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Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at a campaign event in Washington Crossing, Pa., on Wednesday, flanked by former GOP officials.

Campaigns

Takeaways: Harris makes play for GOP voters, sits for feisty Fox News interview

Dem nominee clashes with Bret Baier over last three years, Trump's fitness

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 16, 2024 at 8:00pm

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, appeared on ABC's "The View" program on Tuesday. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)

Campaigns

Harris moves toward center with talk of ‘commonsense solutions’

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 8, 2024 at 3:05pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, tours a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin in Douglas, Ariz., on Friday. (Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images)

Campaigns

Harris border visit shines light on House, Senate races in battleground Arizona

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 27, 2024 at 5:43pm, Updated at 8:50pm
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday.

Policy

Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech

By Lauren Clason, Sandhya Raman, Jessie Hellmann and Ariel Cohen
Posted February 9, 2023 at 7:01am
President Joe Biden announced that he would revisit the classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug, but states are pushing ahead with legalization efforts.

Biden ponders marijuana moves as states forge ahead

By Lauren Clason and Sandhya Raman
Posted November 2, 2022 at 9:08am
Sen. Marco Rubio has introduced measures that would prohibit using federal funds to purchase sterile needles for syringe service programs or purchase or distribute any paraphernalia to use narcotics.

With overdoses rising, a push for syringe service programs

By Sandhya Raman
Posted September 21, 2022 at 1:46pm
The Biden administration on Tuesday released the first 10 drugs eligible for Medicare price negotiation.

Senate’s Medicare drug pricing may ripple into private market

By Lauren Clason and Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 10, 2022 at 3:05pm
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf will make the final decision on removing the only available drug aimed at lowering the risk of premature births.

Senate Health panel advances Califf to lead FDA

By Emily Kopp
Posted January 13, 2022 at 1:35pm
Kris Perry Long spoke about her children's struggles with addiction at Foxborough Common, Mass. on August 29, 2021. 12,000 flags were planted along the Foxborough Common to represent the number of overdoses in Massachusetts from 2015.

Drug overdose deaths top 100,000 for first time

By Sandhya Raman
Posted November 17, 2021 at 3:49pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, flanked from left by Sens. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.

Democrats closer to deal on budget reconciliation package

By Lauren Clason, David Lerman, Mary Ellen McIntire, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted November 2, 2021 at 2:40pm, Updated at 4:25pm