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President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Rep. Matt Gaetz as his attorney general. Former U.S. attorney and assistant deputy attorney general Harry Litman joins CBS News to discuss his column calling Gaetz the “anti-attorney general” and what to expect from his potential management of the Justice Department.
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The satirical site The Onion has purchased Infowars, the media platform owned by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The Onion in its purchase received the support of Sandy Hook families who won over $1.4 billion in a defamation judgment against Jones in 2022. A court had ruled that Jones’ assets, including the media company, had to be sold to compensate the families. Lilia Luciano reports.
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who ended his longshot independent presidential bid and endorsed Trump, has a history of being a vaccine skeptic and making false claims about public health. Dr. Jon LaPook takes a look at what it could mean for health care in the U.S.
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In an online conversation about aging adults, Google’s Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to “please die.”
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Named after Hamburg’s St. Pauli district, the club is known among soccer fans for its left-leaning supporter base.
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The FDA’s Dr. Peter Marks says he hopes to keep his job under a second Trump term, and urges Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “keep an open mind.”
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President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary in his second term, Pete Hegseth, was investigated for alleged sexual assault in 2017, officials in Monterey, Calif. confirm.
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Satirical publication The Onion has purchased Infowars, Alex Jones’ embattled brand. The Connecticut families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and one first responder backed the purchase. Benjamin Mullin, a media reporter for The New York Times, joins CBS News with more.
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Police smashed the car’s sun roof to pull out the driver. He told police he ended up in the pool after he accidentally stepped on the gas too hard.
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President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary came following several other controversial choices for Cabinet members. Caitlin Huey-Burns takes a look at the president-elect’s decision-making process.
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