Pfizer agrees to lower prescription drug costs for Medicaid in a deal with Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to lower drug costs under a deal struck with President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump made the announcement Tuesday with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla at the White House. Under the agreement, New York-based Pfizer will charge most-favored-nation pricing to Medicaid and guarantee the same pricing on newly launched drugs. That involves matching the lowest price offered in other developed nations. The agreement by Pfizfer builds on an executive order Trump signed in May setting a deadline for drugmakers to electively lower prices or face new limits on what the government will pay.

A Mexican man is the second victim to die after shooting at Dallas ICE facility

DALLAS (AP) — A Mexican man who was among three people shot at a Dallas immigration field office last week has died, becoming the second person killed in the attack, his family said Tuesday. The family of Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, said he died after being removed from life support, according to a statement provided through the League of United Latin American Citizens, a civil rights organization. Authorities have said the gunman in the Sept. 24 attack, Joshua Jahn, 29, fired indiscriminately from a nearby roof onto the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and a van holding detainees in a gated area.

US government is phasing out paper checks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is phasing out paper checks for most programs. The change starts Tuesday and affects recipients of benefits like Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and tax refunds. Nearly 400,000 Social Security and SSI recipients still rely on paper checks. The director of Social Security and disability policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says many of these people lack access to digital services. President Donald Trump’s Republican administration says electronic payments and collections will speed up processing and cut costs. The Social Security Administration says it will continue issuing paper checks if a beneficiary “has no other means to receive payment.”

Iowa school leader resigns while he challenges his deportation order, his legal team says

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines public schools leader detained by immigration authorities has resigned his position while he challenges his potential deportation. Attorney Alfredo Parrish said his law firm has filed a request for a stay with the federal immigration court in Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf of Superintendent Ian Roberts. He said his firm was working on a new motion to reopen Roberts’ immigration proceedings, saying he had been under the impression from a prior attorney that the case had been “resolved successfully.” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Roberts last week, saying the Guyana native was living and working in the country illegally. A state board stripped Roberts of his license to be superintendent.