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Kennedy's plans to ban dyes in cereals and fluoride in water could get major pushback from the food industry.

A Republican senator has blocked the promotion of a general who oversaw troops in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a Senate aide told NBC News.

The move by Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin follows threats from President-elect Donald Trump to fire senior officers and officials who oversaw the chaotic pullout from Afghanistan in 2021. It also comes as Trump’s transition team weighs possible court-martial proceedings against current and former officers involved in the withdrawal, as NBC News previously reported.

Army Lt. Gen...

After eight years in the Senate as a moderate Democrat, he took a leftward turn toward “new populism” in a failed 1976 shot at the presidency.

Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump choice to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a former NFL player who ran the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump’s first term.

Turner, 52, is the first Black person selected to be a member of the Republican's incoming cabinet.

Here are some things to know about Turner:

Turner grew up in a Dallas suburb, Richardson, and graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was a defensive back and spent nine seasons in the NFL beginning in 1995...

He was a populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent '60s.

Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94.

Harris' wife, Margaret Elliston, confirmed his death to The Associated Press. He had lived in New Mexico since 1976.

"Fred Harris passed peacefully early this morning of natural causes. He was 94. He was a wonderful and beloved man. His memory is a blessing," Elliston said in a text message.

Harris served eight years in the Senate, first winning in 1964 to fill a vacancy, and...

Nila Ibrahimi won the International Children's Peace Prize for her work giving Afghan girls a voice.

A deal is salvaged at the UN summit as poorer nations are promised record funding for climate action.

Abida Sultaan defied stereotypes around women in general and Muslim women in particular.

Brooke Rollins - head of a pro-Trump right-wing think tank - is his pick for agriculture secretary.

Gisèle Pelicot, 71, is the woman at the centre of this trial, but no-one has emerged unscathed in her family.

The US president-elect has emphasised the scale of his win – but data shows that most voters picked someone else.

The southern African state has been a shaken by a wave of protests and killings since disputed elections.

The promotion of a three-star general who was part of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has been paused by Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, three sources familiar with the move confirmed to CBS News Saturday.

Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue was slated to be promoted to a four-star rank and take command of the U.S. Army in Europe. However, he was not included in a batch of nearly 1,000 promotions that moved through the Senate Armed Services Committee this week despite receiving a Pentagon recommendation.

Mullin has put a hold on...

The new deal offers $300bn (about £240) a year to developing nations by 2035.