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Trump chooses TV’s Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Wall Street exec Lutnick for Commerce
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and AMANDA SEITZUpdated 4:50 PM CST, November 19, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans. Trump also selected Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department as he fills out his Cabinet.
“Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the World for every dollar we spend on Healthcare in our Great Country,” Trump said in a statement. “He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”
Oz, who ran a failed 2022 bid to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, has been an outspoken supporter of Trump and in recent days expressed support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for the nation’s top health agency, the Department of Health and Human Services.
As the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Oz would report to Kennedy. If confirmed by the Senate, Oz would be responsible for the programs — Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act — that more than half the country relies on for health insurance. Medicaid provides nearly-free health care coverage to millions of the poorest children and adults in the U.S. while Medicare gives older Americans and the disabled access to health insurance. ...
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Controversial nominees like Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth are stretching GOP senators' willingness to abide by the incoming president.
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Prosecutors oppose tossing Trump’s hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delay
New York prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss Trump’s hush money conviction, but say they are open to delaying sentencing until after his second term.
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Putin lowers the bar for using nuclear weapons in new warning over Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Ukraine had carried out its first strike on Russian territory using the U.S.-supplied long-range missiles known as ATACMS.
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House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for 1st transgender member
House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol once she’s sworn into office next year.
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Ukraine fires US-supplied longer-range missiles into Russia, Moscow says
Missiles targeted an ammunitions depot in Bryansk region, Moscow says, with Foreign Minister Lavrov saying the US wanted to escalate the conflict.
www.bbc.comUkraine fires several US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time
Ukraine didn’t immediately confirm the use of ATACMs in a strike on Russia’s Bryansk region.
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Rick Scott outlines consensus for 'dramatic change' to Senate operation in post-McConnell era
Sen. Rick Scott detailed a number of areas in which Republicans overwhelmingly want change ahead of the new Congress.
GOP senators divided on release of Gaetz ethics report as Trump pressures them to move quickly
As President-elect Donald Trump digs in on his pick of Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Republican senators are divided over how much information they will demand to move his confirmation — and how much to push back on Trump as he demands that they quickly rubber stamp his Cabinet once he takes offi
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Hacker stole documents from file server used in civil case connected to Gaetz: Sources
A hacker gained access to an online document-sharing file between attorneys involved in a civil lawsuit brought by a close friend of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, sources say.
Trump interviewing candidates for FBI chief, Vance says in later-deleted social media post
President-elect Donald Trump is interviewing candidates for the role of FBI director in the clearest indication yet that the incoming administration is looking to replace Christopher Wray in the position.
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New details emerge about Netanyahu aide accused of leaking Hamas documents to the press
Investigators discovered that a soldier had illegally removed Hamas documents from a military database and passed them to Eli Feldstein, prosecutors said.
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Russia claims it shot down US-made ATACMS missiles and issues nuclear threat
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Russia's new nuclear weapons doctrine means Ukraine's use of Western rockets "can prompt a nuclear response."
Trump sets records with pace of appointments, but that doesn't mean the transition is going smoothly
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The money has since been frozen, he said, noting that the...
Continue reading...In a video posted to X, Zeldin said $20 billion in U.S. tax dollars were "parked at an outside financial institution in a deliberate effort to limit government oversight, doling out your money through just eight pass-through, politically connected, unqualified, and in some cases brand-new NGOs."
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According to the AP’s projection...
Continue reading...The win in the reliably Democratic 40B state House District, in the northern suburbs of St. Paul, means that control of the chamber will be tied, with Democrats and Republicans each holding 67 seats — and that a power-sharing arrangement reached between the two parties in February is likely to continue.
According to the AP’s projection...
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"We’re here...
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"We’re here...
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“I now recognize the representative from Delaware, Mr. McBride.”
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