North Carolina Rep. David Price shares news of wife's death
Rep. David Price (R-N.C) said his wife Lisa Price, an activist for civil rights, environmental protection and gun control, died on Thursday in Chapel Hill, N.C. David Price said his wife was his "life partner" and a "supporter of everything I undertook," in a statement released on Thursday afternoon. "I was immensely proud of her leadership roles, from Alderman in New Haven to being at the right hand of two Chapel Hill mayors, co-founding and leading North Carolinians Against Gun Violence, and campaigning energetically for civil rights, environmental protections, animal
Read MoreBiden applauds Senate advancing gun safety bill
President Biden on Thursday applauded the Senate for advancing gun safety legislation while acknowledging that Congress for too long has failed to make progress on gun violence. “When I made the heartbreaking visit to families in Newtown nearly ten years ago, I promised them then that we would take action to help keep our kids safe in the classroom,” Biden said in a statement. “It’s taken a decade, because for too long Congress has failed to make me
Read MoreStates can’t regulate guns, but they can ban abortions — why?
The Supreme Court has just limited substantially the power of the states to regulate the carrying of guns in public. The justices refused to recognize that dif
Read MoreWhat will it take for Congress to up the ante for antibiotics?
This month marks one year since the reintroduction of The Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions To End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act which fills a critical gap in our national and global healthecosystem by providing a mechanism to encourage biotech companies big and small to return to the long-abandoned business of antibiotic development. We are pleased to see growing support from both Democrats and Republicans for its innovative subscription model approach of paying for novel antibiotics based on value r
Read MoreFilmmaker says Trumps did not have editorial control over documentary
The filmmaker set to testify before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol says the Trump family had not control over what would be contained in the documentary he was filming about the former president's campaign around the time of the riot. "The Trumps did not request and were not granted any editorial control over the series," a legal representative for filmmaker Alex Holder
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