Ted Cruz-led senators want abortion pill classed as ‘dangerous’

Twenty Republican senators sent a letter to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking that the abortion pill be deemed dangerous. The letter centers around a drug taken to abort an early pregnancy known as Mifeprex or by its generic name mifepristone. Led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the lawmakers call on Commissioner Stephen … Read more

Senators call for probe after hydroxychloroquine was administered to patients in nursing homes

Three US Senators are calling for a federal investigation after two nursing homes administered hydroxychloroquine to residents infected with the novel coronavirus without gaining proper approval first.   In a letter sent on Thursday to the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron … Read more

US senators slam Juul for partnering with Big Tobacco and ‘getting a generation hooked on tobacco’ 

Eleven US senators co-signed a letter to Juul demanding the company to reveal the tactics it used to target American youth with its marketing campaigns.  Led by Senator Richard Durbin, of Illinois, the group of lawmakers is also accusing the market-dominating company of contradicting its promises to address the vaping epidemic by partnering with Big … Read more

Republican senators to block 48 of the most advanced fighter jets ever created being deployed to UK

US senators try to BLOCK deployment of 48 fighter jets to UK over Huawei’s involvement in building Britain’s 5G wireless network The amendment is being led by Republican senator for Arkansas Tom Cotton  Attempts to block fleet of F-35A Lightning II aircraft being stationed in the UK The $200 million aircraft project has been nearly … Read more