Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare

As President Donald Trump’s health care agenda for a second term takes shape, it’s becoming clear that many Biden-era policies won’t make the cut.

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What are Trump's foreign policy priorities?

President Trump will soon have to deal with the country's role in several major foreign conflicts and rocky relationships with several countries across the world. CBS News' Margaret Brennan breaks ...
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Trump launches cryptocurrency with price rocketing

Hours after its launch, the market capitalisation for $Trump reached nearly $5.5bn (£4.5bn).
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How Trump can avoid repeating Biden’s biggest economic and foreign policy blunders

Effective governance and caretaking the economy are best served by the golden mean — moderation in all things.
MarketWatch - 3d
Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump

A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.
The New York Times - 3d
Oil traders make big bets on Trump policies. The path for prices isn’t so clear.

The volatility seen in oil prices in the new year has a lot to do with Donald Trump — and he doesn’t even officially become the president of the United States until Monday.
MarketWatch - 3d
Ozempic is in the next round of Medicare drug price negotiations. See the full list of 15 medications

The talks on drugs including Novo Nordisk's Wegovy, GSK's Trelegy Ellipta, and Pfizer's Xtandi will set Medicare prices that go into effect in 2027.
CNBC - 4d
Obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy included in US price-cut talks

Novo Nordisk shares hit as government adds blockbuster weight-loss treatments to new round of negotiations
Financial Times - 4d
Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences

The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, is the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.
The New York Times - 4d
Trump announces White House economic policy team

The White House National Economic Council advises the president on U.S. and global economic policy.
CNBC - 4d
Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders

"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," President Joe Biden wrote in his announcement Friday.
ABC News - 4d
Ozempic Among the Next Drugs Up for Medicare Price Negotiations

The list of drugs account for $41 billion in annual Medicare spending, the Biden administration said.
The Wall Street Journal - 4d
Medicare announces weight-loss drugs, including Ozempic, will be up for price negotiations

The Biden administration on Friday released its next round of prescription drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations, which includes Ozempic.
NBC News - 4d
Ozempic, Wegovy on list for Medicare drug price negotiations

The hugely popular medications Ozempic and Wegovy, used for diabetes and weight loss, will be included in the next round of talks to negotiate lower Medicare drug prices.
CBS News - 4d
Joe Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders

Total number of pardons and commutations issued by US president is now higher than any of his predecessors. Joe Biden , who leaves office next week, announced on Friday he was commuting the ...
The Guardian - 4d
Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs

The government is expected to pay lower prices for Ozempic and Wegovy starting in 2027. The Trump administration will decide whether to expand coverage for millions of Americans.
The New York Times - 4d
Biden administration picks 15 more drugs for Medicare negotiation

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected 15 more drugs for Medicare price negotiation, announcing the selection two weeks ahead of schedule. Administration officials did ...
The Hill - 4d
Biden sets pardons and commutations record with new clemency for nonviolent drug offenders

The president said that with Friday's action he has "now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history."
NBC News - 4d
Biden commutes the sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders

President Biden on Friday announced he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses as one of his last major moves just days before leaving office. ...
The Hill - 4d
Biden says he spent too much time on policy, not enough on politics

President Biden said that he spent too much time on policy and not enough time on politics while reflecting on his presidency in his final interview just days away from leaving office. Biden sat ...
The Hill - 5d
Starbucks Reverses Its Open-Door Policy for Bathroom Use and Lounging

Starbucks said visitors to the coffee shops would be required to buy something in order to use the restroom or stay in the store, as the company’s new chief executive responded to a decline in sales.
The New York Times - 5d
Top 3 drug insurers reaped billions as their drug middlemen inflated prices, FTC alleges

Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from ‘excess’ prescription price hikes of 1,000% or more.
NBC News - Jan. 14
Biden touts foreign policy accomplishments

President Biden reflected on his foreign policy achievements Monday, saying America is better positioned on the global stage than it was when he took office four years ago. Ed O'Keefe reports on ...
CBS News - Jan. 13
Live updates: Trump's Cabinet nominees face senators; Biden gives final foreign policy speech

Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees will keep senators busy this week, with over a dozen on the schedule so far. Among the first up is Pete Hegseth, the former Fox ...
The Hill - Jan. 13
Biden to reflect on foreign policy legacy in remarks at State Department Monday

President Biden on Monday will deliver remarks at the State Department about his administration's foreign policy legacy as a whole and what the White House calls his efforts to strengthen the ...
CBS News - Jan. 13
What’s realistic for foreign policy under Trump 2.0

