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RFK Jr.'s Food Pyramid Could Mean Trouble for Environment

Experts warn push for protein-heavy meat, dairy would drive emissions, require much more farmland

(Newser) - Nutrition advice from the Trump administration is colliding head-on with climate concerns. The Guardian reports that guidelines rolled out by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. push Americans toward a meat- and dairy-heavy diet that would nearly double current protein intake, featuring an "inverted" food pyramid loaded with steak,...

Schumer Says Democrats Won't Approve DHS Funding

Partial government shutdown is possible after minority leader argues bill doesn't do enough to curb ICE

(Newser) - Senate Democrats are moving to block a Homeland Security funding bill after the second fatal immigration-related shooting in Minneapolis this month. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday said his caucus will not supply the votes needed to advance a package that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security, arguing...

In Minnesota, 'Places of Healing Are Under Siege'

Doctors say Trump's immigration crackdown is causing scared locals to avoid critical health care

(Newser) - There was the pregnant woman who missed her checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the feds' sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown; a nurse found her at home, in labor and just about to give birth. There was also the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable...

Trump: I'll Sock Canada With 100% Tariffs Over China Deal

US president threatens retaliation after PM Mark Carney's announcement of trade agreement

(Newser) - President Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor goes ahead with its China trade deal. Trump said in a social media post that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "thinks he is going to make Canada a...

Podcaster: US Is 'Fantastic Place.' James Cameron: 'Is It?'

Avatar director talks about his permanent relocation to New Zealand, where he says people are 'sane'

(Newser) - James Cameron isn't mincing words about why he's moved Down Under. In an appearance on the In Depth With Graham Bensinger podcast, the Avatar director praised New Zealand's pandemic response and vaccination uptake, while knocking the United States for what he sees as a broad rejection of...

There's a Reason Minn. National Guard Now Wears Neon Vests

Reflective vests aim to distinguish Guard from militarized federal officers for ICE, other agencies

(Newser) - Minnesota's citizen-soldiers may soon look less like troops and more like school crossing guards, at least the way Fast Company is framing it. State officials now say that, if the Minnesota National Guard is officially activated around the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, members will don bright reflective vests so residents...

NPS Pulls Slavery Exhibit at Washington's Philly Residence

Order follows Trump administration directive to revise supposedly divisive historical interpretations

(Newser) - Visitors to the place where George Washington lived as president will no longer see a National Park Service exhibit detailing the enslaved people who worked there, and the city of Philadelphia is suing over it. NPS staff on Thursday removed interpretive panels on slavery at the President's House Site...

US Says It Has Finalized Withdrawal From WHO

'It's the most ruinous presidential decision in my Iifetime,' public health expert says

(Newser) - The US says it has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said Thursday. But it's hardly a clean break, the AP reports. The US owes more than $130 million to the global health...

Vance: Just Cooperate and There'll Be Less ICE 'Chaos'

Vice president links protests, ICE clashes to Democrats' lack of cooperation

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance says the key to calming recent unrest in Minneapolis isn't fewer federal agents—it's more cooperation from Democratic leaders. Speaking in the city Thursday after a roundtable with business leaders and law-enforcement officials, Vance argued that clashes around Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations...

Administration to Review Funding to Democratic States

Directive applies to state and local governments, nonprofits, and universities

(Newser) - The White House budget office has instructed most federal agencies to catalog all funding sent to a set of Democratic-led states and Washington, DC, as the Trump administration weighs ways to pressure jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. In a memo reviewed by the Washington Post , Politico , and...

EEOC Cancels Guidance on Workplace Harassment

Move scraps Biden-era protections, heightening uncertainty for employers nationwide

(Newser) - The nation's workplace civil rights agency withdrew its main roadmap for handling harassment cases on Thursday, leaving employers without detailed federal guidance. In a 2-1 vote, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission scrapped its 2024 harassment guidance document, nearly 200 pages that outlined how existing antidiscrimination laws apply to...

Putin: I'll Join Trump's Board of Peace—on One Condition

Moscow links potential $1B in Gaza aid to the US unfreezing Russian assets

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's ready to put money into President Trump's new Gaza reconstruction effort—if Washington first hands back Russian funds that are locked down. In a Kremlin meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, Putin said Moscow could channel $1 billion into...

Report: Trump Wants Regime Change in Cuba

Washington pressures Havana insiders as Cuba's fragile economy nears collapse

(Newser) - Washington is quietly testing whether the playbook it used in Caracas can be run again 90 miles off Florida's coast. According to US officials and people briefed on internal discussions, the Trump administration is actively looking for senior figures inside Cuba's government who might be willing to help...

ICE Memo: Agents Can Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrant

Whistleblower complaint alleges memo ignores Fourth Amendment

(Newser) - Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by the AP , marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches. The memo authorizes ICE...

Israel: Sure, We'll Join Trump's 'Board of Peace'

Norway and Sweden join list of nays, however, amid fears Trump wants to replace UN

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he has agreed to join President Trump's Board of Peace, in a departure from an earlier stance when his office criticized the makeup of the board's committee tasked with overseeing Gaza. Norway and Sweden, meanwhile, said they wouldn't...

UPenn Balks as Feds Demand Records on Jewish Staff

University says EEOC inquiry seeking that data violates privacy, safety, constitutional rights

(Newser) - The University of Pennsylvania is pushing back hard against the Trump administration over a federal demand it says goes too far. In a new federal court filing , the school criticized the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for seeking detailed records on Jewish employees, describing the request as "extraordinary and unconstitutional,...

Greenland Dogsled Race Rescinds Invite to Trump Envoy

Greenland race drops envoy amid backlash to Trump annexation push

(Newser) - Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry's Arctic photo-op has melted away. Landry, serving as President Trump's envoy to Greenland, has been dropped from the guest list for the territory's marquee dogsled race as backlash grows over Washington's talk of taking control of the island, the Hill reports. The...

DOJ: DOGE Workers May Have Misused Social Security Data

DOJ says pro-Trump group sought SSA data for voter fraud push

(Newser) - Federal officials say a tiny team inside the controversial Elon Musk-linked Department of Government Efficiency may have stepped over the line with Social Security data, NBC News reports. In a new court filing, the Justice Department told a federal judge in Maryland it was alerted that two members of the...

US Seizes 7th Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela

US Southern Command says it was taken 'without incident'

(Newser) - US military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to take control of the South American country's oil, the AP reports. US Southern Command said in a social media post that US...

Judge: Lawmakers Must Stick to 7-Day Wait on ICE Visits

Democratic pols must revise lawsuit challenging Homeland Security's notice requirement

(Newser) - A DC federal judge has, for now, left in place a Homeland Security rule that slows down surprise visits by members of Congress to immigration detention centers. US District Judge Jia Cobb decided on Monday not to immediately block a DHS policy that requires lawmakers to give seven days' notice...

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