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The single biggest clawback would be a $445 million cut to U.S. funding of peacekeeping operations abroad, including through the United Nations. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Finance , International Relations

Simplified: $445 million cut is biggest clawback to US funding of peacekeeping operations.

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Still, hundreds of C.D.C. employees, including many in service uniforms, gathered at the agency to celebrate them. 0.500

👤 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Apoorva Mandavilli, and Christina Jewett 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Hundreds of CDC employees gathered to celebrate the resigned officials

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The fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, before the 45-day period in which Congress is required to consider a rescission request from the White House. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Finance

Simplified: Fiscal year ends September 30 before 45-day period for Congress to consider rescission request.

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C.D.C. employees planned a “clap-out” send-off at agency headquarters to honor them, but the officials were forced to leave earlier. 0.500

👤 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Apoorva Mandavilli, and Christina Jewett 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: CDC employees planned a clap-out send-off but the officials were forced to leave earlier

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The three officials who were ushered out the door by security on Thursday had coordinated their resignations. 0.500

👤 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Apoorva Mandavilli, and Christina Jewett 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Three officials ushered out by security had coordinated their resignations

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Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law. 0.900

👤 Senator Susan Collins 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Law , Finance

Simplified: Rescinding appropriated funds without congressional approval is a violation of law.

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His colleague on the committee, Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, demanded Mr. Kennedy’s “immediate termination.” 0.500

👤 Senator Patty Murray 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Patty Murray demanded Kennedy's immediate termination

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The White House has informed Congress it intends to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers approved for foreign aid programs, invoking a little-known and legally untested power to slash spending without t... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Politics , Finance

Simplified: White House intends to cancel $4.9 billion for foreign aid programs.

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Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and ranking member of the health panel, said the attempt to fire Dr. Monarez was “outrageous” and called for a hearing. 0.500

👤 Senator Bernie Sanders 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Bernie Sanders said the attempt to fire Monarez was outrageous and called for a hearing

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The administration is attempting to unilaterally claw back money that has already been appropriated by running out the clock for Congress to reject its request before the funding expires. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Politics

Simplified: Administration attempts to unilaterally claw back appropriated money by running out the clock for Congress.

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Mr. Cassidy said that said if the meeting proceeds, “any recommendations made should be rejected as lacking legitimacy” given concerns about the panel “and the current turmoil in C.D.C. leadership.” 0.500

👤 Senator Bill Cassidy 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Cassidy said any recommendations made should be rejected as lacking legitimacy

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The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Politics

Simplified: White House plans to use legally untested maneuver to claw back foreign aid money.

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On Thursday, Mr. Cassidy called for a delay in the upcoming vaccine advisory committee meeting. 0.500

👤 Senator Bill Cassidy 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Cassidy called for a delay in the upcoming vaccine advisory committee meeting

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Dr. Monarez said she had been asked to do both, he continued — to fire agency leadership and “to rubber stamp A.C.I.P. recommendations that flew in the face of science.” 0.500

👤 Dr. Richard Besser 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Monarez was asked to fire leadership and rubber stamp ACIP recommendations against science

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Mr. Cassidy, a physician who voted for Mr. Kennedy’s confirmation as health secretary after publicly agonizing over it, said on social media late Wednesday that the “high-profile departures will requi... 0.500

👤 Senator Bill Cassidy 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Cassidy said high-profile departures will require oversight by his panel

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“One was anything that was deemed illegal, and the second was anything that she felt flew in the face of science,” he said. 0.500

👤 Dr. Richard Besser 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Monarez would not do anything illegal or against science

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Dr. Richard Besser, chief executive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a former acting director of the C.D.C., said that he called Dr. Monarez on Wednesday, just by chance, to see how they coul... 0.500

👤 Dr. Richard Besser 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Richard Besser called Monarez to see how they could cooperate on public health matters

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On Wednesday, Dr. Monarez received a phone call from the White House personnel office telling her that she was being fired. 0.500

👤 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Apoorva Mandavilli, and Christina Jewett 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Monarez received a phone call from the White House personnel office telling her she was being fired

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After Dr. Monarez refused Mr. Kennedy’s demands, she called Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana and chairman of the Senate health committee. 0.500

👤 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Apoorva Mandavilli, and Christina Jewett 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Monarez called Senator Bill Cassidy after refusing Kennedy's demands

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The committee is scheduled to meet again on Sept. 18 and 19, and may consider recommendations for a wide array of vaccines, including those for hepatitis B, Covid and respiratory syncytial virus, as w... 0.500

👤 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Apoorva Mandavilli, and Christina Jewett 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: ACIP is scheduled to meet on Sept 18 and 19 to consider vaccine recommendations

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