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Time of India
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reveals Trump's guilty pleasures at hilarious kids-only briefing
Credit: X It was 'Take Your Child to Work Day' at the White House, and the briefing room turned into a scene straight out of a comedy special — only the reporters were all under 12 and weren't holding back. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fielded question after question from tiny but fearless attendees, kids of administration staffers and journalists, in a session that was anything but ordinary. 'How much candy does he eat a day?' one kid asked without flinching, referring to President Donald Trump. 'A good amount of candy,' Leavitt replied, laughing. 'He likes pink Starbursts and Tootsie Rolls.' Another pint-sized reporter was laser-focused on fast food: 'What's his favorite order at McDonald's?' 'He loves McDonald's hamburgers and French fries. Who doesn't?' Leavitt said, then clarified, 'President Trump loves a lot of different foods. I think his favorite is probably steak.' That famous steak — always well-done and slathered with ketchup — has followed Trump through the headlines since 2016, earning everything from side-eyes to full-blown culinary outrage. The seats in the briefing room were about half-filled with kids, ranging from infants to middle schoolers, with proud parents watching from the aisles. Even Leavitt's own 10-month-old son, Niko, was there for the ride. And the kids weren't done. One bold boy asked the question that could make even seasoned journalists sweat: 'Who's the president's favorite kid?' And without skipping a beat, he followed up with, 'Which news outlet do you like the least?' 'Depends on the day,' Leavitt said to both, smiling. Another asked, 'How many people has President Trump fired?' Leavitt replied, 'There was one individual who did leave their job,' likely referencing former national security adviser Mike Waltz, who was recently nominated by Trump to serve as UN ambassador — a move insiders said was a creative way of pushing him out. Then came the softer side of Trump. 'Does the president like to give hugs?' one child asked. 'I've seen President Trump give many hugs,' Leavitt responded. 'He's hugged the first lady, Melania, and lots of others.' And his favorite ice cream? 'A chocolate sundae,' Leavitt confirmed. Turns out, kids really do say the darndest things — especially when they've got a mic and a seat in the White House briefing room.
The Independent
20-05-2025
- Health
- The Independent
The McDonald's meal migraine-sufferers swear cures them ‘immediately'
Chronic migraine sufferers are lovin' it. A TikTok video claiming that a large Coke and fries from McDonald's is the be-all end-all solution to migraines has taken off online – with hundreds of people confirming the salty and sweet combo 'immediately' cures their worst headaches. 'Trying McDonald's chips and a Diet Coke because I've had a headache for 48 hours and TikTok said it would help,' TikTok user @MillyHancockk wrote alongside her now-viral clip. In the caption, she added: 'Can confirm it works' along with a laughing crying emoji. The TikToker, whose clip has been viewed nearly 4 million times, drew in hordes of commentators, many of whom came to confirm the hack works for them as well. 'I work in neurology and our headache specialist literally recommends this to patients,' one person commented. 'I know it's just the salt and caffeine but every time I have a migraine or even one coming on I get a coke and a fry and it's immediately cured,' another commentator added. Another explained: 'So basically Coke & fries help headaches because caffeine tightens blood vessels, sugar boost blood glucose, and salty carbs rebalance electrolytes.' Others offered slight alterations to the hack. 'As a diet coke lover and migraine sufferer, diet won't do it you need the regular coke,' one said, 'Whoever told you Diet Coke was playing, it's gotta be a full fat and salty chips. Works everytime,' another added. Dubbed the 'McMigraine meal' by some social media users, the much-loved combo is proven by experts to be effective in relieving migraine pain for some, Verywell Health reported. 'We know the caffeine can help migraines in the short-term therapy of them. So it isn't too surprising that the caffeine in Coca-Cola itself is helpful," David Walker, MD, a headache and facial pain specialist at Rush University Medical Center told Verywell. The carbonation of a Coca-Cola soda may also help settle the stomach for people who experience nausea when suffering from migraines, Walker added. While the hack works for some, experts warn that caffeine can also trigger migraine. Equally, the salt content in McDonald's fries could impact some migraine sufferers, Walker warned. "It's great that this helps certain individuals. I don't think it should be generalized because on the flip side of things, fried foods can trigger migraines," Walker said.
