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The Trump campaign confirmed on Tuesday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was running as an independent until he suspended his campaign last week, and Tulsi Gabbard, a former progressive Democrat who backed Trump on Monday, have been named to his transition team. “As President Trump’s broad coalition of supporters and endorsers expands across partisan
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Jerusalem — The Israeli military said Tuesday that it has rescued one of the scores of people abducted in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, which ignited the ongoing war in Gaza. The military said Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued “in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip.” The Israeli military’s Army Radio network said Alkadi
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As the United Nations prepared to begin a polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip Tuesday, a U.N. humanitarian worker there said multiple evacuation orders by the Israeli military have been “completely disruptive to the humanitarian response on the ground.” “If the humanitarians are having to move themselves, they’re not able to work. Operations have
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A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions of dollars — only to abruptly back off amid an “uproar” from the industry, newly released court filings show. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the draft regulation in January 2014. The rule
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A Chicago countertop manufacturer failed to protect its workers from silica exposure, leaving a father and son in need of lung transplants, federal labor officials said. Florenza Marble & Granite exposed employees to silica levels up to six times greater than permissible, leaving a 31-year worker, his 59-year-old father and a co-worker with silicosis, an
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Historic Space-X launch postponed for at least 24 hours – CBS News Watch CBS News The launch of a Space-X rocket has been postponed for at least 24 hours due to a launch pad helium leak. The “Polaris Dawn” mission will carry out the first civilian spacewalk in U.S. history. The four astronauts will also
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New Delhi — Thousands of angry students and other protesters marched on the streets of eastern Indian city of Kolkata in the West Bengal state on Tuesday demanding justice for a doctor who was brutally raped and killed earlier this month at a city hospital. The police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters
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Drugmaker Eli Lilly said Tuesday it will sell single-use vials of its weight-loss drug Zepbound at a fraction of the price of its pens, amid skyrocketing demand among Americans for anti-obesity medications. In doing so, the company aims to expand its supply of the drug, and compete with digital health companies that sell compounded versions
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Texas AG accused by civil rights organization of targeting voter registration efforts – CBS News Watch CBS News The largest Latin American civil rights organization wants a federal investigation of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming his office authorized illegal searches at the homes of its volunteers in an attempt to target voter registration efforts.
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Judge blocks policy granting legal status to undocumented immigrants married to Americans – CBS News Watch CBS News A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked a major Biden administration immigration policy that could clear a path to citizenship for half a million undocumented immigrants. The order applies to a policy announced in June that would
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