The U.S. has launched an investigation into Germany’s pharma policies over what it referred to as “persistent underpayment” for medicines as the European country looks to limit spiraling healthcare costs, including spending on drugs. “President Trump has made clear that American patients should not be shouldering a disproportionate share of global pharmaceutical research and development,”…
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images IREN shares surged in extended-trading on Thursday before giving back nearly all of the gains after the data center operator announced a partnership with semiconductor giant Nvidia. Nvidia and IREN will deploy up to 5 gigawatts of the chip maker’s DSX-branded infrastructure designs intended to…
Lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee took the unusual step Thursday of delaying a public hearing to consider three of President Trump’s nominees after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said their FBI background checks raised “significant questions.” A hearing was to be held at 10am to consider the nomination of Christopher Phelan to chair the banking…
David HaleDec 2, 2025, 08:16 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. The first College Football Playoff rankings came out five weeks ago. They looked a lot like tonight’s rankings. We’ve had precious little movement at the top, with a few teams jockeying up or down…
Why does it seem like Lionel Messi is interrupted by pitch invaders wherever he goes? Well, because he does it often. Source link
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doubled down on false claims about vaccines…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday he is “optimistic” about next year’s midterms despite his redistricting loss in Indiana. “I think it’s a disappointing outcome in Indiana, but right now about 14 states are in some stage of the process, either litigation or redistricting. So, we’ll see. We’ll see. But I… Source link
Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) dismissed concerns about the legality of U.S. attacks on alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. “These individuals do not care about the lives of our friends and families,” Mullin told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Why do we care if we take them international… Source…
Republicans are divided over whether to pursue a third-party-line spending package, with some lawmakers expressing skepticism that such an ambitious effort could clear Congress in a high-stakes election year. GOP leaders and top budget writers have already begun laying the groundwork for a third package, which they hope will include defense funding, fraud prevention… Source…
Artificial intelligence is turning out to be far more expensive than anyone expected, and CFOs at major U.S. companies are now facing a brutal new trade-off: tokens or humans. That was the picture two enterprise AI CEOs at the center of the buildout described to CNBC this week. Their accounts of what’s happening inside the…
