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The manufacturer of Ritz cracker sandwiches has issued an urgent recall due to a labeling error that could cause a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction.

The Education Department and Department of Health and Human Services told Harvard University’s accreditor on Wednesday there is “strong evidence to suggest the school may no longer meet” accreditation standards.  The letter to the New England Commission of Higher Education is the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s multi-front effort against the nation’s oldest college.…

Conservative pundit Megyn Kelly knocked President Trump for dismissing a question about Jefferey Epstein during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “Good grief! That was no bueno, guys! That was no bueno, OK? President Trump had the same problem there that Karoline Leavitt had yesterday. The dodge should not be obvious. It should be subtle. It…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday is holding a hearing on cybersecurity and how to ensure privacy for Americans, including protecting sensitive data within the health care system. Lawmakers and health sector experts will come together to weigh options for implementing technology to establish privacy protections. The hearing comes directly following…

Trump’s draconian immigration crackdowns may play well with his MAGA base, but they’re alienating nearly everyone else — including the mainstream conservatives Republicans will depend on to protect their fragile congressional majorities next year.

Neil Jacobs, who was tapped by President Trump to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will face the Senate in a confirmation hearing Wednesday morning. Jacobs’s testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee comes just days after heavy rainfall and disastrous flooding killed more than 100 people in Texas’s Hill Country…

The United States has condemned a pair of recent Houthi rebel attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, warning that the escalation by the Iran-backed militants in Yemen risks jeopardizing freedom of navigation and “maritime security.”  “The United States condemns the unprovoked Houthi terror attack on the civilian cargo vessels MV Magic Seas and…

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is set to make a trip to Iowa next month as speculation about possible presidential ambitions stirs around the freshman senator.  Gallego’s political operation announced in a press release Wednesday that he will visit the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 8. A day later, Aug. 9, he will also hold a…

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo blasted Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) for blaming cuts to the federal government for the federal response to deadly flooding in Texas over the July 4 holiday weekend. “Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, I have been trying to get him on the show, now I don’t want him,” he said late Tuesday during…

If Brandenburg’s value was understood, those facing prosecution or deportation for their public statements could have relied on the First Amendment to protect them.