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Former President Donald Trump speaks in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in July in Milwaukee, Wis.

Special counsel starts push to pursue Trump prosecutions

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 26, 2024 at 6:16pm, Updated September 4, 2024 at 2:42pm
Former President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WIs., last month.

Updated indictment filed against Trump over 2020 election

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 27, 2024 at 5:36pm, Updated September 4, 2024 at 2:36pm
(CQ Roll Call file photo)

House readies to help bald eagle soar as national bird

By Mike Magner
Posted September 3, 2024 at 4:28pm
An exhibitor (out of frame) shows attendees a rapid fentanyl detection test during the Multilateral Conference on Synthetic Drugs in Mexico City on April 23.

CDC sees link between overdoses, other mental health disorders

By Lia DeGroot
Posted August 29, 2024 at 4:12pm, Updated at 6:26pm
Former President Donald Trump said he would "lower the cost of energy," if reelected.

Trump vows EPA rollbacks as climate becomes hot campaign issue

By David Jordan
Posted August 29, 2024 at 4:41pm
Former President Donald Trump is seen in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Trump campaign eyes increased military role in border security

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted August 29, 2024 at 4:25pm
Groups serving aging Americans say a combination of factors has made them increasingly worried about potential cuts to Meals on Wheels programs.

Nutrition programs for older adults face service cuts

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 29, 2024 at 1:30pm
Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, wants to see a reauthorization in 2024.

White House drug control official calls for reauthorization of his office

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 28, 2024 at 5:42am
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland speaks alongside Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, left, and Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin Mizer during a press conference on the RealPage lawsuit at the Justice Department on Friday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

DOJ alleges RealPage helped landlords inflate rents

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 23, 2024 at 1:01pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

Supreme Court allows Arizona to enforce part of voting law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 22, 2024 at 4:01pm
A health care worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

FDA greenlights updated COVID shots, prepares for fall rollout

By Lia DeGroot
Posted August 22, 2024 at 3:24pm
Locked out railway workers outside of the CN Rail Brampton yard on Thursday in Brampton ON, Canada.

US industries prepare for hit from Canadian rail strike

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 22, 2024 at 10:32am
Jennifer Pepper, the CEO and president of CHOICES, leads a morning staff meeting shortly after the announcement of the 2022 Dobbs Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal protection of access to abortion. In October, the Memphis-based CHOICES opened a second location in Carbondale after the Memphis abortion clinic stopped performing abortions.

Post-Roe, Illinois becomes haven for abortion access

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:00am
A newborn baby boy yawns as he sits with his mother at Emerson Hospital in Massachusetts.

CDC reports drop in US fertility rate

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 20, 2024 at 1:34pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, kick off their campaign with a rally in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

Walz, favorite of labor unions, opposed UAW-backed auto bailout

By Hunter Savery
Posted August 20, 2024 at 1:04pm
President Joe Biden in June announced the "Keeping Families Together" program.

Biden administration starts ‘Keeping Families Together’ program

By Chris Johnson
Posted August 19, 2024 at 2:54pm
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are expected to discuss the new drug prices Thursday at an event in Maryland.

CMS announces Medicare prices for first negotiated drugs

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 15, 2024 at 10:46am
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol on June 28.

Facing push from restless conservatives, speaker mulls March CR

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 15, 2024 at 8:49am
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appears outside the Capitol on June 14. She has introduced a measure that would make it a felony for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to minors.

Trans care debate influenced by misinformation, doctors say

By Nina Heller
Posted August 15, 2024 at 7:30am
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., participates in a news conference n the Capitol on March 14.

NIH reorganization unlikely to happen this Congress, analysts say

By Ariel Cohen
Posted August 15, 2024 at 7:00am
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, right, and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speak to the cameras outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on April 26, 2022. Paxton is challenging President Joe Biden's nursing home staffing rule.

Texas sues Biden over nursing home staffing mandate

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 14, 2024 at 4:16pm
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is seen in the Capitol on Jan. 23.

Surgeon general hones dual focus on mental health, gun violence

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 14, 2024 at 9:43am
President Joe Biden speaks at a Biden Cancer Moonshot Event at Tulane University in New Orleans on August 13, 2024.

Biden announces $150 million ‘Cancer Moonshot’ investment

By Ariel Cohen
Posted August 13, 2024 at 5:53pm
Pro-abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Ariz. on April 15. Officials in Arizona and Missouri certified proposed amendments in the states this week.

Arizona and Missouri greenlight abortion rights amendments

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 13, 2024 at 4:54pm
The services of veteran legislators like former Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, are in hot demand as K Street gears up for 2025 tax debate.

Biggest lobbying interests buck trend with higher 2024 spending

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 13, 2024 at 3:57pm
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., left, has questioned whether the TRICARE's pharmacy benefit manager has effectively limited access to medication among U.S. service members, families, and veterans.

TRICARE becomes part of fight over pharmacy benefit managers

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 13, 2024 at 10:31am
The Chesapeake Bay stretches out past the downtown area following two days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Ophelia on September 24, 2023 in Crisfield, Md. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Storms and wildfires swamp FEMA as disaster funds dry up

By Mike Magner
Posted August 12, 2024 at 2:00pm
Food and Drug Administration headquarters, White Oak, Md. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call file photo)

FDA rejects MDMA therapy for treatment of PTSD. What’s next?

By Lia DeGroot
Posted August 12, 2024 at 12:02pm
A volunteer medical technologist takes a test blood sample from a student who volunteered for a free HIV testing program at a university in Manila on Sept. 13, 2019.

Parental rights law could thwart fight against HIV

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 12, 2024 at 5:00am
Then-Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., speaks with guests during a campaign event at the University of Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 28, 2016.

Walz’s personal experiences shape his health policy outlook

By Ariel Cohen, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted August 6, 2024 at 3:01pm