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Trump taps Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation's leading medical research agency.

Trump, in a statement Tuesday evening, said Bhattacharya, a 56-year-old physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, "to direct the Nation's Medical Research, and to make important discoveries that...
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Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Biden family business faces new tax charges

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Alexander Smirnov, the ex-FBI informant charged with allegedly lying about the Biden family's business dealings, faces a separate new indictment on tax-related charges.
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Trump names COVID lockdown critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as pick for NIH director

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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President-elect Donald Trump is nominating a close ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as the head of the National Institutes of Health.
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Trump Picks Stanford Physician Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head N.I.H.

  • News source: Sheryl Gay Stolberg
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As the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya would oversee the world’s premier medical research agency, with a $47 billion budget and 27 separate institutes and centers.
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Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

  • News source: Carla K. Johnson
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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation's leading medical research agency.

Trump, in a statement Tuesday evening, said Bhattacharya, a 56-year-old physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, "to direct the Nation’s Medical Research, and to make important discoveries that...
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After tariff threat, Trump selects Jamieson Greer as U.S. trade representative

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President-elect Donald Trump announced a slew of nominations Tuesday, including international trade attorney Jamieson Greer to be his U.S. trade representative, Kevin Hassett as director of the White House National Economic Council and Vince Haley as director of the Domestic Policy Council.

In announcing Greer's nomination, Trump said in a statement that Greer was instrumental in his first term in imposing tariffs on China and others and replacing the trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, "therefore making it much better for American Workers."...
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New White House rule would make weight loss drugs available for people on Medicare and Medicaid

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A New White House proposal would make Medicare and Medicaid cover GLP-1 weight loss drugs for people who are obese. The move would expand affordable access to the drugs to some 7.4 million people. Dr. Jon LaPook has more.
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Trump tariffs could hurt small business owners

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to place additional tariffs on goods imported from China, Mexico and Canada, the United States' three biggest trading partners. Some small business owners worry the move could hurt them. Kelly O'Grady reports.
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How the Israel, Hezbollah ceasefire came together

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Margaret Brennan explains how the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came together, and what role the Biden administration played.
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Feds arrest man who allegedly threatened to kill Trump, visited rally in August

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Federal authorities have arrested an Arizona man after he allegedly posted videos online in which he threatened to kill Donald Trump and brandished an AR 15-style rifle.
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Trump Taps Kevin Hassett to Lead National Economic Council

  • News source: Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Alan Rappeport
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Mr. Hassett defended Donald Trump’s tax cuts and trade policies in his first administration but has also acknowledged that tariffs can weaken economic growth.
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Trump Selects Jamieson Greer as Trade Representative

  • News source: Ana Swanson
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The lawyer Jamieson Greer is set to be the top U.S. trade negotiator, a crucial position given the president-elect’s threats to impose tariffs on imports from other countries.
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Families of Australians killed in Laos call for answers

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Eight people have been detained after a suspected methanol poisoning left six foreign tourists dead.
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Why India's latest Sun mission finding is crucial for the world

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Indian scientists have reported Aditya-L1's “first significant result”. What is it and why is it significant?
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Why India's latest Sun mission finding is crucial for the world

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Indian scientists have reported Aditya-L1's “first significant result”. What is it and why is it significant?
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