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Dr. Oz said your poop “should gently hit the water like Greg Louganis diving in.” In other news, the Potomac, threatened by one of the largest sewage spills in U.S. history, has been informally renamed. Send news tips to [email protected] or John_Wilkerson.07 on Signal, but keep fecal news to yourself. I’ve had enough.

The transience of Trump’s MFN deals

The White House wants to codify in law the voluntary deals between drugmakers and the Trump administration on lowered prices, CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said Tuesday at the annual PhRMA Forum.

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