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The Latest Breaking News from Joe Biden

Who's running for president? See a rundown of the 2024 candidates

With more than a year until the 2024 presidential election, the field of candidates is largely set

The Independent UK

Lawyers indicted with Trump say they were doing their jobs. But that may be a tough argument to make

The 18 defendants charged alongside former President Donald Trump in this month’s racketeering indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, include more than a half-dozen lawyers

The Independent UK

What Biden’s announcement of Medicare negotiating drug prices means

Democrats have long wanted to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, which it hopes will lead to lower prescription costs

The Independent UK

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US commerce secretary says companies see China as ‘uninvestable’

Gina Raimondo is fourth senior US official to visit China in recent months as two countries seek to manage tensions.

Al Jazeera

Fox News host questions why racist shootings haven’t stopped under Biden

‘He pledged to unite the country back in his inauguration speech, several times prior and after that, and yet horrific things like what happened over the weekend still happen’

The Independent UK

Biden names 10 drugs for first negotiations to cut Medicare prices

Government claims prices could fall for 9m seniors but pharma companies claim cost-reduction program is unconstitutional

The Guardian - US

After Supreme Court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens water protections

The Biden Administration weakened protections for wetlands on Tuesday

The Independent UK

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Florida rushes to make its final preparations before Hurricane Idalia makes landfall

Forecasters say Idalia will be at least a Category 3 hurricane by the time of its expected landfall on Wednesday. Officials are urging residents to get ready, and have ordered thousands to evacuate.

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Covid cases are surging. We need more from government than ‘Keep coughing and carry on’

Almost a year after Joe Biden declared the pandemic over, coronavirus is still officially a ‘global health risk’. So what are the authorities in the US and UK doing about it, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

See which drugs Biden is targeting first for Medicare price-lowering talks

A pharmaceuticals lobbying group is criticizing the list of drugs President Joe Biden says he’s targeting for price negotiations to cut Medicare costs

The Independent UK

US Marines killed in Australian aircraft crash identified

The three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia were from Illinois, Virginia and Colorado

The Independent UK

Biden targets diabetes drug Jardiance, blood thinner Eliquis, and 8 others for controversial Medicare price talks. But any relief is still years away

The move is expected to cut costs in a few years for some patients but faces litigation from the drugmakers and heavy criticism from Republican lawmakers.

Fortune

Israelis on a flight that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia return to Tel Aviv

A plane carrying Israelis home from the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles has made an emergency stop in Saudi Arabia before flying back to Tel Aviv

The Independent UK

Trump has ‘moral compass of an axe murderer,’ says Georgia Republican

Former lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan describes Trump’s roster of wrongdoing as ‘like some sort of Ponzi scheme of lies’

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The Independent UK

How Trump administration officials are preparing for a second White House term

With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden targets Jardiance, Eliquis and 8 other prescription drugs for Medicare price talks

President Joe Biden says for many Americans the cost of one drug can be “the difference between life and death” as his administration announces the first drugs that’ll be targeted for price negotiations in an effort to cut Medicare costs.

The Guardian - US

Trump co-defendant Sidney Powell pleads not guilty in election subversion case – as it happened

Lawyer charged over alleged plot in Fulton county, Georgia

Al Jazeera

US names 10 prescription drugs subject to price negotiations

Move is expected to cut costs for some patients but faces lawsuits from drugmakers and heavy criticism from Republicans.

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The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin ‘too busy’ to face world leaders at G20

Russia will instead be represented by the country’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov

Roll Call

HHS lists first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiation - Roll Call

The program is a major priority for Joe Biden, who ran for president in part on the promise to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Mark Meadows testifies in Georgia Trump case

Trump’s White House chief of staff argues he acted in capacity as federal officer and that case should be moved to federal court. Plus, has humanity finally broken the climate?

The Guardian - US

Biden is turning away from free trade – and that’s a great thing

Trade deals have brought cheaper goods. They’ve also destroyed millions of US jobs and caused US wages to stagnate

Ballotpedia

The eight battleground elections for control of the Virginia Senate

Welcome to the Tuesday, August 29, Brew.

The Texas Tribune

Texas can now apply to import lower-priced Canadian medications

Texas joins a handful of states turn to the north for cheaper drugs. But feds have been slow to approve requests, three years after giving initial OK.

Salon

Climate nihilism: GOP's Big Oil romance

Last week's GOP debate illustrated the devil's bargain on climate — but Big Oil may pay for it in the courtroom

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