Two Democratic congressmen are set to introduce legislation Thursday aimed at lowering drug prices for millions of service members, veterans and military families. Reps. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., and Pat Ryan, D-N.Y., both retired U.S. Army veterans and members of the House Armed Services Committee, are advancing a bill they dubbed the MISSION RX Act. Their…
Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s commerce secretary, was grilled by lawmakers for several hours on Wednesday over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender, after documents released by the Justice Department revealed that Mr. Lutnick had misrepresented his relationship with Mr. Epstein. During a closed-door interview, members of the House Oversight Committee pressed Mr….
Reporting Highlights Decades of Inaction: Texas lawmakers have for years rejected legislation that could have protected residents in the state’s flood-prone areas. Opportunities Lost: Three bills would have banned youth camps or nearly all development in areas most at risk of dangerous flooding. Experts said the bills could have saved lives. Texas Falling Behind: Texas…
NewsFeed Alabama lawmakers adjourned their special session after protesters entered the State House during demonstrations over redistricting. The unrest follows a US Supreme Court ruling that weakened protections of the Voting Rights Act, fuelling a battle over electoral maps as Republicans push to redraw districts ahead of upcoming midterm elections. Published On 5 May 20265…
A group of Republican lawmakers is pressing the Army to loosen longstanding restrictions on firearms at recreation sites run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, arguing the policy is out of step with other federal land agencies. Led by Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), the lawmakers on April 17 sent an open letter to Army…
Four U.S. senators sent letters grilling the nation’s major credit bureaus on Thursday after a ProPublica investigation showed two of the bureaus were fixing fewer consumers’ credit reports. The letters came in response to a ProPublica investigation from March, which found that two of the three major credit bureaus — TransUnion and Experian — had…
Lawmakers and experts in several countries have called for pharmaceutical companies to be more transparent about drug pricing and tax dealings following revelations from ICIJ’s Cancer Calculus. The investigation, led by ICIJ and 47 media partners, explores how Merck & Co. — known as MSD outside the United States and Canada — keeps huge revenues…
Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation this week to fix the state’s controversial threats of mass violence law, which had resulted in children being charged with felonies over jokes and misunderstandings. Gov. Bill Lee is expected to sign the bill, which will require that school officials only report student threats to police if a threat is “credible,”…
Shorouk Express “The next step is now we are positioning the court to annul the decision and to prompt the President of the Parliament to put it up to a vote in the [plenary],” ESN’s Anderson told POLITICO. Inquiry committees are convened to look into allegations of wrongdoing by the EU’s institutions, including the powerful European…
Shorouk Express The fight over Brosius-Gersdorf came after questionable allegations of plagiarism surfaced against her and amid what many viewed as a smear campaign aimed at discrediting the legal expert over her views on abortion. Brosius-Gersdorf withdrew her candidacy last month, writing in an open letter that she wanted to prevent “the coalition dispute over the…
