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#Racism #IdahoPolitics #Advocacy
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Idaho advocacy groups denounce state legislators who allowed man to testify while wearing brownface
Several advocacy groups in Idaho this week are condemning Republican members of the state's House Business Committee for allowing public testimony from a man who appeared before the committee in brownface and has previously engaged in racist and antisemitic demonstrations throughout the state.
#CognitiveHealth #Aging #Neurogenesis
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The science behind the 'super-ager' brain
Older adults who remain cognitively sharp as they age have a genetic advantage over their peers, new research shows.
Scientists at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago found that so-called super-agers generate twice as many new neurons in the hippocampus -- a part of the brain critical to learning and memory -- as typical older adults.
#StateOfTheUnion #TrumpSpeech #ImmigrationPolicy
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Amid Trump's touting of a 'golden age of America,' gory details abound
The state of the union is strong, in President Donald Trump's telling, but also predatory and dangerous.
An undercurrent of Trump's speech this week was that the "golden age of America" calls for a cold-eyed understanding of the threats that the nation faces and the resolute actions needed to defend itself.
#MedalOfHonor #USMilitary #Heroism
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Pilot who helped capture Maduro honored by Trump in camera-ready moment
WASHINGTON -- Less than two months ago, Eric Slover was a member of the U. S. special forces whose identity was shielded from the public as he secretly prepared for a high-stakes raid to capture the president of Venezuela.
#FarRight #FreeSpeech #ImmigrationDebate
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British far-right activist Tommy Robinson welcomed at State Department
LONDON -- Tommy Robinson, the British far-right activist and a convicted criminal who has served five jail terms, was hosted at the State Department by a senior adviser this week, according to their social media posts.
#Ukraine #Russia #Reconstruction
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U.S., Ukraine discuss post-war reconstruction as Russia pummels grid
Ukrainian and U. S. officials gathered in Geneva for talks on post-war reconstruction on Thursday despite a deadlock in peace negotiations with Russia, which pounded infrastructure across Ukraine with drone and missile strikes overnight.
#NorthKorea #KimJongUn #PoliticalDynasty
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Kim Jong Un fuels succession buzz with daughter's matching leather jacket
Does a family that dresses together, rule together.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whose family has held an iron grip on the nuclear-armed state for decades, reaffirmed his authority this week at a rare meeting of the ruling Workers' Party.
#JesseJackson #CivilRights #MemorialServices
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Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization
CHICAGO -- Cross-country memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. are set to begin Thursday in Chicago, the city the late civil rights leader called home.
#TaxEvasion #SupremeCourt #Gambling
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Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax evasion over income from high-stakes poker
WASHINGTON -- A prominent Supreme Court litigator who also published a popular blog about the nation's highest court was convicted Wednesday of tax evasion and related charges stemming from his secretive lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player.
#ElectionIntegrity #VotingRights #ElectionSecurity
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DHS official tells state election chiefs there won't be ICE agents at polling places
A senior Department of Homeland Security official said on a call with state election officials Wednesday that immigration agents will not show up at polling places this year, according to three call participants.
#EpsteinCase #SexualAbuse #JusticeDepartment
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DOJ has not released some Epstein files related to a woman who made an allegation against Trump
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice has not released summaries and notes from three separate interviews the FBI conducted with a South Carolina woman who alleged she was a sexual assault victim of Jeffrey Epstein and also made sexual abuse allegations against President Donald Trump, according to an NBC News analysis of the Epstein files and information provided by a source familiar with the investigation.
#SexualMisconduct #CongressionalEthics #WomensRights
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Rep. Nancy Mace to force a vote on releasing Congress members' sexual misconduct reports
WASHINGTON -- Republican Rep. Nancy Mace plans to force a House vote next week on her resolution to release sexual misconduct and harassment reports involving members of Congress, she told NBC News on Wednesday.
#BillGates #JeffreyEpstein #Accountability
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Bill Gates admits affairs, says Epstein association was 'huge mistake' in Gates Foundation town hall
Bill Gates told Gates Foundation staff members that it was a "huge mistake" to spend time with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but said he did nothing "illicit.
#SocialMedia #MentalHealth #ChildWellbeing
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Plaintiff set to testify against tech companies in landmark social media addiction trial
LOS ANGELES -- The first plaintiff to take major social media companies to trial is expected to take the stand Wednesday to speak about the harms she says the tech platforms inflicted on her mental health as a child.
