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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcomed Democratic officials and celebrities to the White House on Friday evening for their final annual night of music. At this year's event, named BET's "Love and Happiness," Obama said much of the music played on this occasion "is rooted in the African-American experience.
The head of pharmaceutical company Mylan is defending the cost for life-saving EpiPens, signaling the company has no plans to lower prices despite a public outcry and questions from skeptical lawmakers. "Price and access exist in a balance, and we believe we have struck that balance," Heather Bresch says in prepared testimony released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ahead of her Wednesday appearance before the panel.
In this file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPens epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Sacramento Mylan CEO Heather Bresch is defending the cost for life-saving EpiPens and is offering no suggestion that there are plans to lower prices. Bresch's prepared testimony was released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ahead of her Sept.
Lobbyists who've been bashing away at Washington's latest effort to regulate Wall Street bonuses may find the Wells Fargo & Co. scandal just grabbed the hammer from their hands.
House Republicans asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate whether Hillary Clinton, her lawyers, and the company that housed her e-mail account obstructed justice when e-mails were deleted from her personal server. Representative Jason Chaffetz of Utah, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the e-mails should not have been deleted because there were orders in place at the time from two congressional committees to preserve messages on the account.
Mylan Pharmaceuticals said Thursday that it would be giving a $300 "savings card" discount for a two-pack of EpiPens amid pressure to cut the price of the drug. Mylan has increased the price of EpiPen by 500% since it acquired the drug in 2007, and it didn't budge on the actual list price of the drug.
Drug maker Mylan said Thursday that it would offer discounts on a life-saving allergy shot after generating a firestorm when it implemented sharp price increases for the treatment. EpiPen maker to offer discounts after price hike firestorm Drug maker Mylan said Thursday that it would offer discounts on a life-saving allergy shot after generating a firestorm when it implemented sharp price increases for the treatment.
Even as home-buying activity in Maryland accelerated in the first six months of the year, construction of new houses has remained stubbornly low. Permits in Maryland for single-family homes fell 3 percent year-over-year through June, continuing to hover at less than 6,000 - about half the level of a decade ago.
The picturesque Main Street of Ellicott City , Maryland, faces a months-long recovery that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars after devastating flooding that damaged nearly every home and business along the road, officials said. Two people were killed when the town about 14 miles west of Baltimore took on 6.5 inches of water Saturday night, most of it between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., sweeping away hundreds of cars, tearing away sidewalks and wrecking storefronts and building foundations.
A submerged car is visible in the Patapsco River, seen from the Howard County side of Patapsco Valley State Park after the sidewalk caved in due to Saturday night's flooding in Ellicott City, Md., Sunday, July 31, 2016. Historic, low-lying Ellicott City, Maryland, was ravaged by floodwaters Saturday night, killing a few people and causing devastating damage to homes and businesses, officials said.
Kevin Plank quietly bought up more than 100 acres in the Port Covington area of south Baltimore, and plans one of the biggest urban developments in the country. While he seeks $535 million from the city, his rye whiskey distillery is under construction.
But abortion was indirectly referenced more than a handful of times, via euphemisms such as "woman's right to choose" and "family planning." Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren described Hillary Clinton as "a woman who fights for children, for women, for health care."
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, says Americans have to put themselves in other people's shoes in order to overcome the tensions between police and the public. "We have to look at both sides of this and try to put ourselves in the place of the other," Cummings said in an interview Monday on " CBS This Morning ."
FBI Director James Comey testifies Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to explain his agency's recommendation to not prosecute Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her private email setup during her time as secretary of state. WASHINGTON –Republicans signaled they're not done with election-year investigations of Hillary Clinton and whether she lied to Congress, even after a House committee signed off Friday on its report into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
FBI Director James Comey defended his recommendation against pursuing criminal charges for Hillary Clintonover her use of private e-mail whilesecretary of state, testifying before Congress as he faced an onslaught of criticism from Republicans. "The appropriate resolution of this case was not to bring a criminal prosecution," Comey told the House Oversight Committee Thursday at a hastily called hearing in Washington.
Rep. Elijah Cummings slammed Republicans Thursday for going too far in their quest for answers regarding Hillary Clinton's email server. Cummings came to the defense of FBI Director James Comey, a Republican, who was summoned to testify to the House Oversight Committee about his decision this week not to recommend criminal charges against Clinton.
Daughter of Democrat Congressman Elijah Cummings uses his car with official plates to ferry Lyft passengers around Washington Daily Mail (UK), by Ollie Gillman
Rep. Elijah Cummings said Wednesday that his daughter, a recent college graduate, had been using his Honda with Congressional license plates to work as a driver for ride-sharing company Lyft. "In an effort to earn some extra money to pay her expenses at school, she signed up for a part-time position with one of the ride-sharing companies.
A Lyft car that was trimmed with congressional plates that went viral on social media belongs to Rep. Elijah E. Cummings . A photo submitted to local Washington, D.C., blog Popville last week depicted a black Honda with a pink Lyft driver sticker on its window shield and the words "Maryland U.S. Congress 7-A" on its license plates.
As Judge Barry Williams prepare to announce a verdict Monday in the trial of Officer Edward Nero, a number of lawyers who have watched the case believe Nero will be acquitted. All of these lawyers have no connection with any of the cases of the six officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray.