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Celebrity endorsements lead to diabetes medicine Ozempic shortage
There’s a shortage of the diabetes drug Ozempic due to people using it for weight loss. The shortage is making it harder for diabetics to find the important medicine. Ozempic helps people with type two diabetes lower their blood sugar and A1C. Ozempic is the brand name for semaglutide, which stimulates insulin secretion and helps… -
Republicans want to prioritize China, taxes, abortion in new Congress
When a new party takes a majority in Congress, like Republicans are doing today, the first bills they introduce are meant to set their priorities for the next two years. In this case, it is also meant to send a message to the Biden administration as to where it can expect push back. Here’s a… -
Donald Trump paid as little as $0 in federal taxes while president
The House Ways and Means Committee released thousands of pages of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns spanning six years. That includes 1040 forms which reveal how much money he made and where he made it. According to the returns, Trump paid $0 in federal taxes in 2020 and $750 in both 2016 and 2017. The… -
New bill could give FCC authority to regulate price of prison calls
The billion dollar prison phone call industry could soon face new regulations. That’s because some, like The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, contend telecommunications companies have long been charging “predatory” fees for phone and video calls from inmates. For decades, phone providers have offered kickbacks to prisons and local governments using the money they… -
New York City removes 441,038 names from voter rolls
New York City removed 441,083 names from its voter rolls and will enter into a settlement with the conservative legal group Judicial Watch. The organization filed a federal lawsuit in July under the National Voter Registration Act which said the city had removed only 22 names over the last six years, a number the group… -
Battle for RNC chair intensifies ahead of January election
The Republican Party is about to elect its leader in January, and the race has intensified. Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is running for her fourth term. She’s being challenged by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, and Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer from California who worked as a Trump campaign legal adviser. McDaniel was handpicked by the newly elected… -
President Biden’s judicial appointments outpace Trump’s
The Senate has confirmed 97 judges to lifetime appointments on the federal bench during President Biden’s first two years in office. That includes Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, 68 judges to District Courts and 28 judges to circuit courts where appeals are heard. U.S Courts of Appeals nominations are crucial because those… -
Rep.-elect George Santos admits to lying on resume, aspects of identity
Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., is admitting he lied about key aspects of his life and resume. Last week, a New York Times investigation found the Long Island politician’s statements about his career, education and life, were not true. “Did I embellish my resume? Yes I did and I’m sorry and it shouldn’t be done. Words… -
Remote, proxy voting in Congress is coming to an end
Remote voting and remote committee hearings in the House of Representatives appear to be coming to an end when the 117th Congress closes on Jan. 3. The practice has never been allowed before, but an exception was made through a House resolution to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., enacted… -
TikTok parent company ByteDance fires employees who tracked journalists
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance fired one executive and another resigned after it was revealed the Chinese tech giant tracked journalists. An internal investigation by ByteDance found employees wrongfully obtained the data of certain U.S. users, including their IP addresses. The company claimed internal auditors were trying to find the source of suspected leaks, according to… -
US will be able to sell seized Russian yachts, give money to Ukraine
In the early months of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the United States and other countries seized yachts, mansions, private jets and other valuable assets belonging to Russian oligarchs. But many wondered, including D.C. lawmakers, what can be done with all those billionaire toys? Well, included in Congress’s $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package is an amendment… -
Jan. 6 reports from GOP, investigative committee draw different conclusions
Two reports on the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol have two very different focuses. The official Jan. 6 investigative committee compiled a report that stated the attack on the Capitol could not have happened without Donald Trump. A separate investigation from a group of five House Republicans found that intelligence failures, internal politics… -
Arizona to remove shipping containers from Mexico border
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, R, has agreed to stop installing shipping containers along his state’s border with Mexico. According to a court filing, Arizona also agreed to remove those that have already been put in place to avoid a restraining order or preliminary injunction. The containers were added to fill gaps in the border wall.…
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