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HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says doctors in Congress who are balking at the rules of the "No Surprises Act" aren't looking out for patients. "I don't think when someone is overcharging, that it's going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price," Becerra says. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Biden team's rules would push insurance premiums down by 0.5% to 1%.

Doctors are mad about surprise billing rules. Becerra says stop gouging patients

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says health providers who have exploited a complicated system to charge exorbitant rates will have to bear their share of the cost — or close.

Justice Breyer announced his retirement, and Biden spoke about who he'll nominate

Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement Thursday. President Biden says he hasn't decided who will fill the vacancy, but says he will keep his promise to name a Black woman to the bench.

House Hearing Will Pick Up Where Senate Panel Left Off On Afghan Withdrawal

NPR's Noel King speaks to GOP Rep. Mike Waltz of Florida, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a veteran of Afghanistan, about Wednesday's House hearing on the Afghan withdrawal.

Sidney Poitier won his first Oscar in 1964 for his role as Homer, the reluctant handyman in <em>Lilies of the Field.</em>

Sir, we loved you: Sidney Poitier dies at 94

Poitier was the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's Lilies of the Field. His good looks and smooth, commanding presence made him an icon to generations of moviegoers.

People line up to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing site in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. More than 1 million Americans tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

More than 1 million Americans were diagnosed with COVID over the long holiday weekend

The U.S. hit a new record high for infections in a single day on Monday, with 1,082,549 new cases recorded. Hospitalizations are also on the rise, but not at the same rate.

Fund secures $100 Million to benefit climate change initiatives for people of color

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Isabelle Leighton of the Donors of Color Network, which has secured $100 million in pledges to fund environmental justice initiatives centered on communities color.

Owen at Center of Battle Over Judicial Nominations

Melissa Block talks to Bennett Roth of the Houston Chronicle about Texas State Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen. Roth is working on a profile of Owen. She is "an exceptional jurist," according to one former colleague. But a group opposed to her nomination to the federal bench calls Owen "an extremist jurist even by Texas standards."

Ryan Gosling deserves better than the snarky action thriller 'The Gray Man'

Gosling plays an assassin being chased by other assassins. That sounds exciting, but it isn't; it's a pileup of self-admiring one-liners and insanely violent but weirdly inconsequential action scenes.

The campaign of Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman says the candidate, who's seen here on May 10, is set to soon return to the campaign trail after suffering a stroke.

Sidelined by a health scare, Fetterman readies a return to the Senate campaign trail

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's expected return to the campaign trail comes as issues such as abortion rights and gun violence have taken on a new intensity.

Grenadier Guards flank the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London on Wednesday. The Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall for four full days before her funeral on Monday.

Queen Elizabeth II lies in state after a solemn procession from Buckingham Palace

Her coffin left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession to Westminster Hall.

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