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WATCH: CENTCOM chief unloads after Dem asks ‘how many more Americans’ must die in Iran war

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Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper sharply rebuked Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton during a tense House Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday after the Massachusetts Democrat questioned «how many more Americans» would die because of what he called a failed Iran strategy.
«It doesn’t seem to be going well,» Moulton, D-Mass., said of the Iran war. «And I would like to know how many more Americans we have to ask to die for this mistake.»
«I think it’s an entirely inappropriate statement from you, sir,» Cooper responded.
Moulton shot back: «It’s not a statement, it’s a question.»
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Fourteen U.S. service members have died in combat since the U.S. launched Operation Epic Fury Feb. 28.
«I think it’s an entirely inappropriate statement from you, sir,» Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper responded. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper sharply rebuked Rep. Seth Moulton during a tense House Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday after the Massachusetts Democrat questioned «how many more Americans» would die because of what he called a failed Iran strategy. (Win McNamee/Getty Images:Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Moulton, a Marine Corps Iraq War veteran and frequent critic of the Trump administration’s Iran strategy, pressed Cooper repeatedly on what he described as the widening consequences of the conflict, including instability in the Strait of Hormuz, rising oil prices and reports that Iran had rebuilt parts of its missile infrastructure.
Cooper pushed back on several of the claims, calling reports that Iran had reconstituted key missile sites «inaccurate» and repeatedly emphasizing that U.S. forces had achieved their assigned military objectives.
The hearing came just after Trump said he directed the military to pause planned operations against Iran for Tuesday at the request of Gulf allies who wanted negotiations with Tehran to continue. The U.S. has been adhering to a ceasefire since April 7.
Gulf leaders asked Trump to pause strikes because «serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all Countries in the Middle East, and beyond,» he wrote on Truth Social Monday.
«This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN!» he said.

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., a Marine Corps Iraq War veteran and frequent critic of the Trump administration’s Iran strategy, pressed Cooper repeatedly on what he described as the widening consequences of the conflict. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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The confrontation capped hours of contentious exchanges in which Democrats repeatedly pressed Cooper and Pentagon officials on whether the administration had a viable strategy beyond military strikes, whether ongoing operations complied with the War Powers Resolution and whether the conflict was making the United States less secure despite major battlefield gains against Iran.
Democrats also repeatedly challenged the administration over whether ongoing operations complied with the War Powers Resolution, arguing the continued blockade of Iranian ports and military exchanges in the Strait of Hormuz amounted to active hostilities.
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., pressed Cooper over continued military operations in the region, noting U.S. forces had fired on Iranian tankers and exchanged fire with Iranian forces even after the administration notified Congress that hostilities had ended.

The U.S. military has been enforcing a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, even during the ceasefire. (U.S. Central Command)
«The fact of the matter is that hostilities continue,» Garamendi said, accusing the administration of disregarding Congress and the Constitution.
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Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., similarly argued that the blockade itself constituted «an act of war,» while several Democrats questioned whether the administration planned to seek congressional authorization for any future escalation.
Republicans on the panel, meanwhile, defended the campaign as a historic military success that dramatically weakened Iran’s ability to threaten the United States and its allies.
Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said U.S. operations had «rolled back 40 years of Iranian military investment» and argued the campaign had made both the United States and its allies safer.
Cooper later testified that Iran was «significantly less capable» than before the strikes and said U.S. military action had «derailed Iran’s strategy» across its nuclear, missile and proxy networks.
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Thomas, Gorsuch target landmark ruling Trump says protects the ‘fake news’

