California bill seeks to ban red dye No. 3

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Passports: Blinken says State Department is grappling with ‘unprecedented demand’

washington CNN — Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Thursday that the State Department is facing “unprecedented demands” passportand increased staff and resources to handle it. The current wait time for regular passports is “about ten to thirteen weeks, and about seven to nine weeks for expedited passports,” Blinken said. Blinken told a House … Read more

U.S. TB cases near pre-pandemic levels, CDC data shows

CNN — Reported tuberculosis cases in the United States appear to be returning to levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tuberculosis rates in the U.S. rose slightly last year after falling sharply by 20.2% in 2020 and rising by 9.8% in 2021, … Read more

2021 Justice Department memo on school board threats has ‘no legal basis,’ House GOP says in new report

CNN — Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee said in a new report that local law enforcement objected to a 2021 memo from Attorney General Merrick Garland about threats to school boards across the country, backing the They concluded that the directive had “no legal basis”. House Republicans also claim in the report, which provides … Read more

2021 Justice Department memo on school board threats has ‘no legal basis,’ House GOP says in new report

CNN — Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee said in a new report that local law enforcement objected to a 2021 memo from Attorney General Merrick Garland about threats to school boards across the country, backing the They concluded that the directive had “no legal basis”. House Republicans also claim in the report, which provides … Read more

Autism diagnoses becoming more common, but pandemic disrupts early detection, says CDC

CNN — The percentage of children diagnosed with autism in the U.S. has been rising steadily since 2000, but two new reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight differences in the types of children identified with autism spectrum disorder and the setbacks of early detection. In 2020, about 1 in 36 … Read more

FTC wants to make it easier for consumers to cancel free trials and subscriptions

CNN — New U.S. government rules may soon make it easier for Americans to cancel free trials and subscriptions they no longer want, according to the FTC. The proposed rule changes, announced Thursday, would apply to broad swaths of the U.S. economy, covering both digital and brick-and-mortar subscriptions. Products subject to the new rules will … Read more

Trump could run for president if indicted

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U.S. shortage of new drugs to increase by nearly 30% in 2022, Senate report finds

CNN — When a pharmaceutical factory in Shanghai that made contrast media for radiology scans closed last year, half the U.S. supply of radioactive material was immediately rendered unusable. Healthcare providers must make tough choices about who gets potentially life-saving tests. “I work in the VA system. It’s affecting veterans almost overnight, and we need … Read more

Ramen and depleted savings: FEC weighs allowing candidates to use political cash to pay themselves higher salaries FEC weighs raising salaries for federal candidates

CNN — When Nabilah Islam began her campaign for Congress in the 2020 cycle, she said she quickly found out that her decisions had come at a high price. “I couldn’t possibly have a full-time job and run a competitive campaign,” the Georgia Democrat recalled. So she gave up her job as a campaign adviser, … Read more