The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with a bipartisan coalition of 15 states for fueling the opioid crisis, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. The settlement bars the Sackler family from selling opioids in the U.S. and ends its control
CNN announced it is laying off around 210 employees—6 percent of its workforce—just days into President Donald Trump’s second term, as part of a cost-cutting move to prioritize digital expansion. The staff cuts, which CEO Mark Thompson detailed in a Thursday memo, will help CNN reduce production costs and consolidate teams as it restructures its
Washington — The Senate is poised to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in President Trump’s administration amid delays by Democrats. Senate Democrats slowed Ratcliffe’s confirmation after his nomination advanced out of committee earlier this week, forcing procedural maneuvers to extend consideration of his
Rampant anti-Semitism continues to plague the Ivy League university Anti-Israel protesters at Columbia (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Columbia University has enlisted a Trump transition alumnus to lobby for the institution on “issues related to higher education and appropriation” as Republicans threaten to tax the Ivy League institution’s $15 billion endowment. Columbia tapped BGR Government Affairs to
Lutnick supports President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda. He has called them ‘a bargaining chip.’ The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee announced on Jan. 23 that it will hold its hearing on the nomination of Howard Lutnick to be Secretary of Commerce on Jan. 29. “Howard Lutnick is an excellent choice to lead the Department
President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were advanced by two Senate panels on Jan. 23. Former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), who Trump tapped to helm the VA, was advanced with bipartisan support by the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee on Thursday, one day after
Senate Budget Committee concentrates on the power of the purpose during second confirmation hearing. Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), was questioned over a series of executive orders signed this week that targeted approved congressional funding. Hours after taking office on Jan. 20, Trump signed executive