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Sky York Journal For the third time this year, a patient treated with a Sarepta Therapeutics gene therapy has died, a revelation that comes as the company tries to earn back patient and investor trust amid a series of safety setbacks. The first two fatalities were teenage boys treated with the commercialized Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys. The latest fatality was a 51-year-old man who received SRP-9004, an experimental gene therapy for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2D/R3. All three patients died after developing acute liver failure. BioCentury first reported the latest fatality late Thursday. Sarepta confirmed the development, then held a conference…

Sky York Journal In the heat of an argument — whether it’s a tense negotiation or a spirited debate among colleagues — lawyers often feel a reflexive pull to win the point. We’re trained for it. Law school hones our ability to spot laws in logic, dismantle weak arguments, and, let’s be honest, enjoy the intellectual high ground. In the business world, especially in corporate legal departments where relationships, influence, and outcomes often stretch beyond the board room, there’s a crucial distinction many of in-house lawyers miss: Do you want to beat them? Or do you want to win? This…

Sky York Journal Once Angie Gonzalez started to hear rumors that her husband might finally leave CECOT this week, she stopped being able to sleep. She got out of bed at 4 a.m. on Friday morning and has spent the day glued to a computer screen, watching online plane trackers, following the news on social media, and waiting for the chance to speak to him again. Gonzalez’s husband, Jesús Alberto Ríos Andrade, was one of 238 Venezuelans that the Trump administration summarily sent to the notorious El Salvador prison in March under the Alien Enemies Act. It’s been a hard…

Sky York Journal House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package Thursday night after Senate Republicans made minor changes to the bill. The package passed on a largely party line 216-213 vote. All Democrats and two Republicans — Michael Turner (R-OH) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) — voted against the bill. The vote was held up for hours as Republicans fought with one another about a vote on a non-binding resolution asking the Trump administration to release files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case. The rescissions package effectively authorizes actions the White House has already taken to claw back…

Sky York Journal It’s true: he won’t be like other judges. Emil Bove — whose nomination to a seat on the Third Cirucit the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Thursday morning — spent the past several months in a senior role at the DOJ tearing through barriers that were created to separate federal law enforcement from partisan politics. He purportedly told attorneys to be ready to say “fuck you” to the courts if they blocked Alien Enemies Act removals to CECOT. He moved to dismiss prosecutors who worked on the January 6 investigation. Many of these barriers would have been pitched…

Sky York Journal Top Florida Democrats issued blistering responses on Wednesday following a TPM report that detailed how Sunshine State Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted “disaster preparedness” resources in the rush to build the “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), who toured the site earlier this month and subsequently decried the conditions there, sentd a statement to TPM blasting every aspect of the project.  “DeSantis already operates under a cloud of corruption when it comes to stealing taxpayer dollars. So, it’s no surprise he’d siphon off and create shortfalls in our hurricane preparedness funds for this boondoggle, then hide…

Sky York Journal Senate Republicans barely advanced President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package into debate time late Tuesday night, following two tight procedural votes that required Vice President JD Vance’s presence to tie-break. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) broke with the Senate Republican caucus and opposed both of the procedural votes, citing concerns about the bill — and, apparently, a lack of clarity from the White House on where exactly the cuts will come from.  Collins, the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has perhaps been the most vocal critic of the rescissions…