The Opioid Files
Unsealed exhibits show pressure to sell opioid pills
Documents unsealed in a landmark lawsuit reveal internal concerns as drug companies sent out a record amount of opioids at the height of the epidemic.
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What internal drug company documents on opioids reveal
A cache of previously undisclosed documents and other records reveal officials from some of the nation’s largest drug manufacturers and distributors failed to heed warnings as pain pills flooded the country.
The Department of Justice announced it will open an unprecedented investigation of the tech industry.
Democrats frustrated as House investigators struggle to find major revelations about Trump
The impatience is reflected in primary challenges to two committee chairmen: Judiciary’s Jerrold Nadler and Ways and Means’ Richard E. Neal.
Britain’s next prime minister and Trump may be chums, but policy differences remain
Disagreements between London and Washington include key issues such as Iran, Russia, climate change and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
GOP repeatedly lectured Democrats over spending and debt. Now it shows disregard for debt reduction.
Republicans demanded deep spending cuts to raise the debt limit under President Obama, but are agreeing to lift the cap now and add hundreds of billions in new spending. The move has sparked cries of hypocrisy from Democrats.
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Analysis The president was bemoaning the Mueller probe and discussing Article II of the Constitution at the Turning Point USA Teen Student Action Summit in Washington when he made the claim.
It is the latest twist in a tragic and confusing story about a slain couple, a burned-out car and a yet-unidentified body, the repercussions of which span multiple continents.
Francisco Erwin Galicia, 18, had presented his Texas birth certificate, Texas ID card and Social Security card, but Border Patrol agents believed the documents were fake, his attorney says.
President Daniel Ortega has responded to the nation's worst political unrest since the 1980s by banning protests and smothering dissent. The Catholic Church, one of the country’s last venues for protest, finds itself besieged.
The president called efforts to get his tax returns part of a campaign to expose his private information for political gain.
A state law fines companies that use words such as “turkey” or “steak” or “bacon” when describing products that aren’t derived from animals. The ACLU alleges that the law violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment.
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The largest bird in North America was nearly wiped out. Here’s how it fought its way back.
Scientists captured the last 22 California condors left in the world in 1982 in order to breed the giant scavengers in captivity.
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Who is the real Kamala Harris? Her sister, Maya, knows the answer.
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