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AbbVie and Trump administration reach agreement on drug prices, tariffs

Daily Herald report
Jan 13, 2026 1:48 pm - Global life sciences leader AbbVie says it has entered into a voluntary agreement with the Trump administration to further advance access and affordability of medications for Americans in exchange for exemption from tariffs and future price mandates.
Clinton fails to show for Epstein deposition, threatened with contempt of Congress

Kadia Goba
Jan 13, 2026 9:59 am - House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, threatened Tuesday to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress after the former president declined to appear before the panel for a closed-door deposition related to its investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Inflation cooled slightly in December though it remains above Fed's target

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jan 13, 2026 9:14 am - WASHINGTON — Inflation cooled a bit last month as prices for gas and used cars fell, a sign that stubbornly elevated cost pressures are slowly easing. Consumer prices ro...
Wisconsin Gov. Evers casts doubt on his lieutenant governor's ICE proposal

By SCOTT BAUER
Jan 13, 2026 6:59 am - Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is questioning whether a proposal from his own lieutenant governor to ban federal immigration enforcement actions around courthouses, schools, day cares and other locations can, or should, be done.
Russia launches another major attack on Ukraine’s power grid and other sites, killing 4

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Jan 13, 2026 6:45 am - Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid and apparently snubbing U.S.-led peace efforts as the war approaches the four-year mark.
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports

By MARK SHERMAN
Jan 13, 2026 6:42 am - The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams.
Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos recalls 1979 revolution

By JON GAMBRELL
Jan 13, 2026 6:38 am - The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran surpassed 2,000 people on Tuesday, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days after authorities severed communications during a crackdown on demonstrators.
Trump visits Ford plant and defends his tariffs, hoping to counter jitters about the economy

By WILL WEISSERT and COREY WILLIAMS
Jan 13, 2026 6:34 am - President Donald Trump offered a full-throated defense of his sweeping tariffs on Tuesday, traveling to swing-state Michigan to push the case that he’s boosted domestic manufacturing in hopes of countering fears about a weakening job market and still-rising prices that have squeezed American pocketbooks.
Top central bankers express ‘full solidarity’ with Fed Chair Powell in clash with Trump

By DAVID McHUGH
Jan 13, 2026 6:30 am - Central bankers from around the world said Tuesday they “stand in full solidarity” with U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, after President Donald Trump dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Fed with the Justice Department investigating and threatening criminal charges.
Meatpackers face turning point as China beef quotas hit Brazil

Dayanne Sousa and Hallie Gu
Jan 12, 2026 7:34 pm - World’s top beef exporter Brazil is set to lower production after its main buyer China placed quotas on imports, marking the latest hit to meat companies already dealing with the prospect of shrinking cattle supplies.

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