The Biden administration on Wednesday outlined its effort to implement signature legislation that allows Medicare to negotiate the price of drugs for the first time and slashes costs of other drugs that seniors rely on.
Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq - in blinding explosions of shock and awe - American forces remain in the country in what has become a small but consistent presence to ensure an ongoing relationship with a key military and diplomatic partner in the Middle East.
When Quentin Fulks went back home to Ellaville, Georgia, last year, people kept telling him how proud they were to watch a native son lead Sen. Raphael Warnock's reelection bid. Then came the caveat: They still weren't going to vote for his boss.
Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said former President Trump winning the Republican nomination for president would be a “geopolitical catastrophe” because he could influence international affairs like the war between Russia and Ukraine. Rasmussen, who led NATO for five years after serving as Denmark’s prime minister for more than eight years, told Politico in...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) have introduced a bill to repeal part of a Trump-era bank regulation rollback law in the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The bill, called the Secure Viable Banking Act, would put banks with at least $50 billion in assets back under strict Federal...
The Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday is scheduled to consider President Biden’s nominee to serve as the Archivist of the United States despite a whistleblower complaint made public last week accusing the nominee of abusive behavior. The nominee, Colleen Shogan, faced a withering round of questions from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) when she...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to expand its investigation into Norfolk Southern to include other major railroads to determine ways to improve rail safety in the aftermath of the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last month. Schumer said in a letter to NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy,...