Democrats’ Long-Sought Plan for Lowering Drug Costs Is at Hand

Empowering Medicare to negotiate prices directly with drug makers has been a Democratic goal for 30 years, one the pharmaceutical industry has fought ferociously. Information and medications needed to end a pregnancy are increasingly available outside the health care system. [Read more]

A practicing Catholic, President Biden has long sought a middle ground on abortion. But activists see the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as a sign that Democrats have tiptoed too carefully around the issue. [Read more]

The controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline is one of several projects the senator has negotiated major concessions for, benefiting his financial supporters. [Read more]

The Senate bill avoided the political pitfalls of past legislative attempts by offering only incentives to cut climate pollution, not taxes. [Read more]

Test your knowledge of this week's health news. [Read more]

A team of biologists and mathematicians studied hours of video to learn how insects take shape in the egg. The secret is geometry. [Read more]

After years of pioneering research into inherited disorders, mostly in children, he spoke openly about his struggle with mental illness. [Read more]

A new way of injecting monkeypox vaccine could stretch the nation's supply of shots, but some experts argue that the approach has not been sufficiently studied. [Read more]

A new way of injecting monkeypox vaccine could stretch the nation's supply of shots, but some experts argue that the approach has not been sufficiently studied. [Read more]

The Republican says her crusade to stop Donald J. Trump will continue — even if she loses her primary next week. Restoring a “very sick' G.O.P. will take years, she says, “if it can be healed.' [Read more]

The second-term Democrat was the first openly gay woman elected to Congress. Now she is leading the effort to rally Republican support for legislation that would protect marriage equality nationwide. [Read more]

A practicing Catholic, President Biden has long sought a middle ground on abortion. But activists see the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as a sign that Democrats have tiptoed too carefully around the issue. [Read more]

The W.N.B.A. star's friends and colleagues expressed support for her and urged U.S. officials to do all they could to bring her home. [Read more]

The W.N.B.A. star was sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony, but her supporters insist they will do “whatever we can to get her home.' [Read more]

Jacobson cocreated and stars in this new Amazon series, which expands the story told in Penny Marshall's 1992 film. [Read more]

The basketball star's supporters are pressing for action. But critics of any possible deal are already fuming. [Read more]