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  • How effective will TrumpRX be at lowering prescription drug prices for Americans?

    How effective will TrumpRX be at lowering prescription drug prices for Americans?

    Feb 06, 2026 11:40 PM EST

    ... gone to foreign leaders and asked them to raise the price of drugs overseas to help carry the cost of research and development here. So TrumpRx is a part of that broader strategy. If TrumpRx does have more drugs available, if it is expanded to the 90 percent or so ...

  • Trump administration’s visa freeze upends work and life for many U.S. families

    Trump administration’s visa freeze upends work and life for many U.S. families

    Feb 06, 2026 11:35 PM EST

    ... because it's really not a formal policy adopted in any kind of formal manner. Liz Landers: You recently wrote for Cato -- quote -- "that President Trump is leading the most anti-legal immigrant administration in American history." What does that mean? How so?David Bier: Well, not only are we ...

  • Atkins Stohr and Parker on political fallout from Trump’s call to ‘nationalize’ elections

    Atkins Stohr and Parker on political fallout from Trump’s call to ‘nationalize’ elections

    Feb 06, 2026 11:25 PM EST

    Kimberly Atkins Stohr of The Boston Globe and Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the fallout from President Trump’s call to “nationalize” elections and his immigration crackdown.

  • Trump ends Obama-era restrictions on commercial fishing in protected area off New England

    Trump ends Obama-era restrictions on commercial fishing in protected area off New England

    Feb 06, 2026 11:08 PM EST

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Friday reopening a huge swath of protected sea in the Atlantic Ocean to commercial fishing. Trump said the move would reestablish fishing in Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the New England coast, a nearly 5,000-square ...

  • Bitcoin price drops below pre-Trump second term levels, now hovering below $67,000

    Bitcoin price drops below pre-Trump second term levels, now hovering below $67,000

    Feb 06, 2026 06:08 PM EST

    ... holdings were worth about $47.8 billion, less than the $54.3 billion Strategy says they cost. American Bitcoin, in which Trump's sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. hold a stake, fell 6.6% and is now down more than 80% since Oct. 7. Other Trump-related crypto ...

  • Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa's leading economy says it's close to a new trade deal with China

    Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa's leading economy says it's close to a new trade deal with China

    Feb 06, 2026 04:22 PM EST

    CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — China and South Africa signed a framework agreement for a new trade deal on Friday as Africa's leading economy looks to other options following the high import tariffs imposed on it by the U.S. and its diplomatic fallout with the Trump administration. South ...

  • Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it

    Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it

    Feb 06, 2026 02:51 PM EST

    Johnson asserted that Trump is trying anything to distract from economic conditions and attention on the Jeffrey Epstein case files. “You know who isn’t in the Epstein files? Barack Obama,” Johnson said. "You know who actually improved the economy as president? Barack Obama.” Trump and the official White House ...

  • Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty, but Trump says he wants a new pact

    Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty, but Trump says he wants a new pact

    Feb 06, 2026 12:04 AM EST

    New START was the last remaining pact in a long series of agreements between Moscow and Washington to limit their nuclear arsenals, starting with the SALT I in 1972. Trump wants China in a pact Trump has indicated he would like to keep limits on nuclear weapons but wants to ...

  • News Wrap: Trump rejects extension of expired U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty

    News Wrap: Trump rejects extension of expired U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty

    Feb 05, 2026 11:45 PM EST

    ... held since 2022. An equal number of Russians were also released. Russian Defense Ministry footage showed soldiers boarding a bus wrapped in Russian flags. The Trump administration is stripping job protections from as many as 50,000 federal employees. A final rule published today by the Office of Personnel Management ...

  • WATCH: Trump says he will revoke church tax exempt status if leaders 'say something bad about' him

    WATCH: Trump says he will revoke church tax exempt status if leaders 'say something bad about' him

    Feb 05, 2026 11:30 PM EST

    ... rid of the Johnson Amendment," he said. "It's gone as far as you can say anything you want.""Now if you do say something bad about Trump, I will change my mind, and I will have your tax-exempt status immediately revoked," Trump added, drawing laughter from the audience.

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