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FILE – This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. Purdue, the maker of OxyContin, is facing about 2,500 lawsuits seeking to hold it accountable for the opioid crisis, which has killed more than 400,000 people in the U.S. since 2000. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) NY502 NY502

December 16, 2019 at 4:16 pm

Purdue Pharma’s payments to Sacklers soared amid opioid crisis

A new audit finds that the family directed $10.7 billion from the drugmaker to family-controlled trusts and holding companies, as legal pressure tightened around Purdue.

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November 20, 2019 at 6:40 pm

Vindman’s Lawyer Asks Fox News to Retract Espionage Allegation

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is hitting back at the smear campaign against him. A lawyer for Vindman, the National Security Council’s Ukraine expert, sent a...

National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump’s efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) DCAH401 DCAH401

November 19, 2019 at 5:30 am

Who Is Alexander Vindman? White House Aide Reported Ukraine Concerns

Vindman will testify Tuesday in the public phase of the impeachment investigation, the first active-duty military officer to do so.

Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a military officer at the National Security Council, center, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, to appear before a House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Committee on Oversight and Reform joint interview with the transcript to be part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) DCMC102 DCMC102

October 29, 2019 at 6:21 pm

White House Ukraine expert sought to correct transcript of Trump call

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who listened to President Donald Trump's Ukraine call, said that he tried to restore some of the crucial words and phrases....

October 28, 2019 at 6:22 pm

White House official to testify he feared Trump’s Ukraine demands would undermine national security

WASHINGTON — A White House national security official who is a decorated Iraq War veteran plans to tell House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he...

September 13, 2019 at 1:53 pm

With opioid settlement pending, New York uncovers $1 billion in Sackler family wire transfers

Attorneys general of states in a recent tentative settlement are balking, contending that the Sackler family has siphoned off and hidden Purdue company profits that...

Nation & World

July 12, 2019 at 11:54 am

District of Columbia opens new investigative front into NRA

The attorney general for the District of Columbia, Karl A. Racine, has opened a new investigative front against the National Rifle Association, issuing subpoenas on...

Nation & World

June 7, 2019 at 4:18 pm

Warning of ‘Pig Zero’: one drugmaker’s push to sell more antibiotics

Facing a surge in drug-resistant infections, the World Health Organization issued a plea to farmers two years ago: “Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals.” But...

Nation & World

November 6, 2018 at 9:01 pm

Voting problems surface as Americans go to the polls

From closed polling sites to malfunctioning machines, Election Day brought frustration for some voters in contests shadowed by questions about the security and fairness of...

Nation & World

November 1, 2018 at 12:54 pm

Roger Stone sold himself as a WikiLeaks pipeline to Trump’s campaign. Was he?

WASHINGTON — When WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared on a video link from Europe a month before the 2016 presidential election and vaguely promised to...