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The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Preliminary tests find germ that causes botulism in ByHeart baby formula

Preliminary tests showed that ByHeart baby formula contained the type of bacteria that produces the toxin linked to a botulism outbreak.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on October 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and other assistance are set to stop on November 1st amid a federal government shutdown that has been going on for 29 days and is the second-longest shutdown in the nation's history. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for extra emergency funds and personnel to be deployed, as SNAP payments will be suspended. About 42 million Americans are expected to lose access to their benefits. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump admin. appeals court directive to provide full SNAP benefits during shutdown

The Trump administration has turned to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to request an emergency stay in response to a judge ordering the federal government to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by today.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 9: An exterior view of the U.S. Capitol on September 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. Members of the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives return to the Nation's capitol, following their August recess. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Judges order Trump admin. to pay for SNAP benefits using contingency funds during government shutdown

Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to utilize contingency funds to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the government shutdown.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: Rain falls on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building on April 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly considering closing the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. following staff cuts after the Feb. 11 executive order to reduce the federal workforce. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Coalition of Democrat-run states sue Trump admin over lapse in SNAP funding

Dozens of Democrat-run states have sued the Trump administration for refusing to utilize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) contingency funds to issue food benefits during the government shutdown.

Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 07, 2022 near Block Island, Rhode Island. The first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States is located 3.8 miles from Block Island, Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean. The five-turbine, 30 MW project was developed by Deepwater Wind and began operations in December, 2016 at a cost of nearly $300 million. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Trump: $679M cut in federal funding for offshore wind projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Friday that it will cut around $679 million in funding from 12 wind farms, calling the projects “wasteful.”

People carry weapons during the Defend Our Second Amendment: Michigan's fight for Self Preservation rally, held in a farm field in Ionia, Michigan, on July 19 2023. In 2021, the Capitol Commission in Michigan banned the open carry of weapons within the Capitol building, and is expected to vote on a full ban by its August meeting. Members of the group Sons of Liberty PAC created the Defend Our 2A: Michigan's fight for Self Preservation rally to protest the ban, saying that people's rights in Michigan are being eroded. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

En Rhode Island un juez federal confirma la ley estatal de armas que exige a los ciudadanos demostrar la “necesidad” de portar armas abiertamente

Un juez federal falló a favor de mantener el sistema de permisos de armas de Rhode Island, que exige a los ciudadanos demostrar la “necesidad” de portar armas de fuego abiertamente. Afirmó que la ley no viola la Segunda Enmienda.