#MolecularBiology #NobelPrize #EthicsInScience
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Columbia brain institute co-director and Nobel laureate steps down over Epstein ties
A leading molecular biologist who won the Nobel prize for his work studying how the human brain processes smells has stood down from a prestigious post at Columbia University over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
#Immigration #CommunityActivism #PublicSafety
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Residents seek to end contracts between ICE and local governments
ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers training at a local gun range largely went unnoticed by residents of one Southern California city for more than a decade, until President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and the recent fatal shootings of U.
#China #MilitaryPurge #XiJinping
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How Xi's military purges could hamper China's ability to fight
HONG KONG -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's purges of senior military officials run far deeper than previously thought, researchers say, threatening the effectiveness of his People's Liberation Army.
#CardiovascularHealth #WomenHealth #Prevention
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Why heart disease and stroke are projected to rise significantly in women, even younger ones
Without better prevention and early detection, the number of women living with cardiovascular disease will increase substantially in the coming decades, the American Heart Association said Wednesday.
#Trump #StateOfTheUnion #USPolitics
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Recapping Trump's State of the Union address: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team's latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.
#StateOfTheUnion #Trump2026 #AmericanPolitics
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Trump touts a 'roaring economy' in his State of Union as Americans continue to struggle
Watch President Trump's 2026 State of the Union address in 3 minutes
Declaring "a turnaround for the ages," President Donald Trump offered a version of America's standing during his State of the Union address Tuesday night that is at odds with the perceptions of the electorate.
#StateOfTheUnion #DonaldTrump #Politics
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Three takeaways from Trump's State of the Union speech
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump gave a triumphant State of the Union speech on Tuesday, proclaiming that he has ushered in a "golden age of America," while taunting Democrats in the chamber and blaming the country's problems on them.
#Politics #Immigration #StateOfTheUnion
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'You have killed Americans!': Democrats and Trump clash at the State of the Union
Tensions between President Donald Trump and Democrats reached a crescendo during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, with the two sides clashing over his remarks about immigration and allegations of fraud.
#FirstAmendment #Journalism #PressFreedom
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Judge blocks Trump DOJ from reviewing Washington Post reporter's seized data
A federal magistrate judge on Tuesday rescinded the Trump administration's ability to examine data seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson last month, saying he would "conduct an independent judicial review" of the materials obtained by the Justice Department through a search warrant.
#SupremeCourt #StateOfTheUnion #Trump
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Supreme Court justices to face Trump at State of the Union days after tariffs ruling
WASHINGTON -- Days after he publicly rebuked Supreme Court justices who ruled most of his tariffs were unlawful, President Donald Trump is set to come face-to-face on Tuesday with three of them at his State of the Union address.
#HealthCare #MentalHealth #InsuranceIssues
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Patients hit dead ends with insurance 'ghost networks.' Now, some are suing.
It's a familiar frustration for those trying to find a doctor or therapist: You browse the provider directory on your insurance company's portal and, at first, it seems like there are plenty of options.
#AviationSafety #Legislation #MidairCollision
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House rejects air safety bill as families of deadliest U.S. crash in 25 years look on
WASHINGTON -- The House rejected an aviation safety bill Tuesday that the Senate unanimously passed in response to the deadly midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River last year.
#LouvreMuseum #ArtSecurity #CulturalHeritage
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Louvre director resigns four months after shocking jewelry heist at the museum
The head of the Louvre Museum resigned Tuesday, four months after a brazen daylight heist where thieves snatched jewels worth approximately $102 million, shocking French citizens who questioned how a security breach of such magnitude could have taken place.
#Immigration #FamilyReunification #HumanRights
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Brother of U.S. citizen girl with rare brain tumor sent to Mexico with deported parents attends SOTU
The 18-year-old, who traveled from Texas to Washington, D. C. , is the guest of Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-NY.
The young man will be joining other guests from members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, who are seeking to spotlight how President Donald Trump's immigration policies have been affecting American families.
#MentalHealth #SchoolSafety #GunControl
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Father of Georgia school shooting suspect described son's aggressive behavior in interview after incident
A state investigator testified Tuesday that Colt Gray's father revealed his 14-year-old son had become aggressive and was in need of mental health counseling in the months leading up to the 2024 deadly rampage at a Georgia high school.
#VaccineSafety #PregnancyHealth #PublicHealth
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Recent studies challenge Kennedy's claims about vaccines, Tylenol and antidepressants
They're prominent talking points for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his top officials: Taking Tylenol while pregnant could be linked to autism.
#Venezuela #USMilitary #OilSanctions
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U.S. military boards third oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean
WASHINGTON -- U. S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
