Category: Politics

Biden Announces New Actions to Encourage Competition in the US Economy

President Joe Biden convenes a meeting of his competition council at 3:00 p.m. ET on July 19 to announce new actions to increase competition in the American economy to lower prices. …


J&J Sues Biden Administration to Block Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

Johnson & Johnson sued to stop the U.S. government from empowering Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare recipients. The major drugmaker became the third player in the industry attempting to halt the Medicare drug-price negotiations established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), in a claim filed in the U.S. District…


JD Vance Bill Aims to Ban ‘Gruesome, Irreversible’ Transgender Treatments for Children

Senator J. D. Vance (R-Ohio) has introduced a bill seeking to end transgender procedures on minors, insisting it is necessary to save children in the country from “a lifetime of suffering.” The bill (pdf), “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” seeks to ban the genital mutilation, castration, and sterilization of children by categorizing “gender-affirming care” on minors…


Trump Asks Republicans to Vote Early, Promotes Ballot Harvesting During Iowa Town Hall

Former president Donald Trump encouraged supporters to take part in early voting as well as “legal” ballot harvesting for the 2024 elections during his conversation with Fox News’s Sean Hannity at a town hall meeting in Iowa on Tuesday. Ballot harvesting refers to the practice of political agents collecting ballots from homes of absentee voters…


LIVE 2:30 PM ET: Orange County, California Holds First Annual State of County Luncheon

Orange County, California, holds its first annual State of the County Luncheon at 2:30 p.m. ET on July 19, featuring Donald Wagner, chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors; Katrina Foley, 5th district supervisor, Orange County Board of Supervisors; and Frank Kim, chief executive officer, Orange County Board of Supervisors. …


Orange County, California Holds First Annual State of County Luncheon

Orange County, California, holds its first annual State of the County Luncheon at 2:30 p.m. ET on July 19, featuring Donald Wagner, chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors; Katrina Foley, 5th district supervisor, Orange County Board of Supervisors; and Frank Kim, chief executive officer, Orange County Board of Supervisors. …


LIVE NOW: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on ‘Biden and Mayorkas’ Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America’

The House Committee on Homeland Security holds a hearing on “Biden and Mayorkas’ Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. …


House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on ‘Biden and Mayorkas’ Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America’

The House Committee on Homeland Security holds a hearing on “Biden and Mayorkas’ Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. …


After June Primary, Virginia County Halts Use of Ranked Choice Voting

After a trial run during the June primary for the Arlington County Board in Arlington, Virginia, the board decided not to use ranked choice voting (RCV) for local races in the upcoming November election. Board members made the decision to halt the RCV pilot program after hearing mostly from proponents of RCV at a July…