MJ Lee

1 week ago | cnn.com | MJ Lee

Ad Feedback Video Ad Feedback Meet the soldiers suing the Trump admin over the transgender military ban Lt. Nic Talbott and Maj. Erica Vandal, two of the transgender service members suing to block a ban, talk about why they should be allowed to serve in the military, and why the military benefits from their service.

3 weeks ago | cnn.com | MJ Lee |Jennifer Hansler

Displaced Yemenis receive humanitarian aid provided by the World Food Program in the Hays region, south of Hodeidah Governorate in western Yemen on February 24, 2024.

4 weeks ago | cnn.com | MJ Lee

Washington CNN  —  A merchant ship full of wheat set sail from Oregon earlier this month, headed towards the port of Aden in Yemen. But when that carrier eventually arrives at its intended destination in mid-May, there will be no one authorized to receive the wheat, store it and ensure that it gets distributed to the people of southern Yemen, many of whom are in desperate need for food. Barring an intervention by the Trump administration, the wheat will likely rot at the port or be pillaged.

1 month ago | local3news.com | MJ Lee |Jennifer Hansler

(CNN) — Edesia, a Rhode Island-based company that makes “Plumpy’Nut” — packets of specially fortified and highly caloric peanut butter paste that saves the lives of severely malnourished babies and children — recently laid off 10% of its staff and even briefly paused production altogether for more than two weeks. Its CEO says they are having serious cash flow problems.

1 month ago | cnn.com | MJ Lee |Jennifer Hansler

Boxes of "Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food" (RUTF) at the Mana Nutrition plant in Fitzgerald, Georgia, waiting to be shipped on March 3. John Falchetto/AFP/Getty Images CNN  —  Edesia, a Rhode Island-based company that makes “Plumpy’Nut” — packets of specially fortified and highly caloric peanut butter paste that saves the lives of severely malnourished babies and children — recently laid off 10% of its staff and even briefly paused production altogether for more than two weeks.