The Independent
19-05-2025
- Health
- The Independent
McDonald's fans say this meal combination ‘immediately' cures migraines
Chronic migraine sufferers are lovin' it. A TikTok video claiming that a large Coke and fries from McDonald's is the be-all end-all solution to migraines has taken off online – with hundreds of people confirming the salty and sweet combo 'immediately' cures their worst headaches. 'Trying McDonald's chips and a Diet Coke because I've had a headache for 48 hours and TikTok said it would help,' TikTok user @MillyHancockk wrote alongside her now-viral clip. In the caption, she added: 'Can confirm it works' along with a laughing crying emoji. The TikToker, whose clip has been viewed nearly 4 million times, drew in hordes of commentators, many of whom came to confirm the hack works for them as well. 'I work in neurology and our headache specialist literally recommends this to patients,' one person commented. 'I know it's just the salt and caffeine but every time I have a migraine or even one coming on I get a coke and a fry and it's immediately cured,' another commentator added. Another explained: 'So basically Coke & fries help headaches because caffeine tightens blood vessels, sugar boost blood glucose, and salty carbs rebalance electrolytes.' Others offered slight alterations to the hack. 'As a diet coke lover and migraine sufferer, diet won't do it you need the regular coke,' one said, 'Whoever told you Diet Coke was playing, it's gotta be a full fat and salty chips. Works everytime,' another added. Dubbed the 'McMigraine meal' by some social media users, the much-loved combo is proven by experts to be effective in relieving migraine pain for some, Verywell Health reported. 'We know the caffeine can help migraines in the short-term therapy of them. So it isn't too surprising that the caffeine in Coca-Cola itself is helpful," David Walker, MD, a headache and facial pain specialist at Rush University Medical Center told Verywell. The carbonation of a Coca-Cola soda may also help settle the stomach for people who experience nausea when suffering from migraines, Walker added. While the hack works for some, experts warn that caffeine can also trigger migraines for some. And while McDonald's fries may help provide electrolytes, the salt content could also be a trigger for some migraine sufferers, Walker warned. "It's great that this helps certain individuals. I don't think it should be generalized because on the flip side of things, fried foods can trigger migraines," Walker said.
New York Times
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
When Food Is Only a Portion of the Story
Every story has a food angle, Kim Severson likes to say. This thinking allows Ms. Severson, who covers the country's food culture for The New York Times, to write about themes and topics that are larger than the portions on our plates. With that lens in mind, she reported that our pandemic-era isolation was driving America's renewed love for the drive-through. After attending an organic farming conference in Georgia, she wrote about a farm's history of slavery. Last week, The Times published an article by Ms. Severson about a dispute between a vegetarian restaurant in New York City and a small farm in the Texas Hill Country that shared the same name: Dirt Candy. Inside a trademark fight between the Cutler family, who own the farm, and Amanda Cohen, who runs the restaurant, Ms. Severson found threads of what she calls 'America's crisis of mistrust,' the country's reordered political spectrum and the developing ideology around organic food. In an interview with Times Insider, Ms. Severson discussed the article, her role at The Times and the rapidly evolving culture surrounding food in the United States. The following conversation has been edited and condensed. Your job is to examine food. How does your profession influence your eating habits? I see eating as part of my work. Any time I have a chance to eat something that I haven't tried before, I do that. If I come across something at a farmers' market, or maybe I'm out in the country and somebody is making a dish I haven't seen before, I'll ask how they make it. Sometimes in the grocery store, if I see a person with something interesting in their cart, I stop them and ask how they're going to use it. I understand and appreciate the artistry that goes into a four-star restaurant, but day to day, I'm with my teenager. We enjoy McDonald's French fries. I cook dinner regularly. I review cookbooks and I test recipes. It's all one big information stream. When in your career did you come up with the philosophy that food could be a window into larger social issues? I started writing about food when I was a reporter at The Anchorage Daily News in Alaska. I was the restaurant critic there. Food allowed me to get out on the Iditarod Trail, and to find out how people get groceries to the bush. Then I went to The San Francisco Chronicle, and the idea was to cover news around food. San Francisco is a great food town, and I had good editors who believed that you could tell any story through food. That really cemented it for me. In your most recent article, you wrote that a dispute between a restaurant in New York and a farm in Texas was 'rooted in America's current crisis of mistrust.' When in your reporting did you recognize the opportunity to write about something bigger? I was in Texas and met the Cutlers around the time when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was getting closer to being approved for Trump's cabinet. Kennedy, and many of who we used to consider 'hippie farmers,' are all about farm-to-table and clean food — as are some of the very best restaurateurs. It's like a Venn diagram that you never would have imagined, with R.F.K. Jr. and Alice Waters in the same section. When I talked to the Cutlers, they were part of the Make America Healthy Again world. They weren't necessarily supportive of Trump, but they certainly had a suspicion of government, of medical studies, of Covid. The Cutlers and Amanda Cohen both believe in small farms and in not using pesticides, and how important the Earth is for our health. But they were completely on opposite sides. I think that's where we are now. Everything's scrambled, and you can't categorize people as 'left' or 'right' anymore. But there is this distrust for the government, for one another, for the political process. That's what really came through. You mentioned Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again movement. He was recently approved by the Senate to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Are you gearing up to report on his campaign to change America's health and eating habits? Along with my colleagues at the Well and Science sections, I'm going to dig into a lot of this. I imagine that he's going to push against big agriculture a little more than anyone from the president's cabinet has before. Will Make America Healthy Again mean we're going to have more organic farming and more local food? At the same time, he's against more traditional science and health theories. It's going to be really interesting. You previously covered the South for the National desk. How have Atlanta and the South's food culture influenced your work? I knew nothing about Southern food until I moved here. I had some broad thoughts about it, like Southern cooking and where soul food and agriculture fits into that. Now I talk about the American South as being sort of the Italy of America, in that each little region is so different from the next. It's very agriculture-based here, with a lot of vegetable-based food, but how you make your collards in Mississippi could not be more different from how you would make them in Appalachia. There are a lot of old, old food ways here. The story of race in America began in the South. From the kitchens where Black hands made the food came traditions that exist today. There are many stories to learn about food here.
