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Melania Trump embraces AI education initiative in White House tech push: ‘She’s been a champion’
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EXCLUSIVE: First Lady Melania Trump is carving out a forward-looking role in the White House, positioning herself as a leading voice on artificial intelligence and education as the administration embraces emerging technology, according to an exclusive interview with her senior advisor.
The first lady this week hosted an immersive event at the White House tennis pavilion — a space she designed during her husband’s first term — where students used Meta virtual reality headsets and AI-powered glasses to explore British landmarks and examine historical artifacts.
The event, which coincided with a visit from Queen Camilla, highlighted Melania Trump’s broader initiative, Fostering the Future Together, a global effort focused on expanding access to technology and education for children.
«She wanted to create an innovative cross-cultural educational experience,» senior advisor Marc Beckman told Fox News Digital, describing the event as part of her ongoing push to integrate artificial intelligence into learning.
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Melania Trump an immersive event AI event this week where students used Meta virtual reality headsets and AI-powered glasses to explore British landmarks and examine historical artifacts. (Andrea Hanks)
Students first used VR headsets to virtually visit sites including Buckingham Palace, Stonehenge and the Giant’s Causeway before engaging directly with Queen Camilla. They later used AI-enabled glasses to examine curated artifacts from the White House collection and the National Archives, with the technology providing real-time historical context.
The artifacts included a portrait of John Adams, the first U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, a World War II-era map associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill — all selected to underscore the longstanding relationship between the two nations.
Beckman said the initiative reflects a broader focus by the first lady on artificial intelligence and education, which has become a central theme of her work during the administration.
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Students used VR headsets to virtually visit sites including Buckingham Palace, Stonehenge and the Giant’s Causeway before engaging directly with Queen Camilla. (Andrea Hanks)
«She has been a champion of artificial intelligence and education for children,» he said.
Her interest in AI predates her return to the White House. Before reentering public life, Melania Trump worked to develop an AI-powered audiobook version of her memoir, released in multiple languages — an effort Beckman said gave her firsthand experience with the technology.
That background has informed her support for the Presidential AI Challenge, a program aimed at engaging students across all 50 states in technology-focused education and competition.
Beckman also pointed to her recent appearance at the United Nations Security Council, where she emphasized the role artificial intelligence could play in expanding access to knowledge and education worldwide.
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«This theme just keeps going — children, education, technology,» he said.
With additional partnerships, regional initiatives and research efforts already in development, Beckman said the first lady plans to continue expanding her AI-focused agenda in the months ahead.
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President Donald Trump pardoned nine people convicted of violating the Clean Air Act by tampering with diesel vehicle emissions-control systems.
On Friday, Trump announced six of the pardons on Truth Social, arguing that the men he granted clemency to were «persecuted by the Biden Administration» and punished for «fixing their car.»
Eight of the people Trump pardoned were diesel mechanics or car tuners who were prosecuted for selling and installing so-called «defeat devices» into trucks, according to a Fox News review of federal court records.
These devices reprogram trucks to bypass federally required emissions controls and suppress diagnostic warnings. Without them, many diesel trucks can enter a «limp» mode that limits speed — sometimes to as little as 5 mph — until the emissions system is restored.
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Mount Rushmore National Memorial on July 3, 2026, in Keystone, South Dakota. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Trucks can also enter this limp mode when emissions controls fail. These failures are extraordinarily common and have been causing massive headaches for truckers and farmers for years, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
People are more than willing to pay top dollar to mechanics who can do the job of disabling the emissions-limiting systems.
Matthew Geouge, one of the pardon recipients, ran two companies that sold illegal tuning devices. Just from the sale of those devices alone, his firms grossed more than $10 million, according to his December 2021 plea agreement.
Emissions-capping technology, specifically Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) systems, is also prone to malfunctions in extremely cold weather.
A tractor trailer refuels with diesel fuel at a Kwik Star gas station in Mitchellville, Iowa, on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Bryon Houlgrave/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Brad Bylsma, a state equipment fleet manager for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), said in March that DEF systems account for a «significant portion of our maintenance issues and costs» with state-owned diesel vehicles.
Frederic Sifuentes, the president of Alaska-based transportation service, put it more bluntly.
«The percentage of breakdowns we have here in Alaska with the DEF systems is roughly 85 percent of the time,» he said.
Another pardon recipient, MacKenzie «Mac» Spurlock, was a mechanic in Alaska who modified emissions controls on vehicles for exactly this reason, according to Senator Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.
«Four years ago, about 30 armed EPA agents conducted a military-style tactical raid of Matanuska Diesel, owned by Mac Spurlock — a devoted husband and father, small business owner, and veteran of the Alaska Air National Guard,» Sullivan said in a statement celebrating Spurlock’s pardon.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 30, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«His shop had assisted trucking businesses by modifying several diesel emissions-control systems mandated by a one-size-fits-all Obama-era emissions regulation, ensuring the vehicles wouldn’t shut down in Alaska’s harsh, subzero conditions,» Sullivan added.
