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Hundreds of U.S. Agency for International Development employees, or USAID, began clearing out their offices in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. USIAD workers spoke with CBS News and Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
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There is a growing mystery surrounding the death of two-time Academy Award winner Gene Hackman. His body, along with that of his wife’s, were found Wednesday afternoon lying on the floor in separate rooms. One of their dogs was also found dead. Karen Hua has the latest.
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Rob Scheer had to carry his belongings in a trash bag as a foster child, and was shocked to see his own children, who also came from the foster care system, face a similar ordeal decades later. Nancy Cordes has more on how the experience inspired him to take action.
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Looming tariffs are hanging over the heads of companies doing international business with the U.S. CBS News correspondent Jason Allen got a behind-the-scenes look at the busiest port along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Pentagon issued a memo on Wednesday ordering the removal of transgender troops from the U.S. military. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D’Agata reports.
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Kristin King underwent a heart transplant four months after her heart began to fail following childbirth.
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Enrique “Kiki” Camarena disappeared in 1985 shortly after he helped bust a billion-dollar marijuana operation in Mexico.
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You’ve probably heard descriptions of actors like “they filled the screen” or “they showed range.” If you didn’t know what those really meant, Gene Hackman’s four decades of examples pretty much tells you everything you need to know. Variety executive editor Brent Lang joins to talk about Hackman’s legacy.
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Emotional USAID employees were given just 15 minutes Thursday to retrieve their belongings after losing their jobs. These kinds of layoffs are taking place across the U.S. and other parts of the world due to cuts imposed by the Department of Government Efficiency. Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia joins “America Decides” to discuss his legislation calling for more transparency about DOGE.
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Americans express concern about their ability to pay bills and save money.
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