If you're over 50 and want to stay sharp, independent and mentally tough as you age, the latest research points to an incredibly simple habit: get outside during the day. A large 2026 study involving more than 87,000 adults found that greater exposure to bright daytime light was associated with a lower risk of developing dementia. Researchers tracked participants for roughly eight years using wrist-worn devices that measured both light exposure and physical activity. During t

American consumers are paying more for beef, and President Donald Trump wants to bring those prices down. His latest move, however, is raising a different question: Will cheaper beef today come at the expense of American cattle producers tomorrow? On August 21, Trump announced a 90-day plan allowing as much as 300,000 metric tons of ground-beef imports into the United States without the additional tariff normally charged once existing quotas are exceeded. The administration s

For decades, gun owners have dealt with a federal system that demanded paperwork, fingerprints, photographs, approvals and registration for certain commonly owned firearms and suppressors. Now, a federal court has delivered a major blow to that system. The case centers on a simple constitutional question: If Congress removes the tax that supposedly justified a federal regulatory scheme, what happens to the regulations that depended on that tax? A federal judge in Texas has an