US states reject anti-vaccine bills as public health groups fight MAHA

By Leah Douglas

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Dozens of state anti-vaccine bills backed by "Make America Healthy Again" supporters have failed after public health groups won over Republican state lawmakers, marking a series of defeats for the backers of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The failures show a limit to the political power of the ‌MAHA coalition groups that had set out this year to pass laws against mandatory vaccinations in at least 10 states, hoping to capitalize on a rise in anti-vaccine sentiment ‌and their role in helping elect President Donald Trump.

Pro-vaccine groups and medical associations including American Families for Vaccines, the American Academy of Pediatrics and others lobbied in statehouses against bills seeking to end policies like school vaccine mandates, according ​to Reuters interviews with seven organizations.

Vaccine advocates used polling data and personal appeals to convince lawmakers in Republican-controlled states such as West Virginia, Louisiana and Florida that their constituents support vaccination and that the MAHA-backed bills posed a threat to public health.

"Even though this is an increasingly partisan space, Republicans across the board are not anti-vaccine and there are lawmakers that really just want sensible, transparent vaccine policy," said Dr. Erin Abramsohn, executive director of the Infectious Disease Prevention Network, which fought anti-vaccine bills in 10 states this year.

A February Reuters/Ipsos poll found that a bipartisan majority of Americans support school vaccination ‌requirements and think vaccines are safe for children.

Kennedy, a long-time anti-vaccine ⁠activist, has used his post to advance several actions against mandatory inoculations including removing some shots from the childhood immunization schedule.

The childhood vaccine schedule changes were put on hold as part of a lawsuit addressing the overhaul of vaccine policies under Kennedy, who has a history of making claims about ⁠vaccines contrary to scientific evidence.

The White House has directed Kennedy not to take further steps against vaccines ahead of the November midterm elections, when Republicans will defend a slim majority in Congress.

A Department of Health and Human Services official said the agency does not comment on legislation.

ANTI-VACCINE BILLS ON THE RISE

While anti-vaccine bills have been proposed before, more emerged this year due to the coordinated efforts of MAHA groups, the groups ​told ​Reuters.

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"In the past where you might have seen a couple of bills, now there's hundreds of anti-vaccine bills in ​the state legislatures," said Lecia Imbery, government affairs director of Vaccinate Your ‌Family. VYF names some vaccine makers as donors in its annual report, including Pfizer and Moderna.

Those states include Idaho, which saw six bills introduced; West Virginia, which saw nine; Tennessee, which saw eight; and South Dakota, which saw five - none of which passed, said Abramsohn.

Idaho last year passed a first-in-the-nation ban on vaccine mandates, but failed to advance further anti-vaccine legislation this session. Florida, too, discussed doing away with vaccine mandates but did not pass bills to do so during its legislative session.

To convince Republican lawmakers to oppose the bills, the pro-vaccine groups pointed to polling that showed constituents value vaccine mandates as a public health tool and said the elected officials could face political consequences if they supported anti-vaccine legislation.

"There's a lot of people running for office, so this ‌could potentially hurt them... in future elections if they were to vote against public health," said Elizabeth Faber, ​director of programs at the Iowa Public Health Association.

Iowa public lobbying records give a snapshot of the advocacy push. ​Faber said advocates there were monitoring 18 anti-vaccine bills, one of which would have ​removed vaccine requirements for primary and secondary school students.

Nearly three dozen organizations lobbied against the bill, including the Iowa Nurses Association, Iowa Academy of Family ‌Physicians, and the Iowa Association of School Boards, the records show. Just two ​groups, Iowans for Freedom and Inspired Life, lobbied ​for the bill. The records did not show how much money was spent on the lobbying effort.

BILLS 'NOT GOING AWAY'

Both public health and anti-vaccine advocates say they expect to see more debate over vaccine policy in statehouses.

