The Biden administration plans to require Medicare and Medicaid to offer coverage of weight loss medications. It is up to the incoming Trump administration whether to finalize the proposal.

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Nicole Martin, director of Cornell University’s Milk Quality Improvement Program and expert on dairy foods microbiology, says that the cuts shouldn’t worry consumers, as states can cover the gap in testing.

Food & Agriculture

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Anticipating tougher restrictions after President Trump’s January inauguration, approximately 1,500 migrants have formed a caravan en route to the U.S. border. The development reinforces the idea that militarized borders and restrictive immigration policies may deter some, but won’t stop migration altogether, says Cornell University professor Matt Hall.  

Law and Policy

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Tom Pepinsky is a professor of government at Cornell University who studies comparative politics and democratic backsliding.

Foreign Policy

Economics and Business

Washington D.C.

International

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President Trump urged pharmaceutical companies to reduce their drug prices within a month to align more closely with those in other wealthy nations, warning that failure to comply could result in strict limits on their Medicare earnings, indicating that the pharmaceutical industry is not out of the hot seat says Cornell University professor Colleen Carey. 

Law and Policy

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Cathy Creighton is director of Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab and a former field attorney for the NLRB. She says the renewed partnership comes as the labor movement braces for anticipated attacks from the federal government under president-elect Donald Trump.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Heeyon Kim is an assistant professor of strategy at in Cornell University's Nolan School of Hotel Administration, where she has a focus on creative industries, including film.

Foreign Policy

Economics and Business

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International environmental law and policy expert, Allison Chatrchyan, comments on what the election of Donald Trump means for global efforts to address climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Republicans claim the Biden administration has not done enough to secure the border, but the Biden administration issued tough restrictions on asylum seekers in June, causing unlawful border crossings to plunge to a four-year low says Cornell Law professor Stephen Yale-Loehr. 

Law and Policy

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Jon Parmenter is a historian of colonial North America at Cornell University, specializing in the history of indigenous peoples in the Northeast. He weighs in on the fight over mascots in New York.

New York State

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