conducted an on-off relationship from late 2021 onwards, reportedly briefly reuniting last September only to split again a few weeks later.

‘It’s fully over. They are not getting back together,’ a source told People that October, breaking the news of their alleged latest breakup.

Jade’s parents, Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, who both went to prison for the college admissions scandal, were revealed that same month to have separated.

As a result, the source said that Jade was ‘fine about the Jacob split’ and was ‘more upset about what’s going on with her father.’

In 2019 and 2020 Elordi was linked to Euphoria’s leading lady Zendaya, although he maintained in public that she was a platonic friend. 

Meanwhile, Kendall dated Bad Bunny for about a year before splitting up in late 2023, only to rekindle their romance briefly in 2024 and then go their separate ways again. 

She previously developed a reputation for dating a string of NBA heartthrobs including Blake Griffin, Devin Booker and Ben Simmons.

Liverpool are having second thoughts on Ibrahim Mbaye amid slow progress on talks over signing Bradley Barcola, and have seen a shock bid for Yakuba Minteh rejected. Tottenham have agreed an £85m deal for Savinho, and Omar Marmoush will be next as Man City turn to Adam Wharton, Allan and Manu Kone. Follow the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip live below!