Largely on party lines, Trump’s choice for Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Scott Gottlieb, was confirmed by the Senate on a vote of 57-42 on Tuesday. Gottlieb, a physician with ties to the pharmaceutical industry, previously served as the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner and was also an official with Medicaid and Medicare Services Center under […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama warned then-President-elect Donald Trump not to give the post of national security adviser in his administration to Michael Flynn who was eventually fired in a controversy about ties to Russia, a former Obama aide said. Obama gave the warning in an Oval Office meeting with Trump just […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he is confident the U.S. Senate will join the House in repealing and replacing Obamacare. “Republican Senators will not let the American people down,” Trump tweeted Sunday, days after the House voted to replace the Affordable Care Act – the health care law that was among Barack Obama’s proudest achievements […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. presidential election was six months ago, but a Senate panel Monday is probing further into Russian meddling in the contest and connections between aides to President Donald Trump and Moscow interests, even as he disparages the effort. Trump, not wanting to give credence to any Russian link that undermines the legitimacy of […]