The Trump administration has reached a deal with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to cut its drug prices, marking it the second drugmaker in as many weeks to agree to President Trump's demand for lower medicine prices.
It has become clear that our criminal justice system in many states has been broken by weak laws, weak prosecutors, and weak judges when it comes to violent criminals who have been adjudicated to be “insane.” Florida police recently arrested Ronald Exantus for a parole violation and failure to register as a convicted felon. In 2015, Exantus […]
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday it will not accept donations from comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The human rights organization told Variety that it “cannot accept” donations from comedians like Aziz Ansari and others who performed. “But while we cannot accept, it is not too late for them...
President Trump's doctor said the commander-in-chief is in "exceptional health" following his "semiannual physical" at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on Friday. During his physical, the president received "preventive health screenings and immunizations," including a flu shot and COVID-19 booster vaccination, according to a memorandum from Trump's physician Sean Barbabella. These screenings...
Former Obama administration adviser and CNN political commentator Van Jones on Thursday slammed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for “making America sicker again” by encouraging the dismantling of vaccine requirements. Prior to his Senate confirmation, Kennedy launched the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda in an effort to weed out chronic...
A trial over President Trump’s attempted assassination as he golfed in south Florida last year is set to begin Monday, where the man accused of plotting the political hit is expected to defend his own case. Ryan Routh, the defendant, faces five criminal charges including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. If convicted, he...
President Trump on Friday signed an order to formally change the Department of Defense to the Department of War, framing the rebrand as a signal of American strength and suggesting previous drawn out wars under the old moniker were the result of political correctness. Trump signed an executive order that authorizes the name change for...
President Trump has proposed deploying federal troops to Chicago to fight violent crime, while Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker oppose the move, citing its potential to disrupt the lives of ordinary citizens.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) is standing in the way of a bipartisan push to tighten sanctions on the country of Georgia, which lawmakers and advocates say is the best way to stand up for pro-democracy forces and counter Russian, Chinese and Iranian influence in the country. Mullin is blocking passage of the MEGOBARI Act, bipartisan...
The Golden Age of antibiotic discovery was characterized by remarkable openness and collaboration, and the same spirit is needed now to combat the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance, which requires data sharing and AI to accelerate the discovery of new antibiotics.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is pushing back on comments made by a senior official in a hidden-camera video recorded and published by far-right operative James O’Keefe in which the official weighs in on the case of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Joseph Schnitt, a deputy chief of staff at the Office of...
As Chairs of the Democratic Party in Ohio and Texas, we have a warning for the rest of the country: Republicans will do anything they can to stay in power, including subverting basic principles of democracy. Why? Because they don’t respect the voters. In Texas, because of their radical partisan redistricting, Republicans already hold 25 of...
The U.S. economy added a paltry 22,000 jobs in August, adding to concerns about the health of the economy while increasing the chances of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent, rising for the second month in a row, while the labor force participation rate increased after...
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, supported by President Trump, has distributed over 142 million free meals to Palestinian civilians since May, providing much-needed aid in the face of suffering, while the UN and other aid groups have been uncooperative and the media has been beholden to Hamas propaganda.
A judge in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit brought by conservative cable channel Newsmax against Fox News, for now. Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in an opinion filed Friday that Newsmax's suit, made earlier this week, was not filed properly, calling it a "shotgun pleading," saying she has an "obligation to dismiss such pleadings." Cannon, who...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed an executive order Friday authorizing pharmacists to prescribe and administer COVID-19 vaccines. The order will be in place for the next 30 days while the governor comes up with a “long-term legislative solution” on vaccine access, according to a statement from Hochul’s office. “I promised New...
A video of Joe Biden outside a Delaware church over the holiday weekend appeared to show a scar on the former president’s forehead, prompting a spokesperson to reveal that Biden recently underwent Mohs surgery.
