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In anticipation of tomorrow’s deadline, President Trump has announced that “reciprocal trade” deals have been reached with all top trading partners other than China, India, Canada, Mexico, and Taiwan. Lower-level negotiations are ongoing to fill in the details of these deals and legal text is likely to emerge within a couple of weeks as occurred...

EPA “Endangerment Finding”

This week, the EPA proposed to rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas "Endangerment Finding." The Endangerment Finding provides the basis for regulating emissions, including for autos, power plants, and other sources. Administrator Zeldin characterized the finding as the “holy grail of the climate change religion,” given its significance in providing...

House Majority Leader Scalise (R-LA) has indicated that the House would be turning its attention to working on standalone permitting reform legislation when they return from their recess in September. Senate Majority Leader Thune (R-SD) also referenced permitting reform in a recent interview as an area that has generated interest from Democrats....

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas has granted a preliminary injunction preventing implementation of a first-of-its-kind AR law (Act 624) that prohibits PBMs from owning or operating pharmacies in the state. In his ruling, Judge Miller found that CVS Health, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and the Pharmaceutical Care Management...

Medicare Part D

As part of preliminary technical Medicare Part D bid information for CY26, CMS has announced modifications to the Voluntary Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration.

Vaccine Injury Program

This week, HHS Secretary Kennedy issued a statement on Twitter/X indicating – with limited detail – that he intends to begin the process of “fixing” the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).