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Biden Administration Begins Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

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President Biden’s bid to lower drug prices, coming ahead of November’s election, has led to accusations of him trying to win ‘political points.’ The Biden administration on Feb. 1 sent out initial offers to the manufacturers of 10 of the most expensive and commonly used drugs as part of the first round of negotiations aimed

UNRWA Teachers Held Israeli Boy, Elderly Woman Hostage for Hamas

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JERUSALEM—At least two teachers for the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza separately held captive Israeli civilians abducted on Oct. 7. One of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency teachers used the agency’s facilities to smuggle a young boy around Gaza. The other shut an elderly woman in his mouse-infested attic and fed her

Newsom Stands By ‘Equitable’ Electricity Bills as Opposition Builds

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Dem lawmakers, citing public outcry, want to reverse policy to charge electricity by income rather than usage (Mario Tama/Getty Images) California governor Gavin Newsom is standing by the state’s soon-to-be-implemented “equitable” policy to base electricity bills on income, rather than usage, even as public and political opposition to the idea builds in the Democratic coalition.

Where Are Biden’s Pen and Phone?

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Column: President Biden flexes executive power for liberal priorities—not border control (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) President Biden wants additional authority to tackle the border crisis. He says that he’s ready to shut down the border once Congress acts. That he’s otherwise out of options. The New York Times reports that the president is frustrated. He feels

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

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Cartoon Carousel Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of