Haribo recalled its Happy Cola F!ZZ gummies in the Netherlands with a best-before date of January 2026 because cannabis was found in some bags. Dutch media stated a family in Twente with young children became “‘quite ill” after eating a bag of Happy Cola F!ZZ gummies. Police had the candy examined and discovered traces of […]
New York, May 30, 2025—A punishing spate of laws targeting foreign-funded media will dramatically curb Georgia’s independent voices and force many news outlets to shutter or shift their business operations, say Georgian journalists and press freedom advocates. Georgia’s populist ruling Georgian Dream party has pushed through its new Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)—called an “exact copy” of the U.S. Foreign […]
Authorities charged a U.S. Department of Agriculture employee and five others in a fraud and bribery scheme that prosecutors say defrauded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, of $66 million in unauthorized transactions. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York called it “one of the largest […]
Two years after Utah banned gender-affirming care for minors, state health officials have released findings that undercut key arguments made by lawmakers who supported the law. The Department of Health and Human Services, tasked with studying the potential risks to children, found little evidence to back claims that such treatments are inherently harmful. What is […]
Israel’s Defense Ministry confirmed the use of laser-based air defense systems during its current conflict, marking the first official acknowledgment of deploying directed-energy weapons in combat. The ministry used two systems to intercept dozens of aerial threats, primarily drones launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon. Officials declined to specify when they deployed the systems or how […]
Israel has agreed to a new U.S.-backed proposal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, according to the White House, though Hamas officials have not formally responded. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has been leading negotiations aimed at halting the war and securing the release of hostages still held by Hamas. White House press […]
Two senior leaders at Immigration and Customs Enforcement are out as part of a broader Trump administration push to increase arrests of undocumented immigrants. Kenneth Genalo, the head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), is retiring, and Robert Hammer, who led Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), is being reassigned. Hammer’s move is one of several leadership […]
Federal authorities have launched an investigation in an effort to discover who secretly tried to impersonate White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. According to The Wall Street Journal, an unidentified individual gained access to Wiles’ personal cell phone contacts and began impersonating her. The individual used AI-generated voice technology and spoofed phone numbers to […]
Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner widely praised for his leadership during the Sept. 11 attacks, died at age 69. FBI Director Kash Patel said Kerik passed away Thursday, May 29, after a “private battle with illness.” Kerik’s rise in public life was meteoric. A high school dropout and Army veteran, he […]
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino claimed the agency will soon release surveillance footage showing no one was near Jeffrey Epstein when he died by suicide in a federal jail cell in 2019. In an interview on Fox News, Bongino said the footage captures the entire Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) bay and shows Epstein as “the […]
