news2shortsThe DoJ is investigating, with Cal-Maine’s profits nearly eight times as high as at the start of the bird flu outbreak The US’s largest egg producer has reported soaring profits as consumer prices hit record highs thanks to avian flu – and alleged price-fixing which is being investigated by the Department of Justice. Cal-Maine’s profits … Read more
The measles outbreak in West Texas has reignited familiar anti-vaccine tactics: claiming there are readily available treatments for the disease while sowing doubt in the safety of vaccines.
A bipartisan team of freshman senators who went through some of 2024’s biggest battleground races are introducing a bill Wednesday to give President Donald Trump’s administration the power to stop investments from Chinese companies in the U.S.
Exclusive: Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire seeks to set limits on special government employees in response to Musk’s White House role A Democratic senator has introduced a bill that would prohibit awarding government contracts and grants to companies owned by special government employees, taking aim at Elon Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO. The … Read more
Former TV doctor who leads $1.5tn Medicare and Medicaid agency also says staff have ‘patriotic duty’ to stay healthy Dr Mehmet Oz reportedly told federal staffers that artificial intelligence models may be better than frontline human physicians in his first all-staff meeting this week. Oz told staffers that if a patient went to the doctor … Read more
Women’s tournament will feature 16 teams, up from 12 Men’s tournament to contract from 16 to 12 teams Score it a big win for women’s soccer at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The Olympic women’s soccer tournament will be bigger than the men’s edition for the first time in 2028, the International Olympic Committee decided … Read more
Actions allow the detained men to fight the government’s attempt to remove them under rarely invoked law Federal judges in New York and Texas on Wednesday took legal action to block the government from moving five Venezuelans out of the country until they can fight the government’s attempt to remove them under a rarely invoked … Read more
Biden administration State Department officials held private talks with Beijing counterparts about the Chinese spy balloon that intercepted U.S. airspace in 2023, and discussed the implications the balloon’s publicity would have on the relationship between the U.S. and China, according to Trump administration officials. U.S. officials identified the spy balloon infiltrating U.S. airspace on Jan. … Read more
Trump administration’s dismantling of institutions under guise of ‘efficiency’ will lead to a grim future for Americans Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) portend a future with more infectious disease outbreaks, chronic conditions and a widening gulf in health between the most affluent and vulnerable, experts told the Guardian. Further, … Read more
Why would anyone want a car that’s too big for parking spaces, or that’s a menace to other road users? I have a theory Excuse me for a moment while I clamber on top of my high horse to deliver an important public safety announcement: stop buying enormous cars! Please, for the love of God, … Read more
