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Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, Jan 7th, 2020

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Leaders condemn videos of emaciated hostages as Red Cross calls for access

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hamas said it would allow Red Cross access if humanitarian aid corridors were opened into Gaza.
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Manhunt intensifies for Montana bar shooting suspect as four victims named

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Police say the suspect was "a regular" at the bar where he opened fire, and that a bartender and three patrons were among the victims.
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Ukraine officials held in military drone corruption probe

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The arrests come just two days after Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies had their independence restored.
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Dems negotiated for release of billions in exchange for batch of Trump nominees, sources say

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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In a whirlwind of negotiations over three days, Democrats asked for multiple billions in government funds to be released in exchange for a vote on a batch of nominees President Trump wanted confirmed before lawmakers left for their August break, sources told CBS News.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was negotiating with GOP leadership for $5 billion for the National Institutes of Health, $1 billion for the Global Fund, $300 million for the World Food Program, $50 million to fight HIV in developing countries, about $140 million for the United...
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Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP's redistricting plan

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts.

Republicans unveiled the new maps earlier this week as part of a mid-decade redistricting in an attempt to protect the GOP's razor-thin U.S. House majority. President Trump said in July that he believes Republicans could win five more seats in Texas with different districts.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott included redistricting to be addressed in a special...
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Tariff rates are "pretty much set," Greer says

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said in an interview that aired Sunday that tariff rates are "pretty much set" on more than 60 trading partners after President Trump's executive order last week.

"So these, these tariff rates are pretty much set," Greer said in an interview Friday with "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. "I expect I do have my phone blowing up. There are trade ministers who, who want to talk more and see how they can work in a different way with the United States, but I think that we have, we're seeing truly the...
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Senate drives off for recess, leaving Trump’s 150+ stalled confirmations in its wake

  • News source: FOX News
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As lawmakers depart Washington for a month-long recess, more than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees remain in limbo, awaiting Senate confirmation or further action amid stalled proceedings and deepening partisan gridlock.

Key positions across Trump's administration remain unfilled, with the judiciary and diplomatic posts bearing the brunt of the backlog.

THUNE VOWS TO 'GRIND DOWN' DEMOCRATS AS TRUMP'S NOMINEES FACE 'UNPRECEDENTED' SENATE OBSTRUCTION

Former National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is still awaiting Senate confirmation for his...
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Ex-DOJ attorneys are running for office — some to fight Trump policies

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Ryan Crosswell's campaign for a U.S. House seat features the hallmarks of many traditional political operations.

His website shows him in shirtsleeves talking about his military service and growing up in a coal town. His campaign video features images of the nearby Pennsylvania community of Pottsville, festooned in red, white and blue bunting. His campaign advisers circulate copies of a political advocacy group's endorsement. Crosswell talks about knocking on doors and meeting voters, one of whom Crosswell said is "struggling and may need to sell...
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Dr. Oz says applications for $50 billion rural hospital fund will go out in September

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said Sunday that applications for a fund for rural hospitals will go out in "early September" in the wake of Medicaid cuts in President Trump's signature piece of legislation passed by Congress last month.

"We're putting $50 billion. The president wants this, the Congress wants this," Oz said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

Mr. Trump signed the so-called "big, beautiful bill" into law last month, which included a number of his second-term priorities from...
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Canadian trade minister "encouraged by the conversations" despite U.S. raising tariff

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Sunday that "we're prepared to stick around and do the work needed" despite having left Washington without a new trade deal amid increased tariffs from President Trump.

"We believe there's a great deal of common ground between the United States and Canada in terms of building two strong economies that work well together," LeBlanc said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

The White House announced last week that duties would jump from 25% to 35% on Canadian goods not covered under the...
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Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 3. 2025

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On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:

Click here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

MARGARET BRENNAN: I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington.

And this week on Face the Nation: new economic jitters, as turbulence over tariffs intensifies and President Trump fires the person who delivered Friday's week jobs report.

(Begin VT)

QUESTION: Mr. President.

QUESTION: Mr. President.

(End VT)

MARGARET BRENNAN: President Trump didn't like Friday's employment...
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8/3: Face the Nation

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," President Trump’s top trade negotiator, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, joins to discuss as the U.S. has imposed strict tariffs on key trading partners. Meanwhile, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, explains what’s ahead for Americans after the passage of Mr. Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
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Dr. Oz touts investment in Medicaid: 'I'm trying to save this beautiful program'

  • News source: FOX News
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz says the Trump administration plans to invest more than $200 billion "more dollars" into Medicaid following the passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill."

"I'm trying to save this beautiful program, this noble effort, to help folks, giving them a hand up," Oz told CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday.

"And as you probably gather, if Medicaid isn't able to take care of the people for whom it was designed, the young children, the dawn of their life, those who are twilight of...
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Face the Nation Page 2: LeBlanc, Oz, Lujan Grisham

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Missed the second half of the show? Canada's U.S. trade minister Dominic LeBlanc, CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham join Margaret Brennan.
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Transcript: Dr. Mehmet Oz on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Aug. 3, 2025

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The following is the transcript of an interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 3, 2025.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Change is coming for the country's Medicaid system as part of the enactment of the Big, Beautiful Bill. To help us understand what's ahead, we turn now to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz. Good morning. Welcome to Face The Nation.

DR. MEHMET OZ: Thank you.

MARGARET BRENNAN: You've got a...
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