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Senator Josh Hawley, the Missouri Republican, said on Monday that he had decided to support the nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid because Dr. Oz told him that he would no longer support transgender care for minors and was “unequivocally pro-life.”The Senate is expected to vote on Dr. Oz’s nomination to become administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sometime this month.Mr. Hawley was vocal about withholding his support for Dr. Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon who became a daytime TV celebrity, over concerns about his previous positions on transgender care and certain state abortion…

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Fox News Digital asked cherry blossom visitors this weekend if it’s “illegal” or not to touch or pick the blooms. The answers were surprising. (Ashley J. DiMella/Fox News Digital) Welcome to the Fox News Lifestyle Newsletter. Check out these top headlines.TOP 3:PENALTY FOR PICKING?  – As the cherry blossoms peak in Washington, D.C., visitors share conflicting opinions on whether it’s illegal to pick the blooms from the trees — and a park ranger offers the final say. ‘BE WARY’– The death of Miller Gardner, son of former New York Yankee Brett Gardner, has experts speaking out about travel and health after…

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Los Angeles prosecutors declined to charge Kim Delaney after the “NYPD Blue” actress was arrested for felony assault Saturday.Delaney was released from custody Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, where she had been held since her arrest March 29, according to records obtained by Fox News Digital.She was initially scheduled to appear in court but was released because prosecutors found insufficient grounds to file a complaint against the television star.‘NYPD BLUE’ STAR KIM DELANEY ARRESTED ON FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES Kim Delaney won’t face felony assault charges after a March 29 arrest. (Michael Tullberg)Representatives for Delaney…

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The auto industry witnessed a different kind of March madness last month as buyers flocked to dealerships to lock in deals before President Trump’s auto tariffs lift prices by thousands of dollars, several carmakers said.“This past weekend was by far the best weekend I’ve seen in a very long time,” Randy Parker, the chief executive of Hyundai Motor North America, told reporters on Tuesday. The company reported a 13 percent increase in March sales on Monday compared with a year earlier.Ford Motor said Monday that its March sales at dealerships rose 19 percent. However, Ford’s sales during the overall quarter…

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More than 230 passengers and crew members have been sickened in an outbreak of norovirus during a 29-day round-trip luxury cruise from England to the Eastern Caribbean, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The Queen Mary 2, the flagship ocean liner of Cunard Lines, left from Southampton, England, on March 8, according to Cruise Mapper, a tracking site. An outbreak was reported on March 18, the C.D.C. said, after the ship had stopped in New York City. Passengers and crew had reported symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting, the agency said.The C.D.C. said the outbreak spread to 224 passengers,…

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President Trump’s controversial choice to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, faces an uncertain future, as a Senate Democrat plans to put an indefinite hold on his nomination.Martin, a “Stop the Steal” advocate and former defense attorney who represented U.S. Capitol riot defendants, is Mr. Trump’s nominee to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and Sen. Adam Schiff, a first-term Democrat from California, plans to hold his nomination amid a growing number of controversial statements and decisions by Martin.The position is among the highest-profile and most powerful federal prosecutor positions in the U.S. Martin,…

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Officials have released the identities of three of the four U.S. soldiers found dead in Lithuania.The soldiers, who were discovered in an M88 armored vehicle that sank into a swamp, were all 25 or younger. Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr., 25, of Joliet, Illinois; Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, of Glendale, California; and Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, of Dededo, Guam, were all identified by officials on Tuesday.A fourth soldier was found on Tuesday, but his identity has not yet been released.All three men were M1 Abrams tank system maintainers. Their vehicle was discovered in a peat bog near Pabradė, Lithuania,…

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Quebec’s premier believes Europe’s rearmament presents an “extraordinary opportunity” for his province as it tries to diversify trade away from the United States. Francois Legault told a gathering in Hannover, Germany, that Europe plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on defence in the coming years as U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled he may no longer be willing to protect Canada or the European Union.Legault says several Quebec sectors could contribute to the EU effort, including shipbuilding, aerospace, critical minerals and artificial intelligence.Critical minerals: Legault wants to speed up mining projectsWith the uncertainty caused by Trump’s tariffs and…

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Paris Saint-Germain have avoided a huge upset, rallying from two goals down to beat second-tier Dunkerque 4-2 and reach the French Cup final.It seemed a mismatch between unbeaten Ligue 1 leaders PSG and Dunkerque, who are fifth in Ligue 2. But PSG’s fourth goal only came deep into added time and on the counterattack with the hosts pushing hard for an equaliser.Dunkerque took confidence from knocking out top-tier sides Auxerre, Lille and Brest in previous rounds and started strongly on Tuesday.Dunkerque’s first goal came after seven minutes when a free kick from the left was flicked on to the back…

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