The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin collecting samples of raw cow's milk cheese from across the U.S. to test for the presence of bird flu, spurred on by the ongoing outbreaks of H5N1 in multiple states. In the announcement published Monday, the FDA said the goal of testing will be two-fold: detecting the...
States across the country are bracing for new laws set to take effect as early as Wednesday, including some that have stirred controversy. In Louisiana, a new law will require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools, including universities and colleges. Some areas won’t be required to enforce it amid a lawsuit. Meanwhile,...
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong threatened to file a lawsuit against President-elect Trump if he moves to remove birthright citizenship from the Constitution under mounting deportation efforts. “I would be the first to sue,” Tong, a Democrat, told MSNBC in an article published Sunday. Trump has promised to conduct the largest deportation in the country’s...
California insurers will be required to sell coverage in wildfire-prone regions that have seen an insurer exodus in recent years, state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Monday. Under the new regulations, companies must make their services available in high-risk areas to do business in the state, the first such requirement in California history. Insurers must...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) did not deserve a second term in leadership and would cost the GOP its majority in the lower chamber if reelected. “Johnson is not up for this task,” Massie wrote in a Tuesday post on the social platform X, responding to criticism from former House...
China was behind a 'major' hack of the Treasury Department, the Biden administration said Monday, gaining access to unclassified documents and the workstations of government employees.
A Jan. 6 defendant who spent two years and seven months behind bars said President-elect Donald Trump was supported by inmates and guards alike during his third run for the White House.