WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) β Congressional leaders introduced a bill on Tuesday that would further restrict access to the veterinary drug xylazine, which is now being added to fentanyl powder.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel makes its own decisions, rebuffing President Joe Bidenβs suggestion that that the premier drop a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system. Netanyahu responded Wednesday to Biden's nudge to find compromise in the plan after it sparked unprecedented protests and polarized Israelis. The country is sovereign, Netanyahu said, and makes βdecisions by the will of its people and not based on pressures from abroad, including from best friends." Bidenβs comments came a day after Netanyahu called for a halt to his governmentβs contentious legislation βto avoid civil warβ in the wake of two consecutive days of mass protests.
Hospitals are facing mixed reviews regarding their efforts to comply with a federal requirement that they post information about prices related to nearly every health care service they provide.
Republican state Sen. Roger Niello wants to know whether taxpayers are getting their moneyβs worth before spending more. Yet the fiscal conservative from the suburbs of Sacramento sees opportunities for bipartisanship on mental health.
President Joe Biden says Republicansβ budget plans could undermine U.S. manufacturing and help China dominate the world economy. Being tough on China has been a core part of the identity of former President Donald Trump, who is seeking to return to the White House in 2024. Biden says the GOP push to cut his incentives for clean energy βwould mean ceding the future of innovation and technology to China.β He spoke Tuesday at a semiconductor maker in North Carolina. Biden is trying to shape public sentiment as he faces off with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy about whether the federal government should raise its legal borrowing capacity.
WASHINGTON β House members from both parties have signed on to two bills aimed at expanding federal aid to hungry American troops and their families, and a similar push is underway in the Senate.
LINCOLN β A bill allowing Nebraskans to carry concealed handguns without training or a state permit moved forward Tuesday despite concerns that it would reduce the ability to ban dangerous weapons from public places and would endanger schoolchildren. Legislative Bill 77, a so-called βconstitutional carryβ bill, advanced from second-round debate on a 31-10 vote during [β¦]
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ORLANDO, Fla. β Make no mistake about it, UCF football coach Gus Malzahn is now in charge of the schoolβs name, image and likeness collective. Actually, itβs Malzahnβs self-described βright-hand manβ SJ Tuohy, who last week announced he is leaving as Malzahnβs director of football operations and chief of staff to become the executive director of The Kingdom NIL β a fundraising collective ...
WASHINGTON β Election officials on Tuesday detailed to the U.S. Senate Rules Committee how their states countered threats to election workers and worked to combat misinformation and disinformation during the 2022 midterm election. With the 2024 presidential election closely approaching, Senate Rules Committee Chair Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she was concerned about threats to election [β¦]
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LINCOLN β Frayed nerves over how much power the Nebraska Legislature gives to minority voices to delay or derail the majorityβs will erupted into a floor fight Tuesday over Unicameral rules. The result: A frustrated majority set new limits on motions that slow the passage of bills.Β The senators causing the slowdown promised to continue [β¦]
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WASHINGTON β U.S. House Republicans tussled with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Democratic committee members over work requirements in federal nutrition programs as well as spending levels for those programs at a Tuesday hearing.Β Republican members of the House Agriculture Committee charged Vilsack with evading bipartisan oversight in the USDAβs 2021 redesign of the Thrifty [β¦]
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A federal judge ruled Mike Pence will have to testify before a grand jury in the Justice Department's investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The U.S. gambling industry is adopting a new responsible marketing code that will ban sports books from partnering with colleges to promote sports wagering.
If you want to help kids, regulate social media.
A federal lawmaker has introduced a House bill that would close one of a laundry list of oversight gaps revealed in a recent KHN investigation of the system regulators use to ban fraudsters from billing government health programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
Three children and three adult staff members are dead after a mass shooting Monday at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennesseeβs Green Hills neighborhood. Among the victims are three 9-year-old children: Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney. The adult victims are Cynthia Peak, 61,Β Mike Hill, 61, and Katherine Koonce, [β¦]
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Indianaβs Republican General Assembly is advancing a measure to ban virtually all gender-affirming medical care for minors in the state. The Indiana House voted Monday 65-30 to approve the bill, which already cleared the Senate. The bill now heads to Indianaβs Republican governor, who hasnβt said publicly if heβll sign it. If he does, minors in Indiana won't be allowed to access hormone therapies or puberty blockers in the state. People speaking in opposition to the healthcare restrictions say those types of treatment are often life-saving for trans kids. But backers of the legislation have raised doubts on the safety and reversibility of those treatments.
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sen. Mitch McConnell is back home more than two weeks after he fell at a private dinner and was hospitalized with a concussion and broken rib.
On March 24, the House passed GOP-sponsored legislation meant to provide more information to parents regarding children's education.
Itβs about the money β on both sides β as arguments swirl about patient safety, rising prices, and paying back on-the-job training.
Lawmakers in states including Colorado, California, Texas and New York are taking big, legislative swings at the eating disorder crisis.
The U.S. Supreme Court has invited the federal government to weigh in on whether state and local governments can regulate how long trains can block railroad crossings.
A year after setting a record for vote participation, thanks largely to a pandemic-driven House rule allowing members to delegate someone else to vote for them, Congress kept up the pace in 2022 β even as the number of votes taken increased.
GOP lawmakers in at least 14 states have introduced 20 bills to bolster cash bail in 2023. Criminal justice advocates say the measures would do little more than increase disparity in the justice system and favor wealthy defendants.