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Trump celebrates Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ cancellation: ‘Kimmel is next’

President Trump is celebrating the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” on CBS — and calling for even more late-night hosts to be axed. “I absolutely love that Colbert…

Contributor: Trump’s MAGA spell is broken. Even his base knows he is a lame duck

For an entire decade now, Donald Trump has been immune to alienating his supporters — a base so loyal they’d drink bleach if he told them it would own the…

Altadena’s rocky real estate market: Sales slow amid uncertainty

As more and more Altadena residents choose to sell their fire-ravaged properties instead of rebuilding, owners are encountering a softening real estate market in which prices and the rate of…

Surprise Medical Bills Were Supposed To Be a Thing of the Past. Surprise — They’re Not.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal Last year in Massachusetts, after finding lumps in her breast, Jessica Chen went to Lowell General Hospital-Saints Campus, part of Tufts Medicine, for a mammogram and sonogram.…

Insurers and Customers Brace for Double Whammy to Obamacare Premiums

Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face a potential one-two punch next year — double-digit premium increases along with a sharp drop in the…

L.A. County sheriff says there’s ‘no choice’ but to honor ICE warrants

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Thursday that his department has “no choice” but to turn inmates over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when it receives federal judicial…

U.S. scientist Robert Sapolsky says humans have no free will

Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft…

Trump is checked for lower leg swelling and diagnosed with a common condition in older adults

WASHINGTON — President Trump recently had a medical checkup after noticing “mild swelling” in his lower legs and was found to have a condition common in older adults that causes…

The Senate Saves PEPFAR Funding — For Now

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What…

Murder charges filed in shooting of ‘American Idol’ exec and husband

A 22-year-old man was charged Thursday with killing an “American Idol” music supervisor and her musician husband who walked into their Encino home during a burglary. Raymond Boodarian is accused…