If Congress fails to approve a funding extension by the end of Tuesday, spending laws will expire and the U.S. government will become a bare-bones operation, continuing only functions necessary to protect life or public property.
President Donald Trump’s announcement that his administration will impose a 100 percent tariff on patented pharmaceutical products sparked confusion Friday, as government officials, drug companies and trade groups sought clarity on how the levy would be applied.
Federal funds expire when the fiscal year ends Tuesday night, and Congress appears deadlocked over a stopgap measure that would keep agencies online for seven weeks while long-term negotiations continue.
Trump’s recently enacted tax law sweetened a break for corporate research and development investments, a provision especially valuable to technology, pharmaceutical and manufacturing businesses. But some businesses won’t be able to take full advantage of the break.
Evidence from clinical trials shows that GLP-1s have benefits beyond weight loss, preventing related chronic conditions and ultimately blunting health-plan costs. But the savings might take decades, experts say.
Ahead of decisions by the FDA, both Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are readying production for their weight-loss pills, having been unable to keep up with demand for their shots that exploded in popularity.
The government estimates the move will save millions of dollars a year because electronic payments are much more cost-efficient.
The WNBA will crown a champion in mid-October—but the Finals could be just a preview for the biggest battle of the year. The collective bargaining agreement is set to expire two weeks later.
In explaining the rising prices, insurers and employers point to two recent factors: the tariffs on pharmaceutical imports and the high cost of new obesity treatments.
Some employers are using office mandates to purposely shed workers. Meanwhile, some companies are capitalizing on the mandates, using flexible policies as a way to poach talent from their competitors.
Several faculty and university senates have approved resolutions asking their leaders to sign a NATO-like agreement to pool resources in case President Donald Trump’s administration targets one of its members.
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, leveraged an audience of millions of fervent conservative fans and fierce liberal critics to create a youth-oriented movement on the right, emerging as one of the most prominent voices in the age of Donald Trump.
The new rules place the burden of customs duty collection and remittance on transportation carriers or U.S. Customs and Border Protection-approved third parties, the Switzerland-based UPU said.
The administration’s cancellation of the $500 million grant for machinery to trap and bury the plant’s greenhouse gas left the staunchly Republican community stunned.
President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the Republican Party host a national convention before next year’s midterm elections, an unusual move that Democrats are also considering.
Irsay, who died in May at 65, spent the last two years of his life in the throes of a relapse that he and Colts executives repeatedly hid from the public, a Washington Post investigation found.
Susan Monarez isn’t “aligned with” President Donald Trump’s agenda and refused to resign as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, so the White House terminated her, spokesman Kush Desai said Wednesday night.
Groups that filed the lawsuit to block the cuts said they represented “an unprecedented disruption to ongoing research” and threatened to undermine the NIH’s stature as a worldwide leader for diagnosing and treating illness.
“Continuous vetting” by the State Department marks a significant expansion of ongoing efforts to clamp down on alleged abuses in the legal immigration system.
The restaurants themselves are also being revamped. The dining rooms are being outfitted with more modern furnishing and decor, as opposed to the “old country store” design it had in place for decades.
