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Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, told the Justice Department in July that the insurer would walk away from many health exchanges if the government opposed the company’s proposed deal for Humana. On Tuesday, Aetna followed through. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Mark Bertolini, CEO…
CNN’s Brianna Keilar hoped to ask Donald Trump’s corporate counsel, Michael Cohen, if the new hires at the top of the campaign indicated that there was a shake-up happening. Cohen denied that this was the case, so she decided to frame the question by noting that Trump is trailing. But just hit play, honestly. When…
A bloated, nude effigy of Donald Trump appeared (where else?) at Jane Warner Plaza in the Castro Thursday morning, and the work is part of a coordinated, nationwide effort by an anarchist group, with naked Trumps popping up in public spaces in New York, LA, Seattle, and Cleveland this morning as well. Playing off “The…
WIRED has never been neutral. For nearly a quarter of a century, this organization has championed a specific way of thinking about tomorrow. If it’s true, as the writer William Gibson once had it, that the future is already here, just unevenly distributed, then our task has been to locate the places where various futures…
Members of the House Judiciary Committee are set to question FBI officials next month about allegations of perjury involving Hillary Clinton’s conflicting statements to Congress last year. Witnesses at the hearing could include FBI Director James Comey, according to USA Today, which first reported the panel’s plans. A Judiciary Committee spokeswoman confirmed the…
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates instructed Justice Department officials Thursday to begin the process to end the federal government’s use of private prisons. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) The Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons after officials concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than those run…
Donald Trump said on Twitter that people would soon call him “Mr. Brexit,” without further explanation | Joe Raedle/Getty Images Donald Trump is Mr. Brexit? Trump takes to Twitter. World confused. By Paul Dallison 8/18/16, 3:06 PM CET Updated 8/18/16, 3:33 PM CET /.meta /.summary /.story-intro Donald Trump, no stranger to sending out odd tweets,…
John Maynard Keynes wrote in 1930 that “if economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.” Almost a century later, he’s getting his wish. Economists tend to be a grandiose bunch. They advise presidents and billionaires. They are generally unashamed about offering…
Insurance giant Aetna will stop selling health insurance through most of the exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act in 2017 because the company said it is losing money in many of those markets. On Monday, Aetna said it will sell individual insurance policies in only 242 counties in four states, down almost 70 percent…
Revolution is in the air again in New York City. Five years after the launch of Occupy Wall Street, activists have begun a new occupation. This is not Occupy 2.0, however. This protest, stationed at a park across from City Hall in lower Manhattan, was organized by the Movement for Black Lives. On Aug. 1, activists…