On Vaccines, Kennedy Has Broken Sharply With the Mainstream

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Recent graduates looking to enter an increasingly shaky labor market paint a dire picture of their job search: “A black hole,” one said.

NBC News heard from over 100 recent graduates, many of whom described months of applying, hundreds of submissions and no replies.
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UCLA says Trump administration has suspended $584 million in grants “If these funds remain suspended, it will be devastating for UCLA and for Americans across the nation,” Chancellor Julio Frenk said.

BREAKING: Trump administration suspends $584 million in federal grants for UCLA, the school’s chancellor announces.

Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents over objections from CIA, sources say Some former intelligence officers said they were alarmed at the detail revealed in the declassified document on Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

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‘Combat Cocktail’: How America Overmedicates Veterans To treat PTSD, the Department of Veterans Affairs put hundreds of thousands of patients on multiple streams of powerful drugs that put them at risk of suicide.

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How the Threat of Trump’s Highest Tariff Derailed an African Nation

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Federal food assistance program may slow cognitive decline, study suggests New research links receiving food assistance through SNAP to better brain health. Earlier this month, Trump enacted major cuts to the program.

Older adults who participated in SNAP had a slower rate of cognitive decline than people who were eligible for the anti-hunger program but didn’t receive benefits, according to a study presented Wednesday.

Pete Hegseth has discussed running for political office in Tennessee, sources say The defense secretary has talked privately about running a campaign in Tennessee, sources told NBC News. The Pentagon said Hegseth’s “focus remains solely on serving under” Trump.

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Gabbard and White House 'lying' about intel on Russian interference in 2016, ex-CIA official says "We definitely had the intel," Susan Miller, who helped oversee the 2017 intelligence assessment of Russia's efforts in the 2016 election, told NBC News.

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Taliban tortured and threatened Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran, U.N. report says The violations include torture, ill-treatment, arbitrary arrest, and threats to personal security at the hands of the Taliban, according to the report.

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Gabbard's unprecedented claim: A president led a 'treasonous conspiracy' No previous U.S. spy chief has made such an allegation against a chief executive. Democrats dismissed it as "a weak attempt at distraction" from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

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Analysis | Trump has changed American foreign policy. Some of its top minds won't admit it publicly. An annual gathering of national security experts seemed to downplay what's happening.

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Investigation underway after Vietnamese national in ICE custody died in the hospital Tien Xuan Phan, 55, had been in custody at the ICE Processing Center in Karnes County, Texas, for seven weeks.

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He survived a mass execution at 17. Now he's fighting disinformation and denialism. Online conspiracy theories increasingly dismiss the Holocaust and atrocities in Rwanda, Bosnia, Ukraine, Israel and Gaza. One survivor is devoting his life to fighting them.

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Spanish Police Arrest Son of Russian Defense Executive in Money Laundering Probe Spanish police have arrested Dmitry Artyakov, son of a top Russian defense official, for allegedly laundering millions through luxury real estate purchases in Girona using funds linked to the Troika L...

The son of a top Russian defense official allegedly laundered millions through luxury real estate purchases in Spain using funds linked to the Troika Laundromat scheme, Spanish police say.

Officers arrested Dmitry Artyakov on Saturday.

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Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

Israeli settlers kill American-Palestinian visiting relatives in West Bank, says family Ambulances were reportedly stopped from reaching Sayfollah Musallet after attack in which another Palestinian man was shot dead

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U.S. rocked by four 1-in-1,000-year storms in less than a week Climate change is making severe storms both more common and more intense.

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Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says Eight children were among 15 people reportedly killed while queuing outside a clinic in the central town of Deir al-Balah.

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After Texas floods, questions about FEMA's future loom large Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Donald Trump has talked about "getting rid of."

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Tillis Suggests He Regrets Vote to Confirm Hegseth, Calling Him ‘Out of His Depth’

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Global warming contributed to 1,500 more deaths during Europe's heat wave, study says The analysis looked at the heat wave that struck Europe last week, causing wildfires, closing schools and impacting infrastructure.

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As U.S. abruptly ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies USAID built schools and health clinics but most of the U.S. funding went to Liberia’s health system, making up 48% of its budget.

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Hizbullah and Iran suspected of involvement in MV Matthew smuggling operation Investigators believe Kinahan organised crime group among transnational gangs linked to €157m seizure

Hizbullah and Iran suspected of involvement in MV Matthew smuggling operation

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Patel and Ratcliffe try to bolster claims that FBI and CIA conspired against Trump The release of formerly classified documents this week shows how Trump appointees are using their power to try to prop up his allegations about both agencies.

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Hegseth halted weapons for Ukraine despite military analysis that the aid wouldn’t jeopardize U.S. readiness The move blindsided the State Department, Ukraine, European allies and members of Congress, who demanded an explanation from the Pentagon.

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U.S. contractors tell the AP that their colleagues are shooting at Palestinians seeking food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors said that security staff were often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed and seemed to have an open license to do whatever they wished.

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Pentagon halts weapons shipment to Ukraine amid concerns over U.S. stockpile The move "was made to put America’s interests first," a White House spokeswoman said, as U.S. munitions have been depleted in recent years.

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Can Iran secretly build a nuclear bomb without being caught by Israel? Unlike other countries that were able to develop nuclear weapons in secret, Iran cannot assume it will be able to keep its work hidden.

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Live updates: Pete Hegseth scolds media for reporting initial Iran damage assessment from U.S. airstrikes Live updates: Top Trump officials to brief senators on U.S. airstrikes against Iran's nuclear enrichment sites

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