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The USS Massachusetts officially joined the US Navy fleet on Saturday following its commissioning ceremony, becoming the first submarine named after the Bay State.
This newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, capable of diving to depths greater than 800 feet (240 metres), was christened on 6 May 2023. Sheryl Sandberg, the former chief operating officer of Meta, served as the ship's sponsor.
It is the 25th Virginia-Class submarine co-produced by General Dynamics Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding, and the fifth US Navy vessel overall to be named after Massachusetts.
“To be able to take a ship from new construction and watch it be built together by the ship yard, train with our team and bring into Boston Harbor for the first time, it's very amazing,” said the sub's commanding officer, Mike Siedsma, a 21-year Navy veteran who has spent time on four different classes of submarines. “I looked at the history books. I don't think we've had a submarine in..
President Donald Trump cracked a joke about wanting to take a psychedelic for symptoms of anxiety and depression during a White House event touting the benefits of the drugs.
Joe Rogan, who has been fiercely critical of Trump’s war in Iran, was a special guest in the Oval Office Saturday morning to witness the president sign an executive order to “accelerate medical treatments for serious mental illness,” including psychedelic therapies, which Rogan advocates.
Trump touted the success of the psychedelic drug ibogaine—a Schedule I controlled substance—and cited a study in which he said participants experienced an “80 to 90 percent reduction in symptoms of depression and anxiety within one month.”
“Can I have some, please?” Trump quipped, prompting the room to erupt in laughter. “I’ll do whatever it takes…I don’t have time to be depressed. If you stay busy enough, maybe that’s what works too, that’s what I do.”
Rogan, who endorsed Trump for president in 2024, said the executive order cam..