President Donald Trump said a U.S. military assault succeeded in capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, both facing U.S. charges related to cocaine trafficking under ...

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Trump and Kennedy told Americans that taking Tylenol while pregnant may cause autism, even though decades of research doesn’t support that. There’s no known single cause for autism spectrum disorder.

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A February Pew Research Center survey found that Americans have grown more supportive of restrictions for trans people. Fifty-six percent supported banning health care professionals from providing ...

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Obama inherited deficits from Bush administration In a spirited and unscripted debate with the House GOP, President Barack Obama said Republicans were wrong to portray him as running up large deficits ...

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