Importing prescription drugs from Canada has long been seen as an easy solution to skyrocketing drug prices for U.S. patients. But now that President Donald Trump and Democrats are pushing to make those cross-border sales legal, Canadian health experts are issuing a dire…
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California Democrats to Congress: Don’t bulldoze our privacy law
Congressional efforts to pass a national data privacy law could face a major obstacle: California’s powerful bloc of House Democrats. That’s because many California Democrats are happy with their home state’s new privacy law, which is tougher than what Republicans…
Read MoreBeto O’Rourke gets an Iowa boost
Martin O’Malley’s announcement Thursday that he will not run for president may not have upended the 2020 presidential field. But by endorsing Beto O’Rourke at the same time he revealed his own departure from the race, O’Malley significantly advanced the…
Read MoreTrump says he could weigh in on Huawei CFO case
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he reserved the right to weigh in on the Justice Department’s case against a top executive in a Chinese technology company, if it would help him close a trade deal with Beijing or…
Read MoreKamala Harris books first trip to Iowa
Kamala Harris has booked her first 2020 ticket to Iowa. The freshman senator will travel for the first time this year to the first-in-the-nation caucus state on Oct. 22-23, as she prepares for a potential presidential run. Harris, a California…
Read MoreTrump’s impulsive decrees weigh on Pentagon
President Donald Trump’s flair for the unpredictable has taken a toll on his defense leaders, handing them orders and major policy shifts with little or no notice — ranging from his transgender ban, a military parade and a separate Space…
Read MoreTop Chinese diplomat: U.S., China should avoid ‘Cold War mentality’
China’s foreign minister warned Tuesday warned that the United States and China should not view each other with a “Cold War mentality” amid escalating trade tensions between the two nations. The remark by Wang Yi, who is also a Chinese…
Read MoreCramer questions whether Kavanaugh assault allegation is disqualifying — even if true
Rep. Kevin Cramer, the Republican nominee for Senate in North Dakota, questioned whether the allegation of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh would be disqualifying for his Supreme Court nomination even if it were true. In an interview with a…
Read MoreWill Democrats Regret Weaponizing the Judiciary?
The year was 1937. Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts had to decide which was more important: his intellectual integrity, or the integrity of the court as an institution. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s court-packing plan—which FDR billed as a measure to…
Read MoreMichigan progressive El-Sayed launches PAC after governor run
Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive physician who was the runner-up in Michigan Democrats’ primary for governor last month, is launching a new political action committee to harness the energy from his upstart campaign. El-Sayed’s new group, SouthPaw MI PAC, aims to…
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