Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Nominee..




Three Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted with Republicans to advance a judicial nominee who refused to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, and at least one judicial advocacy group is furious about it.

Like all of Trump’s nominees to lifetime federal judgeships, Clarke refused to say Trump lost the 2020 election in her submitted responses to questions from members of the judicial panel. She also refused to denounce the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying it would be "inappropriate" to characterize the events of that day because it is “a significant matter of political debate and also involves cases that are currently being litigated.”

Fraud..

 


The Department of Justice's 2025 healthcare fraud takedown charged 324 defendants with $14.6 billion in losses — more than double the $6 billion record set one year earlier.

For Medicare beneficiaries, it is increasingly a line item: a copay for a service the patient never received, a denied PET scan because records show one was already performed, or a debt-collection call for equipment that was never authorized.
The DOJ charged 324 defendants in a 2025 healthcare fraud takedown involving $14.6 billion in losses — more than double the prior year’s record — including 96 doctors and medical professionals whose licenses enabled schemes ranging from stolen Medicare identities to AI-generated fake patient consent.  
Healthcare fraud-detection companies like UnitedHealth (UNH), Performant Healthcare (PFHC), and Verisk Analytics (VRSK) are positioned to benefit from the fraud-detection market’s projected 21.6% annual growth through 2032 as schemes accelerate using cryptocurrency, AI, and provider roll-ups.
Comment:
Not only they rub the system, they also rub the seniors. Any voice from the Democrats about that?  Just a thought.

Resigns .

 



Utah Supreme Court justice Diana Hagen resigns before shock probe into ‘inappropriate texts’ with redistricting attorney

The shock move comes after Hagen’s ex-husband Tobin Hagen claimed he found “inappropriate text messages” between the her and attorney David Reymann.

He said these messages began as “silly” but changed and became “more suggestive,” per KSL, which has viewed the complaint.

Reymann argued high-profile cases before the court and worked on challenging the state’s redistricting map that led to the new congressional map.