In the News
October 6, 2025
A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded. A Kansas task force focused on stemming the flow of fentanyl has been redirected. Highway checkpoints near the southwest border—some on roads long identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed.
September 30, 2025
WASHINGTON—President Trump on Tuesday unveiled a direct-to-consumer website for Americans to buy drugs, dubbed TrumpRx, and announced that Pfizer plans to offer some of its drugs on the site at a reduced rate.
Issues:Healthcare
September 29, 2025
The largest drug lobby on Monday rolled out a slate of commitments including U.S. manufacturing investments and a direct purchase website, but fell short of President Donald Trump’s demand that they offer Americans drugs at the prices they charge other nations.
Issues:Healthcare
September 1, 2025
House Republicans have proposed deep cuts to the Education Department’s budget for fiscal 2026 ahead of Tuesday’s subcommittee markup of the bill to fund the agency.
August 3, 2025
Thousands of Medicare recipients will have to wait longer to get some price relief on the expensive cancer drugs they depend on for treatment, while others might not get any reprieve at all.
Issues:Healthcare
July 30, 2025
President Donald Trump’s redistricting bonanza may have met its match in Indiana.
The Trump administration’s political allies in D.C. believe Republicans could squeeze at least one more GOP seat out of the state. They’re quietly exploring their options, according to multiple sources.
But it’s unclear if anyone in the Hoosier State is on board.
July 29, 2025
LAS VEGAS — Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) is backing the White House’s campaign to redraw the congressional map in his home state so that Republicans will control seven of the eight seats.
May 29, 2025
President Trump is employing the vast power of his office to redefine criminality to suit his needs — using pardons to inoculate criminals he happens to like, downplaying corruption and fraud as crimes, and seeking to stigmatize political opponents by labeling them criminals.
May 18, 2025
Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump’s job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found.
May 16, 2025
House conservatives are urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to be more aggressive against President Donald Trump’s political enemies.