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nbcnews.com | Ben Kamisar |Kate Santaliz |Frank Thorp V
May 14, 2025, 6:34 PM EDTSen. Bill Cassidy helped clinch Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to lead the Department of Health and Human Services months ago after securing commitments from Kennedy to, among other things, avoid undercutting public faith in vaccinations. Now, the Louisiana Republican says the secretary has “lived up to” those promises — even as critics accuse Kennedy of trying to poison the well of faith in vaccines.
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1 day ago | 
nbcnews.com | Rebecca Shabad |Frank Thorp V |Ken Dilanian |Sahil Kapur
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he would announce a hold on all Trump Justice Department nominees as he seeks answers on the administration's plan to accept a luxury jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One.
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1 day ago | 
flipboard.com | Rebecca Shabad |Frank Thorp V
NowJamie Raskin’s Harsh Takedown of Trump’s Qatar Plane Scam Draws BloodAs Trump corruptly accepts a $400 million luxury jet as a gift from Qatar, Representative Jamie Raskin explains why this is an “outrageous abuse” of …4 hours agoWhy aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have? President Trump has been upending the global economy in the name of bringing manufacturing back. President Joe Biden signed into law massive investments aimed at doing something similar.
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1 day ago | 
nbcnews.com | Frank Thorp V |Rebecca Shabad |Peter Guo
Updated May 13, 2025, 3:23 AM EDTPresident Donald Trump has landed in Saudi Arabia on the first leg of his first major foreign trip of his second term. He next heads to Qatar and then the United Arab Emirates. The United States and China agreed to a 90-day pause on most of the tariffs they have imposed on each other since last month, a big step toward easing the trade war between the two countries.
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2 days ago | 
nbcnews.com | Peter Nicholas |Frank Thorp V |Scott Wong |Tom Winter
May 12, 2025, 7:42 PM EDTWASHINGTON — In Donald Trump’s vision, he’s set to usher in an American “golden age” in which the nation makes more of the world’s goods and sells more of its product.
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5 days ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Allan Smith |Sahil Kapur |Scott Wong |Frank Thorp V
In the run-up to the vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., knew her party had a problem — and its name was John Fetterman. Fetterman, the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, was open to confirming President Donald Trump’s embattled pick, according to two people familiar with his thinking. Murray wanted to speak with her colleague one-on-one. So she reached out to set up a time. But Fetterman refused, as the two people familiar with the episode told NBC News.
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5 days ago | 
nbcnews.com | Allan Smith |Sahil Kapur |Scott Wong |Frank Thorp V
In the run-up to the vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., knew her party had a problem — and its name was John Fetterman. Fetterman, the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, was open to confirming President Donald Trump’s embattled pick, according to two people familiar with his thinking. Murray wanted to speak with her colleague one-on-one. So she reached out to set up a time. But Fetterman refused, as the two people familiar with the episode told NBC News.
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6 days ago | 
nbcnews.com | Julie Tsirkin |Kate Santaliz |Brennan Leach |Frank Thorp V
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led Senate is expected to move forward with a vote Thursday on a bipartisan crypto regulation bill, but it’s unclear if enough Democrats will support it as negotiations between the two parties are ongoing. The Senate Banking Committee passed the GENIUS Act, which would create the first U.S. regulatory framework for issuers of stablecoins, digital tokens pegged to currencies like the dollar, in April, with five Democrats backing the legislation.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Frank Thorp V |Kate Santaliz |Ryan Nobles
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Tuesday dismissed concerns a former top staffer raised about his mental health as he managed depression and recovered from a stroke he suffered during his 2022 Senate campaign.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Ryan J. Reilly |Frank Thorp V |Kate Santaliz
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said he wouldn't support Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, likely blocking the path to confirmation for the “Stop the Steal” organizer who had closely aligned himself with Jan. 6 defendants. “I’ve indicated to the White House I wouldn’t support his nomination,” Tillis said Tuesday after meeting with Martin on Monday night.
