Author: Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner

Senate Democrats intend to grill the executives of three major pharmaceutical companies at a hearing at the start of next year’s legislative session, setting an aggressive prescription drug price agenda for 2024. All 11 Democratic members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee requested voluntary testimony on Jan. 25 from the CEOs of…

Virginia may be the next state to pass an abortion rights constitutional amendment, as Democrats have made pursuing a ballot measure a top priority for the start of the 2024 legislative session. Democrats took the majority in both the House of Delegates and Senate earlier this month after Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) marketed the election…

A mysterious respiratory illness in dogs has been reported in several states across the country, causing alarm among veterinarians before the holiday season. Veterinarians are advising dog owners to limit their pets’ exposure to other dogs in high-concentration areas, such as boarding facilities, doggy day cares, and dog parks. HALEY CALL TO ‘VERIFY EVERYBODY’ REVIVES…

Investigators on Saturday publicly identified the suspect in the shooting and killing of a security officer on Friday at the state-run psychiatric facility, New Hampshire Hospital in Concord. Attorney General John Formella (R) said that John Madore, 33, perpetrated the attack, killing on-duty security officer, Bradley Haas, 63. SPACEX PRAISES ‘INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL DAY’ AFTER ROCKET…

John Cleese made a startling revelation on a talk show set to air Sunday that he and his co-stars in the popular movie A Fish Called Wanda accidentally killed a man who died while watching the film. “We killed a man,” Cleese said, referring to his co-stars Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis. “[We] killed…

Jimmie Gardner, the brother-in-law of two-time failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, was arrested on charges of human trafficking in Tampa, Florida. Tampa police told reporters with local news outlet WFLA that they arrested the 57-year-old Gardner on Friday for allegedly attempting to engage a 16-year-old girl in commercial sex acts at the Renaissance Hotel…

New polling data released on Saturday shows that President Joe Biden is losing ground among key demographic groups in the swing state of Michigan less than a year out from the 2024 presidential election. The poll, conducted by EPIC-MRA, found former President Donald Trump leading Biden among Michigan voters 46%-41% in a head-to-head matchup. Biden…

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy shared emotional stories on Friday about their wives having miscarriages during an evangelical Christian family campaign event in Iowa for the 2024 presidential election. Both men opened up about their experiences at the Family Leader Thanksgiving Family Forum, organized by Bob Vander Plaats, who has historically been…

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), the long-shot Democratic challenger to President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election, has hired a former Minneapolis lawmaker who staunchly supported efforts to defund the city’s police department. The 54-year-old representative brought Alondra Cano, 42, on to his campaign after she served on the Minneapolis City Council from 2014 to…

Pharmaceutical giants Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are projecting that pill versions of their coveted weight loss medications could come to market as soon as next year, increasing treatment options for obesity. Novo’s semaglutide and Lilly’s orforglipron pills are both in stage three of clinical trials and have shown promising results. Both pills function similarly…