The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is spurring other major health companies to remove the photos of executives from their websites, close buildings and even switch to a virtual investor day rather than an in-person public event. Amid rising security concerns, companies have removed previously public information from their websites. UnitedHealth Group, the parent company…
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced his support of President-elect Trump’s nominees for attorney general and FBI director in a Friday post on the social media platform X. “My position on supporting Trump nominees is quite clear. And I’m looking forward to leading the charge to get Pam Bondi and Kash Patel confirmed,” Tillis wrote on…
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Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a joint letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Justice Department on Friday urging lawmakers to investigate the actions of FanDuel and DraftKings. Lee and Welch accused the two sports betting companies of working together to “obstruct or impair competition,” which is a direct violation…
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The Biden administration is proposing to raise a key threshold determining how much of a pesticide that’s commonly used in the agriculture industry the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finds concerning in the environment — spurring ire from some environmental advocates. The agency currently considers an average of just 3.4 micrograms per liter of the pesticide,…
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears open to switching parties to become a Republican, as he declined to rule out a future change in political allegiances during a pair of interviews Friday that came as he has increasing warmed to President-elect Donald Trump.
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