Executive Orders and Memorandums

Trump Signs Executive Order Asking Companies to Lower Drug Prices

The president has long complained that the United States pays more for medicines than other wealthy countries. But he offered no clear legal authority to mandate lower prices.

By Margot Sanger-Katz and Rebecca Robbins

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term.

By Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term.

By Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz

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NPR and PBS Vow to Fight Trump’s Order to Cut Funding

NPR called the order, which could upend public media, “an affront to the First Amendment.”

By Benjamin Mullin