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Asked Tuesday if the US would consider strikes on Venezuelan soil against the Maduro regime, Secretary of State Marco Rubio didn’t count out the possibility. “This is a counter-drug operation,” Rubio said. “We are going to take on drug cartels wherever they are, wherever they are operating against the interests of the US.” Rubio added…
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The question about causation
But the study’s authors cautioned that the finding did not mean that acetaminophen was causing autism: The women who took acetaminophen during pregnancy may also have differed in important ways from the women who did not. “We cannot answer the question about causation — that is very important to clarify,” said Dr. Diddier Prada, an…
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Named a loyalist to run the department
When last month’s jobs report showed unexpected weakness in the labor market, President Trump fired the head of the agency that produces the data and named a loyalist to run the department that produces those numbers. Is the Jobs Data Still Reliable? Yes, at Least for Now. (New York Times)
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For contradicting that it was rigged
He has dismantled broad swaths of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, because its mission of defending against foreign and domestic cyberattacks included securing election systems. He even ordered the Justice Department to investigate the agency’s chief during the 2020 elections, for his declaration that it was one…
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Go wild
But in the seven months since he was sworn in, Mr. Kennedy has delivered a lukewarm endorsement of the measles vaccine; dismantled a panel of experts who make vaccine recommendations to the government; taken steps that will effectively restrict access to Covid-19 vaccines; canceled $500 million of grants and contracts for the development of mRNA…
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Operation Excalibur
The general testified at length, for example, about a mission, code-named Operation Excalibur, in which federal immigration agents on foot and on horseback marched through MacArthur Park, a Los Angeles landmark in a neighborhood now largely home to immigrant families with low incomes. General Sherman said that he had objected when the administration initially wanted…
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Cashing in from the crypto phase
“What it amounts to is crypto-friendly legislation coming from the president of the United States. Who is in turn, cashing in from the crypto phase. Personally, his family,” Varney said. “Conflict of interest. They say no, but that’s how it appears,” Simonetti responded. Varney then appeared to say “That sounds true” right after. ‘Eye-Popping Number’:…
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The White House did not immediately explain
The president on Tuesday repeated his claim — contradicted by a declassified U.S. intelligence assessment — that Tren de Aragua is operating under Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s control. The White House did not immediately explain how the military determined that those aboard the vessel were Tren de Aragua members. Trump says US strike on vessel in Caribbean…