TrumpRx Opens for Business
The Daily
02/11/26
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Last week, the Trump administration unveiled TrumpRx to try to counteract the high cost of prescription drugs. The president hailed the website as a “transformative” health care initiative.
Margot Sanger-Katz, who covers health care policy, explains how the site works, and whether it will actually save Americans money.
Guest: Margot Sanger-Katz, a reporter for The New York Times who covers health care policy and government spending.
Background reading:
- President Trump’s online drugstore opened for business last week.
- Here’s how to tell if you will save money using TrumpRx.
Photo: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
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Debra Kamin, Nicholas Confessore and Matthew Goldstein, Times reporters who have been covering the release of the documents, discuss their findings.
Guest:
- Debra Kamin, an investigative reporter for the The New York Times, focusing on wealth, power and corruption in New York City.
- Nicholas Confessore, a political and investigative reporter at The New York Times and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine.
- Matthew Goldstein, a New York Times Business reporter focusing on white-collar crime and the financialization of the housing market.
Background reading:
- Prominent business and political leaders said they weren’t close to Mr. Epstein. The latest documents show otherwise.
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Photo: Jon Elswick/Associated Press
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•30m
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Lisa Friedman, a New York Times reporter who covers climate policy, has spent the past few weeks piecing together the inside story of how a small group of activists turned its goal of rolling back environmental protections into reality.
Guest: Lisa Friedman, a reporter covering climate policy and politics at The New York Times.
Background reading:
- President Trump’s allies are near a “total victory” in wiping out a central U.S. climate regulation.
- Four Trump allies have been a driving force behind the administration’s efforts to rollback the rule.
Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
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