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CURING CANCER: special report

Cancer rates are climbing among young people. It’s not clear why.

In most cases, cancer doesn’t strike until late in life. But it’s grown more common among younger people since the 1990s, even as it’s declined slightly in older adults. Between 2000 and 2019, cancer rates increased about 18 percent in Americans under 50. Among 15- to 39-year-olds, the jump was even bigger: over 20 percent. There’s more awareness about all of this now than there was when early-onset cancer rates started rising three decades ago. But this age group is still considered “underserved and underrepresented” when it comes to cancer. And one reason many young patients are diagnosed at a more advanced stage is because both they and their doctors often don’t think of cancer as a probable explanation for their symptoms. READ MORE: https://trib.al/Okp34E6

The Hill's 2024 Year in Review

The Hill looks back at the biggest headlines of 2024. Our reporters break down everything from the presidential election, the biggest court cases, shake-ups on Capitol hill and the debate surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion. Plus, how billionaires took to the campaign trail and social media companies fought for survival in Washington. From big tech to Trump's big win, we cover everything 2024 in The Hill's Year In Review.

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Cancer rates JUMPING for young people, 85K Americans ages 15 to 39 diagnosed each year

In most cases, cancer doesn’t strike until late in life. But it’s grown more common among younger people since the 1990s, even as it’s declined slightly in older adults.

Between 2000 and 2019, cancer rates increased about 18 percent in Americans under 50. Among 15- to 39-year-olds, the jump was even bigger: over 20 percent.

There’s more awareness about all of this now than there was when early-onset cancer rates started rising three decades ago. But this age group is still considered “underserved and underrepresented” when it comes to cancer.

And one reason many young patients are diagnosed at a more advanced stage is because both they and their doctors often don’t think of cancer as a probable explanation for their symptoms.

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Treasury Secretary Targets IMF and World Bank, Says They Are 'Falling Short'

#IMF #Economy #WorldBank

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is criticizing the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in a speech on Wednesday morning, saying the IMF devotes disproportionate time to work on social issues and should be more aggressive to China.

Bessent denounced the IMF for devoting "disproportionate time and resources to work on climate change, gender, and social issues."

"Mission creep has knocked these institutions off course," he said. He also said it should be more aggressive to confront China for its "globally distortive policies."

When it comes to the World Bank, Bessent will say, there should not be any "blank checks for vapid, buzzword-centric marketing accompanied by half-hearted commitments to reform.”

His remarks come just after U.S. markets opened with big gains the morning after President Donald Trump said he would not attempt to fire the head of the Federal Reserve. Bessent also said he expects a “de-escalation” from unsustainable tariffs against China in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
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President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump Plan To Attend Pope Francis' Funeral On Saturday

Pope Francis‘ funeral will take place Saturday, the Vatican has announced.

The service will be held at 4 a.m. EDT in St. Peter’s Square on April 26. President Donald Trump said he and first lady Melania Trump plan to attend, and Argentine President Javier Milei is also expected.

Francis’ final resting place will be the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in a simple tomb, according to his final will. Located outside the Vatican, the basilica is home to Francis’ favorite icon of the Virgin Mary.
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Pope Francis’s Death Begins Papal Succession Process: What To Know

#popefrancis #vatican #breakingnews

Pope Francis’s death on Monday launches the centuries-old Catholic ritual of mourning and selecting a new leader of the church.

Bells rang early Monday to announce the death of Francis, who died at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta after a long series of health complications stemming from a chronic lung disease.

Francis is the last sitting head of the Vatican to die in 20 years, since Pope John Paul II in 2005. Former Pope Benedict, who died in 2022, resigned in 2013, which led to the election of Francis in the conclave.

The process of finding a new pope is wrought with tradition. Here's what you should know about the papal succession.
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Senate Panel Considers Whether To Abolish Daylight Savings Time Change

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will convene a hearing Thursday on whether to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-yearly time change.

The hearing, titled “If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock,” comes just months after a bipartisan group of senators reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act. The bill, led by Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), would make daylight saving time — with its characteristically longer summer daylight — the year-round standard.
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DHS to Begin Screening Aliens’ Social Media Activity for Antisemitism

According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the department will begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests. This will immediately affect aliens applying for lawful permanent resident status, foreign students and aliens affiliated with educational institutions linked to antisemitic activity.
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White House holds press briefing in wake of Trump tariff pushback

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt briefed reporters Tuesday afternoon as concerns mount over President Trump’s sweeping tariffs and its impact on the U.S. economy.

