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9 hours ago | 
politico.com | Alice Ollstein |Ben Leonard |Hailey Fuchs |Nicholas Wu |Daniel Desrochers |Mia McCarthy | +7 more
Democrats and Republicans clashed throughout the night over the bill's Medicaid provisions.
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16 hours ago | 
politico.com | Sophie Gardner |Carmen Paun
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1 day ago | 
yahoo.com | Carmen Paun |Adam Cancryn
Sen. Bill Cassidy has a big decision to make about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.When Kennedy makes his first public appearance before the Senate health committee Wednesday since his February confirmation, public health officials and advocates hope the GOP senator from Louisiana — a doctor — will again challenge Kennedy’s long-held view that vaccines cause autism, as he did during Kennedy’s confirmation hearings, and also question actions Kennedy has taken as secretary.
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1 day ago | 
politico.com | Carmen Paun |Adam Cancryn
“It’s probably going to be really disappointing for people who want fireworks,” said one of those people, adding that Cassidy and Kennedy often talk multiple times a week. Where Cassidy comes down will say a lot about how much scrutiny Kennedy’s vaccine policies are going to get on Capitol Hill. After his tough questions in January, Cassidy voted to confirm Kennedy, saying Kennedy had promised to uphold the current vaccine approval and monitoring system.
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1 day ago | 
politico.com | Carmen Paun
In a move that could dramatically reshape artificial intelligence oversight nationwide, Republicans have included in the budget reconciliation bill the House Energy and Commerce Committee unveiled late Sunday, POLITICO’s Mohar Chatterjee and Anthony Adragna report. The proposal is a concession to the tech industry and sets the stage for a fierce battle with state regulators and the Senate.
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5 days ago | 
politico.com | Carmen Paun
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates pledged Thursday to over two decades and then shutter his foundation — the world’s biggest global health philanthropy. But as big as that pledge is, Gates said he can’t alone respond to the world’s global health needs as the U.S., the U.K. and other wealthy countries withdraw amid financial constraints. Why it matters: The $200 billion comes down to $10 billion a year, slightly more annually than the $8.7 billion the Gates Foundation is spending this year.
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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Carmen Paun
BUCHAREST — George Simion, the hard-right leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians, is projected to win the first round of Romania’s presidential election, with more than 30 percent of the vote, according to three exit polls. It was not immediately clear which candidate would place second, with establishment figurehead Crin Antonescu and centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan battling to face Simion in the runoff.
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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Carmen Paun
A Russian hacker group attacked several Romanian government and presidential candidates’ websites on Sunday as the country votes for its next president, Romanian news outlet G4media reported. The attack, by the group known as DDOSIA/NoName057, hit the website of the Romanian Constitutional Court, the main government portal, the Romanian foreign ministry site and the websites of four presidential candidates.
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1 week ago | 
wiadomosci.onet.pl | Carmen Paun |Hanne COKELAERE |Max Griera
Pierwsza tura wyborów prezydenckich w Rumunii w listopadzie ubiegłego roku została unieważniona z powodu zarzutów o nielegalną kampanię wyborczą i ingerencję Rosji, które pomogły nacjonalistycznemu niezależnemu kandydatowi Calinowi Georgescu wygrać z zaskakującym wynikiem. Skrajna prawica w Rumunii walczy o władzę.
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1 week ago | 
politico.eu | Carmen Paun
The Trump administration has removed Romania from the list of countries whose citizens can travel to the U.S. without a visa. The decision was taken by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. State Department, the DHS said late Friday. “DHS decided that Romania’s designation should be rescinded in order to protect the integrity of the [visa waiver program] and to ensure border and immigration security,” the department said in a statement.
