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The civil case is the nation’s first that aims to hold the pharmaceutical industry responsible for the drug epidemic that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), contributed to nearly 48,000 overdose deaths throughout the country in 2017. Oklahoma had initially requested more than $17 billion from Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, over a period of 30

The video surfaced last week, showing the former Texas lawmaker grilling a burger on a stovetop and placing a slice of cheese on the patty, slightly off-center. He appears to serve the dish with a side of broccoli– an unusual companion for the American classic.

Breitbart News reported Thursday that a senior editor at the Times, Tom Wright-Piersanti, had a history of antisemitic and racist tweets, including a tweet from January 1, 2010, that read: “I was going to say ‘Crappy Jew Year,’ but one of my resolutions is to be less anti-Semitic. So… HAPPY Jew Year.

The police report describes how Steven Fabrizio, who according to his LinkedIn page is the Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel for the MPAA, struck up a relationship with a woman on a “dating website.” After what the detectives describe as a series of encounters between the woman and Fabrizio, which she claims she attempted to end multiple times, the report says she called the police for help.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said he’s raising tariffs further on Chinese imports in response to Beijing’s retaliation earlier in the day, deepening the impasse over the two nations’ trade policies. Duties on $250 billion of imports already in effect will rise to 30 percent from 25 percent on Oct. 1, Trump said in a series of tweets Friday after US markets closed. He also said that the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports will be taxed at 15 percent instead of 10 percent starting Sept.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday he’d be willing to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani under “correct” circumstances to discuss their standoff over the 2015 nuclear deal the US president abandoned. French President Emmanuel Macron said during a joint news conference with Trump in Biarritz, France, that he hoped to arrange a meeting between the two leaders within weeks. The US president was more cautious. Trump said he would meet with Rouhani “if the circumstances were correct or were right.” “I don’t know the gentleman,” Trump said.

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s affection for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is not only well documented — it’s apparently mutual. In Sunday’s season opener of HBO’s “Ballers,” Johnson’s character, Spencer Strasmore, is seen sitting in an Adirondack chair reading Warren’s 2017 book, “This Fight is Our Fight.” “Ballers,” now in its las

MADISON, Wis. — Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, a staunch supporter of President Trump who was on the cast of MTV’s ‘‘The Real World’’ before he went into politics, announced Monday that he is resigning from his Wisconsin congressional seat to spend more time with his family. Duffy, 47, posted on Facebook that he recently learned that his ninth child, who is due in October, has a heart condition and ‘‘will need even more love, time, and attention due to complications.’’ Duffy, who was on ‘‘The Real World: Boston’’ in 1997, plans to resign on Sept. 23.

Administration officials on Sunday stressed that comments earlier at the Group of Seven summit that White House said were misinterpreted.  The development came on the same day that a Republican challenger announced that he will mount a primary campaign against Trump.  Read The Hill's complete coverage below. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.