In an aerial view, a customer enters a Walgreens store on Jan.4, 2024 in San Pablo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Department of Justice said Friday that it sued pharmacy giant Walgreens for allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions. The DOJ said that Walgreens from August 2012 until the present “knowingly” filled those […]
Inflation has steadily cooled over the past two years, despite seeing a slight stall in October and November. Prices for items such as gasoline, used cars and energy have all declined accordingly. However, food prices continue to outpace inflation, increasing by 28% since 2019. More than 85% of consumers report feeling frustrated with rising grocery […]
With Donald Trump set to return to the White House next year, there’s much speculation on how his second administration will affect press freedom. The short answer is that we don’t know, but prognosticators do have the benefit of an important dataset: his first term. And, if that record is any indication, national security “leaks” […]
The police department in Worcester, Massachusetts allowed officers to engage in sexual contact with women suspected of being involved in the commercial sex trade, according to a report the U.S. Justice Department released Monday following a two year investigation. The 41-page report also found that the police department used excessive force, including the unjustified uses […]
JAPAN – 2022/12/14: In this photo illustration, a TikTok App Logo is displayed on a mobile phone. … [+] (Photo Illustration by Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A TikTok ban seems even more likely after a federal appeals court unanimously decided to uphold the ruling. “The Government acted solely […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had long pledged that he would not pardon his son, Hunter, who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions. But on Sunday, the president did it anyway. The sweeping pardon covers not only Hunter Biden’s convictions in two cases in Delaware and California, but […]
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) on Sunday said staff at the Justice Department who worked on the cases the agency brought against President-elect Donald Trump “should be fired immediately.” In an interview with NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Schmitt said the DOJ has been “weaponized” against Trump during Joe Biden’s time in office, baselessly claiming that both […]
Rep. Susan Wild, the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, said the panel’s report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz should be made public, seeming to discount claims that doing so would be an unusual step. President-elect Donald Trump tapped Gaetz to become the next attorney general last week, an immediately controversial choice considering the […]
What’s crazier than (potentially) putting notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the nation’s health? Nominating GOP congressman Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general of the United States, which Donald Trump did on Wednesday. And no, that is not the set up to a joke about Trump’s second-term advisers; it is something […]
A coalition of former Republican officials asked the Justice Department to immediately investigate billionaire Elon Musk’s cash awards for voters. Musk — the world’s richest person — has thrown his financial might behind former President Donald Trump’s bid for the White House. He said last week he would hand out the million-dollar sweepstakes each day […]
