US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food

While regulators have focused on reining in Pfas in water, the chemicals are widely used throughout the food system, and there was hope that the agency under Robert F Kennedy Jr would take the threat more seriously. Kennedy leads the “make America healthy again” (Maha) movement, of which eliminating toxic chemicals from food is a cornerstone. 

 The FDA’s decision is “disappointing”, said Sandra Daussin, an attorney for the Tucson Environmental Justice Task Force (TEJTF), which in November 2023 filed the legal petition. The group is planning to sue and ask a court to order the FDA to set thresholds. 

If it’s important enough to regulate in water then we need to regulate it in food – that’s a no-brainer,” Daussin said…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/us-food-and-drug-administration-rejects-petition-to-set-pfas-limits-in-food

 

 

Supreme Court weighs further loosening campaign finance limits - The Washington Post

Republican leaders are asking the court to remove limits on how much parties can spend in coordination with federal candidates on items like advertisements and campaign expenses. They say the existing limits hinder the parties' free-speech rights and put parties in a weaker position than outside groups like Super PACs. 

The Democratic party opposes that bid, arguing that lifting the limits on party spending would lead to a greater potential for quid-pro-quo corruption, allowing wealthy donors to dodge individual contribution limits by donating through parties instead…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/09/supreme-court-campaign-finance-limits/

 

US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans | US immigration | The Guardian

Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/trump-refugee-restrictions-white-south-africans 

 

Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk - POLITICO

Complicating the matter further, Trump declared during his address to Congress Tuesday that Musk is indeed the "head" of DOGE, a label that immediately reverberated in several of the Musk-focused court cases. Trump's assertion conflicted with the White House's representation in court last month that Musk had no independent authority to make policy decisions...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/trump-cabinet-musk-025093

In Super Tuesday ‘news dump,’ EPA expands rule limiting science the agency can use to make public health policy decisions – Raw Story

As most political observers were watching the election results in the Democratic primary from 14 states come in Tuesday evening, the EPA quietly published a proposed change to a rule the Union of Concerned Scientists has called “nonsensical and dangerous”—expanding the agency’s so-called “secret science” rule to further limit the scientific evidence the EPA will consider in its work. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/in-super-tuesday-news-dump-epa-expands-rule-limiting-science-the-agency-can-use-to-make-public-health-policy-decisions/

Would you be here if Trump's immigration rules had been in place a century ago? - USA TODAY

If we limit our immigration to only those with high skills, we become the land of second opportunity, only for those privileged to get an education.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/06/02/donald-trump-immigration-column/1291302001/

Immigrants play big role in elder, disabled care in U.S. Experts warn about immigration limits. - NBC News

"This industry needs people round the clock. Immigrants disproportionately take the night shifts," said Dr. Zallman. "They are really filling the gaps."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrants-play-big-role-elder-disabled-care-u-s-experts-n1014046

After Democrats Surged In 2018, Republican-Run States Eye New Curbs On Voting - NPR

After high turnout in the 2018 midterms gave Democrats big gains, several Republican-controlled states are considering changing the rules around voting in ways that might reduce future turnout.....
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/22/714950127/after-democrats-surged-in-2018-republican-run-states-eye-new-curbs-on-voting

McConnell parrots Trump's lie blaming Democrats for road bump in government funding negotiations - Daily Kos

You know things are getting really desperate for congressional Republicans when they start taking pointers from Donald Trump on the way to win the shutdown battle. We've reached that place. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1833966