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When House Speaker Mike Johnson fielded questions about the shutdown on C-SPAN Thursday, a self-described GOP mother and military wife said the health of her two children was in jeopardy and urged him to call the House back into session to pass a bill to pay service members.  “I have two medically fragile children,” said

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 months-long effort to put the deal together. At this point, Israeli troops have withdrawn from parts of Gaza,

Maria Corina Machado told CBS News Friday that being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize serves as a message to her fellow Venezuelans that “we are not alone.” “They have been part of this huge movement,” Machado told CBS News by Zoom. “We are not alone. The world recognizes this huge, epic fight.”  Machado is the leader of

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

CBS News has confirmed a reduction-in-force alert went out at the Departments of Homeland Security and Education, among others. President Trump has threatened permanent firings to pressure Democrats to reopen the government, while Democrats call the layoff notices a scare tactic. Nikole Killion has the latest. Original CBS News Link</a