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PoliticusUSA is a reader-supported, ad-free publication. Please subscribe if you like your news without corporations, billionaires, or emotional manipulation. One of the missions of Biden’s presidency was to lower prescription drug prices. Biden was blocked by Republicans in Congress and the courts on some of his executive actions, but the President has had great success

Financier Bernard Madoff leaves Manhattan Federal court March 10, 2009 in New York City. Madoff attended a hearing regarding the conflicting status of his legal representation in his multi-billion dollar fraud allegations. Chris Hondros | Getty Images The 10th and final distribution from a fund for victims of the late Ponzi scheme king Bernie Madoff

Jimmy Carter was not only the longest living ex-president in history, but he lived so long that he outlived one of his New York Times obituary writers. This was the NYT byline on Carter’s obituary, “By Peter Baker and Roy ReedPeter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for

Quotations by former President Jimmy Carter Former President Jimmy Carter, March 25, 2014. Getty Images “My name is Jimmy Carter, and I’m running for president.” — Opening his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, July 15, 1976. “I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.”

Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama honored Jimmy Carter in the most perfect way possible. The Obamas said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA:For decades, you could walk into Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia on some Sunday mornings and see hundreds of tourists from around the world crammed into the pews.

An advocate holds a sign for TikTok following a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a law that could effectively ban the popular social media app in the United States

Luigi Mangione, 26, a suspect in the New York City killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, is escorted after an extradition hearing at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 10, 2024. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters A New York grand jury indicted Luigi Mangione on charges of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks with a staffer before the start of a House Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, May 12, 2021. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release a report on its investigation of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against former

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Top CEOs and their companies are pledging to donate millions of dollars to President-elect Donald Trump‘s inaugural committee, as

 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump smiles at the crowd during the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on Aug. 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Emily Elconin | Getty Images News | Getty Images The fate of President Joe Biden’s landmark climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., listens to testimony during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, in Washington, Dec. 8, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The House Ethics Committee on Monday revealed it found “substantial evidence” that former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old girl in 2017, and that he “regularly” paid women for

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. Alex Slitz-Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images A Georgia appeals court on Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2024. Brandon Bell | Via Reuters As Congress regroups following another averted government shutdown, Democratic lawmakers are increasingly calling into question the level of influence Elon Musk has over

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listen during a Hanukkah reception at the U.S. Capitol Building on December 17, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that he would prefer for House Republicans to refuse to

WASHINGTON — A House Republican bill to fund the government for three months and suspend the debt ceiling for two years failed Thursday night, as dozens of rank-and-file Republicans voted against the deal endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump. Without a deal to fund the federal government and legislation that has passed the House and Senate

President-elect Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson have agreed to a deal that would fund the government now but raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and cut $2.5 trillion in spending, which looks like cuts to healthcare. Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News posted: IN THE GOP MEETING — GOP leadership has a slide up that

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan federal spending bill early Saturday morning that averted a government shutdown and marked the end of a chaotic, high-stakes week in Congress.   The bill authorizes continued funding of the federal government at current levels for three months and provides additional disaster relief and farm aid. The House

Trump got House Republicans to not use reconciliation to cut Social Security. The problem is that reconciliation can’t legally be used to cut Social Security. The supposed big get for Trump was a promise from House Republicans that they wouldn’t use reconciliation to cut Social Security in exchange for