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Rob Reiner arrives at the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network’s Respect Awards, in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)  

The statement on Monday, even for Trump, was a shocking comment that came as police were still investigating the deaths of the beloved director and his wife as an apparent homicide. 

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks during a news conference on health care costs on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) 

For some families, the loss of government-sponsored health subsidies next year means going without insurance altogether.

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Rob Reiner arrives at the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network's Respect Awards, in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) 

Detectives are investigating the incident as an apparent homicide. 

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Today’s scientists may spend time making videos and other content for social media. Ignatiev/E+ via Getty Images  

Portland University marketing scholar explains how institutions that are supposedly above or apart from market logics – such as science, religion, medicine and education – use marketing tools to sustain credibility and build or keep moral authority.

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There are seasons in this country when the struggle of ordinary Americans is not merely a condition but a kind of weather that settles over everything.

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FILE - M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga, File) 

The peace signing will also open up access to eastern Congo's critical minerals for the U.S. government and American companies. Congolese residents have expressed little hope Thursday's signing will quickly end the fighting that has continued in eastern Congo.

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Food specially formulated to feed starving children is marked for disposal in a U.S. government warehouse in July 2025. Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post via Getty Images  

Policies such as immigration raids, tariff changes and temporary and permanent cuts to food assistance programs have left farmers short of workers and money, food rotting in fields and warehouses, and millions of Americans hungry.

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A woman performs a Gregorian chant on Christmas Eve in 2023 in Spain. saac Buj/Europa Press via Getty Images 

In every known culture, evidence exists of music, singing or chanting

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This photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, shows National Guard member Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. (U.S. Attorney's Office via AP) 

Officials have released the name of the suspect, who is in custody, and the names of the two Guard members who were shot, one fatally. But the suspect's motive for the attack is not yet clear.

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Black Friday arrives this year in a country wrestling with the weight of policies that have stripped stability from millions of Americans and placed Black communities at the edge of economic ruin.

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