President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order promising to dramatically and quickly cut the cost of drugs in the U.S.

But experts say Americans shouldn’t hold their breath, as they are skeptical about the order’s legality and ultimate impact.

“We are going to pay the lowest price there is in the world,” Trump said at a White...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar on Tuesday moved to try to force a House vote on the articles of impeachment that he filed two weeks ago targeting President Donald Trump.

Thanedar, a Democrat from Detroit in his second term, stood on the House floor on Tuesday afternoon in a largely empty House chamber and indicated that he was offering ...Read more

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump agreed to a set of commercial agreements with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in what amounts to the largest economic pact ever signed by the two countries, the White House said, hailing a new era in a partnership that had been fraught in recent years.

On the first day of the president’s visit to the ...Read more

American expat Rosie O’Donnell claims President Donald Trump rigged the 2024 election.

While there’s no evidence that happened — just as there’s no reason to believe Trump’s ongoing claim that he was cheated in the 2020 election — O’Donnell alleges her old nemesis is the best witness to his own crime.

“If he admits one more ...Read more

President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman touted a pledge for $1 trillion in commercial deals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, a staggering figure that doesn’t quite stand up to scrutiny.

“With the help of the people of the Middle East, the people in this room, partners throughout the region, the golden age of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The California attorney general’s office said Tuesday it will seek a preliminary injunction in its case challenging President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, a move that could result in a court order freezing sweeping import duties on worldwide products that have rocked the global economy and U.S. markets since last month.

The...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to expand the state’s ability to stockpile brand-name drugs to safeguard against potential federal intervention and shortages.

The governor said Tuesday he will propose expanding the California Department of Health Services’ ability to buy brand-name and generic drugs, citing the need to “...Read more

Former President Joe Biden’s regular medical evaluation earlier this month turned up a “small nodule” on his prostate that required he undergo “further evaluation,” according to his spokesperson.

Biden spent Friday night at a hospital in Philadelphia after doctors spotted the nodule during his “routine physical exam” last week, ...Read more

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday put a hold on President Donald Trump’s Justice Department appointees over the gift of a $400 million luxury plane from Qatar that could be used as his Air Force One.

The Brooklyn Democrat slammed as “blatant corruption” the present from the oil-rich Gulf Arab state to Trump, who admits he plans...Read more

President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia would commit to investing $1 trillion in the United States, promoting a flurry of dealmaking at the start of his four-day Middle East visit.

Trump’s announcement Tuesday came as he cemented his relationship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a key regional power player by making Riyadh his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former Republican Michigan U.S. Rep. Dave Trott is considering another bid for Congress in the Detroit suburbs, but this time as a Democrat or an independent candidate after leaving the GOP and labeling President Donald Trump a threat to democracy.

Trott, 64, of Birmingham, is eyeing Michigan's 11th District that covers parts of ...Read more

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The first time President Donald Trump visited Riyadh in 2017, he posed with a ceremonial orb, took part in a traditional sword dance and secured an agreement by Saudi Arabia to purchase $350 billion in weaponry, the largest arms deal in U.S. history.

The sequel, coming eight years later — almost to the day — ...Read more

Republican lawmakers from the New York suburbs are vowing to sink President Donald Trump’s sprawling budget plan over their demand for a much higher cap on deducting state and local taxes, or SALT.

Westchester County Rep. Mike Lawler and Long Island’s Rep. Nick LaLota say they plan to vote against Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill because it...Read more

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday for the first leg of his Middle East tour in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, where he was welcomed with a pomp-and-circumstance-filled ceremony and a high-powered lunch with top business leaders and government figures before giving a speech at an investment forum.

After Air Force One...Read more

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday for the first leg of his Middle East tour in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, where he was welcomed with a pomp-and-circumstance-filled ceremony and a high-powered lunch with top business leaders and government figures before giving a speech at an investment forum.

After Air Force One...Read more

BOSTON — Brian Shortsleeve, a venture capitalist and former MBTA executive, raised more than $135,000 in the 24 hours since he announced he was running for governor as a Republican Monday morning, his campaign said in a statement to the Herald.

Shortsleeve’s haul, which cannot be verified with state campaign finance data until fundraising ...Read more

So-called Hollywood ambassadors Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone joined with a coalition of entertainment industry groups for a letter delivered this week to President Trump urging him to support tax measures and a federal tax incentive that would help bring film and TV production back to the U.S.

The letter is signed by Voight, Stallone, all ...Read more