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The Olympics offer a fascinating window into the diets and workout routines of some of the world’s finest athletes, and it would be easy to feel inadequate in the face of these examples of the human body’s awesome potential.

But we shouldn’t think that way. In fact, a major new study should reframe how we think about physical activity and our health.

The big benefits are for people who are otherwise not active and start to do something. And, according to this remarkable new research, the threshold for seeing real health benefits is shockingly low. Forget too much exercise; there’s really no such thing as too little exercise. Every minute helps. A little movement can save your life.

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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department attempted to secure an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers for the crime of exercising their First Amendment rights.

Specifically, the Democrats — including Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin — released a video last fall in which they warned those serving in America’s military and intelligence agencies that “threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home.”

The lawmakers, all former soldiers or intelligence operatives themselves, reminded their counterparts that they “must refuse illegal orders.” They did not explicitly question the legality of any specific military operation.

In this administration, it seems, the Justice Department’s first loyalty is to the president’s whims rather than America’s laws. So, it was shocking but unsurprising that the US attorney’s office in Washington actually tried to indict the so-called seditious six this week.

Yet it was also remarkable that the DOJ failed.

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“They’re shooting moms in the face.”

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told Vox’s Astead Herndon that peaceful protesting is the “least” people can do as ICE maintains a presence in Chicago.

You can watch their full interview on Saturday, here on YouTube.

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Generally speaking, the athlete stories that come out of the Olympic Games are about the countless hours spent on the ice, on the slopes, and at the gym; the multitude of personal sacrifices made and the support systems that made it all possible; the training routines and nutrition regimens they’ve adhered to with endless discipline; and how all of that comes down to these special moments.

But the stories coming out of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics so far are…weird. Unhinged, even. There’s a chaotic energy that feels different from previous years. Sure, there are always funny viral moments, but when was the last time there was teammate-on-teammate credit card fraud, accusations of dick doping, or public admissions of adultery in the first few days?

We have to ask: What the hell is happening in Milan? Is there something (besides norovirus) in the water? Are the Games simply being influenced by Italy’s commedia dell’arte, and this crop of athletes is the bombastic exaggeration of our most human follies?

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The stress caused by ICE is taking its toll on kids.

School districts in Minneapolis have reported drops in attendance as high as 40 percent after surges in ICE activity, with smaller reported declines in places like Chicago and Los Angeles during immigration operations.

Even when they do come to school, “students are having a really hard time paying attention,” said Alejandra Vázquez Baur, co-founder of the National Newcomer Network, a coalition that works on behalf of immigrant students. “They’re afraid for themselves, or maybe they’re afraid for a parent or a sibling who could at any moment be picked up and they will never see them again.”

“Ignoring it doesn’t mean that the child is not experiencing it,” Vázquez Baur said. “This is not just an issue for immigrant families, it’s an issue for all families.”

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When Olympic ice dance pair Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron take to the ice on Wednesday, they’ll do so as the favorites for gold.

The French duo currently leads the pack with a score of 90.18, a slim margin over the Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and roughly 4 points ahead of Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. And Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron’s free dance, the concluding, longer skate of the multiday competition, is considered one of the sport’s best this season.

A victory would be a triumph for the relatively new pair, as ice dancing is often characterized as a sport where years-long partnerships tend to rule the podium. But all of Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron’s success also comes with a disclaimer, one that involves allegations of rape and accusations of emotional abuse and the silencing of a victim — a dark reflection of some of the worst things about this gorgeous sport.

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On one side is the religious right’s use of scripture and faith to justify and defend President Donald Trump’s agenda — and growing Christian nationalist sentiment. On the other side is the reshaping of the American Catholic Church under Pope Leo XIV.

Through new appointments, orders to his bishops to speak out about immigration, and public comments critiquing the direction of the US under Trump, the pope is setting up his bishops and priests to be evangelizers, to be vocal about human dignity, and to be a counterweight to the authoritarian and nationalist tendencies of the right.

While the church has long played a role in US politics, Pope Leo’s interventions, according to Christopher Hale, a Catholic writer and political activist who writes the Letters from Leo Substack, represent something new.

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You don’t have to speak Spanish to understand that Bad Bunny’s blockbuster Super Bowl halftime show was a powerful one: rooted in place, history, politics, and most importantly, joy.

But if you’re not intimately familiar with the oeuvre or the island, there are a lot of smaller details you might have missed — from all of the very Puerto Rican activities in the intro to Bad Bunny’s light blue Puerto Rican flag.

Izzie Ramirez — Vox’s biggest Bad Bunny enthusiast — collected some of the most striking details from his history-making performance: the first Super Bowl halftime show to be performed entirely in Spanish, building on Shakira and Jennifer Lopez’s joint performance in 2020.

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Bad Bunny is arriving at the peak of his popularity. He will perform Sunday at the Super Bowl halftime show, becoming the first solo male Latin American artist to headline, only one week after receiving the Grammy’s highest honor for his genre-defining album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos.

The Puerto Rican superstar is also developing a reputation for his outspoken politics.

While casual listeners may have first learned about the artist’s activism when he called out ICE onstage last week, Bad Bunny’s outspokenness is nothing new. And he’s been especially engaged with the archipelago’s unique politics.

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American figure skater Ilia Malinin lands the most difficult jumps. He breaks scoring records left and right. And when he skates his best, the only real question is who is getting second place.

The 21-year-old “quad god” has become a staggering, intimidating constant.

Malinin’s astonishing jumping ability and his vaunted quadruple axel make him the heavy favorite to take home gold at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Malinin is already changing the way we think about figure skating in the US and what is believed to be possible within the sport. If he wins, it would be a historic achievement.

And the one staggering thing to keep in mind watching Malinin in these Olympics? He could get even better.

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