Tennessee woman denied abortion after fetus' 'brain not attached' slams state ban. Breanna Cecil, 34, says the state's anti-abortion laws resulted in her losing an ovary, a fallopian tube and her hopes for a large family. read more
Donald Trump has vowed to immediately halt offshore wind energy projects "on day one" of a new term as US president, in his most explicit threat yet to the industry and the latest in a series of promises to undo key aspects of the transition to cleaner energy. read more
The sriracha sauce maker Huy Fong is still experiencing supply issues seven years after suing Underwood Farms, the previous supplier of its jalapeno peppers, and losing a $23 million countersuit filed by the grower. Huy Fong announced a halt to production until Labor Day because the peppers it has are too green. Underwood now sells its own Sriracha Dragon Sauce in stores including Costco and is not having shortages. "Creating a supply chain like that is far more complicated than people realize," owner Craig Underwood said.
The CDC has issued an urgent warning against drinking raw milk as a major bird flu outbreak spreads across dairy cattle in the US. read more
Jonathan Bernstein: And now for the comment about remembering Trump's presidency: Damn he was bad at the job. I was one of the political scientists who participated in a "rank the presidents" survey and it was easy to place Trump dead last, given everything.
Among the weirdest revelations at Donald Trump's ongoing criminal trial in New York was this snippet from ex-lawyer Michael Cohen: The former president's "locker room talk" excuse for the leaked Access Hollywood footage of him talking about groping women actually came from his supportive wife, Melania. read more
Fox News' Jesse Watters has downplayed claims that more than 100,000 people attended Donald Trump's recent rally in New Jersey. Speaking on Monday's episode of The Five, Watters said that a reporter he sent to the 2024 campaign rally in Wildwood said there were tens of thousands fewer people in attendance than what Trump and others are claiming. ... [T]he reporter at the event in New Jersey "said it wasn't 100,000, said it was closer to 30,000." read more
President Joe Biden will double, triple and quadruple tariffs on some Chinese goods this week, unveiling the measures at a White House event framed as a defense of American workers, people familiar with the matter say. Biden will hike or add tariffs in key sectors after nearly two years of review. The total tariff on Chinese electric vehicles will rise to 102.5% from 27.5%, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement. Others will double or triple in targeted industries, though the scope remains unclear. read more
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday requested the judge overseeing ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress case to order that he begin his four-month prison sentence, after an appeals court last week upheld his conviction. ... The three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its opinion Friday, "We conclude that none of the information sought in the trial subpoenas was relevant to the elements of the contempt offense, nor to any affirmative defense Bannon was entitled to present at trial."
Parking lots full of Tesla vehicles are becoming impossible to ignore as the electric automaker seemingly can't sell enough cars and trucks to match its rate of production. According to its own figures, the electric automaker produced 46,561 more vehicles than it delivered to customers during the first quarter of 2024. Where are all these cars going? Parking lots at its factories, malls and airports. read more
Part of a collapsed bridge in Baltimore has been deliberately destroyed, clearing the way for the eventual full return of shipping through one of the busiest sea routes in the US. Monday's demolition broke apart chunks of the collapsed bridge. read more
Now the government has another shot at the senior senator from New Jersey. This next trial, set to play out beginning Monday, promises to be consistently dramatic -- and gives prosecutors who've eyed Menendez for at least two decades perhaps their best chance to convince a jury of his alleged corruption. read more
A Reuters review of Texas property records shows that SpaceX and its contractors can be far slower to pay builders and suppliers than they are to break ground. Unpaid bills and finger-pointing among contractors, Reuters found, have led many construction-industry businesses to file liens against SpaceX properties in efforts to get compensated. read more
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after two more tribes banished her ... read more
Federal prosecutors are seeking a maximum sentence for the man who was convicted of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home and attacking her husband Paul with a hammer in 2022. read more
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