The Free Press Journal

Trump signs 'Right to Try' bill for terminally-ill patients

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United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a major drug bill called "Right to Try" for terminally ill patients, allowing them to go for experiment­al medical treatments, which is not yet approved by the

US Food and

Drug Administra­tion (FDA).

Many American public health groups and Democrats are against the Right to Try bill, saying the life of the patients could be put in danger.

In a India-related move, US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he was granting full pardon to IndianAmer­ican conservati­ve commentato­r and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, who was sentenced to five years of probation in 2014 for violating federal campaign law.In a tweet, Trump said D'Souza was “treated very unfairly". Mumbai-born, D'Souza, 57, was convicted of making an illegal campaign contributi­on of USD 20,000 in 2014 to a New York politician.

Meanwhile, dieticians to Donald Trump have replaced his favourite steak with fish and have also discarded cheeseburg­ers, after the US President acknowledg­ed in private that he needed to lose weight, a media report said. President Trump had embarked upon a mission to shed 10 to 15 pounds in January by altering his diet and with a new exercise plan to pull back from borderline obesity, CNN said in the report on Wednesday.

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