WASHINGTON — President Trump said his administration’s new TrumpRx website will offer the cheapest prices in the world for 43 brand-name drugs, and counting. But about half of them are already available as generics, usually for much less.

The website is part of the president’s plan to lower drug prices in the U.S. and to counter political attacks by Democrats who have increasingly focused on rising health care costs. Trump unveiled the site on Thursday evening, saying “this launch represents the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history by many many times, and it’s not even close.”

TrumpRx does not sell medicines directly. Instead, it displays prices available to consumers who pay cash without using insurance, and in some cases directs patients to other sites where they can buy the therapies. The website touts steep discounts for many drugs, compared to their list prices. But an analysis by STAT reveals that’s far from the whole story.

At least 18 brand-name drugs on TrumpRx have cheaper generics available via GoodRx or Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs. In some cases, consumers could save hundreds of dollars by going with the exact same generic medicine, instead of TrumpRx’s price. STAT’s analysis is similar to a finding from Sarah Karlin-Smith, a research director at the advocacy group Public Citizen, and from Brian Reid, founder of Reid Strategic and a senior fellow at Tufts’ Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to back the state’s governor, Kathy Hochul, in her re-election bid, according to people with knowledge of the matter, a key endorsement from one of the most influential progressive voices in the nation.

Mamdani will make the announcement this week, said one of the people, who asked not to be named as the decision isn’t public yet. Hochul is facing a primary challenge from her lieutenant governor Antonio Delgado.

While both Hochul and Mamdani are Democrats, they have differences on fiscal policy and approaches to Israel, with divisions flaring up recently over how much to tax the state’s richest residents and corporations.

Prosecutors reviewed allegations of sexual misconduct against former finance executives Jes Staley and Leon Black at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York residence, according to documents recently released by the US Justice Department.

An unidentified woman alleged that Staley, a senior executive at JPMorgan Chase & Co. at the time, raped her after forcing her to touch his genitals, according to an internal memo prepared in December 2019 by federal prosecutors.

Staley, 69, went on to become chief executive officer of Barclays Plc, but his repeated attempts to downplay his dealings with Epstein ended his career at the British bank. He ultimately received a lifetime ban from holding senior roles in the UK financial services industry.

The woman also told investigators that, around 2011 or 2012, Epstein instructed her to give a massage to Black, then CEO of Apollo Global Management Inc. She “attempted to give Black an ordinary massage, but Black began initiating sexual contact,” according to the memo. The woman “ran out of the room” and complained to Epstein, “who laughed it off as a funny incident.”

The Washington Post laid off hundreds of employees on Wednesday, which its former executive editor said “ranks among the darkest days” in the newspaper’s history. Approximately one-third of employees were affected.

Staffers at the Post have been on edge for weeks about the rumored cuts, which the publication would not confirm or deny. “It’s an absolute bloodbath,” said one employee, not authorized to speak publicly.

During a morning meeting announcing the changes, editor in chief Matt Murray told employees that the Post was undergoing a “strategic reset” to better position the publication for the future, according to several employees who were on the call.

Murray acknowledged that the Post has struggled to reach “customers” and talked about the need to compete in a crowded media marketplace. “Today, the Washington Post is taking a number of actions across the company to secure our future,” he said, according to an audio recording of the meeting.