The Trump administration, which signaled that negotiations are likely, has not backed down on Trump’s imposition of a 10 percent tariff on products imported from nearly all foreign trading partners and higher reciprocal taxes on others. Market dips and recession fears have surged since last week’s announcement.

The press briefing also came as Republicans in both chambers of Congress work to move Trump’s legislative agenda forward. The Senate GOP passed its budget blueprint over the weekend, nearly a month after the House advanced its resolution.

Trump has pressed the House to accept the upper chamber’s plan despite pushback. He is expected to speak to Republicans in the lower chamber later Tuesday.
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Border Czar Homan on LEAKED War Plans, Venezuelan Migrant Deportations & Social Security Protection

Trump administration Border Czar Tom Homan says that he "has no idea" on the target number of deportations the administration intends to conduct and urges Congress to release more funding for broader border protection efforts and services.

Homan says the current total of migrants arrests by ICE officers is shy of 44,000. A figure that he says is more than the number of arrests made by the Biden administration.
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SANCTUARY CITY Mayors FEUD with House GOP over Illegal Immigrants, DEMANDS Cooperation with ICE

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday morning heard from four Democratic mayors in a hearing where they will be expected to defend their cities’ sanctuary status — which has faced scrutiny by President Trump and Republican lawmakers.

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the committee, launched a probe into the cities and their impact on federal immigration enforcement earlier this year. In letters sent to the mayors, he requested communications related to their immigration policies.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson testified before the committee earlier today.
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EVICT ELON? Protestors push back on Trump and DOGE at two separate rallies

Calls to Evict Elon Musk rang out outside the Department of Housing and Urban Development after the Trump administration and DOGE said they want to reduce the workforce of HUD by 50%.

This protest followed one in the morning where hundreds gathered outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to protest cuts to their workforce.

Former NOAA employees, including veterans, feel betrayed and point out that they are high performing workers who were just in a probationary period. Among NOAA's responsibilities are storms warnings and seafood safety.
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TRUMP & MACRON project UNITY despite clear Ukraine-Russia DIVIDE

#trump #macron #ukraine #russia #thehill

President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron sought to project unity during a White House meeting Monday, even as cracks opened further in the alliance between the U.S. and Europe over the path forward in Ukraine.

The two met at the Oval Office as the U.S. at the United Nations in New York voted against a resolution condemning Russia as the aggressor on the third anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

In doing so, the U.S. joined Russia and 16 other countries, including North Korea, Syria and Belarus as well as Israel and Hungary, while standing against longtime allies such as France, Germany, Great Britain and Canada.
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FIRED Federal Workers PROTEST MUSK and TRUMP outside SPACEX and HHS headquarters"

(NewsNation) - Protests in DC and around the country called out Elon Musk and President Donald Trump for cuts to the federal workforce. In front of the Health and Human Services building, scientists highlighted lifesaving work to cure cancer or stamp out infectious disease that has been canceled. And later in the day, union members and federal workers marched to the SpaceX headquarters, the company that's owned by Elon Musk, to make their voices heard.
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Trump Special Envoy REVEALS How Marc Fogel Was Released After 3.5 years In A RUSSIAN Prison

#russia #MarcFogel #prisonerrelease
(NewsNation) - Washington Correspondent Kellie Meyer asked President Trump's Special Enovy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, about the details around the release of Marc Fogel: exchange vs not one for one.

Witkoff said that he didn’t have the details on the release and said that he doesn't know how many times Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Forced to Shut down Angering DEMS and Sparking PROTEST

Democratic lawmakers and hundreds of protestors rallied outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today, hoping to prevent the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from gutting or even closing down the agency.

Over a dozen officials, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren who helped create the agency, said that consumers have saved $21 billion dollars through the CFPB.
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Trump Calls FBI Agents Corrupt, PRAISES Musk and his relationship with Kim Jung Un during WH meeting

President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gave remarks to the press after their White House meeting Friday.

Trump said he plans to direct Elon Musk to review spending at the Defense and Education departments as the new administration works to overhaul the federal government.