Leah Wilson, founder of Stand for Health Freedom, which promoted what it calls "medical freedom" legislation such as anti-vaccine mandate bills in a dozen states ​this year, said she is encouraged by the momentum those bills ‌have seen, including hearings in five states.

"It's definitely an issue that's rising," Wilson said. "It's quite encouraging to see the civic engagement that we're seeing right now."

In Iowa, ​more legislators have joined caucuses to pursue anti-vaccine legislation, signaling more bills will be introduced down the road, said Iowa's Faber.

"We definitely know that this is not ​going away," she said.

(Reporting by Leah Douglas in Washington; Editing by Caroline Humer and Bill Berkrot)

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A new day at the Fed, but policy forecast cloudy for Warsh, Trump, US

By Howard Schneider

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - After eight years of friction with the White House, a global pandemic, and a fight with high inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve begins a new era with former governor Kevin Warsh soon to be sworn in as chair.

It will be a new era for President Donald Trump as well. He soon will ‌no longer have departing Fed Chair Jerome Powell as his favorite punching bag, although Powell will remain a Fed governor and will continue as central bank leader on a temporary basis ‌until Warsh is sworn in. Warsh, Trump's pick for Fed chair, presumably brings a fresh start in relations between the Oval Office and the central bank.

In 2016, Powell was only a few months into his first term when Trump began berating him, annoyed ​at the Fed's interest-rate hikes. Now, Trump wants rate cuts, and Warsh may also disappoint him due to the risk of higher inflation, and the hawkish outlook of other Fed officials.

Investors at this point see Warsh having to raise rates as soon as January.

Here's where things stand at the start of the Warsh Fed:

Trump promised prices would fall from the start of his presidency, but inflation indexes show that has not happened. Between the lingering impact of import tariffs, the spike in oil prices during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and continued strong investment and spending, Warsh takes over at a time when inflation is moving further above the Fed's 2% target. ‌Several Fed governors have expressed concern that price pressures are building.

The Powell years ⁠did see higher average inflation than his predecessors. But recently, a developing "disinflation," or slowing inflation pace, reversed course after the twin shocks of higher tariffs and rising energy costs.

UNEMPLOYMENT

Along with controlling inflation, the Fed's mission is to use policy to keep employment strong. Sometimes the two goals are in conflict. Rising prices may require ⁠the Fed to tighten policy and put job growth at risk, or high unemployment could call for lower rates which risks overheating the economy. The Fed is trying to determine if this is one of those moments of tension.

Yet so far, though inflation needs to come down, the unemployment rate has remained steady and, by historical standards, pretty low at 4.3%.

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Advocates of rate cuts have argued that the labor market is weaker than it seems with real risks of ​a ​fast rise in joblessness. But lately, policymakers have expressed more worry about rising prices.

THE BALANCE SHEET

The Fed's collection of ​assets and liabilities is a unique economic beast. It includes the country's holdings of ‌gold and accounts for all the physical U.S. dollars stacked in banks or stuffed in mattresses. Yet most of its current $6.7 trillion in assets and offsetting liabilities is in the form of U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities that serve a dual purpose.

The large balances in effect represent Fed cash pumped into the economy in exchange for Treasury or mortgage bonds. They were accumulated to help the U.S. economy weather crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. They are being retained as part of the Fed's toolkit to manage short-term interest rates.

Warsh is expected to explore various regulatory and policy changes to shrink the large balance sheet. That could lead to a protracted discussion with limited progress in the short run. Warsh has expressed confidence about his ability to engineer broad "regime change," and Fed watchers may view the balance sheet's size as one proxy for ‌his effectiveness.

Success will be influenced by things like how the U.S. Treasury's debt issuance schedule or international investors respond to ​any changes Warsh makes to bring the balance sheet down. Long-term interest rates on U.S. government debt, a factor in what ​consumers pay for home mortgages and other loans, have been rising already, and a smaller Fed ​balance sheet could add even more upward pressure.

INTEREST RATES: UP, DOWN OR SIDEWAYS?

