Author: Randall Barranco

– 202404Biden NATO 2023

President Biden celebrated the 75th anniversary of the NATO alliance on Thursday, despite former President Trump's threats to encourage aggression towards member countries who have not fulfilled their commitments. Biden hailed NATO as “the greatest military alliance in the history of the world,” and emphasized that for the past 75 years, the “United States and our fellow Allies have chosen to come together…

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The U.S. trade deficit widened to $68.9 billion in February, the largest disparity since last April, as import values exceeded exports by more than analysts were expecting. The trade gap on goods increased by $300 million to $91.4 billion while the export surplus on services decreased by $1.6 billion to $22.5 billion, according to Commerce…

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The producer of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a study plans to remove the medicine from the U.S. market. Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced on Thursday that it will stop marketing in the U.S. and Canada. In March, the company revealed that its drug had not shown any benefit for patients in a 600-person study. The drug’s failure is a significant disappointment for ALS patients and advocates who urged the FDA to approve it. Amylyx’s voluntary withdrawal resolves a potential issue for the FDA, which had no way of quickly forcing the drug from the U.S. market. This is because regulators gave the drug full approval in 2022, even though the Cambridge, Massachusetts, company only presented initial study results.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stopped all military leave because threats from Iran are increasing after an alleged Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria this week. The IDF said Thursday in a statement that it was stopping soldiers from taking time off for all combat units based on the situation.

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Former President Trump once again criticized special counsel Jack Smith, accusing the prosecutor of attacking the judge overseeing his documents case. The post came after Smith urged U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon to reject arguments from Trump asserting that the more than 300 highly classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate could be…

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