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2 days ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Jacob Gardenswartz |Simon Kaufman |Ava-joye Burnett
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order reviving a controversial plan to lower prescription drug costs by linking the price of certain medications in the U.S. to their lower prices in other countries. But the feasibility and impacts of Trump’s so-called “most favored nations" policy remain unclear, as some experts claim the order is unlikely to achieve what it promises and pharmaceutical groups consider legal challenges to it.
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2 days ago | 
tmj4.com | Jacob Gardenswartz |Simon Kaufman |Ava-joye Burnett |Tony Aria
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order reviving a controversial plan to lower prescription drug costs by linking the price of certain medications in the U.S. to their lower prices in other countries. But the feasibility and impacts of Trump’s so-called “most favored nations" policy remain unclear, as some experts claim the order is unlikely to achieve what it promises and pharmaceutical groups consider legal challenges to it.
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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Jacob Gardenswartz
During his campaign, President Trump promised to end the Russia-Ukraine war on his first day in office. Almost 100 days later, there's still no resolution. White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow Friday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid new urgency in the effort to broker peace in Ukraine. This week, Russia launched a series of deadly bombings on Kyiv and the surrounding areas.
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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Jacob Gardenswartz
Shortly after 10:30 p.m. on the evening of January 27, Jocelyn Samuels received an email from an official in the White House’s Office of Presidential Personnel, informing her that, “as of this date,” she’d been removed from her position as Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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1 month ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Jacob Gardenswartz
On January 20, as President Donald Trump was signing an executive order formally establishing the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, the initiative he had publicly tasked billionaire Elon Musk to run, the mood from some inside the government was one of cautious optimism.
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1 month ago | 
newschannel5.com | Joshua Panas |Jacob Gardenswartz
The Trump administration has confirmed that a text thread, reportedly detailing war plans and accidentally including a journalist from The Atlantic, "appears to be authentic."In an article published Monday, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, detailed how on March 11, he received a connection request on the encrypted app Signal from a user identified as Michael Waltz. Goldberg said accepted the connection, despite not being sure if it was actually from the president's adviser.
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1 month ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Jacob Gardenswartz
The Trump administration is shutting down several offices within the Department of Homeland Security, Scripps News has learned. They include the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman and the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman. "These offices have obstructed immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles and undermining DHS’s mission," said DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.
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1 month ago | 
kxlh.com | Jacob Gardenswartz
The Trump administration is shutting down several offices within the Department of Homeland Security, Scripps News has learned. They include the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman and the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman. "These offices have obstructed immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles and undermining DHS’s mission," said DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.
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1 month ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Jacob Gardenswartz
An American rock band is slamming the White House for use of its music in a video purportedly showing the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members. 🎶You don't have to go home but you can't stay here🎶 @CBP pic.twitter.com/yWWhlvKQrb— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 17, 2025 The video features the 1998 song “Closing Time” by Semisonic.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Jacob Gardenswartz
1 hour agoOpinion | The Columbia protest case is about immigration law, not free speechMahmoud Khalil has First Amendment advocates on his side. But facts and the law are against him. Tal Fortgang is a legal policy fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Many people are up in arms over the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil.
