Original air date: Dec. 18, 2022 America is more medicated than ever before and, for many, the cost of prescriptions is growing out of reach. When it comes to drug prices, you may automatically think about the pharmacy, the insurance company, and the drugmaker. But there is an invisible middleman that’s started to play an […]
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(POLL) BidenGate: Most voters don’t believe President Biden's denials
President Joe Biden last week once again denied being involved in his son Hunter’s business deals with foreigners, but a majority of voters still suspect he was. That's according to the latest Rasmussen Reports. The survey finds that 58% of likely U.S. voters think it is likely the president was involved in Hunter’s foreign business […]
Moderna set to manufacture mRNA drugs for people of China
The following is an excerpt from CNBC. Moderna on Wednesday said it struck a deal with Chinese officials to research, develop and manufacture messenger RNA medicines in the country, despite rising tensions between the U.S. and China. The Massachusetts-based biotech company signed a memorandum of understanding and a related land collaboration deal to develop drugs that will “be exclusively […]
(GALLUP) Confidence in US institutions at record lows
The following is from Gallup News. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Americans’ faith in major societal institutions hasn’t improved over the past year following a slump in public confidence in 2022. Last year, Gallup recorded significant declines in public confidence in 11 of the 16 institutions it tracks annually, with the presidency and Supreme Court suffering the most. The share […]
USDA overpaid 10% of food stamp benefits in 2022
The following is from The Washington Times. The food stamp program was slammed with fraud and bungling during the pandemic, leading to the highest rate of “improper payments” on record last year, according to government data. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says nearly 10% of payments in 2022 were “overpayments,” meaning someone received more than […]
(WATCH) IRS Audits
(Originally aired: Dec. 4, 2022) The Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act includes $80 billion tax dollars for the IRS over the next 10 years, enough to hire 87,000 new agents at $100,000 a year. Some critics say America’s tax agents spend too much effort harassing the little guy while bypassing multi-millionaires. James McTigue heads up […]
(WATCH) Crypto Mining
(Originally aired: Dec. 4, 2022) You’ve probably been hearing about the collapse of FTX, an exchange where people could buy and sell cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. It’s now mired in investigations into alleged mishandling of customer money and founder Sam Bankman-Fried — one of the largest donors to Democrats. Our next story explores another controversy related […]
(POLL) More Americans say a robot could do their job
With controversies over artificial intelligence (AI) making headlines, more Americans think their jobs could be done by robots. That's according to the latest Rasmussen Reports. The survey finds that 67% of American adults think it is at least somewhat likely that most jobs in America will be done by robots or computers 25 years from […]
