A federal judge won't block a controversial Trump administration initiative to share highly sensitive taxpayer information with federal immigration authorities in hopes of tracking down undocumented immigrants and quickly deporting them out of the country. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Monday rejected arguments from several immigrant-rights groups, that claimed the data-sharing agreement between the Internal Revenue Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated taxpayer confidentiality laws. The decision is a victory for President Donald Trump and his immigration agenda. Trump administration officials argued that greater cooperation between the IRS and ICE will protect Americans by kicking out potentially dangerous immigrants who came to the country illegally.
The new order directs Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to come up with price-cutting goals within 30 days, White House officials said on a call Monday. The move will kick off a round of negotiations between Kennedy and the drug industry. Should talks stall, Kennedy will move to enforce the "most favored nation" pricing model, capping the U.S. prices at the lowest rates paid by other wealthy nations. Most notably, officials said the policy will not be limited to certain drugs under Medicare, as it was in original version, but will also target medications covered by Medicaid and private insurance.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would sign an executive order that he said would reduce prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices by between 30% and 80%. read more
"It's time for Joe Biden to go away with all due respect and let the next generation of Democrats take the mantle," said Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha. "Every time he appears on a show or says something, it's just another week or a month that we have to defend him and remind everybody that we got beat by Donald Trump, again." "For those of us trying to rebuild the brand, it does no good when you're constantly reminded about the old brand that won't go away,"
*The Antarctic Ice Sheet gained mass between 2021 and 2023, a dramatic reversal from decades of loss. *Four key glacier basins in East Antarctica showed significant growth due to increased snowfall. *The mass gain briefly contributed to a decrease in global sea level rise, according to satellite data.
Do you agree with continuing trade with the country with the largest prison population in the world?
#88 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-12 07:53 PM | Reply | Flag:
I don't care if we never spend another dime in China.