Politics

US House looks to hike work requirements for food aid

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House lawmakers on Monday laid out a plan to increase work requirements for some recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food aid benefits, and to eventually require states to share more of the cost... Read More.

Trump calls out weight-loss drugs as target of price-cut push

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Monday singled out powerful new weight-loss drugs including Wegovy and Zepbound as targets in its push to lower prescription drug prices. President Donald Trump’s executive order demands that drugmakers cut prices on their products in the coming months... Read More.

Trump’s drug pricing order delivers blow to pharmacy benefit managers

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a blow to the private-sector middlemen who negotiate U.S. drug prices in his executive order on drug pricing, saying he would cut them out as part of a goal to bring the U.S.... Read More.

Exclusive-Pentagon halting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops, memo says

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon is halting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops as it moves to kick them out of the U.S. military, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Monday. “I am directing you... Read More.

Staff exodus at US farm agency leaves fewer experts to battle bird flu

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) – Hundreds of veterinarians, support staff and lab workers at the animal health arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have left under the Trump administration’s push for resignations, according to three sources familiar... Read More.

Trump signs executive order to demand pharma industry cuts prices

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Steve Holland, Michael Erman and Patrick Wingrove WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed a wide-reaching executive order on Monday directing drugmakers to lower the prices of their medicines to align with what other countries pay that analysts and legal experts said would be... Read More.

US deputy attorney general tapped to serve as acting librarian of Congress

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has been appointed to serve as the acting librarian of Congress, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman confirmed on Monday, after President Donald Trump recently fired Carla Hayden. The White House... Read More.

Explainer-What has Trump said about cutting drug prices?

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Maggie Fick (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed a broad executive order on Monday directing drugmakers to lower the prices of their prescription drugs to align with what other countries pay. White House officials said the government will give drugmakers price targets in the next... Read More.

Factbox-What’s in the Republican tax and health plan – and what is not

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Congress have released initial drafts of a sweeping budget package that would fulfill President Donald Trump’s calls to cut taxes and reduce spending, though many details still need to be resolved. Here is a summary of what... Read More.

Trump calls for broad drug price cuts in executive order, wants at least 59% drop

Monday, May 12 by SRN News

By Patrick Wingrove and Michael Erman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed a wide-reaching executive order on Monday directing drugmakers to lower the prices of their medicines to align with what other countries pay that analysts and legal experts... Read More.