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Live updates: Venezuela’s Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize during meeting 01/15/2026 07:05pm • Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado discussed her country’s future with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, even though he has dismissed her as an option to take over after an audacious U.S. military raid captured then-President Nicolás Maduro. Less than two What to Do When Medicare Advantage Plans Deny Coverage 01/15/2026 07:00pm • Since their introduction over 20 years ago, Medicare Advantage plans have become a rapidly expanding option in the Medicare system. In 2025, more than 34 million people enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, accounting for 54% of those eligible for Medicare, KFF reports. 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They have pointed rifles at demonstrators and deployed chemical irritants early in confrontations CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms 01/15/2026 05:35pm • Wastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by doctors, researchers said in two studies published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Colorado health officials were able to get ahead of the highly contag US and Taiwan sign $250B trade deal, cutting tariffs on Taiwanese goods 01/15/2026 05:32pm • HONG KONG (AP) — The United States and Taiwan reached a trade deal Thursday that cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods in exchange for $250 billion in new investments in the U.S. tech industry. The deal is the latest President Donald Trump has struck — such as those with the European Union and Japan � European troops arrive in Greenland as talks with US highlight 'disagreement' over island's future 01/15/2026 05:30pm • NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Troops from several European countries continued to arrive in Greenland on Thursday in a show of support for Denmark as talks among representatives of Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. highlighted “fundamental disagreement” over the future of the Arctic island. The disagr