Thursday, October 21, 2021: D.C. News

President Biden introduced a new plan to pay for parts of the $2 trillion infrastructure plan. The plan keeps the corporate tax rate at 21 percent for companies earning more than $5 million a year, rather than increasing it to 26.5 percent. The administration is also...

Wednesday, October 20, 2021: D.C. News

President Biden has dictated the first cuts to trim the $3.5 trillion spending bill down to somewhere in the $1.75 trillion to $1.9 trillion range. The president told lawmakers that a program providing free community college is on the chopping block and a child tax...

Wednesday, October 20, 2021: Life Sciences

The FDA released draft guidance for creating a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids to help foster competition and bring down prices. In 2017, Congress asked the agency to explore an OTC option, but the agency missed the deadline due to the pandemic....