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Gene Hackman: Causes of death finally revealed for Oscar-winning actor and wife

New details have emerged in the mysterious deaths of acclaimed actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa after the couple was found dead at their Santa Fe, New Mexico home, Feb. 26.

Hackman died of cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease “a significant contributory factor,” according to Heather Jarrell, the chief medical investigator for the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator. She told reporters at a news conference on Friday that the 95-year-old Oscar-winning actor likely died Feb. 18, about a week after his wife.

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'Snowball effect': World's top scientists reportedly poised to get the ax

President Donald Trump continues to support dramatic government staffing cuts, and next on the list are some of the world's best scientists who have been working at the National Institute of Health.

Rolling Stone reported on Friday that new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could gut NIH.

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Trump slammed Harris' 'communist' price-gouging plan — but his DOJ is probing just that

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is opening a federal investigation into whether the nation's largest egg suppliers are engaging in price fixing or collusion — a 180-degree reversal from the GOP's position on the subject when egg prices surged two years ago under President Joe Biden, reported the Wall Street Journal on Friday.

"The probe comes after prices have doubled over the past year and eggs are sometimes entirely absent from grocery store shelves. Grocers say eggs are one of the leading drivers of food inflation over the past few months. President Trump vowed to bring down inflation once he entered office," reported Dave Michaels and Patrick Thomas. "The department’s investigation is in its early stages and might not lead to any formal action. It couldn’t be learned whether the probe is under the direction of civil or criminal authorities."

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Son of Mexican drug lord sentenced to life in US prison

by Ulysse BELLIER

A top leader of Mexico's violent Jalisco New Generation cartel was sentenced to life in US prison Friday for his bloody role in creating one of the world's most powerful drug syndicates.

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'There is no clash': Trump denies reporting of rift between Musk and Rubio

President Donald Trump flatly denied new reporting Friday afternoon that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was at odds with tech billionaire and Department of Government Efficiency honcho Elon Musk.

"No clash. I was there. You're just a troublemaker," Trump said to a reporter with reporters on asking about the incident. "Elon gets along great with Marco. They're both doing a fantastic job. There is no clash."

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DOGE employee accidentally set his Google Calendar to 'public' — here’s what’s on it

The people behind centibillionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are largely unknown to the public. However, two journalists recently found a public Google Calendar for one DOGE staffer that sheds light on how the quasi-agency operates.

Business Insider's Jack Newsham and Alice Tecotzky recently discovered that 26-year-old Riley Sennott, who is listed as a "senior advisor" at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), had set his Google Calendar to "public" despite deleting his LinkedIn account and setting his X account to private. Newsham and Tecotzky noted that Sennott's affiliation with DOGE has not been previously reported, and the outlet noted that all of Sennott's appointments dating back to 2016 were publicly visible. After Business Insider contacted Sennott for comment, his Google Calendar was reportedly set to private within an hour.

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Trump's CDC plans major study relitigating vaccination-autism conspiracy theory: report

The Trump administration's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to launch a major new study investigating a link between vaccination and autism, reported Reuters on Friday.

Hundreds of such studies have already been conducted into this idea, finding no link of any sort between vaccines and neurodivergent traits in children. The idea, however, persists as a conspiracy theory and side industry of potentially dangerous alternative treatments, fueled in part by an infamous British study by former physician Andrew Wakefield that was found to have fraudulently manipulated data.

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'It is despicable': Ex-GOP lawmaker calls Trump's latest move 'an act of desperation'

The Trump administration made the decision to cut off military aid to Ukraine because Volodymyr Zelensky wasn't meant to defeat the Russian army and humiliate Vladimir Putin, according to a new Substack by former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).

In fact, Kinzinger argued, Zelensky is in the process of doing the impossible -- defeating Russia -- and Donald Trump can't allow that to happen.

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Don Trump Jr. considers 2028 presidential run to succeed his father: report

President Donald Trump's supporters have taken to describing him as a "king" and now at least one of his sons reportedly has ambitions on becoming a prince.

Mediaite reports that Donald Trump Jr. is mulling a 2028 presidential run to succeed his father, which would mark the first time in American history that an outgoing president has passed the torch to a family member.

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'This is not true': CNN anchor fact-checks Trump on bombings in Ukraine

President Donald Trump bashed both Russia and Ukraine from the Oval Office on Friday, saying that they're not moving forward with negotiations for ending the war.

Trump told reporters who were allowed to be in the room that he nonetheless found it easier to work with Russia than Ukraine despite the fact that Russia has shown no inclination so far to let up in its bombing campaign against its neighboring country.

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'Bizarre scene': Critics seize on Trump's contradictory message on Russia

Social media users pointed out Friday how disconnected President Donald Trump's Oval Office message was on ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, essentially saying that Russian "might makes right."

ABC News captured the contradictory nature of Trump's comments in a post on X when it wrote that, "Pressed on if Russian Pres. Putin is taking advantage of America's pause on intel and military aid to Ukraine, Pres. Trump says: "He's doing what anyone else would do. I think he's hitting them harder. He wants to get it ended."

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Hispanic man rethinking Trump vote after ICE encounter: 'They assume we're all illegals'

A naturalized Hispanic man is questioning his vote for President Donald Trump after federal agents detained him at gunpoint.

Jensy Machado was driving to work Wednesday with two other men when they were stopped by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Manhassas, not far from his home, and they quickly surrounded his truck with guns drawn, reported WRC-TV.

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'My life is disintegrating': Fired fed workers finding no sympathy from MAGA relatives

Having suffered the indignity of being capriciously fired by young staffers employed by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), some former federal workers are dealing with unsympathetic relatives who support Donald Trump's government employee purge.

According to a report in the Boston Herald, fired civil servants are busy applying for unemployment checks and using the medical benefits still available to them to load up on medications while at the same time getting tepid support on the home front.

As the report notes, "Expecting sympathy, some axed workers are finding family and friends who instead are steadfast in their support of what they see as a bloated government’s waste."

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24-year-old Luke Tobin, who was axed from his job working for the U.S. Forest Service in Idaho confessed, "I’ve been treated as a public enemy by the government and now it’s bleeding into my own family."

During his interview, Tobin added some relatives believe his dismissal is what needs to happen "to make the government great again” before adding, "They can’t separate their ideology and their politics from supporting their own family and their own loved ones.”

Kristin Jenn, who was on the verge of starting her job with the Forest Service, claimed she has faced the same lack of sympathy.

"My life is disintegrating because I can’t work in my chosen field,” the 47-year-old living in Austin explained. “Lump on top of that no support from family – it hits you very hard.”

Jenn noted that her mother, a federal employee herself, still supports Trump.

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