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Kennedy Beaver has been going to therapy sessions at least twice a week after she was diagnosed with Noonan syndrome, a genetic condition that stunts development. The 6-year-old from North Carolina is among 600,000 people in the state who could lose access to healthcare as Congress is poised to approve major cuts to Medicaid funding proposed in President Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill,” according to according to the state’s Medicaid office.”For her, that’s short stature, poor growth, low muscle tone,” her mother, Marilyn, described Kennedy’s condition in an interview with CBS News. “So with that, we became eligible for something called the…

It may have come as a shock to the political world, but something about Zohran Mamdani’s message resonated with Democratic voters for New York City Mayor. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Zohran Mamdani was a young assemblyman in New York City just a year ago, and few people had ever heard of him. But now the 33-year-old Democratic socialist is in the running to become the city’s next mayor. Mamdani talked to Morning Edition’s Leila Fadel today and explained how he won the Democratic primary.ZOHRAN MAMDANI: We sought especially to increase turnout amongst New Yorkers who hadn’t been participating and to register…

6/23: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation,” Margaret Brennan speaks to Robert O’Brien, who served as national security adviser in the Trump administration, and Michael Morell, former deputy CIA director and CBS News national security contributor. Plus, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joins. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Ad Policy Illustration by Brian Stauffer. The term “the nation”—as it refers to the country—has a relatively recent history in American political rhetoric. Until the Civil War, politicians more commonly used “the Union” or “the Republic.” That changed with Abraham Lincoln, who referenced “the nation” five times in his 1863 Gettysburg Address. Two years later, in July 1865, the first issue of our magazine was published. For our 160th anniversary issue, we called on fifty of our best writers and artists to depict the current national landscape: what’s being gutted, steamrolled, and eviscerated, and what some of us are doing…

Washington — A federal magistrate judge said Monday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and then was returned to the United States to face criminal charges of human smuggling, will remain in federal custody until at least mid-July.Abrego Garcia’s lawyers had asked the judge Friday to delay his release, warning that the Trump administration had made conflicting statements about whether he will be deported after he is released ahead of a trial.The brief order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes is the latest development in the case involving Abrego Garcia, whose removal…

The true cost of the Senate spending bill – CBS News Watch CBS News The Congressional Budget Office says the Senate budget bill would add nearly $4 trillion the the national debt, despite President Trump’s claims to the contrary. Marc Goldwein, senior policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, joins to discuss. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Slated to open this week, Florida’s new detention center will have more than a little in common with a Nazi concentration camp. Ad Policy Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on May 1, 2025, in Miramar, Florida.(Joe Raedle / Getty Images) Floridians know what it’s like to wait weeks or months for government aid after a natural disaster. But amazingly, Governor Ron DeSantis has worked with federal officials to create a harsh outdoor, tent-based detention camp in the Everglades that state officials are proudly calling “Alligator Alcatraz.” They will probably finish this concentration camp for 3,000 detained…

GE Appliances executive Lee Lagomarcino said U.S. trade policy was the driving factor in the company’s recent decision to accelerate a plan to move overseas jobs back to the U.S. “Any time we decide to move a factory or redesign a platform, it’s an expensive endeavor, so we have to think through the strategy and trajectory of market,” he told CBS MoneyWatch in discussing GE Appliances’ move to expedite a shift in production of its washers and dryers from China to the U.S. in order to avoid having to pay stiffer tariffs.”This was the right time to strike on the business opportunity…

A government cybersecurity contractor is being held in jail in Washington, D.C., for driving his Jeep near crowds on the National Mall, in what prosecutors have described as an “absolutely outrageous” crime on June 21.    At a court hearing Monday, prosecutors argued Curtis Lear of Washington, D.C., off-roaded his vehicle onto the grass of the National Mall near hundreds of people, some of whom had to “dodge out of the way.”A federal prosecutor said Lear drove erratically and in circles, forcing “people to run in every direction in terror.” Photographs submitted in court filings by the Justice Department show…

Republican leaders must find a fragile balance on their reconciliation bill between senators seeking to protect programs for the most vulnerable, and those who want deeper deficit reductions. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Senate worked through the weekend as Republicans try to pass President Trump’s domestic agenda by a self-imposed deadline of July 4. The massive bill cuts taxes, limits Medicaid coverage and makes big spending increases on border security and the military. If all 53 Republicans vote together, they can pass what the president calls his big, beautiful bill under a process called reconciliation. But it’s not so easy. In…