INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly’s diabetes treatment Mounjaro, which is widely used for weight loss, raked in nearly $1 billion in second-quarter sales, or more than $200 million above what Wall Street had expected. Shares of the drugmaker soared 17% to an all-time-high Tuesday after Lilly said Mounjaro sales swelled more...
Federal Prevailing Wage Rule Change: More Money for Workers, Less Value for Taxpayers
PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced changes to labor rules that would give higher wages to construction workers on federal projects. In a speech in Philadelphia, Harris said the Labor Department has provided the first update in decades to the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, a law that requires the...
Desantis Overhauls His Campaign Team for 2024 Presidential Bid
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is reshuffling his campaign team as the Florida governor seeks to reinvigorate his stagnant presidential campaign. The Florida governor is appointing James Uthmeier, his chief of staff from his state office, as his campaign manager, succeeding Generra Peck, who spearheaded DeSantis' reelection campaign last year before assuming the...
Supreme Court Reinstates Regulation of Ghost Guns
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is reinstating a regulation aimed at reining in the proliferation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers that have been turning up at crime scenes across the nation in increasing numbers. The court on Tuesday voted 5-4 to put on hold a ruling from a federal...
‘Of Course’ Trump Lost the 2020 Election, DeSantis Says After Years of Hedging
NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgement the Florida governor made after years of equivocating answers. “Of course he lost,” DeSantis said an interview with NBC News posted Monday. “Joe Biden's the president.” DeSantis has often sidestepped questions about whether...
The Future Is Uncertain for the United States After Crashing out of the Women’s World Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia — The rest of the world has finally caught up to the United States. The once-dominant Americans crashed out of the Women’s World Cup on penalties after a scoreless draw with Sweden in the Round of 16 on Sunday. It was the earliest exit ever for the four-time tournament champions. A shootout...
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Hindu Faith Is Front and Center in His GOP Presidential Campaign
Vivek Ramaswamy is as comfortable talking about Bible stories as he is sharing the message of the Bhagavad Gita, one of the most sacred Hindu texts. The 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur turned Republican presidential candidate has been steadily garnering support in a party dominated by conservative Christians. In many polls, he's in third...
Testimony From Hunter Biden Associate Provides New Insight Into Their Business Dealings
WASHINGTON — Focusing on the Bidens rather than Donald Trump's federal court appearance, House Republicans released a transcript Thursday of their interview with Hunter Biden’s former business associate detailing overseas financial dealings by the president’s son. The more than five-hour closed-door interview with Devon Archer by the House Oversight Committee, released...
How Low Did Former Clovis East Standout Go? DeChambeau Shoots a 58!
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Bryson DeChambeau sensed his game was close to delivering something special. Sunday in the LIV Golf-Greenbrier was more than he imagined. The former Clovis East High School standout DeChambeau became the fourth player on a top-level tour to shoot 58, making birdie on his last...
Russia Blasts Saudi Arabia Talks on Ending War in Ukraine After Moscow Gets No Invitation to Attend
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday chided efforts by international officials meeting in Saudi Arabia to find a peaceful settlement for the war in Ukraine, saying the talks don't have “the slightest added value” because Moscow — unlike Kyiv — wasn’t invited. Senior officials from around 40 countries...