Trump Signs Executive Order Asking Companies to Lower Drug Prices
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Trump Signs Executive Order Asking Companies to Lower Drug Prices

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Monday signed an executive order asking drugmakers to voluntarily reduce the prices of key medicines in the United States. But the order cites no obvious legal authority to mandate lower prices. The order said the administration would consider taking regulatory…

Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver
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Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson has dropped one of the most aggressive options the G.O.P. was considering to cut Medicaid costs to help pay for President Trump’s domestic agenda, bowing to pressure from politically vulnerable Republicans and underscoring the deep party divisions imperiling the plan….

G.O.P. Targets a Medicaid Loophole Used by 49 States to Grab Federal Money
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G.O.P. Targets a Medicaid Loophole Used by 49 States to Grab Federal Money

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 1989, New Hampshire’s Republican governor, Judd Gregg, had a gaping budget hole he didn’t know how to fill. His health secretary came up with a solution: a tax maneuver he’d learned through the grapevine that would force Washington to send the state…

Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS
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Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to cut federal funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the outlets of producing biased coverage and “left-wing propaganda.” Mr. Trump instructed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public broadcasters in the United States,…

Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
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Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings, maybe even a “DOGE dividend” check in their mailboxes, when the Department of Government Efficiency was let loose on the federal government. Now, as he prepares to step back from his presidential assignment to…

Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk
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Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday was forced to delay a vote on the Republican budget blueprint to unlock President Trump’s domestic agenda, after conservatives balked at a plan that they said would add too much to the nation’s debt. In a dramatic scene…

The House Republicans Holding Out Against Trump’s Budget and Tax Cut Plan
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The House Republicans Holding Out Against Trump’s Budget and Tax Cut Plan

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Representative Eric Burlison, a two-term congressman from Missouri’s Ozarks, is unequivocal about his support for President Trump. “I love the president,” he said this week as he walked through the Capitol. But Mr. Burlison is also one of about a dozen hard-line conservative…

Schumer Again Defends Decision to Avoid Shutdown Amid Calls to Resign
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Schumer Again Defends Decision to Avoid Shutdown Amid Calls to Resign

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, remained defiant in the face of continuing criticism and growing calls to resign more than a week after he cleared the way for a Republican spending bill without negotiating any major concessions….