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WASHINGTON – Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley reminded seven pharmaceutical company executives that drug list prices matter to patients during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on drug prices Thursday. (downtownvictoria.ca)…

A Virginia brewing company wants to take you on a mental magic carpet ride back to your childhood, when you scrambled out of bed Saturday mornings to watch cartoons and sift through a box of Lucky Charms to find the colorful…

MASSACHUSETTS – A woman who allegedly attacked a man sporting a “Make America Great Again” hat was apprehended Tuesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after authorities discovered she is unlawfully present in the U.S.…

WASHINGTON - First daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump tore into New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal,” in an interview with Fox News’ Steve Hilton that will air Sunday. “I don’t think…

DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler announced Tuesday that the company opening a new auto assembly plant in southeast Michigan as part of a multi-billion expansion into the city of Detroit. The plant will provide roughly 6,500 jobs to the city…

NEW YORK – Tesla CEO Elon Musk is disputing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s claim that the billionaire entrepreneur violated an agreement with the agency to tone down his Twitter behavior. The SEC told a federal judge…

WASHINGTON - When Michael Cohen appears this week before three separate congressional committees, the former Trump lawyer can expect to face questions about allegations leveled against him in the infamous Steele dossier, the…

CALIFORNIA – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked a judge Monday to hold Tesla CEO Elon Musk in contempt for violating the terms of an agreement requiring the company to pre-approve his tweets. The SEC claimed…

MINNESOTA – Presidential hopeful and Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar once ate her salad with a comb after a Senate aide accidentally dropped her fork, according to a New York Times report. A staffer prepared a salad…

CALIFORNIA - Consumer Reports said Thursday night that it cannot recommend the Tesla Model 3 after customers complained about some of the vehicle’s poorly manufactured parts. “ members say they’ve identified a number of problems…

MONTPELIER - The Vermont House passed a bill Thursday that gives women the right to have elective abortions up until birth and strips away rights of unborn babies. The House approved H-0057 by a 106-36 vote. The bill…

WASHINGTON - Professional journalism groups reacted with alarm after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged the high court Tuesday to reconsider a landmark freedom of the press decision called New York Times v. Sullivan. The…

Editors Note: The above video is a clip from a 1998 Purdue Pharma marketing video intended for doctors to show their patients. (Video provided by STAT).  NEW YORK - Newly released emails from 1997 appear to show that former…

U.S. crude oil production hit 12 million barrels per day in mid-February, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest report. EIA’s weekly petroleum report, for the week ending Feb. 15, showed crude output…

WASHINGTON - Negotiators with the United States and China continue to haggle over the terms of a potential trade deal as President Donald Trump’s deadline of March 1 creeps closer. If no deal is reached by the deadline, Trump may…

NEW YORK – Southwest Airlines saw an unusual spike in maintenance issues on its aircraft “just days after our last negotiations session” with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). Southwest first noticed…

WASHINGTON - Despite a record number coal plant closures across the United States, the country’s power sector still experienced a rise in carbon emissions in 2018, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s annual report on…

NEW MEXICO – A woman sued Planned Parenthood after she said she traveled over 700 miles to abort her six-week-old baby and the procedure failed, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Bianca Coons drove from Idaho to Planned…

CALIFORNIA - Oakland, California teachers walked out of a school district with more than 36,000 students Thursday to protest what they believe to be unlivable salaries. An entry-level teacher with only a bachelor’s degree can earn…

NEW YORK - Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized a prominent conservative group Wednesday night for erecting a billboard in New York City’s Times Square criticizing her for running Amazon out of the state. …

ALABAMA – A coal-fired power plan that’s operated for more than 100 years is shutting down, and it’s owners say Obama-era regulations are to blame. Alabama Power’s Plant Gorgas will officially close in April. It’s only the…

PALO ALTO - Tesla’s general counsel Dane Butswinkas is leaving his post in the electric car company after just two months on the job, Reuters reported. The former general counsel is one of dozens of top Tesla executives…

NEW JERSEY – Pregnant waitress Courtney English appeared on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday and said a New Jersey police officer gave her a $100 tip on a $9 bill and asked to remain anonymous. The officer also left her…

WASHINGTON - Covington Catholic high school student Nicholas Sandmann is suing The Washington Post over its coverage of a January incident involving himself and Native American protester Nathan Phillips. Attorneys for…

The Bakken region in North Dakota is expected to reach a record-setting 1.45 million bpd by March. WASHINGTON - The United States is forecast to reach another milestone in oil output next month thanks to rising production in the…

SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday raising the state’s minimum wage from $8.25 an hour to $15 by 2025, The Hill reported. Pritzker signaled Thursday that he would sign the bill after it passed…

NEW YORK - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg might be bleeding support from some of the very environmentalists the billionaire is attempting to court ahead of his potential presidential run. Bloomberg is preparing a…

RICHMOND – The West Virginia teachers’ strike caused every school district but one to shutdown Tuesday. The state has a 55 districts and 265,755 students enrolled in public schools, according to data from the West…

NEW YORK - Amazon announced a new green project Monday to ship half of all packages with net zero carbon by 2030 after the company ended a contentious plan to build a campus in New York. Amazon’s latest project, called “Shipment…