Trump administration has quietly throttled an agency devoted to the safety of American healthcare

The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars over the past 27 years by improving medical practice. In a July 15 letter, the small Department of Health and Human … Read more

How Trump admin cuts have compromised food safety

A tiny microbe has been making a lot of Americans sick. Really sick. Just ask Jessica Mallard. “I wasn’t feeling well. The pain in my stomach was, like, unbearable,” she said. The parasite is called cyclospora, It gives you (and I’m sorry to have to say this) debilitating, explosive diarrhea that can last for weeks. … Read more

How Trump admin cuts have compromised food safety

Since May, more than 11,000 cases of cyclosporiasis, caused by a parasite, have been reported in 41 states. The outbreak comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff; disbanded a national advisory committee on how to prevent microbial contamination in food; winnowed down an early-warning surveillance program for specific pathogens; and further … Read more

Police hunt suspect in Berlin ramming attack as Germany grapples with safety fears

The suspect wanted for the car ramming attack on a Berlin LGBTQ+ Pride parade on Saturday remains on the run today. The attack at one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ events left one dead and 16 injured.  German police have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Abdul B. German privacy laws only identify suspects with the initial … Read more

Anti-ICE walkout exposes how school district ‘failed’ parents, risked student safety: ‘Broken my trust’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Internal emails, messages and memos from Arizona’s Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) reveal that staff allegedly breached security protocol and violated several school policies by facilitating a student walkout to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this year, according to America First Legal. Hundreds … Read more

Epstein survivor describes safety concerns, job loss in emotional testimony at Blanche hearing

Dani Bensky, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, gave an emotional testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing. She detailed how the release of the Epstein files resulted in privacy and safety concerns, job loss and reputational harm. Source link

ICE officer who fatally shot driver in Maine was ‘fearing for public safety,’ agency says

BIDDEFORD, Maine — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday, the second time in a week that ICE has used deadly force and at least the ninth death since President Donald Trump began his immigration crackdown. Immigrant rights groups identified the man who was killed in Biddeford as … Read more