The Fed has kept interest rates on hold since December, and policymakers generally think the ‌current policy rate of 3.5% to 3.75% is about right. It is considered still ​slightly "restrictive," meaning it puts downward pressure on inflation and ​curbs overall demand, but not so much so that it risks a sharp jump in joblessness. Policymakers also feel the current rate could be cut quickly if needed to a level that would keep the job market steady.

Some of Warsh's colleagues are already antsy about high inflation and want to use the Fed's policy statement to signal that rate hikes, not rate cuts, may ​be coming.

Such a decision would be an immediate challenge for Warsh, presenting ‌Trump with a hawkish turn in language at Warsh's very first meeting in June.

But the coming debate under the Fed's new leader will be a broad one that may take ​time to settle, covering things like the impact of artificial intelligence on the job market and productivity, and the ongoing evolution of a labor force constrained by an aging ​population and immigration levels that have plummeted under Trump.

(Reporting by Howard Schneider;Editing by Dan Burns and David Gregorio)

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert takes its final bow | The Excerpt

On the Monday, May 18, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast:Late‑night TV has long served as a shared end‑of‑day ritual, shaping political and cultural conversation. With “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” coming to an end, questions remain about the viability of traditional late-night TV. USA TODAY TV Critic Kelly Lawler joins The Excerpt to discuss what the show’s finale says about the future of late‑night television.

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Dana Taylor:

For decades, late night television has provided us with a shared end of the day ritual made up of monologues and jokes that shape our political conversations. Well, Stephen Colbert didn't invent late night TV, he sharpened it. Last July, when Colbert announced the end of the Late Show franchise on CBS, many wondered what happens when shows that function as cultural town squares begin to disappear?

Hello and welcome to USA TODAY's The Excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Monday, May 18th, 2026. Joining me to discuss rising production costs, shifts in viewing preferences, and the demise of one of the pillars of late night television is USA TODAY TV Critic Kelly Lawler. It's good to have you here, Kelly.

Kelly Lawler:

Thank you so much for having me.

Dana Taylor:

Kelly, this might seem like a strange question following his more than a decade as host of the Late Show, but who is Stephen Colbert?

Kelly Lawler:

Yeah, I mean, Stephen Colbert is one of the biggest names in American comedy. He got his start in improv along with a lot of other comedians in Gen X who are household names like Amy Poehler and a lot of people from SNL. And he first came to real national attention as a correspondent on The Daily Show when Jon Stewart was the host full-time in the early 2000's. And he had a character and that character was very influenced by the politics of the time by the George W. Bush era Republican Party. And that character was named Stephen Colbert, but it wasn't the man himself. And he was so popular satirizing the conservative right at the time that he was eventually given his own show on Comedy Central, The Colbert Report, not Report. And that was followed Jon Stewart. The two kind of marched together in this heyday of Comedy Central late night television.

When David Letterman decided in 2015 that he was going to retire from the Late Show, CBS picked Colbert, who was already in the CBS family, Comedy Central and CBS have been owned by the same parent company for a long time. And he's been reinvented on the Late Show as Stephen Colbert the person instead of Stephen Colbert, the character.

Dana Taylor:

As I mentioned, this is about more than the end of Stephen Colbert's run as host of the show. Can you briefly touch on the highlights of the iconic Late Night Show, moments that help define it like David Letterman's top 10 list, for example, and then how Colbert also helped shape that legacy.

Kelly Lawler:

Yeah. The Late Show was created for David Letterman. In the early 1990's, Johnny Carson, who had hosted The Tonight Show on NBC, really the foundational program for this kind of genre of television and he was retiring. And David Letterman had been at NBC for a long time hosting Late Night, which aired after the Tonight Show and had made a name for himself doing this kind of wacky experimental comedy that worked really well at that hour of the night. And when Carson retired, NBC picked Jay Leno to host The Tonight Show, which massively offended David Letterman. There was a very well publicized fight. There has been books written about it. There was an HBO TV movie about it.

