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President Trump speaks to journalists as he signs an executive order regarding Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20.

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  • Politics

With a new home for DOGE in the White House, here's what you need to know

The Department of Government Efficiency, a post-election promise brought to life by President Trump via executive order, looks different than its original proposal to broadly cut federal spending.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says faith-based, 12-step and farm- or camp-centered programs should be a major part of the U.S. addiction response. Here, he visits the First Baptist Church food pantry in New York City last year.

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  • National

RFK Jr. says he'll fix the overdose crisis. Critics say his plan is risky

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived heroin addiction and says that if confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, he'll build treatment "farms" to help people recover.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House last week.

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  • Politics

Trump signs an order restricting gender-affirming care for minors

President Trump signed an executive order seeking to end gender-affirming medical treatments for children and teenagers under the age of 19.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A lump of chewed up crinoid fragments from 66 million years ago is now at a museum in Denmark.

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  • Science

66 million years ago, a fish chewed up and spit out food. It's now a fossil in Denmark

The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which tells scientists about an organism's daily life.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • James Doubek
Charley Crockett at the Yaamava' Resort & Casino in San Bernardino.

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  • Music

Country singer Charley Crockett is 'afraid of getting fenced in'

Charley Crockett has come a long way from his days busking on the streets of New Orleans. Now, he performs at theaters in front of thousands of people. To cap it all off, he's up for his first Grammy.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Christopher Intagliata
High winds and dry vegetation set the stage for the explosive wildfires in Los Angeles. Scientists are finding that climate change fueled some of the extreme conditions.

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  • Climate

Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires

Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out how climate change played a role in the disaster.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
A policeman gestures as the belongings of Hindu devotees lie scattered after a stampede when Hindu devotees rushed to take a holy bath in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on "Mauni Amavasya" or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India on Wednesday.

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  • World

Several people are feared dead in a stampede at massive festival in India

Millions continued to throng the site even as police urged them to avoid the area. Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas.

January 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy speaks during a tour of the Osbourne Naval Shipyards and Australian Submarine Corporation facilities in Adelaide, South Australia, on March 22, 2024.

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  • Politics

Caroline Kennedy calls her cousin, RFK Jr., a 'predator' ahead of his confirmation hearings

In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
The EPA's acting director let go of members of two of the agency's influential advisory committees on Tuesday. In an email, James Payne said they could reapply for their positions.

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  • National

Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne sent an email to members of the agency's Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee informing them that both are being "reset."

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
This image made from a NASA live stream shows NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore during a press conference from the International Space Station on Sept. 13, 2024. On Tuesday, President Trump said he asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to "go get" the astronauts who have been on the I.S.S. since June after their original weeklong test flight on Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule has been extended.

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  • Space

Trump asks SpaceX to 'go get' two stranded ISS astronauts. They're not stranded

Two NASA astronauts flew to the International Space Station in June on Boeing's Starliner capsule. The test flight was planned for eight days but technical troubles forced the capsule to return empty.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Brendan Byrne
French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in front of the <em>Mona Lisa</em> by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre in Paris on Tuesday.

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  • World

The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room

French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic says Macron is aiming for another success after restoration of Notre Dame.

January 28, 2025
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Nick Spicer
Starbucks is trying to stem the loss of customers by simplifying its menu, reintroducing ceramic mugs and making other changes to be more like a local coffee house.

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  • Business

See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu

Starbucks is trying to fix falling sales by changing its vibe back to coffee-house roots. The new CEO says parts of the plan, like free non-dairy milk, are helping bring people back.

January 28, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
The front of the U.S. Agency of International Development headquarters in Washington, D.C.  The agency funds projects that aim to alleviate poverty and disease and serve humanitarian needs  around the world. A round of layoffs this week terminated nearly 400 contract employees.

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  • Global Health

Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order

All departments were affected, including offices that address HIV and AIDS, infectious disease and child health.

January 28, 2025
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
A clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, disperses anti-HIV medications. Its work has been supported by the U.S. PEPFAR program. The Trump administration has now put PEPFAR funding — and activities — on hold.

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  • Global Health

Trump's 'stop-work' order for PEPFAR cuts off anti-HIV drugs for patients

As a result of the new administration's actions, health centers funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, are closing their doors and no longer dispersing medication.

January 28, 2025
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber and
  • Fatma Tanis
The Pentagon seal in the Pentagon Briefing Room in Arlington, Virginia., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.

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  • Politics

Trump has issued a number of orders affecting the military. Here's what they do

President Trump signed a number of new executive orders Monday night aimed at the U.S. military. Here is a breakdown of what he signed.

January 28, 2025
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  • Tom Bowman
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