“Pentagon, Education, just about everything. We’re going to go through everything,” Trump said during a presser alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

Trump also said the U.S. will have relations with North Korea, touting his personal relationship with Kim Jong Un, who rules the nuclear-armed country with an iron fist and has soldiers fighting on the frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“We will have relations with North Korea, with Kim Jong Un, I got along with them very well,” Trump said during a press conference with Ishiba at the White House.
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First MAJOR TEST for Harris, Walz Ticket in Joint CNN Interview

Vice President Harris will try to clear a hurdle in her presidential campaign Thursday when she and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), sit for an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.

It’s a crucial moment for the Democratic nominee for president, who has come under repeated criticism from Republicans for not doing an interview where she might be asked tough questions.

#thehill #2024election #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #CNN
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President Biden and Donald Trump duel at the US-Mexico border on immigration policy

President Biden and former President Trump are visiting different parts of Texas, making dueling trips to the U.S.-Mexico border as immigration remains a top issue on the campaign trail.

The split-screen visit gives both candidates an opportunity to address an issue in the field within hours of one another.

Attention shifted to the border shortly after, back in Washington, the House passed a stopgap funding bill Thursday that would avert a shutdown this weekend by punting a pair of funding deadlines later into March.

The Senate will now need to take up the legislation.
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Special counsel finds Biden ‘willfully’ retained classified documents, no charges filed

A special counsel investigating President Biden’s handling of classified materials concluded his case, determining that Biden “willfully” retained classified documents but stopping short of bringing charges against the president.

Special counsel Robert Hur released his findings in a 388-page report after a roughly yearlong investigation into how classified documents from Biden’s time as vice president ended up at an old office space and at his Wilmington, Del., home.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur in January as a special counsel, tasking him with determining whether any laws were violated given the mishandling of the records.

While Hur concluded neither Biden nor his staff broke the law in removing the records, he was critical of their handling of the sensitive records.
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Campaigns Brace For Winter Weather Ahead Of Iowa Caucuses

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces a moment of truth in the Iowa caucuses Monday after making the Hawkeye State the paramount priority in his presidential bid.

Despite investing nearly everything in Iowa, polls show DeSantis has his work cut out for him. A Suffolk University Political Research Center poll released Thursday showed former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley topping DeSantis in Iowa by 7 points. Former President Trump continues to lead the field with 54 percent support.

However, caucuses are already unpredictable events, and coupled with the inclement weather expected in the state, DeSantis’s team says they are moving forward.
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Trump leads in Iowa; Ramaswamy's 2024 prediction; Haley and DeSantis face-off; Christie drops out

The Hill’s Julia Manchester is in the Hawkeye State, where temperatures are in the mid-20s and more snow is expected later tonight. Most of Iowa is under a winter storm warning tonight through Friday.

But that isn’t stopping the campaigns and the candidates from crisscrossing the state today. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding events in Rock Rapids, Le Mars, Ames and Clive. Meanwhile, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will head to Ankeny and Cedar Rapids.

And while former President Trump is not due back in Iowa until Saturday, his campaign surrogates are out and about. Donald Trump Jr. will campaign for his father in Urbandale today and Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake will stump for the former president tomorrow night in Pella.
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118th Congress in Session; Lawmakers Negotiated $1.66 trillion deal to avert a Government Shutdown

High-stakes talks over government funding and border security are set to collide when Congress returns to session this week, presenting lawmakers with two politically prickly matters that carry serious implications.

Congressional leaders announced a deal on top-line spending numbers Sunday afternoon, lowering the chances of a government shutdown as the first of two funding deadlines fast approaches. A number of hurdles, however, remain — including the threat by some House conservatives to shut down the government unless they receive substantive border security policy.

That posture comes as Senate negotiators are inching closer to a long-awaited deal on border security. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), the top GOP negotiator, said text could be released as soon as this week.

Also this week, the House Homeland Security Committee is scheduled to hold its first impeachment hearing for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, accelerating the panel’s effort against the embattled department head as the GOP conference sounds the alarm about the situation at the southern border.

And the House Oversight Committee and House Judiciary Committee are slated to mark up a resolution to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress after the president’s son defied a congressional subpoena and did not appear at a scheduled deposition with the panel.
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