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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, collectively hit three swing states on Thursday.

Campaigns

Takeaways from first Harris interview, Trump’s vow to ‘produce babies’

Former Rep. Gabbard discusses fertility struggle as Trump vows to pay for Americans' IVF

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 29, 2024 at 10:23pm, Updated August 30, 2024 at 11:38am

An exhibitor (out of frame) shows attendees a rapid fentanyl detection test during the Multilateral Conference on Synthetic Drugs in Mexico City on April 23.

Policy

CDC sees link between overdoses, other mental health disorders

By Lia DeGroot
Posted August 29, 2024 at 4:12pm, Updated at 6:26pm
Groups serving aging Americans say a combination of factors has made them increasingly worried about potential cuts to Meals on Wheels programs.

Policy

Nutrition programs for older adults face service cuts

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 29, 2024 at 1:30pm
Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, wants to see a reauthorization in 2024.

White House

White House drug control official calls for reauthorization of his office

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 28, 2024 at 5:42am
The campaign bus of Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at a Sheetz service station in Coraopolis, Pa., on Aug. 18.

Harris aims to expand electoral map with two-day Georgia bus tour, Savannah rally

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 27, 2024 at 2:55pm
Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month. Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention Thursday evening. Both will be campaigning this week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump, Harris return to campaign trail as sprint to high-stakes debate begins

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 26, 2024 at 12:55pm
A health care worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

FDA greenlights updated COVID shots, prepares for fall rollout

By Lia DeGroot
Posted August 22, 2024 at 3:24pm
Jennifer Pepper, the CEO and president of CHOICES, leads a morning staff meeting shortly after the announcement of the 2022 Dobbs Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal protection of access to abortion. In October, the Memphis-based CHOICES opened a second location in Carbondale after the Memphis abortion clinic stopped performing abortions.

Post-Roe, Illinois becomes haven for abortion access

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:00am
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, speaks during a rally to kick off their campaign at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

In picking Walz, Harris upends notion of ‘women’s issues’

By Lia DeGroot, Sandhya Raman and Ariel Cohen
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:00am
A former contender for the vice presidential nomination, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., addressed a Democratic Party veterans council at the party's convention on Tuesday in Chicago. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Can toxic exposure law break GOP’s electoral edge with veterans?

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 20, 2024 at 8:12pm