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Trump signs executive order setting 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower prescription drug costs


By AMANDA SEITZ and SEUNG MIN KIM
Updated 4:49 PM CDT, May 12, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits down the road over what the government will pay.

The order calls on the health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to broker new price tags for drugs over the next month. If deals are not reached, Kennedy will be tasked with developing a new rule that ties the price the U.S. pays for medications to lower prices paid by other countries.

“We’re going to equalize,” Trump said during a Monday morning press conference. “We’re all going to pay the same. We’re going to pay what Europe pays.”

It’s unclear what — if any — impact the Republican president’s executive order will have on millions of Americans who have private health insurance. The federal government has the most power to shape the price it pays for drugs covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

Trump’s promised new — but uncertain — savings on drug prices, just hours after the Republican-led House released its new plan to trim $880 billion from Medicaid. ...

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Newsom promised universal health care. He didn't expect it to be so expensive.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom didn't expect to be reckoning with another health care crisis.

In March, as President Trump and congressional Republicans escalated a nationwide debate over whether to slash health care for poor and disabled Americans, the Democratic governor had to tell state lawmakers that California's health care costs had spiraled out of control due to major Medicaid initiatives he backed — including the nation's largest expansion of taxpayer-financed health care for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.

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Diddy used fame and violence to abuse women, trial hears

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The rapper has pleaded not guilty to charges including racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.
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GOP Rep. Randy Feenstra files paperwork for Iowa gubernatorial run

  • News source: FOX News
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U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, filed paperwork on Monday to run for Iowa governor in the 2026 election.

Feenstra, who was first elected to the U.S. House in 2020, filed the paperwork for "Feenstra for Governor" with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, which is needed to launch a gubernatorial campaign, according to the Iowa Capital Dispatch.

The congressman is seeking to replace Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who said last month she would not run for a third term in 2026. Feenstra has been considering a gubernatorial run since...
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Free ride: Allies, even Laura Loomer, turn on President Trump for accepting luxury jet from Qatar

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Hell hath now frozen over.

President Donald Trump’s decision to accept a $400-million plane from Qatar, as a gift, has prompted stinging criticism from Laura Loomer.

She’s the hard-right activist who specializes in getting the president to fire top officials and withdraw nominees, or at least claims credit for doing so.

If you’ve lost Loomer, you’re losing the argument.

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U.S.-China tariff reprieve is enough to get products on the shelves in time for Christmas

  • News source: Evelyn Cheng, CNBC
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BEIJING — The U.S.-China tariff cuts, even if temporary, address a major pain point: Christmas presents.

Nearly a fifth of U.S. retail sales last year came from the Christmas holiday season, according to CNBC calculations based on data from the National Retail Federation. The period saw a 4% year-on-year sales increase to a record $994.1 billion.

"With the speed of Chinese factories, this 90-day window can resolve most of the product shortages for the U.S. Christmas season," Ryan Zhao, director at export-focused company Jiangsu Green Willow Textile...
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Israel denying food to Gaza is 'weapon of war', UN refugee agency head tells BBC

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Two months after all humanitarian aid was blocked, Philippe Lazzarini tells international editor Jeremy Bowen “starvation is spreading” inside Gaza.
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The Philippines has voted - now the game of thrones begin again

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The mid-term results will shape the bitter feud between President Bongbong Marcos and his Vice-President Sara Duterte.
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Russia responsible for downing of MH17, UN body rules

  • News source: BBC News - World
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All 298 people on board the Malaysia Airlines flight died after it was shot down by a Russian-made missile.
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Pentagon stopping gender transition treatment for transgender troops

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The Pentagon is ending gender transition treatment for transgender troops, according to a new memo, as officials move to enforce President Donald Trump's plan to boot transgender troops out of the U.S. military.

Under the instructions, the Defense Department is prohibiting any new hormone treatments or surgical procedures for transgender troops, according to the memo, Reuters reported.

"I am directing you to take the necessary steps to immediately implement this guidance," Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Stephen Ferrara...
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Trump targets massive investments in first Middle East trip

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Russia responsible for downing of MH17, UN body rules

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All 298 people on board the Malaysia Airlines flight died after it was shot down by a Russian-made missile.
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Trump's mediation offer on Kashmir puts India in a tight spot

  • News source: BBC News - World
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For decades, third-party mediation on Kashmir has been taboo in the Indian foreign ministry.
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White South Africans arrive in the US as refugees, protected under Trump's carve out

  • News source: Abigail Williams and Joy Y. Wang | NBC News
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American officials welcomed a group of 59 white South Africans at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday afternoon, in a ceremony greeting them as refugees under the argument that they are fleeing discrimination and racially based violence in their home country.

The newly arrived people are from the ethnic minority of Afrikaners, the group of whites who ruled South Africa during apartheid. The dozens that came Monday, including families with young children, arrived via a flight chartered by the State Department. Their resettlement in the...
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Trump endorses Jack Ciattarelli for New Jersey governor: 'A winner'

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President Donald Trump endorsed his former critic Jack Ciattarelli for governor of New Jersey on Monday.

"Jack Ciattarelli is a terrific America First Candidate running to be the next Governor of a State that I love, NEW JERSEY!" Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

Trump said Ciattarelli has gone "ALL IN" and that, if elected, he would work closely with the Trump administration to grow the economy, cut taxes and regulations, help secure the border, stop migrant crime, protect veterans, advance American energy and more.

"Also, Jack is the...
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Officials drop traffic charges that led ICE to arrest 19-year-old Georgia teen

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Dalton, Georgia — Local authorities in Dalton, Georgia, on Monday dismissed the traffic charges that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain a 19-year-old Mexican-born college student who has lived in the United States since she was 4.

Ximena Arias Cristobal, who is in the country without authorization, was taken into ICE custody earlier this month after a May 5 traffic stop in Dalton, where she lives with her family. Local police cited her for making an improper turn and driving without a license before booking her into the Whitfield...
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