Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
They got out of the government shutdown with few substantive concessions to Democrats, but they’re diverging on their opponents’ top issue.
On its first day, COP30 managed to overcome a basic but notoriously contentious obstacle: settling on an agenda.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.When Christine Peringer attended her first United Nations climate conference in 2019, she was not exactly impressed. As a professional facilitator and a member of Mediators Beyond Borders International, she said she was “appalled” by the “lack of sophistication in […]
President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation informed senators that two key offices are staffed at 40%.
The global carbon market envisaged by the Paris Agreement is losing steam.
With key corners of the GOP conference signaling their support, it’s expected to pass as early as Wednesday.
Drop Site Daily: November 10, 2025
Mehdi's Monday morning update on the senators voting to reopen the government without a guarantee on healthcare; the BBC rolling over for Donald Trump; and Kathy Hochul's clash with Zohran Mamdani.