Dec 15, 2017 - Health Care

Alex Azar made millions in the drug industry

Bob Herman

Alex Azar (left) made millions from his drug industry stint. Photo: Katsumi Kasahara / AP

Alex Azar, President Trump's nominee to replace Tom Price as Health and Human Services secretary, is worth as much as $20.6 million, according to new federal disclosures analyzed by the Associated Press. Most of that fortune was made while Azar was at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co.

Go deeper: Congress still needs to confirm Azar. The biggest questions surrounding him involve his history with the drug industry and what he'd do to change the U.S. drug pricing system.

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Bolton alleges in book that Trump tied Ukraine aid to investigations

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President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton alleges in his forthcoming book that the president explicitly told him "he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including the Bidens," the New York Times first reported.

Why this matters: The revelations present a dramatic 11th hour turn in Trump's Senate impeachment trial. They directly contradict Trump's claim that he never tied the hold-up of Ukrainian aid to his demands for investigations into his political opponent Joe Biden.

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We are living in a measurably different political and media landscape than when the Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton of impeachment charges in 1999.

The big picture: These dynamics are setting the pace as President Trump’s legal team speeds through arguments to seek a fast acquittal.

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Huawei threatens America's closest relationship

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is inching toward a decision that could profoundly harm the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States under President Trump.

Driving the news: Johnson is expected to decide, as soon as this week, whether to defy Trump's request that he ban Chinese technology giant Huawei from the U.K.'s 5G wireless network.

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