FDA announces external review of food safety and tobacco regulatory offices
The agency has received criticism in recent months over its role in the infant formula shortage and its regulation of electronic cigarettes.
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The abortion law fight grows in Texas and West Virginia. Here’s what you missed.
Lately, the fight has been concentrated in several Southern states, including West Virginia and Louisiana, where state courts have continuously blocked abortion bans.
There’s one hopeful sign for the Fed on inflation. Really.
Slower wage growth could help bring down prices and ultimately mean less sting for the average worker.
U.S. inflation reached a new 40-year high in June of 9.1 percent
Lower-income and Black and Hispanic Americans have been hit especially hard.
No recession here: Hot jobs market tames fears of slump
Biden officials have repeatedly touted the jobs numbers as evidence of the economy’s underlying strength, but slowing the labor market is essential to helping tame consumer prices.
Failure ‘not an option’: Fed vows all-out fight on inflation
Fears have mounted that the central bank might trigger a recession sometime in the next year with its aggressive rate action.
1 Soldier Killed, 9 Injured In Lightning Strike At Georgia Army Base
Brig. Gen. Paul Stanton, the commander of Fort Gordon, confirmed the “terrible tragedy.
Senators Propose Changes To Electors Law After Capitol Riot
A bipartisan group of senators has reached agreement on proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act.
News Roundup: Biden announces climate action; Democrats take action to protect marriage equality
President Joe Biden announced executive actions to battle climate change today, even as record heat blasted much of the United States and Europe. Biden highlighted new offshore wind energy plans in particular, but without broader congressional action it’s difficult to see anything but worldwide catastrophe ahead.
Advocates say Del Rio probe ‘was not about truth or justice’ after Haitians erased from report
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this month finally released the long-awaited report on the mistreatment of Haitian migrants at Del Rio last fall, but the demand for justice is nowhere near over. While the report said border agents used “unnecessary” force and derogatory language against migrants, investigators claimed they found “no evidence” that agents “struck, intentionally or otherwise, any migrant with their reins.
Don’t Blame Democrats For What Republican Voters Want
Interfering in GOP primaries is a questionable strategy, but it only works because of what the conservative base craves.
We should all be terrified of North Carolina bill that makes case for murdering abortion seekers
A bill Republicans introduced in the North Carolina House last year is attracting renewed attention amid GOP promises to revisit further abortion restrictions for the state in 2023. The bill in question would define the start to human life as the “moment of fertilization” and deem abortion first-degree murder. Sponsored by Republican state Reps.
New reports shows even more alarming rate of AAPI-targeted hate crimes, 11,400 incidents
Reports indicate that the rate of hate crimes against the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community seems to be getting worse each day. Across the country, an incident of hate targeting the AAPI community occurs nearly every day. Several reports have indicated the alarming rate of crimes against the Asian American community, however, the most recent seems to have documented more crimes than predicted.
Biden administration plans to elevate pandemic response office
The reorganization will put the office’s director on a par with those of larger agencies like the CDC and FDA
Kamala Harris on abortion: ‘Our country has a history of claiming ownership over human bodies’
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the NAACP on Monday, and if you’ve heard about it at all it’s probably because of a portion of her speech that focused on “fundamental freedoms,” including abortion rights, and the Supreme Court’s recent actions to curtail those rights.
“We know, NAACP, that our country has a history of claiming ownership over human bodies.
The Next Generation of NIMBYs
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.The pandemic made it possible for many Millennials to purchase their first home. Could it also have set the stage for a new breed of NIMBYs?But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
The world is burning once again.
This Court has revealed conservative originalism to be a hollow shell.
GOP Candidate: Hypothetical 14-Year-Old Incest Victim Is ‘Perfect Example’ For Abortion Ban
Tudor Dixon, a conservative commentator, is vying for the chance to take on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D).
Appeals Court Allows Georgia Abortion Law To Take Effect
The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present.
Six Books to Guide You Through the Real American West
In the second half of the 19th century, the figure of the cowboy emerged as the defining feature of American Western literature. Publishers found success with dime Westerns, novels mythologizing the lives of “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Kit Carson, Wyatt Earp, and other dubious frontiersmen.
The Real Reason Democrats Are Losing Ground on Education
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.
The Spiders That Choose Death
Among spiders, sex doesn’t just create life; it can also end it. Males of many species—including orb-weaving spiders, widow spiders, and wolf spiders—find their fortunes turning on a dime, as the females they’ve seduced begin to devour them alive, sometimes even before insemination is complete.
How to Pivot on a Thursday Night
Sign up for Kaitlyn and Lizzie’s newsletter here.Lizzie: It’s getting hot out there, huh? The weather, the housing market, the trend of eating eggplant parm while wearing a claw clip. Everything costs $32, my lease is up in two weeks, and my landlord won’t respond to any texts or emails. Better get out and let off some steam before we boil over.Cut to: a recent Thursday night, looking for something to do.
To fight inequity, Africa wants to produce its own vaccines. First, it needs to find buyers.
Governments on the continent and international donors must be ready to pay higher prices for African-made shots, experts and pharma industry representatives said.
Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Jayapal on Her Own Abortion & Why Biden Must Protect Right to Choose
On Tuesday, 17 Democratic lawmakers, almost all women, were arrested outside the Supreme Court while protesting the court’s recent decision overturning Roe v. Wade. We speak with Congressmember Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, who was one of several Democratic House members who has shared her personal experience of getting an abortion, about what a post-Roe America looks like.
Rep. Jayapal on Recent Death Threat & Gun Violence Epidemic: Take Away Tools of Violent Racists
We speak with Congressmember Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, after a man was arrested on suspicion of hate crime after neighbors said he allegedly pointed a gun at her home and threatened to kill her. He was found outside of her home last Saturday night with a .40-caliber handgun yelling “Go back to India.
New 988 Suicide Hotline Launches Amid Mental Health Emergency, Pandemic, Gun Violence, Opioid Crisis
A new 988 suicide and crisis hotline launched Saturday that people can call, text or chat. The three-digit shortcut phases out the 1-800-273-TALK number. Until now, the 988 lifeline was only available in some parts of the United States. We speak with Congressmember Jamie Raskin, who helped introduce legislation that provides funding for states to implement the rollout. His son Tommy tragically died by suicide at the age of 25 in December 2020 after a battle with depression.
“Extremist Ideology”: Rep. Raskin on Trump-Backed Dan Cox’s Victory in GOP Gov. Primary in Maryland
We speak to Maryland Democratic Congressmember Jamie Raskin, member of the House January 6 select committee, about the pro-Trump Republican who won Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary in the state and helped organized buses to the insurrection. Dan Cox is the latest in a slate of Republicans across the U.S. to advance in the party after supporting Trump’s election lies. If elected, Cox has vowed to conduct a forensic audit of the 2020 election.
“Hit Against American Democracy”: Rep. Raskin on Purge of Secret Service Texts Jan. 6 Committee Sought
Ahead of the eighth hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, we speak with Congressmember Jamie Raskin, a member of the select committee, and get an update on how the Secret Service has only provided a single text exchange from the insurrection and may have purged the messages after oversight officials requested them.
Covid cases are skyrocketing again. States have no new plans.
Strategies for managing 130,000 new daily Covid cases are largely the same as they were for managing 30,000 new daily cases four months ago.
Owner: Mississippi abortion clinic is sold, won’t reopen
The clinic was at the heart of June’s landmark abortion ruling.