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In selecting a doctor who is skeptical of vaccine safety, the president-elect is emphasizing his commitment to reforming the role of federal health agencies in radical ways.
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The Senate majority leader is staying out of Republican turmoil over the more contentious picks for strategic reasons.
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The housing agency plays a central role in addressing the growing national affordability crisis.
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Hungary is the first ICC member state to openly flout the decision, with Prime Minister Viktor Orban inviting the Israeli leader to visit.
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The medical doctor has been a vocal critic of the agency, especially its vaccine program.
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The recommendation followed similar pushes from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald J. Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Russell Vought, who would lead the Office of Management and Budget, has spent years building plans to rework the American structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.
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On the final official day of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, it is still unclear if this year's United Nations climate summit will lead to an agreement before the end of the official conference or if talks will extend into the weekend. The COP29 presidency has released a draft text that calls for a $1.3 trillion in annual climate financing by 2035, but it only obligates rich countries to provide $250 billion of that total. Climate justice activists and members of civil society who held a protest at COP29 on Friday say that amount falls far short of what's needed, demanding "trillions, not billions." Democracy Now! was there.
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We continue our look at COP29's ongoing negotiations for an international climate finance agreement, which is still under contention as of Thursday morning due in large part to wealthy countries' refusal to commit to a proposed monetary target on the financing of developing nations' transition from fossil fuels. Countries that have already industrialized off the backs of fossil fuel exploitation have a "responsibility" to offset these "injustices," according to Indian climate activist Harjeet Singh. "Developed countries are trying to pose themselves as climate leaders … but back home they're expanding fossil fuels," says Singh. "The core of the issue remains finance. Unless money is put on the table, the transitioning away from fossil fuels is not going to be a reality in developing countries."
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