Regulation

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a complaint to block the sale of Chill6, a beverage powder marketed as a treatment or cure for anxiety, insomnia, alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder. According to the complaint filed in the... Read More

A group of major U.S. businesses wants the government to hide key import data -- a move trade experts say would make it more difficult for Americans to link the products they buy to labor abuse overseas. The Commercial Customs Operations... Read More

LAPLACE, La. — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning Louisiana officials that their failure to protect residents from air pollution in a two-county industrialized area might be a violation of civil rights laws. The area known as “Cancer Alley” is... Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination but could require meat companies to make... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission has updated its Energy Labeling Rule so that consumers can more accurately compare the estimated annual energy consumption of appliances before they buy them. The FTC’s original Energy Labeling Rule, issued in 1979 under... Read More

WASHINGTON — Seven voice service providers face removal from a key database managed by the Federal Trade Commission if they fail to demonstrate they’re taking concrete steps to comply with the agency’s anti-robocall rules. The first-of-their-kind FCC Enforcement Bureau orders... Read More

WASHINGTON — Low-earth satellites must be deorbited after five years, the Federal Communications Commission decided Thursday at its monthly meeting. This rule change severely shortens the amount of time satellite operators have to remove their instruments from the skies. They... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is looking at ways to help deaf incarcerated people connect better with their families through improved telecommunications services, including video chatting, in prisons and jails throughout the country. “Incarcerated people face considerable barriers to... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission continues to crack down on pesky scam calls and texts with new proposed rules and international partnerships announced this week. “The American people are fed up with scam texts, and we need to use... Read More

WASHINGTON — Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., have struck a deal on language that will allow the reauthorization of the Food and Drug Administration’s user fee program to move forward as part of the continuing resolution Congress... Read More

WASHINGTON — Twenty-one broadcasters are being fined for violating children’s television programming rules to the tune of $3.4 million, the Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday. The broadcasters aired advertisements for Hot Wheels Super Ultimate Garage during episodes of “Team Hot... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission formally added Pacific Networks Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary ComNet and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited to its list of companies whose telecom equipment and service pose a national security threat. The commission... Read More

WASHINGTON — As the Federal Trade Commission continues to crack down on “dark practices” that are intended to trick customers, it came out with a report detailing the tactics of misleading advertisements, hard-to-cancel subscriptions, hidden terms of service and other... Read More

WASHINGTON — A former Twitter computer security manager revealed broad mishandling of private data at the social media platform during a Senate hearing Tuesday. He said the lax security endangered the private information of users and potentially of national security.... Read More

WASHINGTON — From Capitol Hill to the National Harbor in Maryland, momentum appeared to be building Friday against permitting reform legislation supported by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., being included in a bill funding the government. A vote on the bill,... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental drug to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease, a remarkable turnaround for the much-debated medication that was previously rejected by the same group earlier this year. The... Read More

WASHINGTON — Without any particular online data privacy law on the books, United States regulators are looking to crack down on how internet service providers and other technology companies are using Americans’ data. The target: geolocation data. “Geolocation data is... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission just closed its 2.5 GHz spectrum auction, raking in $427 million for selling most of its licenses. The auction, which was the first of its kind selling county-based licenses, kicked off in late July.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it is going after the credit score and report company Credit Karma for telling people they were approved for credit when they were not. “Credit Karma’s false claims of ‘pre-approval’ cost consumers... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is suing the online roommate and housing application Roomster for allegedly profiting to the tune of $27 million from fake reviews and fraudulent listings, it announced Tuesday. “Roomster polluted the online marketplace with fake... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has issued an emergency fuel waiver to help alleviate fuel shortages in four midwestern states whose supply of gasoline has been impacted by an electrical fire at a BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana. The... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission Monday sued the data broker Kochava accusing it of selling highly personal identifiable geolocation information showing “visits to reproductive health clinics, places of worship, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and addiction recovery facilities.” “Where... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of failed attempts, Democrats passed legislation that aims to rein in the soaring costs of drugs for some in the United States. It will take years for people to realize some of the most significant savings promised... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances under the so-called Superfund law. The designation means that releases of long-lasting chemicals known as PFOA and PFOS that meet or... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is launching an investigation into how the country’s top cellphone providers use geolocation data. “Our mobile phones know a lot about us. That means carriers know who we are, who we call, and where... Read More

WASHINGTON — As Congress contemplates sweeping oversight legislation to cryptocurrency, industry leaders are welcoming those potential guardrails. It’s important to “strike the right balance of acting quickly in the United States to establish this clarity and also the appropriate guardrails... Read More

WASHINGTON — A former Twitter executive made a whistleblower complaint earlier this summer that the company is misleading the government and its users about security on the social media platform. The allegations stem from a 2011 settlement Twitter made with... Read More

WASHINGTON — Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, asked the Food and Drug Administration Monday to authorize COVID booster shots that target the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants for people aged 12 and older. The request came less than a... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a Confirmatory Order to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for violating requirements that led to the unplanned shutdown of a research reactor at the facility in February 2021. According to... Read More

WASHINGTON — The owner of four Midwest ethanol plants has agreed to pay more than $1.7 million to resolve allegations it failed to report toxic chemical releases in four Midwestern states. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the total penalty,... Read More