The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a weight-loss drug to help sleep apnea, becoming the first drug to treat the disorder affecting millions of Americans. On Friday, the federal agency green-lighted Eli Lilly’s Zepbound drug for the use, approving a prescription medicine suited for adults suffering from moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)...
Just as the government funding deadline arrived early Saturday, Congress passed an interim plan to prevent a shutdown after a chaotic few days and nights in Washington. President Biden is expected to sign the funding bill on Saturday. The week’s turmoil on Capitol Hill, marking the close of the 118th Congress, offers a glimpse into...
Republican lawmakers say Congress’s near brush with a government shutdown shows that House Republicans do not have a functional majority, giving them a bad feeling about how difficult it will be to pass President-elect Trump's agenda in 2025. While Republicans in both chambers broadly agree on the need to secure the border and extend Trump’s...
The Democratic Party's image as a war party has been shaped by President Biden's support for Israel and Ukraine, as well as the revolving door between government officials and military contractors, and the lack of public support for such policies.
President Biden and his administration were largely absent from the onerous negotiations on government funding that gripped Capitol Hill this week. Instead, President-elect Trump and his allies were the ones wrestling with lawmakers over a continuing resolution as a government shutdown appeared increasingly inevitable. The White House on Friday blew off a host of questioning...
Lawmakers came together to fund the government on Friday, keeping the lights on in Washington until early next year and preventing a Christmas season shutdown. The package — crafted by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) — funds the government at current levels through March 14, extends the farm bill for one year and appropriates billions of dollars...
The Biden administration on Friday withdrew a pending regulation governing transgender athletes, abandoning an effort to provide some protections for transgender students that the incoming Trump administration has said it opposes. The administration also withdrew a proposal to cancel student debt for roughly 38 million Americans, which the Education Department said was due to “operational...
The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee accused Elon Musk of tanking a bipartisan spending bill because it included a provision that could limit his businesses' ability to operate in China. In a Friday letter to congressional leaders, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) claimed Musk derailed the deal that would have avoided a government shutdown...
President-elect Trump’s onetime White House adviser Steve Bannon said in an interview that he supports increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations. "I’m for a dramatic increase in corporate taxes. We have to increase taxes on the wealthy. For getting our guys’s taxes cut, we’ve got to cut spending, which they’re gonna resist. Where does...
President-elect Trump is asking a court to intervene in alleged sales of border wall materials, accusing the Biden administration of selling off the materials after it was required to do so by Congress. The new filing from the Trump team relies on reporting from the conservative Daily Wire, which said the Biden administration has been...