But what ended up happening is that Letterman went to CBS. They created the Late Show for him and he competed with Leno at the time slot and he won for a while, but over the course of their competing years in late night, the Tonight Show still kind of won out. But Letterman's Late Show was a lot different than Late Night. It was much more mainstream. His most famous bits were the top 10 list, as you mentioned, which he did pretty much every night of top 10 something that was relevant to the news or something happening in pop culture at the time. Stupid pet tricks was one of his biggest sketches, which is exactly what it sounds like and he made it work in a way that was not so stupid.

Some of the biggest moments in his career, people think of Drew Barrymore jumping up on his desk when she was in the early part of her adult career. They think of Joaquin Phoenix doing that very strange interview with the beard and the sunglasses when he was doing the publicity stunt for his movie, I'm Still Here. And you think of how that influenced Letterman's career, otherwise he hosted the Oscars because of the success of that show and he handed it off to Colbert and Letterman was a very Hollywood guy. He came up through that LA style of comedy and he was really concerned with actors, actresses and the way that show business was going.

Colbert's comedy was political. He came from Comedy Central's The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. And even though he was no longer pretending to be a right-wing conservative pundit, he was political and that's the brand that CBS hired when they hired him. And so he took the Late Show and he made it more political. His monologues were more of the monologue was taken up by politics than in Letterman's era. More of the bits are about politics. And Colbert, the direction of his show was really shaped by where politics were going.

Donald Trumpwas elected in 2016 for the first time and all of late night comedy was shifted into commenting on him every single night, but it didn't really stop during the intervening Biden administration. So Colbert gets called out as political all the time, but it is what CBS bought and paid for when they hired him.

Dana Taylor:

Kelly, we'll get to the money in a moment, but first political commentary has long been a part of late night television. The timing of the cancellation came shortly after Colbert criticized Paramount for settling a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump. How clear is it what role, if any, that criticism played in the decision to cancel a legacy show?

Kelly Lawler:

Paramount in their official statements has denied that there was any consideration for politics as to the reason they canceled the program. None of us can know who weren't in the room. I will say that the context around his cancellation wasn't just the fact that he had criticized Paramount's settlement with Donald Trump at the time. Paramount was in the middle of trying to get a merger approved by the Trump administration with Skydance Entertainment. That merger has since gone through and not only were they trying to get the merger approved, Skydance is headed by David Ellison, who is the son of Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle and a major Trump donor.

So when you're talking about the politics, there's much more than any one thing Colbert could have said about his parent company or about Donald Trump. People involved in making the decisions for the future of CBS have their own political affiliations. And again, we're not in the room. I can't tell you exactly why, but I can tell you that all of this is swirling around as the show is nearing its end.

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Dana Taylor:

You've written about our deep and meaningful history when it comes to political comedy, satire and commentary. Can you speak to the role of political comedy in American society?

Kelly Lawler:

I think political comedy is foundational to American society. We think of Benjamin Franklin's join or die political cartoon as something serious, but political cartoons are a comedic part of American tradition. And there's Mark Twain. There's Johnny Carson himself in the mid-20th century and Bob Hope, who we think of as gentle, warm entertainers, but who had a lot of sharp things to say about the politics of the time. They're just not our politics. So we forget those joke of the days when the days are so many decades in the past.

I think political comedy isn't going anywhere. Colbert may leave CBS at 11:35, but he has a big career ahead of him. His peers have found new and old life. Jon Stewart is back hosting The Daily Show once a week. John Oliver has a show on HBO has a very different business model and a very different model for the show.

I think we're at definitely an inflection and evolution point. I think what happens over the next year or so will kind of determine the overall direction of this important pillar of entertainment and politics.

Dana Taylor:

Now to the economics of late night talk shows. Paramount was losing reported $40 million a year. They said the reason for the cancellation was quote purely financials. Anyone seriously arguing now that money wasn't a major or even the decisive factor here?

