Government
New York City Sues Social Media Firms For Allegedly Addicting Children
New York City filed a new lawsuit accusing Facebook, Google, Snapchat, TikTok and other online platforms of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media. ...
U.S. Government Shutdown Curtails Key Weather and Climate Programs
The closure of the federal government will curtail or halt some US climate disaster preparedness and environmental programs — and even potentially delay real estate ...
Judge Rules Feds Can’t Withhold Disaster Relief Until States Cooperate on Immigration
A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled on Wednesday that it's unconstitutional to require states to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get funding for disasters, which is overseen by the ...
Lawmakers Press FEMA on the Future of U.S. Flood Insurance
Two Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration about its management of the National Flood Insurance Program after cuts at the agency that runs it, the Federal Emergency Management ...
OSHA Releases List of Top 10 Cited Hazards in 2024
Following inspections of worksites where injuries were reported, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has compiled a preliminary list of the top 10 most commonly cited workplace ...
National Flood Insurance Program Once Again on the Verge of Expiration
About six months after Congress passed a short-term reauthorization, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will soon expire—a prospect that could cause coverage lapses for policyholders with ...
Insurance Industry Reps Back Reauthorization of Federal Terrorism Backstop
Marsh McLennan lost 358 employees in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and in Washington last week Michelle Sartain, who has worked at Marsh for more than 28 years, ...
U.S. Political Violence Surges to Record, Bloomberg Analysis Shows
Political violence in a polarized US is surging, with the past five years of assassinations and attempts on the lives of politicians the highest on records dating back to the 1960s, a Bloomberg ...
U.S. Appeals Court Hits Pause on Challenges to SEC Climate Rule
A federal appeals court on Friday said it was pausing its consideration of legal challenges against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's climate regulations until the ...