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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ensuring a “resilient” supply chain for essential medicines in the U.S. by filling the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve (SAPIR) with critical drug components, the White House said on Wednesday. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response within the Department of …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. government imposed sanctions on Wednesday on individuals and companies based in or near Puerto Vallarta accused of running timeshare fraud schemes on behalf of Mexico-based Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The U.S. Treasury and State Department said the schemes, often run through call centers staffed by English-speaking telemarketers impersonating brokers, attorneys, or …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had narrowed down his pick for the next Federal Reserve chair to three or four names and would make the names public “a little bit earlier.” (Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Ryan Patrick Jones; writing by Bhargav Acharya; editing by Chris Reese)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to meet with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries ahead of the funding deadline at the end of September. “I will, I guess, but it’s almost a waste of time to meet, because they never approve …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two major environmental groups announced on Tuesday they have sued the Trump administration for secretly convening a group of climate skeptics, which prepared a report that served as the basis for a reversal of U.S. rules on greenhouse gas emissions without public notice. The Environmental Defense Fund and the Union …

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By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -Doctors advise most patients on GLP-1 obesity drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound to stay on them to keep the weight off, but as more U.S. insurers restrict coverage people are trimming costs by stretching doses or forgoing expenditures like vacations to pay for the medication out of pocket. A half …

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