Lawmakers Call Out US Banks for Backing Blacklisted Chinese Battery Maker

In January, the Department of Defense designated several companies, including CATL, as Chinese military companies. Lawmakers with the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party on May 20 criticized American banks for backing a blacklisted Chinese battery maker, suggesting legislation was needed to explicitly prohibit this. China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL) went public

Trump, South African president have tense exchange in White House meeting

Differences between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa came to a head Wednesday afternoon in a tense exchange in the Oval Office, as Mr. Trump confronted him over whether White genocide is taking place in South Africa.  Mr. Trump and Rampahosa met for a critical conversation — with South African-born billionaire Elon Musk

FTC Renews Push to Remove Improper Drug Patents That Block Generics

The agency is challenging more than 200 patent listings it says were improperly used to keep prescription prices high. The Federal Trade Commission on May 21 escalated its efforts to lower prescription drug costs, renewing challenges to more than 200 patents it says were improperly listed to prevent generic versions of brand-name drugs from reaching

Texas lawmakers advance bill to clarify medical exceptions under restrictive abortion law

Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., putting the GOP-backed proposal on the brink of reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. The changes would not expand abortion access in Texas or list specific medical exceptions under the state’s near-total ban, which took effect

Judge says DHS violated order with attempted South Sudan deportations

The Trump administration on Wednesday said it placed eight migrant detainees with serious criminal records on a deportation flight that lawyers alleged was destined for the violence-plagued African country of South Sudan, in its latest attempt to deport migrants to countries that are not their own.  The administration has not publicly disclosed the whereabouts of