by Drew Gerber | Feb 8, 2016 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON — While military treatment facilities, like Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, were created to train medical officers for deployment, the treatment of military members and their families is also a priority for the facilities, according to...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 4, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the midst of a deepening investigation of the ongoing public health crisis in Flint, Michigan, U.S. House Republicans Wednesday looked past local and state failures and focused on indicting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. While members of the...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 2, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Foreign prosecutions are the best and sometimes only option for justice for American victims of overseas terrorism, especially attacks in Israel, a deputy assistant attorney general told a House oversight subcommittee Tuesday. The hearing was spurred by...
by Drew Gerber | Jan 28, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration may not have the authority to speed up approval of generic drugs in response to price spikes of brand-name versions and competing generics, the head of the FDA’s drug evaluation center said Thursday. The FDA does have the...
by Drew Gerber | Jan 20, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Wednesday new executive actions on firearms issued by President Barack Obama are constitutional since they only aim to better enforce gun laws and background checks already on the books. The main elements of the...
by Drew Gerber | Jan 13, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON —The Defense Department is considering creating its own private-label products for military commissaries instead of offering national brands, something that would hurt military families by affecting the quality and pricing of products, marketing experts and...
by Drew Gerber | Jan 13, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Marketing experts and military family advocates Wednesday cautioned against a Defense Department move to create its own private-label items in military commissaries, saying switching from national brands could hurt military morale. Military families rely...
by Drew Gerber | Jan 12, 2016 | SOTU2018
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley used Tuesday’s Republican response to the president’s address to present a GOP working for those tired of President Barack Obama’s vision for the nation while also attempting to project a more compassionate attitude toward immigrants....
by Drew Gerber | Jan 11, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Jonathan Moreno, a leading bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, said Monday that a number of new neurotechnologies could have national security applications for use in warfare — but most will likely never be developed. Moreno, who...
by Drew Gerber | Jan 6, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Republicans pushed a bill through the House of Representatives Wednesday that “guts Obamacare and defunds Planned Parenthood,” sending a repeal of the Affordable Care Act to President Barack Obama for the first time after five years of...