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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder arrested after disrupting Senate hearing on HHS budget

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Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, was arrested alongside six others for disrupting a Senate hearing in Washington on Wednesday. Cohen interrupted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to protest U.S. military funding, accusing Congress of funding violence in Gaza at the expense of American healthcare. Capitol Police charged Cohen with obstruction, while others faced more serious charges, including resisting arrest and assaulting officers.

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