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Washington — Hampton Dellinger, the former head of the office that investigates whistleblower retaliation, has dropped his legal challenge to his firing by President Trump from his role as special counsel. Dellinger’s decision to end his legal fight comes hours after a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit cleared
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Gov. Gavin Newsom faces backlash over comments made on new podcast Gov. Gavin Newsom faces backlash over comments made on new podcast 00:54 California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of the most prominent Democratic party voices, said Thursday on his new podcast that it’s “deeply unfair” to allow transgender women to participate in women’s sports, marking
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Washington — President Trump is expected to issue an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start the process of dissolving the Education Department, sources tell CBS News, although the timing of such a move is unclear and Mr. Trump confirmed Thursday that he still wants to “bring the schools back to the states.” Sources
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Health care is so expensive that 31 million U.S. adults, or 12%, had to borrow a total of $74 billion last year to obtain medical care, new data shows. That includes people with health insurance, making such numbers even more troubling. Almost one-third of the more than 3,500 people surveyed by Gallup and West Health,
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The CIA chief confirmed Wednesday that the Trump administration had paused not only the flow of military hardware and financial support to Ukraine, but also vital intelligence gathering that has helped Kyiv anticipate and block incoming missile and drone attacks and effectively target Russia’s invading forces. The U.S. military’s European Command has also said shipments
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Amanda Nguyen, who transformed personal trauma into landmark legislation for sexual assault survivors, now has her sights set on making history among the stars as the first Vietnamese and Southeast Asian woman in space. Appearing on “CBS Mornings” on Thursday, Nguyen said she is not afraid about her upcoming Blue Origin flight. “I really think
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Astronomers believe that 14,000 undiscovered near-Earth objects like asteroids, large enough to cause damage, could be in space. Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth known as the so-called “city killer.” “This one got a lot of attention because it rose to a threat level that we just have not seen very
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European leaders hold emergency Ukraine talks European leaders hold emergency Ukraine talks 03:45 Sydney — New Zealand fired its top diplomat in London after he made a “deeply disappointing” remark questioning President Trump’s grasp of history, the foreign minister said Thursday. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Phil Goff questioned whether the U.S. president “really
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Worst drug crisis in U.S. history Fentanyl fuels worst drug crisis in U.S. history 05:18 Authorities in northern Mexico on Wednesday found about 70 pounds of fentanyl hidden inside boxes of sliced cactus, a quintessential Mexican food staple known as nopales. Mexican law enforcement said they seized some 275,000 pills of the lethal drug in
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Oslo — Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s chronic lung condition has worsened and her public duties may have to be adjusted on short notice in future, the palace said on Thursday. The 51-year-old wife of Crown Prince Haakon announced in October 2018 that she had been diagnosed with a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable
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