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Sen. Cassidy says "there's a deal to be had" on health care after failed Senate votes

Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, said "there's a deal to be had" on a plan to address health care costs after a pair of bills failed to secure enough support to advance in the Senate last week.

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Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group

President Trump's advisers are furious with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for starting an anti-abortion group to spur new action on the issue, which the White House views as a loser for Republicans in next year's midterms."Clearly, Senator Hawley and his political team learned nothing from the 2022 elect…

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Energy secretary predicts that electricity prices will stop rising 'very soon'

Energy Secretary Chris Wright expressed optimism that electricity prices will eventually come down. “Very soon, you'll see a stop of the rise of electricity prices. And with the continuation of [the Trump administration’s] policies of energy addition, you will see declines in electricity prices late…

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Re: NASA's Artemis Program Updates and Discussion Thread 6

Quote from: hektor on 12/14/2025 10:48 pmAnd this was perfectly fine, since until the very final months of the Obama administration, it was not permitted to consider a landing on the Moon as President Obama himself...

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Republicans pitch second, smaller partisan bill to address affordability

Some Republicans are hoping to pursue another partisan legislative package to boost the party ahead of the midterm elections, but President Trump and GOP leaders are signaling that nothing will come close to the scope of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Trump said last week that Republicans “don’t ne…

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Inside the Clintons’ Fight to Avoid Testifying in the House Epstein Inquiry

Bill and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly offered to provide sworn statements, but Representative James R. Comer has threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear.

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Transcript: Sen. Mark Warner on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Dec. 14, 2025

The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Lawmaker asks what happened to probe into for-profit dialysis industry

Two companies dominate U.S. dialysis services, and a CBS News review of federal data found one-third of dialysis clinics failed to meet federal standards this year.

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Face the Nation: Hassett, Cassidy, Machado

Missed the second half of the show? White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and more of Margaret Brennan's exclusive interview with Nobel Prize winner María Corina Machado.

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Hassett says Trump's voice "would have no weight" in interest rate decisions if he is Fed chair

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, who is on the shortlist of President Trump's picks to take over as Fed chair, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that Mr. Trump's voice "would have no weight" in interest rate decisions if he is chosen.

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House GOP unveils health care plan, with vote on track for next week

The Republican proposal does not include an extension to the expiring Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.

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Let Donald Trump see inside my phone? I’d rather be deported | Emma Beddington

The potential demand that visitors to the US hand over their social media records, or even their phones, opens up a world of embarrassmentAs someone with a child in the US, this new Trump threat to scrutinise tourists’ social media is concerning. Providing my user name would be OK – the authorities …

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California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration

A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former chief medical officer of the agency will advise the state on public health issues.

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Jan. 6 police hero becomes go-to witness for Democrats in Congress

Daniel Hodges, a D.C. metropolitan police officer, says he's trying to block the whitewashing of the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

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Ella Baron on Donald Trump following Putin’s lead this Christmas – cartoon

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Republican says ‘deal can be had’ on healthcare as subsidies set to expire

Senator Bill Cassidy urges collaboration between Democrats and his party after Senate rejected dual healthcare billsUS senator Bill Cassidy said on Sunday that “there’s a deal to be had” on tackling the rising cost of healthcare, suggesting he remained optimistic over bipartisan cooperation on the i…

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Hassett, on shortlist for Fed chair, says Trump's voice 'would have no weight' in decisions

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, who’s on the shortlist to chair the Federal Reserve, said President Trump would not get a say in interest rate decisions at the Fed if he were selected to lead the independent agency. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” the p…

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Sen. Banks: Congress will 'back up' Trump's next move in Syria

Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) vowed to support President Trump’s efforts to fight ISIS, a day after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed in Syria by a gunman allegedly tied to the terror group. “Donald Trump rooted out and took out the ISIS caliphate in his first term without starting ano…

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Can we compare Donald Trump’s health chief to Soviet science boss Trofim Lysenko?

Robert P Crease notes parallels between US and Soviet science
The post Can we compare Donald Trump’s health chief to Soviet science boss Trofim Lysenko? appeared first on Physics World.

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Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Dec. 14, 2025

On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado and Sen. Bill Cassidy join Margaret Brennan.