Big Pharma has invested big money in the organizations planning what a MAGA policy agenda will look like in a new Trump administration. Not surprisingly, that policy playbook contains a major gift for the drug industry: a swift end to the Biden administration’s landmark program to allow Medicare to negotiate …
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At the start of this election year, Donald Trump spoke of “bedlam” breaking out if criminal prosecutions prevent him from retaking the White House. But the chaos the former president is threatening isn’t an abstraction. It’s already here, barely a month into 2024. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland recently warned …
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Nikki Haley is — at least for now — refusing to drop out of the 2024 Republican primary. Following her second-place finish in New Hampshire, she delivered an upbeat concession speech, promising to continue her campaign at least through South Carolina’s primary later this month. The address infuriated Donald Trump …
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White House pharmacists reportedly distributed uppers and downers like candy to Trump administration officials during his time in office, according to a new report from the Department of Defense Inspector General. The 80-page document, which was released on Jan. 8, found that “all phases of the White House Medical Unit’s …
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The United Auto Workers (UAW), one of the nation’s largest and most influential unions in the country, has endorsed Joe Biden for president. The UAW, which represents almost one million automobile industry workers, announced the endorsement Wednesday at their conference in Washington, D.C., shortly before Biden delivered an address to …
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Nikki Haley said last week that New Hampshire voters would have an opportunity to “correct” the results of the Iowa caucuses when they headed to the polls Tuesday. Whether they did depends on Haley’s definition of a course correction. Trump secured a solid — although not a total landslide — …
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Donald Trump secured his second victory in the Republican 2024 presidential primaries on Tuesday with a comfortable win in New Hampshire. Despite the win, the former president and his allies are still whining, claiming the race was marred by fraud perpetrated by … undeclared voters? Trump’s sole remaining opponent, former …
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Donald Trump frequently enrages musicians by using their songs without permission during his political rallies. Most recently, he has upset Johnny Marr after footage of the former president playing the Smiths‘ 1982 single “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” at a Trump rally in South Dakota last …
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Donald Trump returned to New Hampshire on Monday evening, once again hellbent on flexing his ability to identify shapes and sounds. After bragging last week that he “aced” his cognitive test after correctly naming a giraffe, tiger, and whale, the former president spoke to a crowd of supporters in Laconia, …
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If you follow politics or regularly consume the news, you might feel like Donald Trump is all around you. As you read this, you might well be imagining, with unsettling precision, the former president’s voice billowing filth and invective in your brain. Chris Hayes, the MSNBC primetime host, thinks about …
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