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SCOOP: Top researchers at Columbia, Stanford, and others thought they were elected to elite scientific societies alongside Nobel laureates. The catch? The organizations are a sham.
I spent the last month investigating a massive academic scam, for @Nature
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Are brand name drug prices on TrumpRx the lowest in the world? Short answer: No.
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Notable new stat from Commonwealth:
About one-third (32%) of working-age adults with private insurance are paying off medical bills or debt over time.
One-third of privately insured Americans carry medical debt. Insurance isn’t protecting them. Insurance isn't protecting them. Hospital consolidation and price opacity are the problem. Congress must act.
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As D.C. debates whether to legalize self-driving cars like Waymo, people ask: Do the cars get into crashes? My colleague @zaraleinorman wanted to find out, but learned that D.C. refuses to release crash reports: washingtonsun.com/metro/waym…
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Healthcare in general, and health costs in particular, are a top issue for voters in 2026. But it remains unclear exactly how voters want lawmakers to fix the problem. Listen to the latest "What the Health?" podcast with @jrovner
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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I figured out how to change the batteries in my outdoor security camera. It only took a half an hour. Please clap.
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How's the health issue playing in Campaign 2026? Who's really in charge of NIH grants? Is Trump really lowering Rx prices? All that and more on this week's #WTHealth podcast!
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Incredible. First @SecMullinDHS claimed that @DHSgov identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials said, no no no, that’s just people we flagged, here’s the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens.
All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle.
"The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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In fairness, the state has seen a lot of Senator turnover but dang
I don't know who needs to hear this, but a quarter of Ohio voters think Sherrod Brown is the incumbent Senator
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Senate finance committee backs Chris Klomp, advancing him to full Senate vote statnews.com/2026/09/24/chri… via @statnews
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New: Trump officials are ending a federally required review of how President Donald Trump’s planned arch would harm historic sites.
The move would conclude one of the last remaining steps before Trump can begin construction on the arch.
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FYI, 'Go Blue' is a completely valid sign-off on professional emails.
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this is very much the way the entire hearing went. Not a lot of direct answers to direct questions from lawmakers.
MURRAY: Last year the Trump administration falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient?
OVERTON: I commit to working with you on the food safety pillars
MURRAY: Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient?
OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed
MURRAY: ... Well, I don't think you answered the question. I think the prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is outrageous and should be deeply alarming to all Americans
OVERTON: 😊
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The BANNED and BACK AT IT Club
Kudos.
When we fight we win.
BREAKING: White House attests that access for POLITICO, CNN and MSNOW was restored as of 9:55am.
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KFF coming in strong with Rx data this week: For 5 of the 32 drugs, the TrumpRx drug price is the lowest compared to all other comparable countries where the drug is available, while for 13 of the 32 drugs, the TrumpRx price is the highest.
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Overton’s nomination hearing has concluded, but HELP Chair Cassidy is not committing to a committee vote before the year ends.
Cassidy is declining to comment on whether he’ll look to support Overton, and says he’ll have to review the material before he makes a decision.
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NEW: MS NOW reporter Laura Barrón-López (@lbarronlopez) just said on air that she was allowed back onto the White House grounds, hours after she was denied entry and had her credential seized. Secret Service admitted her and gave her the credential back.
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