Kelly Lawler:

I mean, lots of television shows lose money all the time is really the big deal. Yes, it's probably been losing money. The longer a TV show of any kind, late night, episodic, or prime time, daytime. The longer they go on, the more expensive they get because the talent is able to negotiate higher salaries in their contracts. Everyone quotes the famous statistic that in the final season of Friends, the cast of six was making a million dollars per episode and that was in '90s money. And so yes, Colbert's salary goes up. Everyone who works with him, their salary goes up, the writers, the producers. Everything gets more expensive the longer it goes on.

The Tonight Show has been going on with Jimmy Fallon for a little more than Colbert's tenure. Late night with Seth Meyers has been going on for that long. There are other cost-cutting measures that can be made. One thing is dropping Friday nights, one thing is dropping a band. So I would argue that it cannot possibly be a purely economic decision because economics is more complicated than green lighting or canceling a show in our current media landscape. Late night ratings are going down. YouTube, TikTok are all peeling away viewers who want that kind of news of the day commentary, but I don't think we can argue that the genre is completely unviable in our current day and age because they aren't all falling like dominoes. Jimmy Kimmel has survived a major scandal and his show is still on the air.

Dana Taylor:

Well, you mentioned Kimmel. You also mentioned Fallon, both still on the air hosting late night comedy shows. But if a top rated show like the Late Show can't sustain itself financially, are we seeing clear evidence of a broader structural collapse of the traditional late night model?

Kelly Lawler:

I mean, it's totally possible. It's easier to cancel a second show after our first show's been canceled. Hollywood is very influenced by peer pressure. And also if NBC has been wanting to cancel The Tonight Show, for instance, it's easier to say, "Well, look, they canceled Late Show over at CBS. It's just not a viable genre anymore." I don't think that's what's happening. We haven't seen signs from the executives talking to the press. We haven't heard rumors or inklings of more cancellations on the way right now. In the next five years, I wouldn't be surprised if late night was replaced with something else, but I also wouldn't be surprised if it was still going and I wouldn't be surprised if CBS changed its mind and hired someone else to do something similar but not the same as Late Show.

Dana Taylor:

Kelly, has Colbert publicly discussed what comes next for him?

Kelly Lawler:

No, and I think that's the number one question he's going to get from friends, family, any reporters he ever talks to until he does announce something. I think he has a lot of options. If I were a Hollywood executive anywhere that wasn't Paramount, I would be talking to him. I would be offering him loads and loads of cash to come where I am because he's only going to get more popular after he leaves. CBS is a platform, but personalities are what builds brands in Hollywood right now. And there's social media, yes, which is eating into late night audience, but it allows Colbert's fans to follow him wherever he goes and that will be valuable to someone.

Dana Taylor:

Kelly Lawler is a TV critic for USA TODAY. Thank you so much for sharing your insights here, Kelly.

Kelly Lawler:

Thank you for having me.

Dana Taylor:

Thanks for listening. I'm Dana Taylor. What story would you like to hear next? You can tell us at podcasts@usatoday.com.

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Andy Grammer and Wife Aijia Announce They're Expecting Baby No. 3 with Hilarious Music Video: 'Miss Barfy Barf'

Andy Grammer and wife Aijia announced their third pregnancy with funny music video featuring Aijia rapping about her struggles with pregnancy nausea and sickness

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• The couple, married since 2012, are already parents to daughters Louie, 8, and Izzy, 6

• Aijia previously experienced hyperemesis gravidarum during pregnancy and used a Zofran pump to manage severe nausea and sickness

Andy Grammerand his wife Aijia are expecting baby number three — and it’s another girl!

The couple, who tied the knot in July 2012, announced the news onInstagramon Sunday, May 17, via a hilarious music video.

The video, shot byDr. Clips, begins with Aijia, 39, showing off her bare bump as she sits on a bed holding aZofran pump(used to treat severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy) as it makes a repetitive sound.

“Did I just break this Zofran pump?” Aijia asks. “Wait … Andy!” she continues as the tune begins playing again.

