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1 day ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Kadia Aretha Tubman
President Donald Trump's new travel ban will likely face legal challenges — but it may withstand them more than a 2017 travel ban that he signed during his first term. The new ban completely restricts travel for most foreigners from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It partially restricts travel from people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
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2 days ago | 
abcactionnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Stephanie Liebergen
A Texas state bill could change the way Americans snack. Senate Bill 25 would require manufacturers put a label on certain foods to warn they're "not recommended for human consumption by the appropriate authority in Australia, Canada, the European Union, or the United Kingdom."The bill targets 44 ingredients including food dyes, bleached flour, and certain oils and preservatives.
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2 days ago | 
tmj4.com | Simon Kaufman |Stephanie Liebergen |Tony Aria
A Texas state bill could change the way Americans snack. Senate Bill 25 would require manufacturers put a label on certain foods to warn they're "not recommended for human consumption by the appropriate authority in Australia, Canada, the European Union, or the United Kingdom."The bill targets 44 ingredients including food dyes, bleached flour, and certain oils and preservatives.
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3 days ago | 
wxyz.com | Simon Kaufman |Maya Rodriguez
The Trump administration is planning to roll back federal restrictions on oil and gas development across millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness. The Department of the Interior announced a proposal to rescind protections put in place for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The reserve is a 23-million-acre area about 600 miles north of Anchorage. The move would reverse a rule put in place under President Biden last year.
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1 week ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Lori Jane Gliha
The Department of Homeland Security is putting more than 500 so-called "sanctuary jurisdictions" on notice. The agency published a list of cities, counties, and states on Thursday that it says are "deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws."The publication of the list comes a month after President Trump signed an executive order targeting undocumented migrants and jurisdictions that protect them.
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1 week ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Ava-joye Burnett
A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily paused a lower court’s decision that had blocked most of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, granting an administrative stay while it considers the government's request for broader relief. The pause comes in response to a ruling by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, which concluded that Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs exceeded his authority and issued an injunction.
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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Maya Rodriguez
The vaccine advisory committee for the Food and Drug Administration met Thursday to discuss potential changes to the formula for COVID-19 vaccines for 2025-2026. "We are asking for guidance to help the FDA decide what strain to select for COVID-19 vaccines going forward," the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research director Dr. Vinayak Prasad said at the beginning of the meeting.
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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Alexandra Miller
Pomp and circumstance were everywhere at Columbia University on Wednesday, following another school year that included controversial circumstances on campus. The school held its main-campus graduation for the Class of 2025 on Wednesday morning. The school's main commencement ceremony was cancelled last year because of ongoing protests over the war in Gaza. Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside the university's gates during Wednesday's ceremonies.
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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman
Vice President JD Vance spoke about President Biden's cancer diagnosis on Monday and questioned whether the former president was "capable of doing the job" while he was still in office. "We wish the best for the former president's health," Vance said aboard Air Force Two.
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3 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Simon Kaufman |Kadia Aretha Tubman
Honda is among the latest major companies to announce it's shifting its production to the U.S. The carmaker announced it will move production of its CR-V from Canada to the U.S. because of tariffs. Honda isn't alone as companies aim to relocate supply chains and infrastructure to the U.S. amid growing concerns about the cost of importing goods from abroad due to President Donald Trump's tariffs.
