The American Medical Association wants insurance companies and federal payers to fully cover a new class of obesity treatments like Wegovy and Ozempic, even as plans search for ways to avoid paying for the high cost of the drugs. The organization voted Monday to pass a resolution supporting “health insurance coverage parity for evidence-based treatment of...

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth predicted on Tuesday that retirements in the Army will ramp up if Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) hold does not end by Christmas. Wormuth, while speaking at Politico’s Defense Summit, characterized the hold as “problematic” and expressed concern over its impacts. “I would expect that if we don't see the Senate resolve...

Plus: Thousands descend on DC for pro-Israel march {beacon} Evening Report   © Greg Nash, The Hill Lawmaker tensions flare on Capitol Hill An alleged sharp elbow. A near-brawl. Personal insults. Congress had it all Tuesday. Tensions erupted among multiple sets of lawmakers across the Capitol as both chambers went about their work....

Kari Lake said Tuesday that she would be “honored” if former President Trump campaigned for her as she vies for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Ariz.) seat in the Arizona Senate race. “I would be honored if President Trump would campaign for me, absolutely. Are you kidding me?” Lake told The Hill in a phone interview. “And...

Stack Data Strategy is projecting that former President Trump would beat President Joe Biden for the presidency if the election were held today. Stack published a polling model on Monday that found Biden wining the popular vote but losing the electoral college by 292 votes for Trump, to 246 votes for Biden. It projected that Biden...

The invasive species has already been found in almost 20 states, according to officials.

A North Dakota judge has denied a request to temporarily block a state law preventing transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming medical care, leaving one of the nation’s most stringent transgender health care bans intact. District Judge Jackson Lofgren on Monday denied a temporary restraining order requested by three North Dakota families with transgender children and a...

The House of Representatives passed a short term extension of government funding to avoid a partial shutdown over the holiday season.

Pentagon officials said on Tuesday that Hamas was using hospitals in Gaza to conceal and support military operations, while also holding people hostage.

Maine's so-called "yellow flag" law allowing for weapons restriction orders has been invoked 13 times since Robert Card's Oct. 25 shooting spree in Lewiston.