Biden Admin Launches Probe Into Health Care Giant Amid Antitrust Crackdown: REPORT
The Biden administration has launched an antitrust investigation into healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group in recent weeks, following a series of other federal antitrust lawsuits, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation is examining whether the relationship between UnitedHealth's insurance division and its medical services division, Optum, stifles competition in the […]
Biden Admin Sues To Block Massive Grocer Merger In Latest Antitrust Crackdown
The Biden administration announced Monday that it will file a lawsuit to block the planned merger of grocery retailers Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc., calling it anticompetitive. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has blocked a $24.6 billion takeover between Kroger and Albertsons, arguing that the merger would eliminate fierce competition and lower product quality […]
Wall Street Floods DC With Lobbyists Amid Biden Admin Bank Crackdown
Banks are sending more lobbyists to Washington, D.C., than any time since the 2007 global financial crisis, as the Biden administration aims to introduce new regulations for the banking industry, Reuters reports. Banks with more than $50 billion in assets and seven industry groups sent a total of 486 federal lobbyists to Capitol Hill in […]
Dem Reps Who Rubbed Shoulders With Alleged Chinese Intel Front Groups Rip Crackdown On Beijing’s Espionage
Two House Democrats with documented histories of contacts with organizations linked to Chinese influence and intelligence operations spoke out Monday against a bill that would reinstate a federal program to counter Chinese Communist Party (CCP) espionage. raised. New York Rep. Grace Meng and California Rep. Judy Chu were among the 15 House Democrats. signed Regarding […]
Social Media Erupts After Chuck Schumer Calls For Zyn Crackdown
Government officials took to Twitter to express frustration with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who called for a federal crackdown on gin. Chuck Schumer on Sunday called for an investigation into the tobacco product Zyn, which he claims is being marketed to teenagers. A number of lawmakers and women, including Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thom […]
Migrants Bound For US Are Pouring Into Mexico While Biden Takes Victory Lap On Immigration Crackdown
The number of immigrants arrested at the southern US border fell from over 170,000 to less than 100,000 in May-June.Meanwhile, immigration anxiety in Mexico increased dramatically, setting a new monthly record. Mexico has recently stepped up efforts to crack down on illegal immigration through the country to the United States, but the Biden administration is […]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Opportunity For Censorship’: Missouri AG Hints At Possible Antitrust Crackdown On Zuckerberg’s Threads App
Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent a letter Thursday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressing concern over the “harm to free speech” from centralizing social media and hinting at possible future antitrust action against Thread. Meta-owned Twitter’s competitor, Instagram’s Threads app, launched on July 6 and “looks like a copy-paste project aimed solely at […]
Hundreds of tribal members, mostly Navajo, living on Phoenix streets amid fake sober home crackdown
PHOENIX (AP) – After the state cracked down on Medicaid fraud and barred unlicensed sober housing, Navajo law enforcement teams said the numbers of various tribes living on the streets in the Phoenix metropolitan area The Navajo Attorney General announced that he has been in contact with 100 Native Americans. Ethel Branch said on Monday: […]
Tucson drivers face crackdown on seat belt, car seat use
The Tucson Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies work with the governor’s Department of Highway Safety to enforce seat belt and child restraint laws. With funding from GOHS, law enforcement agencies across Arizona will ramp up traffic enforcement patrols as part of Click-It or Ticket campaigns. The mobilization of the crackdown will run […]
Glendale Issues 52 Warnings During its New Panhandling Crackdown
The city of Glendale has warned dozens of people to demand money since it banned begging last fall. Acquired record phoenix new times It shows that the city has issued 52 warnings so far since the new city law went into effect in November. The city also took one man to court and fined him […]
