President Donald Trump has said it plainly: Americans pay “massively higher prices than other nations pay for the same exact pill, from the same factory.” He’s right, and unlike many politicians before him, he forced the pharmaceutical industry to the table. TrumpRx and his Most Favored Nation pricing agreements achieved something Washington insiders long insisted […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. May 17-18, 1776 At his headquarters in New York, Gen. […]
This week, higher education experts are meeting in Washington to update regulations about accreditation — the quality assurance process that oversees $110 billion taxpayer-funded financial aid dollars. Many of the conversations had during this process are valuable, like those about strengthening student outcomes and academic freedom protections. But the Trump administration’s reliance on making accreditation […]
The Justice Department is now accusing Yale School of Medicine of discriminating against White and Asian applicants in the name of maintaining racial diversity. The case has reignited the national fight over affirmative action two years after the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions in higher education. But beneath the legal arguments lies a more […]
Upheaval among the top ranks of the Food and Drug Administration continued late Friday when Tracey Beth Høeg, the agency’s top drug regulator, was ousted. Høeg had served as acting director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) since December, and was the fifth head or acting head of the division since the start...
The Pentagon’s policy chief announced Monday that the United States will suspend its involvement in a joint body that coordinates military consultation with Canada, pointing to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address to the World Economic Forum earlier this year. The move comes amid simmering tensions between President Trump and Carney, who is leading a...
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said in a new interview that the Republican Party never got “back to sanity,” Hogan told The Washington Post that he thought the GOP would eventually get “back to sanity” after the 2024 presidential election in which President Trump won a second term in the White House, but “we...
The Pentagon is pushing back on allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is politicizing the military with his planned Monday appearance in Kentucky to campaign for the man who is challenging Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) in Tuesday’s Republican primary. “Secretary Hegseth is attending this event in his personal capacity,” chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a...
Electric companies NextEra and Dominion will merge, they announced on Monday. The merger would create the world’s largest regulated electric utility, the companies said in a press release. The move comes as electricity prices have been on the rise — up an average of 6.1 percent year-over-year in April across the country. In a statement, NextEra chair, president and CEO John...
President Trump is scheduled to host a healthcare affordability event on Monday afternoon at the White House. Trump in January unveiled an affordability framework aimed at lowering drug prices and insurance premiums, as he seeks to address a major Republican political liability ahead of the midterm elections. Watch the event, scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. EDT, in the video...