(Headline USA) As a growing number of overweight Americans clamor for Ozempic and Wegovy---drugs touted by celebrities and on TikTok to pare pounds---an even more powerful obesity medicine is poised to upend treatment.
Tirzepatide, an Eli Lilly and Co. drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes under the brand name...
(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) In his 2024 Budget Request, President Joe Biden is asking Congress to approve a $4 billion raise for his Treasury Department to finance hordes of new workers and overhaul tax collections, according to the Treasury Congressional Budget Justification.
In total, the Treasury wants appropriations of $20.3...
(Paul Sperry, RealClear Wire) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky isn’t the only one demanding more military assistance from President Biden to protect Kiev from Russian forces. So too is a close Delaware friend and financial backer of Biden, who owns several luxury car dealerships around the Ukrainian capital.
By sending billions...
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(Headline USA) Transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was barred from participating on the Montana House floor after disrupting floor debate and helping to orchestrate an attempted insurrection at the state...
(Headline USA) An Iranian court issued a $312.9 million judgment against the United States over a 2017 Islamic State-claimed attack on Tehran, authorities said Wednesday, the latest judicial action between the nations amid their decadeslong enmity.
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, in reporting the decision, offered no direct evidence to...
(Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held trade talks with South Korean officials in Seoul on Wednesday, on the second leg of his four-nation trip, as the possible rival to Donald Trump seeks to build his diplomatic profile ahead of a widely anticipated presidential campaign launch.
Leading a trade mission from...
(Headline USA) Sexual abuse in the nation’s federal prisons must be rooted out, the Justice Department's second-highest-ranking leader told prison wardens gathered for their first nationwide training since revelations that a toxic, permissive culture at a California prison allowed abuse to run rampant.
The policy of allowing transgender male prisoners to...
(Headline USA) Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Tuesday that he would forgo another presidential bid of his own and instead endorse President Joe Biden's reelection.
The far-leftist socialist, who was Biden's chief rival in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, told The Associated Press that he would “do everything I can to see...
(Headline USA) Travelers entering China will no longer need to provide a negative PCR test result starting Saturday, in another easing of China's “zero COVID” policies.
Travelers can instead show a negative antigen test result taken within 48 hours before boarding, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters Tuesday.
The...
(TJ Martinell, The Center Square) A coalition of gun rights advocacy groups and individual citizens have filed a lawsuit against a new Washington state ban on firearms deemed “assault weapons” as soon as the legislation was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee.
The complaint filed by the Firearms Policy...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden blasted the Republicans' recently unveiled spending plan to raise the debt limit and cut spending, calling it "a reckless attempt to extract extreme concessions as a condition for the United States simply paying the bills it has already incurred."
The Biden administration’s...
(Cameron Arcand, The Center Square) Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb hopes his law enforcement acumen in a border state will make him stand out in a potentially crowded race for the GOP ticket in Arizona's next U.S. Senate primary.
Lamb has been on the campaign trail as the first Republican...