UnitedHealth CEO savaged for failings in massive cyberattack that’s crippled health care
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, about a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary. (Screenshot from committee webcast) WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday grilled UnitedHealth Group’s CEO over the largest-ever cyberattack on the U.S. health care industry, which has crippled…
Marjorie Taylor Greene to force vote next week on ousting U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, about removing U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson from the leadership office. Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who supports the effort, stands to her left. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Two U.S. House Republicans, aggrieved by Speaker…
Columbia Just Triggered a Massive Campus Crackdown. Now the NYPD Will Stay for Weeks.
A phalanx of NYPD cops descended on Columbia University on Tuesday night and began clearing Hamilton Hall, the administration building that student protesters began occupying in the morning.Julius Motal/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Police cleared and arrested protesters occupying Hamilton Hall at Columbia…
Report: The DEA Is Finally Reclassifying Pot as Less Dangerous
Mother Jones illustration; Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing that cannabis be reclassified from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, a classification that comes with steep penalties, to the…
How a Few Secret Donors Are Fueling the New Right-Wing Infrastructure
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In early 2021, Stephen Miller—former White House senior adviser to Donald Trump and architect of the 45th president’s hopeful second-term mass deportation agenda—announced his next venture: America First Legal (AFL). Paraded as “the long-awaited answer to the ACLU,” AFL fights…
Trump Says States Could Prosecute Women for Abortions Under His Watch
Robin Rayne/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Eight years ago, in his 2016 run for president, Donald Trump said that women who have abortions should be criminally charged. “There has to be some form of punishment,” Trump said at the time. The comment caused…