The White House’s latest request for additional funding for Ukraine is likely to add fuel to the already contentious spending debate when Congress returns in September. The White House on Thursday asked Congress for $13.1 billion in supplemental funding for the Department of Defense in response to the war in Ukraine. That includes funding for...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) showed he was proud of suspending Orlando state attorney Monique Worrell this week after he said she couldn’t fulfill the duties of the position. At a presidential campaign stop in Iowa Thursday, DeSantis said Worrell was suspended because she refused to prosecute certain crimes. He blamed environmental, social and corporate...
Novo Nordisk will acquire a Canadian pharmaceutical company developing obesity and diabetes treatments for just more than $1 billion, the Danish drugmaker announced Thursday. Novo Nordisk, which already produces the popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, said it agreed to acquire Inversago Pharma for $1.075 billion with the hope of investigating the potential of its...
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider the Biden administration's challenge to a bankruptcy settlement for Purdue Pharma, pausing the $6 billion deal over the administration's concerns about a provision that would shield the members of the Sackler family, who own the company, from future opioid-related claims. The court slated arguments in the case for December, leading to a...
Five Democratic state lawmakers have defected and joined the Republican Party so far in 2023, continuing a trend that has seen 83 lawmakers make that switch since 1994.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign is once again demanding Secret Service protection for the candidate following the FBI killing of a man that allegedly threatened President Biden.
The defense for suspected Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira are pushing for his release while he awaits trial after the government argued he was a risk to national security.
That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, which completes the saga of Bill Clinton’s abortive nomination of Georgetown law professor Peter Edelman...