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IN JANUARY 1961, Dwight Eisenhower delivered his farewell address after serving two terms as U.S. president; the five-star general chose to warn Americans of this specific threat to democracy: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of

The Trump administration is dropping a plan to curb billions of dollars in annual rebates that drugmakers give middlemen in Medicare, a proposal it had said would drive down the prices consumers pay for prescription drugs.

The decision reflects months of tension between the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services over the proposal, which also spurred a backlash from

After nearly six years of negotiations, a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was reached in October 2015. The deal was subsequently signed by the governments of the United States and 11 other parties in Wellington, New Zealand in February 2016. In terms of the value of trade and share of global output accounted for by the 12 member countries, the TPP is the largest U.S. trade agreement to

Obamacare was back in court Tuesday facing yet another legal challenge. At issue in the "Texas vs. United States" case is whether a lower court judge acted properly in striking down the Affordable Care Act (ACA), declaring the law unconstitutional after Congress ended the "individual mandate".

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals appeared sympathetic Tuesday to Republican efforts to