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Senate to vote on GOP health care bill that does not extend expiring Obamacare tax credits

By Morgan Rimmer, Alison Main, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican-led alternative to Democrats’ three-year extension of soon-to-expire enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits. Neither bill, however, is expected to get the 60 votes needed to advance. Republicans have accused Democrats of

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Trump admin is ‘trying to put out a fire they started’ at Weather Service as a cold, snowy winter looms

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The National Weather Service is working to hire back hundreds of positions laid off or otherwise cut by the Trump administration, but it’s progressing at a snail’s pace, with about 80 final job offers accepted for meteorologists, hydrologists and other specialized staff. The agency received permission in late July

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Judge says Ghislaine Maxwell court documents can be released as part of the push for information on Jeffrey Epstein

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal records from the investigation and criminal prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. The ruling from Judge Paul Engelmayer opens the door for the department to publicly release evidence it had gathered against Maxwell, an associate of

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Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of the

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Israeli army carries out a raid

Israeli police raid UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem and replace UN flag with Israeli flag, head of the agency says

By Tamar Michaelis, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli authorities raided the compound of UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, took down the UN flag, and raised Israel’s flag, UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X. Lazzarini said Israeli police, accompanied by Jerusalem municipal officials, “forcibly”

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Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for all countries and donors to "step up now" to eradicate polio.

$1.9 billion pledged in fight against polio. But huge gap remains after cuts from donor countries.

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion Monday in funding to advance polio eradication, but a large funding gap remains after high-income countries’ reductions in foreign aid. The funding gap for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative through 2029 now stands at $440 million, according to a

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Lindsey Halligan in the Oval Office

Bondi says judges are engaging in an ‘unconscionable campaign of bias’ against Lindsey Halligan

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi denounced federal judges in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday, saying that they had launched an “unconscionable campaign of bias and hostility” against Lindsey Halligan, who was recently stripped of her US attorney title. The statement from Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, posted on X,

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(L-R:) Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav; Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.

What is a hostile takeover bid?

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, moving directly to appeal to shareholders with an all-cash offer that it says represents better value than the $72 billion deal Netflix and WBD announced Friday. A hostile takeover occurs when a company makes

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