White House to propose less stringent fuel economy standards, sources say
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The White House is set to propose significantly less stringent fuel economy standards, rolling back rules finalized by then President Joe Biden last year, sources told Reuters. The National Highway Traffic Safety
US vaccine committee to vote this week on delay of hepatitis B shots
By Michael Erman NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee will vote later this week on whether to delay hepatitis B shots for most American children but has
American Economic Association imposes lifetime membership ban on Lawrence Summers
NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The American Economic Association said Tuesday it had imposed a lifetime ban on former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers’ participation in its activities. The group said in a statement that Summers had
Newly appointed drug evaluation chief set to leave FDA, STAT News reports
Dec 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s newly appointed head of the drug evaluation department, Richard Pazdur, is set to retire from the health agency, STAT News reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with
Trump removes ‘renewable’ from title of U.S. energy lab
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has renamed one of the country’s energy laboratories to remove the word ‘renewable’ in the latest effort to downplay electricity sources such as solar and wind
Heavy snow expected in parts of U.S. Midwest, Northeast
By Rich McKay Dec 2 (Reuters) – An intensifying weather system was expected to bring heavy snow and rain to parts of the U.S. Midwest, the Appalachians and the Northeast on Tuesday, with more than 50 million
Tetra considers Arkansas magnesium project with Pentagon-backed Magrathea
By Ernest Scheyder HOUSTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Tetra Technologies on Tuesday said it might form a joint venture with Pentagon-backed startup Magrathea to build the U.S.’s only magnesium refinery and boost domestic supplies of a metal
Honduras election remains virtually tied as former president is released from U.S. prison
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Honduran electoral workers have begun counting vote tallies by hand with the two presidential front runners, Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla, still locked in a virtual tie, two days after an election
Former Honduras President Hernández freed after Trump pardon
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released
Live updates: Trump calls his Cabinet to meet amid scrutiny over boat strikes
President Donald Trump called his Cabinet to meet Tuesday morning as the administration insists that it was lawful for the U.S. military to kill survivors of its air strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean
