news2shortsTop US regulators met with Bill Anderson to discuss ‘supreme court action’ over glyphosate weed killer Top US regulators met with Bill Anderson, Bayer’s CEO, last year to discuss “litigation” issues – including “supreme court action” over its glyphosate weed killer – just months before the Trump administration took a series of steps to boost … Read more
Advocates say bill weakens safety reviews, boosts industry influence and shields pesticide makers from legal liability Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The newly proposed, Republican-led farm bill includes a range of provisions opponents say constitute a “pesticide industry wishlist” that would kill protections for humans, … Read more
Two police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are seeking to continue their lawsuit over a plaque commemorating their and other officers’ actions that day after it was installed last week “in an area blocked to the public,” their court filing said.
As Iran sets up its counterattacks in the Middle East, President Donald Trump is declaring victory while insisting the United States must “finish the job.” It comes as the war in Iran is sending oil and gas prices soaring with global oil prices hitting $100 a barrel and gas prices in the U.S. up more … Read more
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell moved quickly behind the scenes after the Justice Department opened a criminal probe into his statements to Congress, with his calendar showing a burst of outreach to U.S. lawmakers. The entries don’t reveal what was discussed, but they show Powell made 13 calls to senators and House members shortly after … Read more
Richard Kahn, who was Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accountant, testified for roughly six hours on Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee as part of its probe into Epstein
As the American military continues bombarding Iran amid the ongoing war against the Islamic Republic, U.S. Central Command shared video footage of strikes against aircraft sitting on the ground. “The Iranian regime is losing air capability day by day,” CENTCOM wrote in a late Wednesday post on X. “U.S. forces aren’t just defending against Iranian … Read more
The case of Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen shot by an officer in Chicago, offers a rare window into the recent spate of D.H.S. shootings—and the smear campaigns that often follow.
Comments in books, speeches and videos shed new light on defense secretary’s personal commitment to war on Iran The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has expressed a violent antipathy towards Iran for years in books, Fox News broadcasts, educational videos and a 2018 speech to an Israeli media conference in Jerusalem, a Guardian review has … Read more
The country spent decades cultivating the Axis of Resistance, but, as the war continues, the Houthis and other allied forces have plenty of reason to stay out of it.
