By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it had authorized state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 pill to eligible patients to help improve access to the treatment. The antiviral drug, Paxlovid, has been cleared for use and available for free in the United States since …
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By Brendan O’Brien and Steve Gorman HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (Reuters) – The man charged with killing seven people at a Chicago-area July Fourth parade slipped past the safeguards of an Illinois “red flag” law designed to prevent people deemed to have violent tendencies from getting guns, officials revealed on Tuesday. The disclosures raised questions about …
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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Lindsey Graham will not comply with a subpoena issued by a grand jury in Georgia investigating former U.S. President Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, attorneys for the lawmaker said on Wednesday. “Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield, a long-time adviser to President Joe Biden, plans to leave the administration later this summer, following former Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who departed in May. Bedingfield, whose decision to leave her post was confirmed on Wednesday by a person familiar with her plans, served as Biden’s …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Senate are advancing a deal that would allow the government’s Medicare health plan for older and disabled Americans to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, Senate sources said on Wednesday. The plan, which could potentially lower government health costs by billions of dollars, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to honor Richard Trumka, the deceased former head of the largest U.S. labor organization, with the medal of freedom on Thursday, Biden said at an event marking the culmination of a bid to bolster pension plans. “Tomorrow I’ll be awarding the highest honor that can be given …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden told Brittney Griner’s wife in a call on Wednesday that he is working to secure the WNBA basketball star’s release from Russia as soon as possible, describing her detention on drug charges as “intolerable.” Griner, who had been playing for a Russian club during the off-season, was arrested …
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By Nandita Bose CLEVELAND (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden touted plans to bolster pension plans for millions of Americans on a visit to Ohio to woo working class voters frustrated by inflation. “We have seen the risk that millions of workers face as they watch their hard-earned pensions turn into broken promises. We saw before …
By Brendan O’Brien and Tom Polansek HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (Reuters) – The man accused of opening fire on a July Fourth parade near Chicago was charged on Tuesday with seven counts of murder, as police revealed they had reported him as posing a “clear and present danger” after alleged threats to his family in 2019. …
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(Reuters) – U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner has made a direct plea to President Joe Biden to stand up for her in an emotional letter sent to the White House on Monday as she remains detained in Russia on drug charges. Griner, who was held at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 when a …
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