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The other men who received pardons for similar conduct included Ryan and Wade Lalone, Tim Clancy, Joshua Davis, Barry Pierce, Aaron Rudolf, and Jonathan Achtemeier, CBS News reported.
In late January 2026, the Trump administration announced it would no longer pursue criminal charges for manufacturers, distributors and users of defeat devices. Civil penalties could still apply.
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En América Latina la población vivió dos años consecutivos de epidemia de dengue sin precedentes. Este año, los casos bajaron un 64% respecto al mismo período de 2025, según la última actualización de datos de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS).
Sin embargo, un panel de 17 especialistas de América Latina y los Estados Unidos advirtió en un trabajo publicado en la revista Vaccines que las condiciones que alimentaron las epidemias recientes siguen intactas: el cambio climático, la urbanización desordenada y la resistencia del mosquito a los insecticidas.
Cada vez que hay un brote de dengue, los gobiernos sacan los camiones fumigadores y refuerzan la atención médica y los hospitales se llenan de pacientes. Cuando bajan los casos, todo vuelve a la normalidad. Y así, una y otra vez, la región repite el mismo ciclo.
El panel fue convocado en Bogotá en marzo de 2025 por la Fundación de Salud de las Américas (FSA) y reunió a médicos, epidemiólogos, entomólogos y funcionarios de salud de Argentina, Colombia, México, Perú, Venezuela y Estados Unidos. Lo que encontraron no es alentador, pero sí tiene solución.
La herramienta más usada para combatir al Aedes aegypti es la fumigación química. Pero hay una intervención más barata y más duradera que debería ir primero: eliminar los lugares donde el mosquito se reproduce, según los expertos.
Recipientes con agua estancada, residuos acumulados y barrios construidos sin red de agua ni desagüe son los principales criaderos en ciudades y zonas periurbanas de la región. A eso se suma que los insecticidas pierden eficacia año a año: el mosquito desarrolló resistencia a los químicos más usados.
El ciclo reactivo tiene otra cara menos visible: si los sistemas de salud solo se mueven cuando hay brote, tampoco registran bien cuántas personas se enferman entre uno y otro.
Por eso, los expertos señalaron que las estadísticas oficiales capturan solo una fracción de los casos reales, lo que distorsiona las evaluaciones de riesgo.
En Brasil, Colombia y Nicaragua, los análisis calculan que los contagios reales pueden ser entre 10 y 25 veces más altos que los que aparecen en los registros oficiales. Se estima que muchas personas tienen dengue con fiebre, pero nunca llegan a consultar a un profesional de la salud y esos casos no quedan documentados.
Con insecticidas que pierden fuerza y frente a la persistencia de criaderos que se multiplican en las ciudades, el panel buscó alternativas con resultados probados. La más prometedora: liberar mosquitos infectados con una bacteria llamada Wolbachia, un microorganismo que impide que el virus del dengue se reproduzca dentro del insecto.
El Programa Mundial del Mosquito, una organización sin fines de lucro que opera en más de una docena de países, documentó reducciones en la incidencia de la enfermedad superiores al 90% en Medellín y Río de Janeiro tras liberar mosquitos con esa bacteria en zonas urbanas.
La inversión inicial se recupera en aproximadamente 20 meses y el efecto dura más de diez años, porque la bacteria pasa de generación en generación entre los mosquitos sin necesidad de nuevas intervenciones.
El dengue tiene un enemigo que no vuela ni pica: la falta de voluntad política sostenida. Los expertos describieron un patrón que se repite en toda la región: el interés de los gobiernos sube cuando hay brotes y se evapora entre uno y otro.
Los programas de control sufren recortes crónicos, con presupuestos atados a las prioridades de los donantes internacionales y no a las necesidades reales de cada país. Muchos dependen de fondos externos pensados para emergencias y no para la prevención a largo plazo.
Cuando el dinero llega, tampoco siempre va donde debería. El panel advierte que los recursos se destinan con frecuencia a fumigaciones reactivas en lugar de a la eliminación de criaderos en las comunidades, una estrategia más barata y más duradera.
Los hospitales reciben más fondos que los programas de manejo integrado de vectores (que incluyen las acciones coordinadas para reducir la población de mosquitos), a pesar de que estos últimos son más efectivos para cortar la transmisión.
Quienes viven en asentamientos informales, sin agua potable ni saneamiento, tienen más criaderos cerca de sus casas y menos posibilidades de llegar a tiempo a un diagnóstico.
El gasto público se concentra en ciudades grandes y hospitales, no en los lugares donde el mosquito se reproduce con más facilidad. Los gastos de bolsillo para tratar el dengue pueden empujar a familias de bajos ingresos a una situación económica aún más vulnerable.
