Drug Lobbying Pays Off Yet Again
Meet Revlimid, the drug I take for multiple myeloma. It costs $20,000 per month. A generic would probably cost $1,000 per month. However, the generic version is still stuck in court because Celgene refuses to sell any capsules for testing.Celgene Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In order to earn FDA…
James Comey Just Responded to Donald Trump’s Attacks
James ComeyAndrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump went on an unhinged Twitter tirade Sunday morning, slamming former FBI director James Comey and calling him a “slimeball,” “slippery,” and “not smart.” The tweets come ahead of Comey’s new book, which is slated for release on Tuesday, and…
Kentucky’s Governor Just Apologized for Claiming Teacher Protest Led to Sexual Assaults
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin. Alex Slit/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) issued an apology Sunday following outrage over his assertion that a walkout by teachers in the state likely led to children being sexually assaulted and facing other “physical” harms. “I guarantee…
Trump’s Approval Rating Really Is Up
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump can blather all he wants about the Rasmussen poll—which has always been extremely friendly to Republicans—but in reality his approval rating is nowhere near 50 percent. However, it is up. Why? I suppose that nothing really big has happened since the tax cut…
The Trump Administration Just Announced More Sanctions Against Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during the APEC Summit in 2017.Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the wake of last week’s suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the United…
Trump Threatens Comey With Jail Time in Unhinged Tirade
Olivier Douliery/Abaca (Sipa via AP) Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump spent Sunday morning railing against former FBI Director James Comey, whose highly anticipated book will be released Tuesday. In a series of unhinged tweets, the president described Comey, whom he fired last year, as “not smart”; the…