The popular kids snack Lunchables contains relatively high levels of lead and sodium, a consumer watchdog group warned Tuesday. Consumer Reports (CR), a consumer advocacy group, said it tested 12 store-bought versions of Lunchables — which are made by Kraft Heinz — along with similar lunch and snack kits and found "relatively high levels of...
The House on Tuesday approved a package aimed at boosting the nation’s access to outdoor recreation. The bipartisan EXPLORE Act, contains provisions that seek to open up more opportunities for spending time in national parks, forests and other public lands. The legislation passed by a voice vote. If the Senate takes up the legislation, it’s...
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife, Yuko Kishida, to Washington, D.C., with a seafood dinner on Tuesday evening. The couples went to BlackSalt, a seafood restaurant in the Palisades neighborhood of Northwest D.C. The Bidens welcomed the couple to the White House earlier on Tuesday...
A new study suggested that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy is not linked to an increased risk of autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or intellectual disability among children. The new study published in the JAMA Network on Tuesday analyzed the data of more than 2.4 million children born in Sweden from 1995 to 2019 with...
Some low-income families in the U.S. could see more expensive broadband bills starting next month when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) makes cuts to its monthly broadband benefits, the agency announced Tuesday. The agency said the monthly benefits cuts are due to Congress not having approved further funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program. The program, which stopped accepting...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Pentagon chief claims no evidence Israel has committed genocide Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said there is no evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in its war against Hamas, a claim that came during...
President Biden on Tuesday called Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza a “mistake,” piling on his criticism of the Israeli leader one week after the White House threatened to alter its support. "I think what he's doing is a mistake. I don't agree with his approach," Biden told Univision in...
About 40 percent of U.S. Latino adults believe the U.S. should push for an immediate cease-fire in Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, according to a new poll. An Ipsos-Axios poll, published Tuesday, asked 1,000 Latino and Hispanic Americans about their views on the Israel-Hamas war, which has raged on for more than six months...
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a democrat from Texas, told students the moon was a planet and that it was made up of gases, while speaking to them before the solar eclipse on April 8.