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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Eli Lilly Says It Will Cut the Price of Insulin — The company said it would cap the out-of-pocket cost of the diabetes drug at $35. — Eli Lilly and Company said on Wednesday that it would reduce the price of its most commonly prescribed insulins and expand a program that caps monthly …
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Drugmaker Eli Lilly caps the cost of insulin at $35 a month, bringing relief for millions — Eli Lilly will cap the out-of-pocket cost of its insulin at $35 a month, the drugmaker said Wednesday. The move, experts say, could prompt other insulin makers in the U.S. to follow suit.
Max Zahn / ABC News:
Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices up to 70% amid pressure to slash costs — The move follows criticism from federal lawmakers and advocacy groups. — Eli Lilly — will cut the price — of its most commonly prescribed insulin products by 70% and expand a program that caps patient costs at $35 per month …
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Washington Post:
Showdown before the raid: FBI agents and prosecutors argued over Trump — An exclusive look at behind-the-scenes deliberations as both sides wrestled with a national security case that has potentially far-reaching political consequences — Months of disputes between Justice Department prosecutors …
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Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blames election loss on racism, gender — Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed racism and her gender for her landslide defeat in her re-election bid, as Chicagoans wary of the rising crime of her watch celebrated her fall from “political rock star to rock bottom.”
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Lori Lightfoot becomes the first Chicago mayor in 40 years to lose re-election — CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for re-election Tuesday, ending her historic run as the city's first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve in the position.
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun-Times:
2023 Chicago Election: How Lori Lightfoot wound up a one-term mayor
2023 Chicago Election: How Lori Lightfoot wound up a one-term mayor
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Murdoch, exposed — It's not a secret that Fox News is a political operation seeking to bolster the prospects of Republicans. Jeanne Pirro, co-host of Fox News' The Five, regularly appears at Republican fundraisers. Mark Levin, who hosts a weekly Fox News program, appeared at a rally …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer, Jeffries ask Murdoch to stop Fox hosts lying about 2020 election — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have sent a letter to Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch asking him to stop Fox News personalities from …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fox Leaders Wanted to Break From Trump but Struggled to Make It Happen
Fox Leaders Wanted to Break From Trump but Struggled to Make It Happen
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Vance pitches PPP for Ohio while other Republicans say to wait — Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-Ohio) call for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)-style plan to help workers and businesses affected by the East Palestine train derailment is being greeted skeptically by Senate Republicans …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden aides weigh economic aid for East Palestine after derailment
Biden aides weigh economic aid for East Palestine after derailment
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Ohio senators ready rail safety bill after fiery crash
Ohio senators ready rail safety bill after fiery crash
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
In an Epic Battle of Tanks, Russia Was Routed, Repeating Earlier Mistakes — A three-week fight in the town of Vuhledar in southern Ukraine produced what Ukrainian officials say was the biggest tank battle of the war so far, and a stinging setback for the Russians.
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Mithil Aggarwal / NBC News:
What could Chinese artillery and ammunition mean for Putin's war in Ukraine?
What could Chinese artillery and ammunition mean for Putin's war in Ukraine?
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Adam Sabes / Fox News:
FBI director says COVID pandemic ‘most likely’ originated from Chinese lab … Christopher Wray: COVID-19 origins most likely caused by Chinese lab ‘incident’ — FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the COVID-19 pandemic was likely caused by a lab leak in Wuhan, China.
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
FBI Director Wray acknowledges bureau assessment that Covid-19 likely resulted from lab incident
FBI Director Wray acknowledges bureau assessment that Covid-19 likely resulted from lab incident
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Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
China's CCP warns Elon Musk against sharing Wuhan lab leak report
China's CCP warns Elon Musk against sharing Wuhan lab leak report
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Politico:
Trump ties GOP in knots over Medicare and Social Security — Donald Trump is driving a wedge through the GOP over one of American politics' thorniest issues: the future of Medicare and Social Security. — The former president's attacks on potential GOP primary opponents …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Senate group wades into tough talks on Social Security
Senate group wades into tough talks on Social Security
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Ron DeSantis / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Stood Up to Disney — WSJ Opinion: A Ron DeSantis Book Tour or a Presidential Campaign Launch? — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool. — On Monday, I signed the law ending the Walt Disney Co.'s self-governing status over 43 square miles in central Florida, an area almost as big as Miami.
Adam S. Hoffman / New York Times:
My Liberal Campus Is Pushing Freethinkers to the Right — In the not-so-distant past, the Typical College Republican idolized Ronald Reagan, fretted about the national debt and read Edmund Burke. Political sophistication, to that person, implied belief in the status quo.
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CNN:
Girls high school basketball team forfeits tournament rather than play against transgender player — A Vermont girls high school basketball team forfeited an out of state tournament after refusing to play against a team that had a transgender player. — Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) …
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Trump's February bump — Four new polls show former President Trump has received a boost in Republican support — with one survey showing him hitting 50% support in a crowded GOP field. … - His visit to the derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio — ahead of President Biden …
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Maria Cramer / New York Times:
New York Will Pay Millions to Protesters Violently Corralled by Police — The police boxed in racial justice demonstrators in 2020, an anti-protest practice known as “kettling,” then hit them with batons and pepper spray. Hundreds will receive $21,500 each.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The story behind Gaetz citing Chinese propaganda at a hearing — In 2021, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) decried what he labeled “a fusion of the interest of the Chinese Communist Party and much of the apparatus of the United States government.” — At a hearing Tuesday, Gaetz cited …
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Matt Gaetz Called Out for Citing Chinese Propaganda in Hearing
Matt Gaetz Called Out for Citing Chinese Propaganda in Hearing
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Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
The NFL deserves every bit of its raging Daniel Snyder headache — Dan Snyder is being unreasonable, is he? Making irrational, insulting and perhaps even extortive demands? Stifle for a moment your heavy, knowing sigh over the predictability of Snyder's conduct and the fact that he hasn't sold the Washington Commanders yet.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Biden's Translator — Kate Bedingfield explains the press to the president (and keeps the White House from leaking). — Kate Bedingfield, the White House communications director, first tried to leave in July. She had started working for Joe Biden in 2015 and was looking forward to spending …
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
EPA to award $250 million in IRA funds to reduce climate pollution — The Biden Administration will make $250 million in grants available to develop strategies to cut climate pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday. — The funds are the first in $5 billion …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's enablers must face consequences, too — There's no doubt that Donald Trump was the instigator of the 2020 insurrection. But the former president's schemes never would have gotten far (or even off the ground) without the participation of right-wing media executives, lawyers and pliant state officials.
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Dark money and special deals: How Leonard Leo and his friends benefited from his judicial activism — A network of political non-profits formed by judicial activist Leonard Leo moved at least $43 million to a new firm he is leading, raising questions about how his conservative legal movement is funded.
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Starbucks Faces New Front in Its Labor Disputes: White-Collar Workers — Dozens of white-collar Starbucks Corp. employees and managers have signed an open letter protesting the company's return-to-office mandate and its alleged union-busting, opening a new front in the battle …
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Reuters:
U.S. Labor Department axes Trump-era expansion of anti-bias exemptions — The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday withdrew a rule adopted in the last days of the administration of former Republican President Donald Trump that had expanded a religious exemption from anti-discrimination laws for federal contractors.