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Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb commented on the heated mask debate between Chief Medical Advisor to the President Dr. Anthony Fauci and Republican Sen. Rand Paul, noting "both made valid points." What Paul Argues: During a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday, Paul accused Fauci of...

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) in July announced a $19-billion acquisition of CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) (formerly known as Computer Associates Technologies) in an attempt to build a leading infrastructure technology company. Earlier this year, President Trump blocked Broadcom's acquisition...

Health care stocks caught a boost Friday afternoon as the latest ━ and perhaps last ━ effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (known to many as Obamacare) lost critical GOP support. “I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal,” Sen. John McCain wrote in a...

The Republicans' new healthcare bill, dubbed "Trumpcare," "Republicare" and even "Obamacare lite," is the latest hotly contested topic out of Washington. Benzinga had the opportunity to chat with Kristine Grow, a spokeswoman for American Health Insurance Plans, which is the industry organization...

The trending news section of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has sometimes pushed stories that weren't trending at all, a report on Gizmodo reported. "Workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers," the report read. "Several former curators described using something called...

Marijuana is likely to be a hot topic in the 2016 elections as the drug has been legalized in several states over the past few years. In the past, marijuana has been a taboo subject for candidates, but this year it will be a political hot-button as polls have shown that the majority of American...

Marijuana will play an unprecedented role in the 2016 Presidential race as the drug has never before been regarded by the public in such a favorable light. In previous elections, marijuana was used as a weapon and candidate after candidate denied using, or liking the drug at all. However, this...

As the 2016 race for the Oval Office picks up steam, candidates are honing their individual policy stances. And with all of the major candidates having made their bids official after John Kasich's announcement last week, now is as good a time as any to examine their individual platforms. Below is...

On Wednesday, a 338–88 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act, a bill that ends the National Security Agency's sweeping collection of phone records. Now the bill is destined for the Senate, where there is a deep divide over whether or not the practice is...

Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) became the second presidential candidate in the 2016 race this week, but the first ever to accept bitcoin for campaign contributions. Paul's website allows interested parties to donate using traditional payment methods like credit cards, or with bitcoin via...

With the Senate's recent approval of the House-passed clean debt limit legislation, now might be a good time to define the debt ceiling (aka “debt limit”). The U.S. Treasury defines the debt limit as “the total amount of money that the United States government is authorized to borrow to meet...