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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.
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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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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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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fox Leaders Wanted to Break From Trump but Struggled to Make It Happen — Executives and top hosts found themselves in a bind after Donald Trump began pushing unfounded claims about election fraud, court filings show. — Five days after a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer, Jeffries ask Murdoch to stop Fox hosts lying about 2020 election
Schumer, Jeffries ask Murdoch to stop Fox hosts lying about 2020 election
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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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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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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
2024 poll: DeSantis slides as Trump surges to 1st head-to-head lead in months
2024 poll: DeSantis slides as Trump surges to 1st head-to-head lead in months
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ignore the Noise. It's Still Trump's Nomination to Lose
Ignore the Noise. It's Still Trump's Nomination to Lose
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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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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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Washington Examiner and Semafor
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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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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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) …
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.
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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Washington Press, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and Political Wire
Eugene Scott / Axios:
Democrats go after Supreme Court on student debt forgiveness — Progressive lawmakers are accusing conservative Supreme Court judges of putting politics over legal analysis on President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan. … - The court has used the “major questions doctrine” …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
You probably won't get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court
You probably won't get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court
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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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Mithil Aggarwal / NBC News:
What could Chinese artillery and ammunition mean for Putin's war in Ukraine? — Western warnings about the possibility of China sending lethal military aid to Russia are well-placed, military analysts told NBC News, as help from Beijing could be a crucial boost for the Kremlin's hopes of battlefield success in the months to come.
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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.
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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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 …
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.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Farm state Republicans raise alarm over Trump's new China trade proposal — Donald Trump's latest salvo in his trade war with China is raising hackles among fellow Republicans from farm states, a crucial voting bloc in the 2024 GOP primary. — The former and would-be future president pitched …
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Axios:
Capitol Hill's great unifier — The legacy of the 118th Congress — even amid its high-profile divisions — is set to be defined by an unprecedented focus on the threat emanating from the Chinese government. … - It's a testament to just how far the bipartisan consensus on China has shifted …
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NBC News:
Biden and House Democrats head to Baltimore to plot 2024 strategy — President Joe Biden will huddle with House Democrats in Baltimore on Wednesday as they work to develop a messaging strategy to help them hold the White House and flip the five seats needed to take back the House in 2024.
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Political Wire, IJR and Baltimore Sun
Mike Wright / Florida Politics:
Blaise Ingoglia bill would ‘cancel’ Democratic Party … Mike Wright — Mike Wright is a former reporter with the Citrus County Chronicle, where he had covered county government and politics since 1987. Mike's skills as an investigative reporter earned him first-place awards in investigative writing.
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Fox News, The Capitolist, Forbes, Washington Press, WFLA-TV, The Daily Caller and Florida's Voice
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
‘Make it a spectacle’: Proud Boys leader Tarrio key to Jan. 6, U.S. says — Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio aligned plans with Trump ‘stop the steal’ campaign organizers, knowing by Jan. 6 that followers might explode into violence, U.S. says — One day after news networks declared President Donald Trump lost …
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New York Times:
Abbe Lowell Built Ties to Trump World. Now He's One of Hunter Biden's Lawyers. — The shift by Mr. Lowell, one of Washington's best-known scandal lawyers, highlights the blurry lines between self-promotion, access to power and the right to legal representation.
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