Thursday, April 7, 2022: D.C. News

President Biden signed into law a sweeping U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reform bill that will overhaul the agency’s finances and allow it to modernize its service. The new law will require retired postal employees to enroll in Medicare when eligible and repeals a...

Thursday, April 7, 2022: D.C. News

The Senate is expected to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court today. Jackson, who appears set to receive bipartisan support, will be the first former public defender and the first Black woman to sit on the court. She will replace Justice...

Thursday, April 7, 2022: D.C. News

Congress may punt on a $10 billion COVID-19 preparedness funding package until the end of this month due to a disagreement over immigration policy. Republican senators are demanding a vote on an amendment to the funding package that would block the administration’s...

Thursday, April 7, 2022: Life Sciences

A new report from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists found that drug spending in the U.S. hit $576.9 billion in 2021, a 7.7 percent increase over 2020. Hospitals accounted for $39.6 billion of that spending, with an 8.4 percent growth from 2020 to 2021....