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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is among those expected at a fundraiser President Trump is attending Friday at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, sources told CBS News. The fundraiser for the pro-Trump super political action committee MAGA Inc. aims to raise about $25 million, one of the sources said.One day prior to the event, Mr. Trump sent letters to pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, demanding they lower U.S. drug prices to more evenly match what other countries pay.The White House’s letters to 17 drug companies, including AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi, asked for commitments within…

August 1, 2025 When Trump talks of turning the economy around, he speaks the truth—he just gets the direction of change wrong. Ad Policy Donald Trump shows his signature on the “Big Beautiful Bill Act” at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 4, 2025.(Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images) When Donald Trump campaigned on making America great again, not many of us realized he was talking about the 1970s. That was a decade of unprecedented inflation and a sharp slowdown in growth after a quarter-century boom following World War II. We’re just two quarters into the Trump administration, but…

Olympic sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested Sunday on a domestic violence charge at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, according to a police report obtained by CBS News.  The incident occurred at a TSA checkpoint where Richardson, 25, and a man got into an argument, according to the report detailed by the arresting officer.After viewing security footage, police found that Richardson allegedly pushed the man, and he fell into a nearby column.The video also allegedly showed the man attempting to walk away from Richardson. Richardson also threw a pair of headphones at him, police say.Richardson was booked at the South Correctional Entity in…

Major Supreme Court ruling shifts power Major Supreme Court ruling shifts powers of federal judges, Trump administration 08:13 The Supreme Court has teed up a major case for next term on whether racial redistricting is unconstitutional.In a Friday night scheduling order, the high court asked parties to file briefs on whether Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-minority House seat violates the 14th or 15th Amendments. The question could significantly curtail efforts to force states to create majority-minority congressional districts.The order is part of a case from the 2024 term regarding Louisiana’s congressional map that justices decided to hold over for re-argument. The…

Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions – in government, in media, in medical science… and lately, economists are feeling the burn acutely. In fact, President Trump just fired the economist who ran the Bureau of Labor Statistics, accusing her – with no evidence – of faking a jobs report that showed fewer gains than expected. In decades past, economists whispered in the ears of presidents. Now, many politicians and voters are disenchanted with the field. On today’s show, we speak with economists about how distrust is messing with their minds and interfering with their…

Although it’s been over a decade since game-changing curative drugs for hepatitis C were approved, progress has been slow and treatment remains out of reach for many. But one small clinic in Buffalo, New York, is proving that doesn’t have to be the case. Hepatitis C is a silent epidemic in the U.S., affecting up to 4 million people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many people don’t know they have it. Left untreated, the disease can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer. With a model that’s faster, more accessible and remarkably effective, La Bodega, a clinic at Erie County Medical…

Politics / Hiding in Plain Sight / August 1, 2025 I learned from a young age that you shouldn’t let your neighbor go hungry. Benjamin Netanyahu would do well to revisit this tradition. Ad Policy Palestinians, struggling with hunger, form a line to receive hot meals in Gaza’s al-Zeitoun neighborhood on July 31, 2025.(Abdalhkem Abu Riash / Anadolu via Getty Images) For much of the past 21 months, I have sparred with friends and colleagues who labeled Israel’s response to the October 7 attack as “genocidal.” I have written, at The Nation and elsewhere, about my concerns with some of…

President Trump ordered his administration to fire the commissioner of labor statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report showed a sharp slowdown in hiring and a steep downward revision to May and June’s hiring numbers. “No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY,” Mr. Trump wrote on social media. He added, “She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes.”The president described the latest report, which showed employers…

CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Multiple people were shot in Anaconda, Montana, on Friday, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said. Authorities said a suspect is at large. The ATF’s field division in Denver said on social media that the shooting happened at a business. Additional details weren’t immediately available. Michael Paul Brown is seen in a photo posted to social media by authorities. The Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Department identified the suspect as Michael Paul Brown and said he was believed to be armed and dangerous.”If seen do not approach,” the department said. “Contact 911…