Members of the House Oversight Committee have sent letters to three pharmaceutical companies, asking for answers about medication shortages and price gouging. House Oversight and Accountability Committee members have sent letters to major pharmaceutical companies, pressing them for a briefing about the nationwide shortages affecting certain drugs. Letters have been sent to Pfizer, Sandoz, and
Broome County GOP is hosting a state Republican nominating convention to select its next U.S. Senate candidate. GOP county chairs, state committee members, party activists, and local supporters met in downtown Binghamton this morning to nominate a candidate to campaign against U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in November’s general election. For the first time in
***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken is on travel to Brazil and Argentina from February 20-23, 2024. 9:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting Session II: Global Governance
Conservation groups have called on the Biden administration to step up and keep its election promise to protect humans from an unfavourable climate from coal. A federal appeals panel has thrown out a moratorium on new coal mine leases on public lands. The Feb. 21 ruling by a three-judge panel from U.S. Court of Appeals
‘Embryos to me are babies,’ Ms. Haley told NBC News on Feb. 21, noting that she had her son, Nalin Haley, through artificial insemination. GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley came out in support of an Alabama Supreme Court decision that deemed embryos made through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) as living beings. “Embryos to me are babies,”
‘I invite them to reconsider their decision … And you know what? I’m optimistic that, with some forethought, they actually will,’ he said. Vivek Ramaswamy, now on former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential shortlist, spoke at a factory in Aiken, South Carolina, on Feb. 21 about his support for President Trump and his worries about
As states gear up for highly consequential elections this fall, one of the most critical factors in the United States is the rise of mass mail-in voting. According to the Census Bureau, 43 percent of American voters cast ballots by mail in 2020, double the 21 percent who did so in 2016. While 2020 was