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Trump Admin Decision to Axe Advisory Groups May Spell Trouble for Food Safety
The move comes after hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses more than doubled last year in the US.

Experts Warn TX Bill Targeting Online Abortion Pills Will Have Widespread Impact
The measure may be the most meaningful attempt this year to block the ordering and mailing of abortion medications.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Teams Up With DOGE to Gut USPS
A planned reduction of 10,000 workers stoked fears that the US Postal Service is on a path toward privatization.

Trump Official Refuses to Say Whether He Thinks Protest Is “Deportable Offense”
The official said “we would have never let [Mahmoud Khalil] into the” US if he said he would participate in protests.

UN Report: Israel’s Gender-Based Violence in Gaza Amounts to “Genocidal Acts”
Israel’s bombing of a crucial IVF clinic and destruction of 4,000 embryos was an act of genocide, experts found.

Democratic Attorneys General Sue Trump to Protect Education Department
Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general have filed suit to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education.

Trump Takes Effort to End Birthright Citizenship to Supreme Court
Three separate district courts have placed injunctions on Trump's order, which seeks to redefine the 14th Amendment.

Hundreds Stage Sit-In at Trump Tower to Protest Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention
Police arrested around 100 participants in the protest, which was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace.

FEMA Wants the Names and Addresses of Migrants That Texas Nonprofits Helped
Trump’s administration also wants local governments that received federal grants to identify immigrants they’ve housed.

Pro-Israel Groups Urge Trump to Sanction Palestinian NGOs Out of Existence
A coalition of pro-Israel groups are pressuring the US Treasury Department to sanction Palestinian human rights groups.