Новости за 06.07.2021

What made Bill Barr such a bad attorney general? The question is of more than historical interest, as pundits have begun to grapple with the state of the Justice Department he left behind. Barr’s legacy is difficult to ignore—not least since his successor, Merrick Garland, has shown few signs of providing the sharp break from the past that many wanted, or a reckoning with the department’s widespread deterioration during the Trump administration. It is a question that, in theory at least, Elie Honig sets out to answer in Hatchet Man... Читать дальше...

The deal Walmart has inked with Novo Nordisk, which will allow it to sell the Danish drug manufacturer’s short-acting Novolog insulin for $75 a vial, is nothing short of revolutionary—that is, if you believe the press release the retail Goliath released at the end of June, announcing the arrangement. Several news outlets more or less echoed these sentiments, noting that the price amounted to a discount of up to 75 percent off the typical $300 list price of a life-sustaining drug whose skyrocketing... Читать дальше...