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Ozempic could be up next for Medicare price negotiations
Wall Street analysts are speculating that the popular diabetes and weight loss medication Ozempic could be subject to federal government price negotiations next year as part of the Department of Health and Human Service‘s new program to lower Medicare prescription prices. Last week, the Biden administration announced the final negotiated prices for the first 10 […]
CIA chief Burns arrives in Cairo to push Israel-Hamas ceasefire progress
Negotiations to secure a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel progressed Friday in Cairo and will continue over the coming days. CIA Director William Burns and Brett McGurk, the National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, both of whom have been heavily involved in the U.S. negotiating delegation, traveled to Cairo on Friday […]
Mere theatricality at the DNC
A very active Democratic National Convention told viewers very little. Vice President Kamala Harris has offered a very limited platform as yet, and so speakers backing her said equally as little of substance. Seeing lots of performance and little substance is nothing new, but it is invariably entertaining. Take state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-MI) and […]
Crypto cash pouring into campaigns is spread around regardless of party
After facing litigation battles with the Securities and Exchange Commission, cryptocurrency companies are pouring millions of dollars into candidates of either party this election cycle who will protect their interests. While the industry has come under fire with the Biden administration, cryptocurrency companies have donated to both Democratic and Republican candidates. So far, cryptocurrency companies […]
DOJ sues real estate company, alleging it colluded to drive up rent prices
The Department of Justice sued RealPage on Friday, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws by carrying out a price-fixing scheme that involved sharing private rent information among landlord competitors. The DOJ said RealPage, a Texas-based software company widely used in the real estate industry, replaced “competition with coordination” in urban areas, leading to widespread […]
Conservatives rip DNC for allegedly planting Beyonce rumors to draw audience
Republicans insisted that Democrats conducted an elaborate scheme to deceive voters after Beyonce failed to appear at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The singer was widely rumored to make a surprise performance at the DNC, just before Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination Thursday night. When the last night of the […]
WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr. holds briefing as withdrawal rumors swirl
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is delivering an address regarding the future of his campaign amid rumors he will drop out and throw his weight behind former President Donald Trump. Kennedy is scheduled to speak at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time at an undisclosed location in Phoenix, Arizona. Trump is scheduled to speak later […]
Trump says administration will be ‘great for women and their reproductive rights’ in rhetorical shift
Former President Donald Trump played a much different tone than previously on the topic of abortion and women’s rights, saying his administration would be “great for women and their reproductive rights.” After delivering on his promise to anti-abortion groups to pick justices on the Supreme Court who would get Roe v. Wade overturned, the former […]
Europe’s distaste for free speech slowly seeps into America
The right to free speech is a crucial one that is only honored in the United States. Bureaucrats in Europe and elsewhere are trying to impose their own restrictions on American speech and their American counterparts are, unfortunately, keen on joining them. The problems have been most evident with the treatment of X, the social […]
Investigation finds no evidence Musk super PAC broke voter registration laws
Elon Musk’s America PAC, which is supporting former President Donald Trump’s reelection efforts, is calling on election officials to drop its investigation into alleged violations of state campaign finance law. State officials in North Carolina and Michigan launched investigations into Musk’s PAC after reports came in that its website was misleading to voters. The website […]
Secret Service places agents on desk duty after Trump assassination attempt
The Secret Service placed multiple personnel on desk duty following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. An unspecified number of agents were put on administrative duty in the wake of the July 13 shooting, the Secret Service told the Washington Examiner Friday afternoon, walking back its earlier statement that agents were […]
Newsom trolls Trump on San Francisco praise
Former President Donald Trump unwittingly gave Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) some fodder for fire as he slammed Vice President Kamala Harris at the southern border. On Thursday, Trump stood in front of unused border wall material stacked near the U.S.-Mexico border as he attacked Harris for her stance on illegal immigration. Conducting some counterprogramming ahead […]
Pro-Palestinian protests fizzle out in Chicago
Concerns over a re-creation of the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned out to be greatly exaggerated, as mass violent protests failed to materialize. For months, many analysts anticipated mass, violent protests reminiscent of the infamous 1968 DNC, which saw the climax of the 1968 anti-Vietnam War protests. However, those expectations were squashed when pro-Palestinian protesters […]
Kathy Hochul rejects Pelosi blame for 2022 House losses: ‘I don’t agree with that’
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) defended herself against comments from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that suggested she cost the Democrats seats in New York and, by extension, their House majority due to her closer-than-expected gubernatorial run in 2022. “I’ll tell you this. No governor in the history of the state of New York has […]
Vivek Ramaswamy: Kamala Harris backs ‘wrong policies while actually believing nothing at all’
CHICAGO — On the fourth and final morning of the Democratic National Convention, former President Donald Trump‘s campaign sent out his ex-primary opponent and current surrogate Vivek Ramaswamy swinging. The billionaire biotech entrepreneur closed out a week of counterprogramming from the Republican ex-president, with Ramaswamy excoriating Kamala Harris over the vice president’s record on everything […]
Lights come on for Trump campaign as DNC goes dark
The Harris campaign enjoyed the full shine of the media spotlight over the course of the Democratic National Convention, but former President Donald Trump might have the last word as the country steps into the weekend. High with a flush of good news since the start of her whirlwind campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris accepted […]
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