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Two of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices criticized the majority’s decision not to take up attorney Alan Dershowitz’s defamation case against CNN, saying the high court missed an opportunity to revisit a controversial 1960s defamation precedent.
The dissent from the court’s conservative wing effectively called on the justices to revisit longstanding libel precedent, echoing President Donald Trump’s 2016 calls to loosen U.S. libel laws.
Dershowitz, who has represented famous figures like Trump, O.J. Simpson and Leona Helmsley, claimed CNN deceptively edited a snippet of his defense during Trump’s first impeachment trial about «quid pro quo[s]» to make it sound like he said the opposite of his fuller statements and used that clip to damage his reputation.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch — appointees of Presidents George H.W. Bush and Trump, respectively — criticized their colleagues for relying on the «actual malice» standard in evaluating whether CNN defamed Dershowitz, arguing the standard is not rooted in the Constitution and instead was created in the Supreme Court’s landmark 1964 decision in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan.
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«Predictably, Dershowitz did not prevail under that exacting standard, which this Court created in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. Dershowitz now asks this Court to overrule Sullivan and related precedents,» the conservatives wrote.
Dershowitz also reacted to the dissent in remarks to Fox News Digital, calling the majority’s standard «impossible» to overcome.
«All the judges agreed that CNN lied about me,» he said Monday.
«But the majority ruled, over dissents, that I had to prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence— an impossible standard that I believe will be overruled in years to come.»
The Sullivan case arose after a Montgomery, Alabama, commissioner sued the Times for libel over a full-page advertisement criticizing how the city treated civil rights protesters.
An Alabama jury awarded damages to L.B. Sullivan even though he was not mentioned by name in the ad. The Supreme Court later reversed the ruling, holding that a public official cannot prevail in a defamation case unless he proves the statement was made with «actual malice» — knowing it was false or acting with reckless disregard for the truth.
«The actual-malice standard for public figures bears no relation to the text, history, or structure of the Constitution,» Thomas and Gorsuch wrote Monday in Dershowitz’ case.
«Instead, the founding generation believed that, if anything, public figures had stronger claims for damages when they were defamed.»
As one historical example, Thomas and Gorsuch pointed to the Sedition Act of 1798, which imposed a far lower threshold for defamatory statements about public officials.
Then-Rep. Matthew Lyon, D-Vt., was prosecuted under the law for characterizing President John Adams as someone with «unbounded thirst for ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation and selfish avarice» during American tensions with France.
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President Thomas Jefferson allowed that law to expire in 1801 and pardoned many caught in its net.
More recently, Trump has called for loosening U.S. libel laws, echoing concerns similar to those expressed by Thomas and Gorsuch about the court’s defamation jurisprudence.
While running for president in 2016, Trump pledged to «open up our libel laws» if elected to pursue the ideological conglomerate he often labels «fake news.»
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Journalists who «write purposefully negative and horrible and false articles — we can sue them and win lots of money,» Trump said.
He has often singled out defendant CNN more than most – famously warring regularly with its then-White House correspondent, podcaster Jim Acosta.
During one 2017 incident, Acosta repeatedly interrupted Trump during a news conference, leading the president to demand he not «be rude.».» Trump informed Acosta that he would not be taking a question from him because «you are fake news.»
Supreme Court Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas wait to leave the stage after the inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/AFP via Getty Images)
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«We’re going to open up libel laws, and we’re going to have people sue you like you’ve never got sued before,» Trump said at the 2016 event, going on to further name-drop the Times and Washington Post.
The ruling, along with Trump’s own lawsuit against the Ted Turner-founded network over its use of the term «Big Lie» to describe his claims about the 2020 election, leaves open the possibility that the court could revisit Sullivan, though such a shift appears unlikely in the near term.
Fox News Digital reached out to CNN for comment on the dissent.
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Descubren cómo una proteína cerebral expande la enfermedad de Alzheimer de neurona a neurona

Científicos de los Estados Unidos descubrieron que una proteína cerebral llamada Arc transporta la Tau tóxica, la sustancia que destruye neuronas en Alzheimer, desde células enfermas a células sanas y acelera así el avance de la enfermedad.
El hallazgo, publicado en la revista Cell, puede cambiar la forma de entender cómo progresa el Alzheimer y abre una vía para frenarlo.
Ese trastorno es la forma más frecuente de demencia: destruye las neuronas del cerebro de manera progresiva y afecta la memoria, el lenguaje y la capacidad de realizar tareas cotidianas.
La proteína Tau, que en condiciones normales ayuda a mantener la estructura interna de las neuronas, se deforma en esta enfermedad, se vuelve tóxica y forma grumos que matan las células.
Se estima que más de 55 millones de personas viven con demencia en el mundo, según la organización Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI). Alzheimer representa cerca del 70% de esos casos.
Arc: el mensajero con un pasajero clandestino

Arc tiene una función normal y vital: empaqueta información dentro de pequeñas burbujas llamadas vesículas extracelulares —algo así como sobres microscópicos— y las envía de neurona en neurona. El problema surge cuando la Tau tóxica se cuela dentro de esos “sobres” y viaja con ellos hacia células que aún están sanas.
Mitali Tyagi, investigadora de la Universidad de Washington en St. Louis y primera autora del estudio, comparó las acumulaciones de Tau con “monstruos de pegamento” porque, “se pegan entre sí y bloquean el transporte dentro de la neurona”.
Pero también se fragmentan en piezas menores que migran a nuevas células y corrompen la Tau sana que encuentran allí.

