Federal Agencies
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Bessent calls for former Treasury secretary Larry Summers to apologize for criticism of megabill
Summers criticized the legislation on Sunday in an interview with ABC News, where he compared the deaths from the recent flooding in Texas to what some estimates predict will result from the health care cuts in the bill.
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DOJ memo says Jeffrey Epstein had no client list, died by suicide, did not blackmail people
"This systematic review revealed no incriminating 'client list,'" the memo reads.
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Treasury Secretary Bessent pours cold water on Musk's new political party
"I believe that the boards of directors at his various companies wanted him to come back and run those companies, which he is better at than anyone," Bessent says
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CDC reports surge in norovirus outbreaks in some parts of US
Over the past few years, the maximum number of outbreaks during the first week of December is 65.
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State Department's 'censorship nerve center' shut down over the holidays
House Republicans went after the Global Engagement Center in the past after it was revealed that it had pressured social media companies to censor information about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Yellen predicts 'extraordinary measures' to avoid US defaulting on its loans will be needed Jan 14
“Treasury currently expects to reach the new limit between January 14 and January 23, at which time it will be necessary for Treasury to start taking extraordinary measures,” Yellen wrote in a letter to Congress.
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Kari Lake elaborates on plans if confirmed to lead Voice of America
"I just want to see fair coverage. I think that’s what he wants,” Lake stated.
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CDC can't substantiate COVID vaccine ingredient claims, FDA forced to turn over Pfizer data
New dashboard lets users search free-text fields from vaccine-injury data the CDC tried to hide. Louisiana ditches "one-size-fits-all paternalistic guidance" on vaccinations, urges doctor-patient decisionmaking.
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US homelessness increased 18% this year, compared to '23, amid challenges of housing, migrant crisis
The surge comes amid a slew of national challenges, including the end of COVID-19 pandemic-era protections, a border crisis that brought an unprecedented amount of illegal immigrants, and a national affordable housing shortage.
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Federal agencies spent millions of taxpayer money torturing cats, report alleges
Pentagon spent nearly $11 million on “Orwellian cat experiments” that have nothing to do with training the U.S. military or national defense, recent Senate report revealed.
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Census to use satellite imagery to count new home builds
The method entails running satellite images through "convolutional neural networks," or CNNs, to identify construction.
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Judge blocks Biden rule that allegedly muzzles doctors from reporting suspected child abuse
Reinterpretation of health privacy law on abortion, transgender treatments after Supreme Court ended federal abortion protection "likely" violates law, Trump nominee says, approving preliminary injunction.
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Vaccine advocates believe RFK Jr. will restore public trust in science agencies through open debate
University of Wisconsin, once a hub for federal funding of bird-flu transmission dynamics, denies former CDC director's claim that NIH "just awarded" it funding to "teach" bird flu to infect humans.