President Donald Trump unveiled his TrumpRx website on Thursday, a platform he said would help Americans purchase lower-priced prescription drugs, while Congress approved legislation to fully fund the World Trade Center Health Program. Meanwhile, the price of Bitcoin continued its decline, and Amazon announced a $200 billion spending plan focused on artificial intelligence.
Trump announced the TrumpRx website at an event at the White House, alongside Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and National Design Studio Director Joe Gebbia, according to ABC News. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described the website as "a state-of-the-art website for American consumers to purchase low-cost prescription drugs," as reported by ABC News. The move comes as polls show most Americans are concerned about healthcare costs, ABC News noted.
Also on Thursday, Congress secured long-term funding for the World Trade Center Health Program, a measure that updates how the program is financed, ABC News reported. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., highlighted the action as a critical step toward protecting long-term care for those sickened by toxic exposure after the Sept. 11 attacks, ABC News stated. "Fully funding the World Trade Center Health Program honors our promise to never forget 911 survivors and the brave first responders who put their lives on the line for our country," Gillibrand said, according to ABC News.
In other news, the price of Bitcoin fell to its lowest point since before President Trump's election, according to the New York Times. The cryptocurrency is trading at less than $64,000, a nearly 50 percent decline from its peak price last October, the NY Times reported. The prices of Ether and Solana are also down, the NY Times noted.
Amazon announced on Thursday that it would spend $200 billion this year on data centers, satellites, and other big-ticket items as it invests heavily in the race for artificial intelligence, the NY Times reported. This figure exceeded Wall Street's predictions by $50 billion, according to the NY Times. Google's parent company, Alphabet, said it would spend as much as $185 billion this year, and Meta said its capital expenses could reach $135 billion, the NY Times stated.
In a separate development, former Vice President Kamala Harris relaunched her campaign account as a "Gen-Z led progressive content hub," which received widespread mockery online, according to Fox News. The account, now dubbed "HQ" and "headquarters67," shared a video with the campaign's mission statement, Fox News reported.
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