Senate committee advances Trump's pick for next surgeon general

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee advanced President Trump's pick for the next surgeon general, sending Nicole Saphier's nomination to the full Senate.

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Hawley unveils bill aimed at stopping Flock camera abuse

Sen. Josh Hawley is unveiling legislation to establish guardrails for Flock cameras and other artificial intelligence-powered surveillance technology, CBS News has learned.

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Oregon eyes nation's first single-payer healthcare system. Will it work?

While Democratic congressional candidates are floating the restoration of federal Affordable Care Act subsidies and Medicaid funding, Oregon officials are crafting a more ambitious plan to implement universal coverage in their state.

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Bureau of Prisons ordered to restore its union's contract

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Bureau of Prisons to reinstate a collective bargaining agreement with the agency's union after the bureau's director abruptly terminated it last year.

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Hegseth directs military academies to stop giving tenure to civilian professors

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered institutions like the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy in Annapolis to stop granting tenure to civilian faculty, in his latest change to military higher education.

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Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to call for a 20% cut in the number of generals and admirals across the U.S. military on Wednesday, a Pentagon official told CBS News.

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Trump and major AI executives sign "morally binding" voluntary controls

President Trump and the leaders of the country's largest artificial intelligence companies have signed a set of voluntary safety standards, as calls mount for tighter guardrails on powerful AI technology.

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2 indicted in connection with counterfeit Ozempic scheme in Florida

Two Indian citizens are accused of smuggling counterfeit Ozempic​ to distributors in the U.S. at discounted prices.

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Supreme Court revives Trump's third-country deportation policy for now

The Supreme Court said in an unsigned order it will hear arguments in the challenge to the Trump administration's third-country-removal policy in December.

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Thune to ramp up midterm campaign stops as GOP defends Senate majority

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is set to travel to states with key Senate races in the coming weeks as the GOP fights to hold on to its majority in the upper chamber.

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Feds charge man shot by ICE agent with assaulting an officer

Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by an ICE agent earlier this month with assaulting a federal officer.

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Artist whose song is featured in Trump ad sends cease-and-desist order

Attorneys for JMSN say the use of the song is a violation of federal copyright law and demand the ad be withdrawn.

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Dutch National Police arrest member of group that claimed to have hacked FBI

About a week ago, the cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claimed it had defaced the FBI's jobs website and bragged that it had stolen data about FBI personnel and job applicants.

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CNN, Politico, MS NOW ask court to keep blocking Trump's press ban against them

CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists, who were banned by Trump from White House grounds​ this month, asked a federal court to block the press ban until the case is resolved.

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Democrat Abdul El-Sayed courts RFK Jr.'s MAHA voters with new health platform

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is making a play for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" supporters with the release Tuesday of a new health policy platform.

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