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Republicans Win Control of the Senate

By Arjun Singh WASHINGTON—The Republican Party gained control of the United States Senate in the 119th Congress by winning key battleground races in the 2024 election, an outcome that will substantially influence U.S. politics over the next two years, regardless of who wins the presidential election. The Associated Press has projected that GOP winning 51 […]

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US Issues Multi-State Health Alert Over Illegally Imported Meat

By Naveen Athrappully The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health warning for meat products imported from Burma (also known as Myanmar). The alert applies to various meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Southeast Asian nation. “FSIS is continuing to investigate how these products […]

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Republicans Gain Early-Vote Leads in at Least 4 Battleground States: Election Lab

By John Haughey Republican voters appear to be running up big leads during the opening stages of early voting in at least four of seven battleground states, in some cases not only chipping into mail-in ballot advantages that Democrats have built over the past few election cycles but surpassing them. Overall, nearly 33 million Americans […]

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American Airlines Fined $50 Million Over Treatment of Passengers With Disabilities

By Matt McGregor The U.S. Department of Transportation has levied a $50 million fine against American Airlines in a settlement over the Texas-based company’s alleged violations of disability laws that took place between 2019 and 2023. The department said the landmark penalty sets a precedent being “25 times larger” than its former record settlement. “The […]

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Nantucket Residents Rattled by Arrest of 5 Illegal Immigrants for Violent Sex Crimes

By Allan Stein NANTUCKET ISLAND—The 30-mile journey by high-speed ferry from Hynannis to Nantucket Island takes about an hour over idyllic waters off the geographic elbow of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Nantucket Harbor in early October is as pretty as an autumn postcard as the boat pulls into the slip. A line of passengers disembarks, […]

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Three States Renew Lawsuit Against FDA Over Abortion Pill Regulations

By Matthew Vadum Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas renewed their lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the abortion pill mifepristone months after the Supreme Court refused to invalidate approval of the pill. Access to abortion is a political issue in the current election cycle. Abortion-related initiatives are on the ballot next month […]

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Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration Raises Security Concerns

By Simon Hankinson This is a lightly edited excerpt from Simon Hankinson’s testimony before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability at a hearing on “Security Risk: The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration” on May 16. I served as a foreign service officer in seven countries. I have adjudicated thousands of visa […]