Oz, Trump’s Medicare Nominee, Pledges to Divest Interests in Health Care Stocks
The celebrity doctor said he would divest from his interests in many drug, medical and insurance companies, worth millions of dollars.
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Dr. Oz: How His Millions Collide With Medicare
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USAID aid freeze triggers health care crisis in Africa
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Sununu urges Zelensky to 'be careful' not to anger Trump
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Warren presses Trump CFPB nominee if he'd refuse 'unlawful directives'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is pressing President Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) about his loyalty to the Trump administration and whether he would ...The Hill - 3h -
Senate Democrats press Trump's FTC commissioner nominee over agency independence
Multiple Senate Democrats on the Commerce, Science and Transportation on Tuesday pressed President Trump's Federal Trade Commissioner nominee, Mark Meador, over the independence of the agency amid ...The Hill - 2h -
Young traders don’t care if stocks and crypto are in a bubble. They could get a rude awakening.
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Apple boosts U.S. investment plans with $500 billion pledge amid Trump tariff threat
Apple on Monday reaffirmed a commitment to spend hundreds of billions on U.S. soil in the coming years amid pressure from President Donald Trump.NBC News - 1d -
Trump administration guts USAID humanitarian office, despite pledge to save its work
Dozens of officials in USAID's humanitarian aid bureau have received termination notices, despite prior assurances that its humanitarian services would be preserved.ABC News - 1d -
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
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Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations
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Trump 'doesn't care' what happens to Ukraine, former foreign minister claims as U.S.-Kyiv relations sour
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Macron pushes back on Trump claims at White House meet, warns him to 'be careful'
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No ‘golden age’ is coming. Trump’s tariffs will hit Americans with higher interest rates and more inflation.
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Trump’s Rift With Europe Adds Fuel to a Rally in Defense Stocks
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Stock Market Sees Biggest Declines of Trump’s Presidency So Far
Fueling a 1.7 percent decline on Friday was an unexpected drop in the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, as Americans worried about stubborn inflation.The New York Times - 4d -
Trump’s ‘DJT’ stock falls for seventh straight trading session
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.’s stock fell for its seventh trading session in a row, as worries about inflation and consumer strength continued to weigh on the broad market.MarketWatch - 6h -
LGBTQ health groups sue Trump over orders targeting diversity, transgender rights
Nine LGBTQ, health and HIV organizations sued the Trump administration Thursday over three executive orders targeting transgender people and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, which ...The Hill - 4d -
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Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long. But it is the one favored by critics.The New York Times - 9h -
UnitedHealth tumbles 9% on WSJ report the DOJ is investigating Medicare billing practices
The investigation centers on UnitedHealth's Medicare billing practices.CNBC - 4d -
UnitedHealth Medicare Advantage bombshell exposes $83 billion in government waste
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President Trump is losing the stock market war to the rest of the world so far. Here's where investors are taking advantage
Emerging market stocks, China and European stocks are beating U.S. indexes since the inauguration of Donald Trump.CNBC - 4d -
US companies left out of defence stock rally amid Trump’s Pentagon cuts
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Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’
Friedrich Merz says the Trump administration is ‘largely indifferent’ to Europe’s fateFinancial Times - 1d -
Can UK banks stay the course on their climate pledges?
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Fit for a pontiff: The Roman hospital caring for Pope Francis
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Nominee for Deputy Transportation Secretary Comes Under Fire for Handling of Boeing
In his previous stint in the Transportation Department, Steven Bradbury was accused of interfering with a Senate investigation into the crash of two Max jets that killed 346 people combined.The New York Times - 5d -
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Oscars 2025: best director nominees – reviews, interviews and chances for victory
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Agnès B: ‘I hate fashion. It’s not interesting.’
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