El equipo comparó ratones con Alzheimer que tenían Arc con ratones que carecían de ella. En los segundos, las vesículas extracelulares contenían apenas rastros de Tau tóxica y ya no podían dañar neuronas sanas.
“Cuando eliminamos Arc, vimos que la transferencia de Tau se redujo de manera drástica. Casi desapareció”, afirmó la científica.

Arc presenta un dilema: aunque facilita el avance de la enfermedad, también protege a las neuronas enfermas en etapas tempranas al expulsar el exceso de Tau hacia afuera. Sin esa válvula de escape, las células enfermas mueren más rápido.
Eliminar Arc de raíz, entonces, no sería la solución. El equipo apunta a algo más preciso: interceptar las vesículas con Tau tóxica después de que salen de la neurona enferma, pero antes de que lleguen a una sana.
Esa ventana —entre la expulsión y la infección— es donde los investigadores ven la mayor oportunidad terapéutica.
Ahora se sabe que Arc cumple un papel doble: propaga la enfermedad pero también protege a las neuronas enfermas en etapas tempranas. El gran desafío es cómo diseñar una terapia que bloquee su efecto dañino sin eliminar su función protectora.
Desde los Estados Unidos, el doctor Jason Shepherd, profesor de neurobiología de la Universidad de Utah y autor principal del estudio, contestó a Infobae: “Creemos que la clave está en intervenir sobre el momento en que las neuronas vecinas absorben la Tau que viene dentro de las vesículas extracelulares. Si logramos bloquear esa absorción, las células enfermas seguirían expulsando su exceso de Tau —y así se protegerían— pero la Tau tóxica ya no podría entrar en las células sanas. Eso detendría la propagación sin eliminar el efecto protector de Arc».

Para pacientes con Alzheimer en etapa temprana, detener ese tráfico podría frenar el deterioro cognitivo futuro.
Una terapia de ese tipo no repararía el daño ya existente en el cerebro, pero podría evitar que la enfermedad avance hacia nuevas regiones. Para millones de pacientes en etapas iniciales, eso marcaría una diferencia real.
¿En qué plazo realista podría traducirse ese enfoque en un tratamiento para pacientes con Alzheimer en etapa temprana?, preguntó Infobae al doctor Shepherd. “Sí, esa es exactamente la idea. Todavía hay mucho por resolver y la mayor parte de este trabajo se realizó en ratones. El próximo paso es trabajar con células humanas y, a partir de ahí, avanzar hacia el desarrollo de fármacos. Ese camino llevará tiempo”, contestó.
El equipo también encontró vesículas con Arc y Tau en tejido cerebral humano, una pista de que el mecanismo podría operar de forma similar en personas.
Shepherd fue cauteloso al respecto: “La mayor parte del trabajo lo hemos hecho en ratones, no en humanos. Tenemos algunas pistas, pero aún no lo sabemos con certeza”.
En diálogo con Infobae, el doctor Ricardo Allegri, investigador del Conicet, jefe de neurología cognitiva de Fleni y director de la carrera de posgrado de Psicología con Orientación en Neurociencia de la Universidad Maimónides (UMAI), comentó sobre el nuevo estudio publicado en Cell.
“La hiperfosforilación de la proteína Tau desestabiliza los microtúbulos y lleva a la muerte neuronal. La patología Tau está directamente relacionada con la sintomatología del Alzheimer, a diferencia de la patología amiloide, que no lo está”, aclaró.
“Ya sabíamos que la Tau patológica se contagia de neurona a neurona siguiendo los circuitos funcionales neuronales. Pero no conocíamos cómo pasaba de una neurona a otra. El nuevo estudio aporta resultados en esa dirección”, resaltó.
“La proteína Arc interviene en la formación de las vesículas y en su volcado. Este hallazgo es sumamente importante porque, si podemos intervenir sobre este mecanismo, podríamos frenar el avance de la enfermedad y sus síntomas”, sostuvo el doctor Allegri.
El estudio contó con financiamiento de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH), la Asociación de Alzheimer y la Iniciativa Chan-Zuckerberg, entre otras organizaciones.

Detectar la enfermedad en sus primeras etapas es la mejor forma de actuar antes de que el daño se extienda. Las señales de alerta más frecuentes son la pérdida de memoria reciente, la dificultad para encontrar palabras, la desorientación en lugares conocidos y los cambios repentinos de humor o personalidad.
Ante esos síntomas, la recomendación de los especialistas es consultar a un médico clínico o neurólogo sin demora.
Un diagnóstico temprano permite iniciar tratamientos que, aunque no curan la enfermedad, pueden ralentizar su progresión y mejorar la calidad de vida del paciente y su entorno.
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