The Biden administration said Friday that it is delaying a decision on a ban on menthol cigarettes, effectively killing a proposal that has divided Black American voters and fueled multimillion-dollar tobacco industry lobbying campaigns this presidential election year. The White House faced significant opposition from cigarette companies, who would lose billions of dollars if they…
Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom of the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, USA, on Friday, April 26, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Via Reuters This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Prosecutors called two new witnesses in the New York hush money trial of former President…
If Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing on former President Donald J. Trump’s claims of executive immunity is any indication of how the court might ultimately rule, the justices could end up helping Mr. Trump in two ways. The justices signaled that their ruling, if it comes, could result in some allegations being struck from the federal…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he prepares to depart Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport en route to Beijing on April 25, 2024. Mark Schiefelbein | Afp | Getty Images The United States and China will hold their first high-level discussions on artificial intelligence in the “coming weeks,” U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken…
The drones circled above the caves and crevices scattered along mountain trails in northern Utah, relaying real-time video to a search team on the ground looking for a missing hiker. Nineteen minutes later, they had their coordinates and brought the rescue exercise – a drill – closer to completion. “In an environment like this, it…
US President Donald Trump is providing an update on the so-called Operation Warp Speed program, the joint Department of Defense and HHS initiative that has reached agreements with several drug manufacturers to accelerate the search for effective treatments for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID). -19) Pandemic, in an address in the Rose Garden at the…
A campaign watchdog group filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, accusing Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign and its affiliated political committees of concealing payments of $7.2 million in legal fees by distributing them through an independent shell company paid, which violates campaign finance laws. At the center of the Campaign…
Donald Trump sits with members of his legal team in a Manhattan criminal courtroom to continue his hush money trial on April 25, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Via Reuters Lawyers for Donald Trump began cross-examining former National Enquirer David Pecker on Thursday afternoon, the first witness to testify in Trump’s hush…
A factory in Moses Lake, Washington, that closed in 2019 will soon resume shipping a key component used in most solar panels that has been made almost exclusively in China for years. Reviving the factory, owned by REC Silicon, could help achieve a long-standing goal of many American lawmakers and energy executives: restoring a full…
The antidiabetic drug “Ozempic” (semaglutide) from the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. Joel Saget | AFP | Getty Images The US Senate has launched an investigation into the high price Novo NordiskPopular weight loss and diabetes medications, Ozempic and Wegovy, are available in the United States. The investigation into the Danish drugmaker was announced by…
