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intervention would be crossing a red line and be met with a response.
Franco Ordonez, NPR News, Palm Beach.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced the first tranche of money is currently being distributed.
The purpose of this $50 billion investment in rural health care is not to pay off bills.
The purpose of this $50 billion investment
is to allow us to right-size the system and to deal with the fundamental hindrances of improvement in rural health care.
The funds were added to help rural hospitals following deep cuts to Medicaid.
Half the money will be divided equally among states that apply.
But the second half of the funds will be dispensed based on criteria that urges states to enact White House-favored policies in order to increase their share.
President Trump insists that he didn't know about the survivors, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cites the fog of war in defending the follow-up strike.
Presidential historian Tevi Troy says the White House is clearly trying to distance itself from responsibility for killing the survivors.
He points to the briefing where the press secretary read a statement naming Admiral Bradley as the one who ordered the strike.
Troy says there are clear legal questions, and the lawyers are trying to make sure they walk a careful line to protect the president and the presidency.
President Trump said, quote, something good just may be happening in a social media post this morning after receiving a report on the weekend talks in Geneva.
A joint statement between the U.S.
and Ukraine was released stating that their original 28-point plan had been updated and refined.