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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy bringing Trump's DOGE to Capitol Hill

Merit Street Media | Dec 05, 2024

Washington — Billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy spent several hours Thursday swapping ideas with lawmakers about...

House rejects Democratic efforts to force release of Matt Gaetz ethics report

Merit Street Media | Dec 05, 2024

Washington — The House shut down Democrats' efforts Thursday to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, pushing the fate...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses decision to put time limit on anesthesia

Merit Street Media | Dec 05, 2024

U.S. — One of the country’s largest health insurers reversed a change in policy Thursday after widespread outcry, saying it would not tie payments in...

National Weather Service cancels tsunami warning for U.S. West Coast after 7.0 earthquake

Merit Street Media | Dec 05, 2024

Eureka, Calif. — The National Weather Service canceled its tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after a powerful earthquake shook parts of...

NASA's first astronaut flight around the moon in decades faces more delays

Merit Street Media | Dec 05, 2024

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.

Trump nominates cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins as SEC chair

Merit Street Media | Dec 05, 2024

New York — President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities...

Ammunition used in CEO Brian Thompson’s killing had 'deny,' 'defend' and 'depose' written on it

Merit Street Media | Dec 05, 2024

New York — The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies outside a Manhattan hotel used...