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Senate Duo Targets "Big Medicine"

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley, despite their differing political affiliations, teamed up to introduce a bill aimed at breaking up "Big Medicine" on Tuesday, according to CBS News. The legislation targets healthcare conglomerates, which the senators believe manipulate the system, drive up prescription drug costs, and stifle competition. Simultaneously, a House hearing focused on foreign influence in American nonprofits, with the House Committee on Ways and Means examining potential threats from Beijing and beyond, as reported by Fox News.

The bipartisan effort by Warren and Hawley, a Democrat from Massachusetts and a Republican from Missouri respectively, seeks to address key issues heading into the midterm elections: healthcare and affordability, CBS News reported. The bill's introduction comes as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced it was adding five Republican-held districts to its target list for the 2026 midterm elections, as stated by ABC News. The DCCC cited recent Democratic performances in special elections as evidence of a "sustained, dramatically positive political environment" for Democrats.

In other news, a Senate hearing chaired by Senator Hawley on Tuesday exposed billions in fraud in Minnesota, as well as foreign backing for anti-ICE agitators across the country, Fox News reported. The hearing before the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management included testimony from a Minnesota state senator and representatives of third-party watchdog groups. Hawley's office told Fox News Digital that the hearing would address systemic fraud backed by transnational groups.

The House Committee on Ways and Means hearing, also held on Tuesday, focused on foreign influence in American nonprofits, with several NGOs and far-left funding networks under scrutiny, according to Fox News. The hearing, overseen by House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, aimed to "unmask threats from Beijing and Beyond."

In separate incidents, two snowmobilers died in separate accidents in western Wyoming in late January, officials said, as reported by Fox News. One incident involved a man and a woman riding tandem who went off trail and collided with a tree. The man died from his injuries, while the woman was rescued by helicopter.

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