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Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, the Trump administration’s negotiator for peace talks in Afghanistan, is traveling to the region as the White House seeks to restart negotiations with the Taliban. The State Department announced Wednesday that Khalilzad departed Tuesday for his first trip to the region since President TrumpDonald John TrumpStates slashed 4,400 environmental agency jobs in […]

BMW is warning owners of older models to stop driving because of concerns over the Takata air bag inflators, the company said in a statement this week. An uncovered malfunction in the air bags can reportedly cause them to explode and unleash shrapnel, potentially killing and injuring people. Takata filed a safety defect report with the National […]

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An Alaska teen has been hospitalized for a vaping-related injury, making Alaska the final state in the U.S. to report such an incident in the growing national epidemic. The state’s Department of Health and Social Services announced on Wednesday that the teen from Southeast Alaska is hospitalized and improving. The patient reported regularly vaping nicotine and THC products, […]

A top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official was grilled by members of Congress on Wednesday for declining to answers questions about the agency’s plan to curb youth vaping rates. Mitch Zeller, director of the Center for Tobacco Products, would not say whether the FDA is still considering a proposal to clear the market of flavored e-cigarette […]

The Trump administration is looking into sending as many as 14,000 more troops, as well as dozens more ships and other equipment, to the Middle East in the face of a growing threat from Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported. U.S. officials told the Journal that President TrumpDonald John TrumpStates slashed 4,400 environmental agency jobs in […]

The Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official took heat from lawmakers in both parties Wednesday over the impact of post-financial crisis regulations and the central bank’s efforts to loosen them.  Randal Quarles, the Fed’s vice chairman of supervision, fielded concerns from lawmakers during a House Financial Services Committee hearing over the pace of the central bank’s […]

Welcome to Wednesday’s Overnight Health Care. Hospitals are taking the Trump administration to court, Virginia plans to suspend Medicaid work requirements, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a “Medicare for All” hearing, FDA’s tobacco chief faced questions in the House, and every state now has reported a vaping-related injury. We’ll start with Medicaid news […]

An attorney for Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiSchiff says investigators seeking to identify who Giuliani spoke to on unlisted ‘-1’ number Overnight Defense: Trump clashes with Macron at NATO summit | House impeachment report says Trump abused power | Top Dem scolds military leaders on Trump intervention in war crimes cases Phone […]