Changes are coming to tortillas in California in the new year, with a new law requiring manufacturers to add folic acid to corn masa products. The goal is to decrease birth defects in children born to Hispanic women. Research shows folic acid promotes new cell growth and can reduce birth defects by up to 70%.
Rep. LaMonica McIver exits the grounds at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, N.J., on May 9, 2025. Angelina Katsanis /AP Photo A New Jersey congresswoman asked a federal appeals court to throw out charges pending against her for allegedly assaulting federal agents outside an immigration detention facility. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) was charged
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Washington on Nov. 6, 2024. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has launched a new political action committee (PAC) to solicit donations to elect Democratic candidates to public offices. The PAC is named “Fight for the People” and is a restructured version
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) walk inside after Netanyahu arrived at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 29, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the American leader’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on
1. On April 22, 1985, the United States and Israel entered into the Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Israel (the “USIFTA”), which the Congress approved in section 3 of the United States–Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of
On Monday, December 29, 2025, the President signed into law: H.R. 1043, the “La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act,” which directs the Department of the Interior to convey approximately 3,400 acres of federally-managed land in La Paz County, Arizona, to the county at fair market value. Original Story Link
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington on Dec. 19, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo The United States and the United Nations have finalized an agreement that includes $2 billion in humanitarian funding and what the State Department described as radical reform to save Americans’ tax