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Former President Joe Biden is undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment as part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, a spokesperson told CBS News. A person close to Biden tells CBS News the former president is doing well and responding to treatment. Another person familiar with Biden’s treatment said it began “a few weeks ago and it continues.” He is being treated in Philadelphia. Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer in May 2025. According to a statement from his office at the time, the former president was diagnosed with “prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade…

Politics / October 10, 2025 At the end of the season, he cuts wages of 400,000 workers by a third. Ad Policy Jaime Solorio is an immigrant H-2A worker recruited in Mexico. He is digging post holes for wire supports for planting apple trees, in a field owned by Stemilt Growers in Royal City, Washington.(David Bacon) On October 2, Trump finally dropped the hammer on farmworkers. At the end of the season, when most workers who might protest are no longer in the fields, he cut the wages of 400,000 people by as much as a third. Trump’s order, a…

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will offer U.S. patients discounted prices for some prescription drugs, President Trump announced Friday, the second major drug company to strike a deal with the Trump administration in recent weeks.Under the deal, AstraZeneca will offer its drugs to Medicaid patients at “most-favored-nation” prices, meaning the U.K.-based drugmaker will charge no more than the lowest rate offered in other high-income countries, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz said in a Friday afternoon Oval Office event. AstraZeneca also promised to offer new prescription drugs at most-favored-nation rates, Oz said.AstraZeneca will also list “all primary care medications”…

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced a finalized agreement that will allow the Qatari Emiri Air Force to build a facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. The agreement, which Hegseth announced alongside Qatari Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani at the Pentagon, will allow Qatari pilots to receive training alongside U.S. soldiers. There are no foreign military bases in the U.S., but some foreign militaries do maintain a presence for training. The Singaporean Air Force also has a presence at the Mountain Home base. Hegseth said he is “proud that today we’re…

Scrolling through social media during a work break, Alexandra realized she was going to lose her new job. An X account with over 500,000 followers had reposted a screenshot of a Facebook post she’d made about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “You log onto Twitter and you see half a million people following a page, including Elon Musk. They’re saying, you better fire this person,” said Alexandra. “I knew that they were going to fire me because of the pressure by the mob.” The X account also named Alexandra and her employer. NPR is not naming the X account and…

Just before an Israel-Hamas ceasefire went into effect Friday, which is the first step in implementing phase one of President Trump’s peace plan to end the war in Gaza, senior U.S. officials shared a timeline of the monthslong effort to put the deal together.At this point, Israeli troops have withdrawn from parts of Gaza, initiating a 72-hour countdown for Hamas to release all remaining Israeli hostages. In exchange, Israel will release dozens of Palestinian prisoners and allow aid to flow into Gaza. Palestinians who left northern Gaza during fighting there could be seen returning to the war-ravaged area Friday.The vast…

Politics / October 10, 2025 In his weekly newsletter, Elie Mystal explores everything from the foiled plot against Supreme Court justices to the ongoing plot to foil mail-in voting. Ad Policy A person carries an American flag while marching in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.(Mark Wilson / Getty Images) This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday. Asad reality of our broken news media is that successful terror plots get all of the coverage. We hear about the violent psychopaths who kill or…

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — The Academy of Classical Christian Studies high school girls basketball team in Oklahoma City returned to the court this week, their first practice since last season’s division championship game, where they hit a buzzer-beater against Apache High School that both ended the game, and started it all. After seemingly winning the title in the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, Academy head coach Brendan King went home that same night and watched the game tape. At one point in the game, there had been some confusion about the scoreboard.  “As soon as I walked out of the…

Washington — President Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday morning for what the White House said was his “routine yearly checkup,” just six months after undergoing his annual physical examination at the same facility. According to a memo obtained by CBS News Friday evening, written by the president’s physician, Capt. Sean Barbabella, Mr. Trump “successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation.” Barbabella stated that the president underwent “advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments,” adding that “comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.”The president also received his…

Virginia is just weeks away from electing a new governor, but the government shutdown and a recent text message scandal could reshape the race. LEILA FADEL, HOST: The Virginia governor’s race is in its final stretch. The contest in the purplish state is often seen as a gauge of national voter sentiment in between a presidential election and the midterms. This year, some late breaking events may be reshaping the race. Here’s Margaret Barthel of member station WAMU.MARGARET BARTHEL, BYLINE: First, there’s the government shutdown. Virginia is home to about 320,000 federal workers. Right now, many of them are furloughed.…