El panel recomienda crear guías nacionales de vacunación, instalar sistemas de farmacovigilancia (que consisten en el seguimiento continuo de la seguridad de las dosis) y trabajar contra la desconfianza en la inmunización.
En diálogo con Infobae, Marisa Aizenberg, directora académica del Observatorio de Salud de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires y coautora del trabajo, explicó: “El avance del dengue en América Latina presenta picos estacionales, pero su comportamiento, marcado por una urbanización desordenada, el cambio climático y el aumento de las temperaturas, exige un abordaje sostenido de vigilancia, prevención y planificación”.
Desde una perspectiva de derechos -aclaró Aizenberg- implica comprender que “el dengue no afecta a todas las personas por igual y su impacto suele ser mayor en contextos de vulnerabilidad, donde persisten desigualdades en el acceso al agua segura, al saneamiento y a servicios de salud oportunos y de calidad”.
Por eso, “la respuesta estatal debe superar las acciones de emergencia frente a brotes y traducirse en políticas públicas integrales y sostenidas, que garanticen prevención, acceso equitativo a vacunas, diagnóstico y tratamiento, desde una perspectiva de protección efectiva del derecho a la salud, especialmente de las poblaciones más expuestas”, resaltó.
El plan del Grupo de Trabajo, que recibió un subsidio sin restricciones de la empresa farmacéutica Takeda, divide las acciones contra el dengue en tres etapas. En los primeros dos años: fortalecer el diagnóstico, actualizar los protocolos médicos y mejorar la vigilancia epidemiológica.
Entre los años tres y cinco, sugieren escalar las nuevas tecnologías de control del mosquito y desarrollar modelos que anticipen brotes con datos climáticos.
A partir del año seis: convertir todo eso en políticas de Estado permanentes, con coordinación regional como base, porque el dengue, como el mosquito que lo transmite, no entiende de fronteras.
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Pro-Trump artist unleashes powerful message about American flag, touts massive Old Glory painting
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Patriotic artist Scott LoBaido is putting the finishing touches on what he calls the largest oil-on-canvas portrait ever of Old Glory at the Great American State Fair in D.C., but the outspoken Trump supporter says the message behind the massive American flag is completely apolitical.
LoBaido told Fox News Digital the American flag «does not belong to any particular party» as he painted the 9-by-17-foot flag at the Made in America Pavilion during the Great American State Fair in the nation’s capital, part of the broader celebration surrounding America’s 250th birthday.
The Staten Island artist said he believes the piece may be the largest oil-on-canvas American flag ever created.
«I am a political person, but that’s irrelevant from this,» LoBaido said. «This flag is for everybody.»
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Paintings by Scott LoBaido on display at the Great American State Fair. (Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The New York-based, pro-Trump artist told Fox News Digital that some on the left «run away from the flag because they think it’s a MAGA symbol,» but LoBaido argued that view misses the point of both the flag and his painting.
«This fair right now that we are at is the perfect example, because there are a lot of Democrats that are coming through here,» LoBaido said. «And they know me, and they know my politics. And we did not have any political conversation. We spoke about the flag, the art, the meaning of the flag … how special it is that we’re at this 250th birthday party anniversary.»
LoBaido also pushed back on those who protest the country by desecrating the flag, arguing that Old Glory is what protects their right to protest in the first place.
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«That American flag that men and women still die for is giving you the freedom to be whatever you want, and do whatever you want – protest whatever you want,» LoBaido added. «So that flag should always be up in the air.»
LoBaido told Fox News Digital that the size and live setting of the painting are what make the project different from his past work painting the American flag.
«I believe this is the largest American flag done with oils on canvas at the colossal canvas size of 9 feet by 17 feet,» he said. «So, right there is my biggest detailed oil painting of Old Glory.»
LoBaido added that there was no better place to create the piece publicly than at America’s 250th birthday celebration, calling the American flag itself «the greatest work of art.»
«Where better to unveil, create in public, live, this greatest work of art — not mine, but the American flag itself — at the birthday party of the greatest place in the universe, America, and its 250th birthday party?»
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LoBaido expects the final unveiling to be emotional, adding that he plans to put the finishing touches on the painting on Independence Day before it eventually finds a permanent home.
Preparation work for the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair continues on the National Mall on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. The fair will fill the mall with 150 exhibits from all 56 states and territories from June 25 to July 10. ((Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))
«I’m just going to put the final touches on it and I don’t know, maybe make an emotional statement, a little speech,» he said, adding that he has «a weakness for this country and the Star-Spangled Banner sung properly.»
LoBaido told Fox News Digital that he has already received interest in the painting, but he also floated one high-profile possibility of where it could wind up landing.
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«Would this not look great in the White House ballroom?» he said. «I think it would be the most beautiful painting with the gold frame on it. Who knows?»
The artist said Trump already owns several of his paintings, but joked that if the president wants this one, «he might have to open up his checkbook,» adding that he gives «a big portion» of his proceeds to charity.
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