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Get the latest news on President Donald Trump's return to the White House and the Republican-led Congress.
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A large tax cut, as well as more money for defense and immigration enforcement, would be financed by slashing health, nutrition, education and clean energy programs.
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The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that deploying and operating just the space-based interceptors could cost $542 billion over the next two decades.
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Billy Long's effort to promote the credit, along with his advocacy of a fraud-ridden pandemic-era tax break, was scrutinized during his Senate confirmation hearing.
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The Texas Republican is leading the conservative revolt against what his party calls its "big, beautiful bill." Whether he will dig in or relent could determine the measure's fate.
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A historic settlement is being hailed as a landmark victory for hundreds of women who survived abuse by Dr. Robert Hadden, a former Columbia University gynecologist. For over two decades, Columbia ignored his patients who spoke out, undermined prosecutors and shielded the sexual predator. "The university knew all the way back into the '90s about what he was doing and how he was mistreating patients, but did nothing but lie, cover it up and expose more unsuspecting patients to a known serial predator," says Anthony T. DiPietro, an attorney representing survivors in the case against Hadden.
One survivor, Eva Santos Veloz, visited Dr. Hadden at age 18. "This was my first birth," says Veloz. "During my labor, he sexually assaulted me multiple times, not just once."
On Tuesday, lawyers representing the women announced Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian agreed to pay $750 million after the former doctor abused the women under the guise of medical examinations. Legal payouts now top more than $1 billion, following earlier settlements. "The settlement is huge," says Laurie Maldonado, another survivor and plaintiff in lawsuits against Hadden. "It was just a huge win for all of survivors, including Hadden survivors, but all of survivors."
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As the Trump administration goes after universities, law firms and more, some argue that the free press will eventually become a target. Trump's attacks on the press have already begun, with the president filing a number of baseless lawsuits against organizations like ABC and CBS, including a $20 billion lawsuit against CBS over how the network edited an interview with Kamala Harris last year on 60 Minutes. The White House has also banned the Associated Press from covering some presidential events over its refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. "I didn't want to be an activist, but when it's a battle for facts, journalism is activism," warns Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, whose new site Rappler faced attacks from former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. We also speak with The American Prospect editor Robert Kuttner, who has a new piece headlined "Is the Press Next?"
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