“What?” musician Grammer, 42, says as he appears in shot.

‘We should sample this!” adds singer Aijia.

“Let’s do it,” Andy continues as he holds a mic up to the pump to record the sound.

“Everything smells like rotten chicken, got a lot of clothes but nothing fittin’ / Got a lot to do but I just stay sittin’,” Aijia raps.

Aijia then details her pregnancy sickness as she pretends to vomit into a toilet and photos of her in the hospital during her previous pregnancies flash up on the screen.

“Miss Barfy Barf, yeah you know me / Sick again, yeah three for three," Aijia raps, before sharing that she was adamant she would be done at two children.

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“I swore I wasn’t gon’ do it, last time would be the last time,” Aijia sings while lying on the couple’s piano as her husband plays. “I didn’t wanna go through it, knocked up is not a fun vibe / I’m sat sick here on the couch now, yeah I think I hate all men, but for a little girl, here we go again!”

As the camera zoomed in on Aijia’s bare bump, the camera then switched to the couple being joined by their two children, who were wearing animal masks, as the family jumped up and down on a couch while Grammer held a series of sonograms.

“Here we go again!” the family chanted together.

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“We were trying to make music and accidentally made another girl! 😁💗,” the couple captioned the joint Instagram post. “🎥@drclips#BabyAnnouncement#BabyGirlGrammer#comingsoon.”

“Omg!!! This is incredible ! Congrats 🎉🎊🍾,” wrote Derek Hough in the comments section, while his wife Hayley Erbert Hough added, “This is the best announcement ever!! So excited for you guys!! 💛💛.”

Grammar and Aijia are already parents to daughtersLouisiana “Louie” K, 8, andIsrael “Izzy” Blue, 6.

Aijiawelcomed Izzy via a home birthin 2020, while Louie was born via cesarean section in 2017.

During her second pregnancy, Grammar revealed to PEOPLE that she was suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum — a pregnancy complication that causes severe nausea — and shared that she was once again using a Zofran pump.

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Jennifer Lopez Wears Nothing but a White Bra Under Her Plunging Blazer With a Bold Feathered Skirt

Jennifer Lopez continued her exposed lingerie style streak in photos shared on May 15.

The Gist

• The "On the Floor" singer wore nothing but a white bra under her plunging blazer.

• Lopez paired the office siren look with a whimsical feathered skirt.

Jennifer Lopezis channeling herinner office sirenas she continues topromote her new rom-comOffice Romanceopposite Brett Goldstein. Over the last few days, the multi-hyphenate has been serving up a steady drip of lingerie-meets-CEO looks in her own version of method dressing—and on May 15, Lopez kept her streak going while pairing a peekaboo bra moment with a whimsical skirt.

In photos posted by Backgrid on Instagram, Lopez could be seen wearing nothing but a whitebra under her boxy taupe blazer jacket, mimicking a sartorial pairing she sported just a few days earlier. The “On the Floor” singer, who was photographed leaving a meeting at Netflix’s headquarters in New York City, buttoned up her double-breasted jacket and rolled up the sleeves to her elbows. A glimpse of her white bra could be seen peeping through the front of her plunging neckline.

Unlike on May 13, when Lopez wore her black bra and open blazer with a pair of low-rise sweatpants, she went whimsical with a white midi-length skirt that was completely covered in feathers. Pulling her caramel-highlighted brown hair back into a low bun, Lopez accessorized with a pair of white-rimmed rectangular sunglasses, pointed-toe cognac brown sling-back stilettos, and a tiny dark brown crocodile leather clutch.

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The mom-of-two added some major sparkle to her look by adding a pair of diamond drop earrings and covering her fingers in statement cocktail rings. A matte berry-colored lipstick finished off her subtly NSFW look.

