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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch is facing pointed questions on Capitol Hill at the
“Sour as his confirmation hearing gets underway before the Senate Judiciary Committee.”
One of the sharpest exchanges came as Illinois Senator Dicturbing questioned Blanch about the department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and its response to survivors.
"I have never said it will not meet with survivors.
I'm asking you on the way." "If they have lawyers, as you know, I'm prohibited from meeting directly with them. I have met with Council for survivors as has many people in the Department of Justice over 30. But if they are represented by Council, we will work with their Council if they don't have
a lawyer. I will certainly make arrangements to make sure the right people at the Department of Justice meet." "We'll get it done slowly." "Will you get it done within the next 30 days that each of these are done today?"
"If that's necessary."
“Senators are also pressing Blanch over accusations the Department has targeted President”
Trump's political opponents and decisions involving investigations of the President and his family. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying visas to or seeking to deport non-citizens working on or studying online at content moderation.
And PR Shannon Von reports the judge says the policy likely violates the first amendment.
The State Department has said the visa ban targets for our nationals it says are quote "complicit censoring Americans." In March, a group of independent tech researchers sued the administration saying the visa policy itself is an attempt to silence views the government doesn't like. In a new order, US District Judge James Bozberg says the plaintiff's arguments are likely
to succeed, so the policy will be put on hold while the lawsuit proceeds. The State Department didn't respond to a request for comment. The coalition of researchers who brought the lawsuit said it welcomed the judge's decision. Shannon Von and PR News
“Trump Rx is a key component of the President's push to lower prescription drug prices and”
PR's in the Lupkin reports 17 drug makers agreed to offer their medications on the website at a discount. Trump Rx now lists 92 brand-name drugs available at a discount for people not using their insurance. The refraction of the more than 800 drugs that these companies have on the market.
Two companies, Gilliat and Regeneron, have an added drug's yet and say they will add one drug each. Dr. Ben Rome does health policy research at Harvard Medical School. Most of these companies are doing this for a small number of products in a limited setting. They're not engaging to do this on like large scale.
Some people can benefit if they need medicines that are not covered by their health insurance like drugs for IVF, but for people with insurance coverage, the best deal Rome says is to stick to your insurance co-pay. City Lupkin and PR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
The writer's Guild of America is challenging Paramount's $81 billion acquisition of one
or brother's discovery. The Guild filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block the merger arguing it would hurt movie and television writers. A coalition of 12 states led by California filed a separate lawsuit Monday to stop the deal. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer chaired his final cabinet meeting today.
He also appeared before Parliament for his last PMQs or Prime Minister's questions. Those are the boisterous parliamentary sessions where opposition parties berate the Prime Minister. His MPR's law and fair reports the mood? Let's different this time.
It was a change from the normally adversarial vibe instead of shouting at the Prime Minister or booing him the opposition leader Keime Badeknock paid tribute to him as Starmer acknowledged. This is the end of my political journey. Starmer led his center left labor party to a landslide win two years ago, but his personal approval ratings twindled.
After dismal results in may, municipal elections, his labor lawmakers turned on him. In favor of former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnup, who takes control of the party on Friday and gets sworn in as Prime Minister Monday. Some of Starmer's cabinet ministers were in tears as he ended his final PMQs with this. To my wife and children, I love you.
Goodbye. And received a standing ovation, Lauren Fryer and PR News London. On Monster 8 the Dow was up 175 points. This is NPR. At plus.inpr.org.
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