Washington — Federal prosecutors charged the owners of an Arizona wound care company and two nurse practitioners who worked with them for conspiring to defraud Medicare of over $900 million after they allegedly targeted elderly patients — many of them terminally ill — in a sprawling medical scheme, the Justice Department announced Thursday. According to prosecutors,
As President Biden and former President Donald Trump take the stage inside CNN’s historic Techwood campus studio Thursday night, the Peach State will also be in the spotlight. “The stakes are very high,” said Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat who represents the eastern Atlanta metro and suburbs. “And so to have this debate in Atlanta
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the Securities and Exchange Commission in a dispute over the agency’s ability to use in-house tribunals to seek civil penalties against defendants for securities fraud, stripping the agency of a key enforcement tool. The court ruled 6-3 against the SEC in the case, finding that the
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed abortions to be performed during certain medical emergencies in Idaho, reinstating a lower court order that blocked the state from enforcing its near-total ban when an abortion is needed to preserve the health of the mother while legal proceedings continue. The dispute pitted Idaho’s measure, enacted after
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday derailed a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, siding with the Biden administration over its objections to the agreement’s broad protection for the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to their role in the opioid epidemic. In a 5-4 opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court
CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday derailed a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, siding with the Biden administration over its objections to the agreement’s broad protection for the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to their role in the opioid epidemic. In a 5-4 opinion
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to block an environmental rule that aims to curb air pollution and address harmful smog that travels from certain states into others while legal proceedings continue. In a 5-4 decision, the court granted the request from Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, as well as energy companies and