Lopez’s latest appearance comes after she opened up about her “chemistry” with co-star Goldstein. While speaking withPeopleat the 2026 Netflix Upfront, the star—who went topless under aplunging blush pink Victorian-style blazer—revealed, “We had great chemistry to begin with. It just grew as we did the film together.”

Lopez also said she experienced a different side of Goldstein behind the scenes compared to the gruff Roy Kent he played inTed Lasso. “I thought he was going to be more like the character, but he was so soft-spoken and sweet and totally different,” she gushed. “I expected more of a rough guy, but you get this kind, gentle but also very smart person that is so charming. That was a surprise, I think.”

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Hailey Bieber Shows off Her Curves & More in Stringy Bikini for Rhode

Hailey Bieber turned up the heat in a new Rhode campaign while giving fans another glimpse of her effortless summer style, flaunting her curves in a stringy bikini. The model posed in a series of sun-soaked photos and showcased bronzed glam while teasing what appeared to be an upcoming Rhode launch.

Hailey Bieber flaunts her curves in barely there stringy bikini for Rhode

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For the latest shoot,Hailey Bieberslipped into a barely there chocolate-brown stringy bikini that highlighted her sun-kissed glow and minimalist style. The tiny two-piece featured delicate tie details and a classic triangle silhouette. She layered it with a matching cropped cover-up for an elevated beach-inspired look.

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In several photos, the Rhode founder posed poolside and held products from the brand while embracing a warm, bronzed beauty aesthetic. She kept her hair loose in soft waves. She opted for natural glam that allowed her glowing skin to remain the main focus.

Bieber captioned the post simply with, “Warming up.” Fans immediately flooded the comments section, with one commenter writing, “The GLOW and BRONZE insane.” Another said, “Hailey we need the drop now.”

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Nicki Minaj says 'many celebrities feel the way I do' about Trump

Nicki Minajwants to make Hollywood great again – or at least, a little more honest.

The Grammy-nominated rapper, 43, opened up about her support ofPresident Donald Trumpin an interview withTime magazinepublished Wednesday, May 13.

Minaj has found herself in the political spotlight in recent months due to her vocal allyship with the president. In January, Minajattended the Trump Accounts Summit, touting herself as "probably the president's No. 1 fan." That same month, she attended a screening of first ladyMelania Trump's documentary,"Melania,"at the newly renamedTrump-Kennedy Center.

"Many celebrities feel the way I do, but they don't say it," Minaj told Time. "Sometimes, you just need one brave person to get the brunt of the impact. I think I am the catalyst for that change."

She added: "Hopefully, when they see me and hear me speak and feel my energy, that will make them say, 'You know what: Who am I afraid of? What am I afraid of?'"

Minaj, who paid a visit to Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in South Florida for the interview, praised the president for his charisma: "It's the same way Marilyn Monroe represents a vibe.Donald Trumpis his own vibe."

The "Super Freaky Girl" emcee said she's been a longtime supporter of Trump but held off on voicing her political beliefs because of possible backlash from her music industry peers.

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Nicki Minaj speaks out:Rapper says 'bullying' of Trump propelled her into politics

"I felt that way already about him, just that I didn't dare act like that publicly," Minaj said. "It's been ingrained in everyone's brain in the music business that we are supposed to be a Democratic family. I just knew they would not like me supporting Trump."

Minaj also cited her disappointment with Trump's predecessor,former President Barack Obama, and his friendship with Minaj's hip-hop rival,Jay-Z, as a motivator for her Trump support.

"I think Jay-Z ended up costing Obama a lot, whether he knows it or not," Minaj said. "Lots of rappers don't like Jay-Z and were afraid to say it."

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In her personal life, Minaj said the support she received from the Republican Party after a series of alleged swatting incidents at herLos Angeles homehelped change her perspective on her political advocacy. Florida congresswomanAnna Paulina Lunareportedly reached out to Minaj and connected her with federal law-enforcement officials and a private security firm she uses.

"I'd never seen anyone in politics treat me that way," Minaj said. "That's what made me say that I don't care to keep this a secret anymore."

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