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Novo Nordisk cuts Wegovy prices, following Eli Lilly on Zepbound

The new monthly price of $499, down from $650, takes effect immediately.

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Yes, Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments – The White House

Yes, Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments  The White House Payton McNabb ‘heartbroken’ over Dems’ coldness at Trump speech to her story of injuries from trans athlete  Fox News Trump talks trans policies  POLITICO Trump says ‘transgender mice,’ internet says ‘wait, what?’,

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Fact-checking Trump’s 2025 address to Congress

President Donald Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut the federal workforce, reorganize the economy and reorient foreign policy in his first address to a joint session of Congress.

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Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to AP report

The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top level officials at the agency that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000.

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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to withhold $2bn in foreign aid – BBC.com

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to withhold $2bn in foreign aid  BBC.com Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen  CNN Supreme court rejects Trump request to continue freezing $2bn in foreign aid  The Guardian US SCOTUS rules on

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U.S. Rep. and former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner dies at 70

Turner had been in Washington on Tuesday and attended President Donald Trump’s address before Congress.

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How did ‘DEI’ become part of a larger political agenda — and a slur?

Georgetown professor Ella Washington and Harvard professor Frank Dobbin discuss the beneficiaries and misperceptions of DEI, and who will be hurt as it’s dismantled across public and private sectors.

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WATCH LIVE: White House holds news briefing following Trump’s first major address to Congress

Trump delivered an unyielding address Tuesday night to Congress and the nation. Democratic legislators registered their dissent with stone faces, placards calling out “lies,” and one legislator’s ejection.

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Trump administration signals possible exemptions for tariffs against Canada and Mexico

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said there might be carveouts coming to the 25 percent tariffs placed on Canada and Mexico by President Donald Trump, a softening of the U.S. position after Tuesday’s tax hike hurt the stock market, worried consumers

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