Trump pushes U.S. lawsuit against drug companies over opioids

Reuters

Published Aug 16, 2018 12:42PM ET

Trump pushes U.S. lawsuit against drug companies over opioids

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday again pressed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to sue drug companies over the nation's ongoing opioids crisis.

"I’d like to bring a federal lawsuit against those companies," Trump said during a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House.