Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000-page budget proposal. The move comes two years after they quietly cut funding for such kits following a ProPublica and Texas Tribune report that showed there's no evidence they work.
Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products. A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the prices in other wealthy nations.
The lawmakers also accused Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins of stonewalling their efforts to learn more about agency cuts and their effects. "There are real-life dangerous impacts for veterans," Rep. Chris Deluzio said.
The sweeping deal means the Ivy League school's settlements will total more than $1 billion for over 1,000 claims of sexual abuse by former patients of OB-GYN Robert Hadden, who worked at the university for 20 years despite decades of complaints.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I've covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump's executive orders.
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica's first-of-its-kind analysis.
An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be "consistent" with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring body cameras.
The state has so far indicted more than 100 individuals and recouped $125 million. But despite state and federal efforts, it's likely that most of the stolen taxpayer money won't be recovered, officials say.