The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president’s top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say.
Day: March 13, 2025
Plus, Siberia’s bone hunters.
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Senate Finance Committee Democratic tax staff who reviewed Mehmet Oz’s tax returns said the nominee to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services avoided paying some Medicare and Social Security taxes over three years.
Russia’s Defense Ministry has announced it has taken over Sudzha, the biggest town in the Kursk region that has been overrun by Ukrainian forces since the surprise cross border offensive in August 2024.
U.S. officials were in Moscow for talks, and the Russian leader said he was open to a cease-fire, but President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed skepticism.
A 10% drop is a big enough deal that professional investors have a name for it — a “correction” — and the S&P 500’s slide on Thursday sent the index to its first since 2023.