Tag: agency
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Trump’s FCC pick, Brendan Carr, wrote Project 2025’s chapter on the agency. Here’s what he wants.
Trump to announce more cabinet picks this week Trump to announce more cabinet picks this week 03:10 President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, will oversee the agency that regulates U.S. internet access and communications networks such as TV and radio. Carr believes it’s an institution ripe for change, according…
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Trump taps television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead key Medicare and Medicaid agency
Washington — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has selected Dr. Mehmet Oz — a celebrity heart surgeon who hosted a daytime television show — to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The agency falls under the Department of Health and Human Services and oversees Medicare, the federal portion of the Medicaid program,…
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European agency says 2024 is “virtually certain” to be warmest year on record
Climate scientists working at the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service have announced that 2024 is “virtually certain” to be the warmest year on record. According to its ERA5 dataset, the agency said it was “virtually certain” that the annual temperature for 2024 will be more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level, and it will…