How this plays out remains to be seen, although, given the failures of the last four years, it is worth trying something new, no matter how unorthodox it may seem.
The Hill - Jan. 13
Biden policy on Israel-Gaza sparks warnings, dissent, resignations

Former State Department officials say they worry about how far Washington is willing to go to support Israel during the ongoing war in Gaza.
CBS News - Jan. 12
Biden to deliver a capstone address on his foreign policy legacy

The White House says President Joe Biden will deliver a capstone address to highlight some of his administration's most significant foreign policy achievements
ABC News - Jan. 10
Biden to give last foreign policy address Monday

President Biden will deliver an address on his foreign policy legacy on Monday, a senior administration official previewed. The speech will focus on his administration’s work to strengthen ...
The Hill - Jan. 10
The CEOs Who Are Tearing Up the Policies Trump Hates

Companies seeking to benefit from campaign promises to cut regulations and taxes are ditching diversity and climate initiatives; ‘EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!’
The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 9
Prices of top 25 Medicare Part D drugs have nearly doubled, AARP study finds

AARP's new research finds price growth for top Part D prescription drugs has exceeded inflation, making a case for allowing Medicare to negotiate prices.
CNBC - Jan. 9
Judge scraps Biden's Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ students

President-elect Donald Trump previously promised to end the rules “on day one” and made anti-transgender themes a centerpiece of his campaign.
NBC News - Jan. 9
Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic may be up for Medicare price negotiations — will Trump support it?

Medicare’s drug pricing negotiations — the first of their kind in the United States, passed under President Joe Biden — face an uncertain future in the incoming Trump administration.
NBC News - Jan. 9
Trump lashes out at transition as Biden pushes policies

President-elect Trump is ripping President Biden over what he says is a difficult transition period, expressing frustration with the current president for still seeking to set policies that fly in ...
The Hill - Jan. 9
Musk emerges as Trump foreign policy wild card

Elon Musk has increasingly waded into foreign politics from the perch of his social platform X — a development that experts say likely raises questions for U.S. allies about his role in foreign ...
The Hill - Jan. 9
Obamacare Enrollment Hits Record Ahead of Trump’s Return

Almost 24 million Americans have signed up for plans offered under the Affordable Care Act, driven by subsidies that are expiring and that Congress may not renew.
The New York Times - Jan. 8
How Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans Could Reverse GDP Growth

Estimates of the effects of the president-elect’s plan to expel millions of undocumented workers are colored by politics, but detailed studies warn of major labor disruption, spiking business ...
Inc. - Jan. 7
Trump claims he will reverse Biden’s offshore drilling ban

President Biden bans new offshore drilling along most of the U.S. coastline as President-elect Trump plans to boost oil and gas productions during his second term. NBC News Senior White House ...
NBC News - Jan. 6
Trump: Washington Post report on tariff policy 'wrong'

President-elect Trump is denying a report in The Washington Post that outlines how his top aides are exploring a tariff plan that would only cover critical imports. The Post report cites three ...
The Hill - Jan. 6
Oil prices score weekly gains, buoyed by China policy support

Oil futures posted solid gains in a holiday-shortened week, buoyed by expectations of further stimulus in China, the world’s largest crude importer, to boost its sputtering economy.
MarketWatch - Jan. 3

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Washington bishop asks Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ people, immigrants

The Bishop of Washington, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, made a plea to President Donald Trump, who was attending the inaugural prayer service, to have “mercy” on Americans, particularly immigrants and ...
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First lady Melania Trump makes fashion statement with inauguration hat

First lady Melania Trump made a fashion statement with the wide-brimmed hat she wore to the President Trump's inauguration. NBC News' Valerie Castro has more on the fashion of inauguration day.
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Trump says Biden left him ‘an inspirational-type letter’ in Resolute desk

President Trump described the letter that former President Biden left for him in the Resolute desk in the Oval Office as an inspirational letter that advised him to enjoy his term and emphasized ...
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Trump announces 'Stargate' AI infrastructure project with 'colossal data centers'

President Trump is joined by Larry Ellison, Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman to announce a new American company that will invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure.
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Trump cannot end birthright citizenship with ‘a mere executive order’: Fmr. DHS Secretary Johnson

President Trump signs sweeping executive actions on immigration, including ordering the U.S. military to plan to “seal the border.” NBC News Correspondent Courtney Kube and former Homeland Security ...
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