A major pharmaceutical company in the U.S. is making it easier for diabetics to access affordable insulin. Eli Lilly and Co. announced Wednesday a 70% price reduction to its most commonly prescribed insulins and expanded its program that caps out-of-pocket expenses for patients at $35 a month. The announcement comes as the federal government, as…

Senators on Capitol Hill reacted to the end of emergency COVID-19 allotments for the SNAP food program. Congress created the benefit to ease financial burdens during the pandemic, but they ended Feb. 28.  “Let’s get real about the struggles that many families face in America, whether it’s paying off a student loan, or putting bread…

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Biden’s plan to forgive $10 thousand to $20 thousand in student debt for 43 million people. The justices are considering two cases: Biden v. Nebraska, which was brought forward by a group of states, and Department of Education v. Brown, filed on behalf of two individual borrowers.…

The U.S. Labor Department has introduced new measures to crack down on child labor. The measures follow an increase in children found working at U.S. companies last year. According to the Labor Department, more than 3,800 children were found to be illegally employed at more than 800 companies. Within a five year span, the number…

A ransomware attack compromised sensitive U.S. Marshals data; the White House has ordered all government agencies to purge TikTok from federal devices; and an American citizen is killed in the West Bank as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rages on. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Sensitive U.S. Marshals data…

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is looking at whether to narrow Section 230, a foundational internet shield law that passed in 1996. But even some of the justices are grappling with that role. “I mean, we’re a court, we don’t really know about these things. These are not, like, the nine greatest experts on…

The Supreme Court will hear two cases this week that have major implications for the future of the internet. Google and Twitter are both facing lawsuits by families of victims killed in separate ISIS attacks, challenging the tech companies’ legal immunity for what users post on platforms granted through Section 230. Section 230 has been…

The speaker of the House and the chamber’s Democratic leader made separate trips down to the border. Both visits were described as educational, so lawmakers could learn about the challenges border communities are facing.  Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was in Laredo, home of Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas. Jeffries and Cuellar received a briefing on…

President Biden has instructed his team to create guidelines on how to handle flying objects, like the three still unidentified objects shot down last weekend and the Chinese spy balloon that was taken out the weekend before. The guidelines will be put into a policy that will dictate what poses a safety and security risk,…

Over 20 years, Congress has raised, suspended and reinstated the debt ceiling two dozen times, going from under $6 trillion to $31.4 trillion. Now, sometime between July and September, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts the U.S. will run out of funds. But the nonpartisan office warns it could happen even sooner. “For example, if…