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President Trump says he’ll sign an executive order on Monday that, if implemented, he says could bring down the costs of some medications. It is an attempt to revive a program he tried and failed to implement during his first term.The order Mr. Trump is promising will direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to tie what Medicare pays for medications administered in a doctor’s office to the lowest price paid by other countries. “I will be instituting a MOST FAVORED NATION’S POLICY whereby the United States will pay the same price as the Nation that pays the lowest…

House Republicans on Friday night rolled out the first pieces of a roughly $4 trillion tax cut they hope to pass in the coming weeks, sketching out plans that would keep key planks of President Trump’s 2017 tax cut in place while offering even more generous tax breaks for just the next few years.In legislation released late in the day, Republicans made clear that they intended to lock into place the larger standard deduction, lower individual income tax rates and other measures they passed in 2017. Those provisions are set to expire at the end of this year, and Republicans…

President Trump will sign an executive order on Monday aimed at lowering some drug prices in the United States by aligning them with what other wealthy countries pay, he said on Truth Social on Sunday evening.The proposal he described, which alone cannot shift federal policy, is what he calls a “most favored nation” pricing model. Mr. Trump did not provide details about which type of insurance the plan would apply to or how many drugs it would target, but he indicated that the United States should pay the lowest price among its peer countries.“Our Country will finally be treated fairly,…

The United States will suspend imports of live cattle through ports along the southern border with Mexico for at least two weeks to review the joint strategy in the fight against the screwworm, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Sunday.Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement that the screwworm, which is parasite that could be fatal, was recently detected in remote farms as far north as Oaxaca and Veracruz, about 700 miles away from the U.S. border.”The protection of our animals and safety of our nation’s food supply is a national security issue of the utmost importance,” she said…

President Trump waves after taking questions from reporters outside the White House on May 8. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Trump leaves Monday for the first major foreign trip of his second term, focusing on business deals in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as his administration struggles to broker an end to the war in Gaza. Trump pledged to bring peace to the region as he ran for a second term, but that is proving to be elusive. On this trip, he will showcase a promise by…

The families of some of the victims killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks who worked for the bond trading company of Howard Lutnick, now the commerce secretary, are urging him to help extradite a Saudi Arabian national potentially involved in the attacks as he prepares to engage in economic talks with the kingdom.In a letter to Mr. Lutnick, obtained by The New York Times, the families representing the hundreds of employees at the company, Cantor Fitzgerald, who died in the attack cited recently unsealed evidence showing that Omar al-Bayoumi, a Saudi intelligence agent, had ties to the attackers.Mr. Lutnick…

Edan Alexander, the last living U.S. citizen kidnapped by Hamas terrorists and held hostage for more than 19 months, will be released from captivity, Hamas said in a statement Sunday.The Hamas statement Sunday night said the release was part of ongoing mediation efforts to establish a ceasefire, reopen crossings into the Israeli-blockaded territory and resume the delivery of aid. It does not say when the release will happen. Two Hamas officials told The Associated Press they expect the release in the next 48 hours.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it was aware of Hamas’ plans to release Alexander “as…

Ad Policy A bust of Elon Musk that was recently vandalized is seen near the SpaceX projects in Brownsville, Texas, on May 3, 2025. (Photo by Gabriel Cardenas / AFP) (Gabriel Cardenas / AFP via Getty Images) On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we are joined by Julia Carrie Wong to discuss Elon Musk’s recent opposition to empathy, how it comes out of the Christian right, and the relationship it has to previous discussions of longtermism.  Julia Carrie Wong is a features writer at The Guardian. Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe. Subscribe to…

California eclipsed Japan in 2024 to become the fourth-largest economy in the world. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced earlier this month that the state’s population increased for the second year in a row. Tourism has hit record levels, as Los Angeles prepares to step onto the world stage as the host of the 2028 Summer Olympics.But for all of that, there are rising signs that California is entering one of the most difficult periods in its history. The state is confronting what many leaders and officials say is an unprecedented confluence of forces — economic, political, social, environmental — that’s about…

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Ed O’Keefe: United CEO Scott KirbyRep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago Peter Mandelson, U.K. ambassador to the U.S.Click here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”   ED O’KEEFE: I’m Ed O’Keefe in Washington.And this week on Face the Nation: The papal conclave comes to a surprise ending, while there’s growing concerns over our aging air traffic control system ahead of a busy summer travel season.After recent air traffic control blackouts at Newark Airport,…