Apr 24 Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s claim there's more than one way to calculate a percentage decrease By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact President Donald Trump has regularly said that drug-price discounts on his watch are greater than 100%, which isn’t mathematically possible. Now his health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is trying to back up his faulty math. Continue reading
Apr 24 6 times the White House Correspondents' Dinner served up memorable moments By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Here’s a look at some of that history as Donald Trump prepares for the first time to attend as president. Continue reading
Apr 24 WATCH: Trump dispatching Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for new Iran talks, White House says By Munir Ahmed, Jon Gambrell, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The talks planned for Saturday come as much of the world is on edge over a war that has snarled crucial energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, clouded the global economic picture and left thousands dead across the Middle… Continue reading
Apr 24 Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal, appeals court says By Associated Press A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and the president can’t circumvent that. Continue reading
Apr 24 Justice Department drops criminal probe of Fed chair Powell, likely clearing way for Warsh confirmation By Christopher Rugaber, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The decision ends an investigation, one of several undertaken by the Justice Department into President Donald Trump’s perceived adversaries, that for months had failed to gain traction as prosecutors struggled to articulate a basis to suspect criminal conduct. Continue reading
Apr 24 Congress keeps holding all-nighters. Lawmakers say it's a symptom of dysfunction By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press It's a scenario that is playing out again and again as the House and the Senate fracture and careen from one crisis to the next. Continue reading
Apr 23 WATCH: Trump announces Israel and Lebanon have agreed to 3-week ceasefire extension By Matthew Lee, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 23 Kalshi fines and suspends 3 congressional candidates for betting on their own elections By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/ Report for America, Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press Three congressional candidates wagered on the outcome of their own elections on Kalshi, according to the prediction market, which said Wednesday that it fined and suspended the men from their platform for five years. Continue reading
Apr 23 WATCH: Trump unveils deal with Regeneron to lower its drug prices for Medicaid By Ali Swenson, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products as part of the White House's signature drug pricing initiative. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 6:43 State Department proposes sending Afghans who helped U.S. war effort to Congo By Amna Nawaz, Veronica Vela Hundreds of Afghans who helped the United States’ war effort in Afghanistan, and who are detained in Qatar, may soon be sent back to Afghanistan or the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the State Department. The push comes after… Continue watching