Trump Administration Ends Medicare Drug Subsidy Program, Raising Questions About Future Costs
The Trump administration has announced that it will end a temporary federal subsidy program that helped keep Medicare Part D prescription drug premiums lower for millions of older Americans. The program, introduced during the Biden administration to stabilize premiums while major changes from the Inflation Reduction Act were implemented, will expire at the end of […]
U.S. Divers Search Sunken Japanese “Hellship” for Missing World War II Prisoners
American military divers and forensic specialists are undertaking an extraordinarily difficult underwater mission in the Philippines to recover the remains of approximately 250 U.S. prisoners of war who died aboard the Oryoku Maru, a Japanese transport ship sunk during World War II. More than eight decades after the tragedy, the operation offers families renewed hope […]
U.S. Oil Giants Struggle to Secure Venezuela’s Most Valuable Energy Assets
Major American oil companies have encountered significant obstacles in their attempts to expand into Venezuela, frustrating the Trump administration’s expectations that U.S. investment would quickly revive the country’s enormous but badly damaged petroleum industry. Seven months after the removal of Nicolás Maduro, negotiations involving Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips have produced limited results as companies […]
