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Trump Administration Cuts Put Medical Progress at Risk, Researchers Say

Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. A planned $4 billion cut would leave colleges with large budget gaps.

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What we know about the Alaska commuter plane crash that killed all 10 people aboard

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down in the icy Bering Sea.

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Trump says he’s naming himself chairman of the Kennedy Center, will dictate programming

President Donald Trump says he is firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman.

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Three Israeli hostages exchanged for 183 Palestinian prisoners as Gaza ceasefire continues

Hamas-led militants released three gaunt, frail-looking Israeli hostages and Israel freed nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners Saturday in the latest exchange of a ceasefire agreement that has paused 16 months of war in Gaza.

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How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump – The New York Times

How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump  The New York Times

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Revisiting Trump and Taylor Swift’s Tense History as They Both Attend the Super Bowl

Super Bowl LIX sees the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles playing against one another for the ultimate trophy win. But those teams won’t be the only adversaries present at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome. President Donald Trump and musician Taylor

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Black Altadenans seek hope and resilience in the wake of the LA wildfires

Residents face the daunting prospect of rebuilding their homes in this once-thriving historically Black community. (Image credit: Jireh Deng for NPR)

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With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Millions

Shock and grief rippled through the health community as lifelines for care were abruptly severed.

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‘Poor negotiator’ Trump buried over ‘hare-brained scheme’ going nowhere

Over at the normally Donald Trump-supportive National Review, the president was on the receiving end of a blistering take-down from longtime conservative Andrew McCarthy for his “breast-beating” proposal to take over the Gaza Strip. As McCarthy explained, there is no

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