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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. The canceled federal conference on climate change and health problem is back on but apparently minus the federal government. Former Vice President Al Gore, the University of Washington, the Harvard Global Health Institute and the American Public Health Association are resurrecting a climate change and health conference set for next month that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had planned then canceled in December. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) (AP)

RFK Jr. has made health work dangerous

Blaise Malley
Crossing the border has been a hotspot for ICE, and many people have been caught up in their broad net without due process, including a Washington resident and her son. (ANDREJ IVANOV / Getty Images)

Canadians aren't coming to America

Garrett Owen
Tables and chairs in empty restaurant (Mint Images / Getty Images )

D.C. diners vanish after Trump takeover

Joy Saha
Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin. (Photo by Jay Janner/Getty Images)

Texas House passes Trump-approved maps

Alex Galbraith
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Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a keynote speech during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 26, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

RFK: They're great, jeans

Alex Galbraith
Vice President JD Vance speaks to the press following a tour of the multiagency Federal Joint Operations Center at the Wilshire Federal Building on June 20, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

DC residents call Vance "couch f**ker"

Garrett Owen
Woman takes out fresh organic vegetables (Getty Images/Maria Korneeva)

Americans’ faith in food safety plummets

Francesca Giangiulio
Democratic Texas Rep. Mihaela Plesa tears her Department of Public Safety escort form during a news conference outside of the House chamber in the State Capitol on August 19, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas Democrats reject police escorts

Garrett Owen
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Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

House will release redacted Epstein docs

Alex Galbraith
A robot using artificial intelligence is displayed at a stand during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, on May 30, 2024. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Is "clanker" a slur?

Alex Galbraith
California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a news conference in Downey, California, on July 16, 2025. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Gavin Newsom’s Trump act riles Fox host

Blaise Malley
Sydney Sweeney has been the face of many recent beauty ads. Her latest campaign brings controversy over who gets to be the face to define beauty. (Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images)

Sweeney bombs after jeans controversy

Alex Galbraith
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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump jokes about cancelling election

Alex Galbraith
A Newsmax microphone is seen during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Newsmax settles Dominion defamation suit

Garrett Owen
Mail-in ballots are seen at the Los Angeles County Registrar vote by mail operation center in City of Industry, California, on November 4, 2022, for the midterm elections on November 8. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump vows to "get rid" of mail-in votes

Garrett Owen
British legendary actor Terrance Stamp dies at age 87. His career spanned six decades and made him iconic for fans as the villainous General Zod in Superman and Superman II and Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. (JIMI CELESTE / Patrick McMullan / Getty Images)

Terence Stamp, Superman’s Zod, dies

CK Smith
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LA Mayor Karen Bass and other Black mayors push back against President Donald Trump's claims that their cities are now "lawless." These cities are actually seeing major decreases in violent crime this year. (MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty Images)

Black Mayors vs Trump’s “lawless” claims

CK Smith
Pope Leo XIV hosts the homeless and poor for a mass and lunch. He attributes his faith as something to be lived out not just talked about. (Galazka / Vatican Pool-Corbis / Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIV shares table of compassion

CK Smith
A view of a military cemetery amid Russia-Ukraine war in Dnipro, Ukraine on February 25, 2023. (Adri Salido/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Witkoff: US troops in Ukraine possible

Alex Galbraith
Bill Maher visits The Megyn Kelly Show at the SiriusXM Studios on May 20, 2024 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Maher roasts ICE recruitment campaign

Alex Galbraith
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David Byrne visits SiriusXM Studios on July 09, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Byrne: Heads reunion a "fool's errand"

Alex Galbraith
Crossing the border has been a hotspot for ICE, and many people have been caught up in their broad net without due process, including a Washington resident and her son. (ANDREJ IVANOV / Getty Images)

Mother, son freed after ICE detention

CK Smith
Air Canada passengers face long delays and cancellations while the cabin crew strikes. This is causing over 130,000 passengers to find new flights in, out and around Canada. (ANDREJ IVANOV / Getty Images)

Crew strike halts Air Canada flights

CK Smith
Contestants from the hit extreme weight loss reality TV show (2004-2016) celebrate their weight loss by running a half-marathon. But a new documentary gives a behind the scenes look that all might not be as picture perfect as seen on TV. (Andy Kropa / Getty Images)

Biggest Loser’s dark legacy revealed

CK Smith
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