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Los Angeles — Cookie connoisseur Lara Adekoya started her baking business during the pandemic, selling cookies to masked customers out of her Los Angeles home.  Now, customers flock to her L.A. bakery, Fleurs et Sel, to get their hands on flavors like oatmeal chocolate chip walnut, peanut butter and Nutella, and matcha dark chocolate.Adekoya says she’s now paying $50 to $100 more per bag for premium ingredients imported from countries around the world, including France and Japan, due to President Trump’s tariffs.  She says that amounts to an extra $3,000 to $4,000 per month she is now spending on supplies.Adekoya…

Society / September 18, 2025 The mainstream media is complicit in the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era. Kimmel’s suspension is just the latest proof. Ad Policy Jimmy Kimmel on the September 16 edition of his talk show.(ABC) Donald Trump has lamented the fact that the United States hasn’t won a major war since 1945. But the president might soon claim credit for breaking that streak, because he’s winning his war against one of his most implacable foes: late-night TV shows. For decades, the hosts of these shows have mocked American presidents of both parties. These gibes…

In the week since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a Utah university event, comments from some of his critics have ignited a battle over free speech in an increasingly polarized nation.Kirk, who routinely debated progressive students at his Turning Point USA events and espoused controversial opinions on his podcast, was a stalwart proponent of the First Amendment. “Hate speech does not exist legally in America,” he wrote on X last year. “There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment.”But over the last several days, the administration he supported…

President Trump on Thursday floated revoking TV broadcast licenses for networks that cover him negatively, a day after ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.”They give me only bad publicity or press,” the president said of the broadcast networks on the flight back from London. “I mean, they’re getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away. It will be up to Brendan Carr,” who is the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.On Wednesday, ABC yanked Kimmel’s late-night talk show over a monologue comment about the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, hours after Carr had told right-wing…

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) and President Trump (L) attend a joint press conference following their meeting at Chequers, in Aylesbury, central England, on Sept. 18 on the second day of the US President’s second State Visit. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Trump said he disagrees with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to recognize the Palestinian state sometime this month unless Israel commits to peace in Gaza. Trump, speaking at a press conference with Starmer on Thursday, said he wants the immediate release of hostages. The disagreement with…

Washington — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow President Trump to remove Lisa Cook from her position on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors while a legal challenge to her firing moves forward.In its request for emergency relief from the high court, the Justice Department said that the justices should freeze a lower court decision that ordered Cook to be reinstated to her post on the Fed Board.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled earlier this week that Cook could remain in her role while a legal challenge to her firing…

September 18, 2025 The Trump administration is counting on us to renounce those living on the streets, while struggling with their mental health or the cost of housing (or both). Ad Policy A view of homeless encampment on a street in West Oakland, Calif., on February 28, 2023.(Tayfun CoÅkun / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. The federal takeover of Washington, DC, rightfully attracted extensive media coverage, but an executive order called “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,”…

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. government from deporting Guatemalan children who don’t have orders of deportation or voluntary departure, saying a Trump administration effort to remove them earlier this month was based on a faulty justification.Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who was appointed to the bench by President Trump, wrote in a 43-page ruling that the administration’s argument that it was trying to reunite a group of Guatemalan kids with family members in Guatemala “crumbled like a house of cards.”The legal controversy started after the Trump administration attempted to…

  6m ago Science, politics and the future of vaccination in spotlight The ACIP is convening under an unaccustomed spotlight. The committee usually attracts little attention as it deliberates vaccine schedules and eligibility, but suddenly finds itself navigating political scrutiny, public skepticism and internal upheaval.The stakes extend well beyond the technical details of dosing intervals or eligibility cutoffs. The panel’s decisions could reshape public trust in childhood vaccines, restrict access to vaccines through Medicaid and Medicare, and signal whether scientific consensus or political pressure will steer the nation’s vaccination strategy.Read more here By Dr. Céline Gounder https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/cdc-vaccine-advisory-committee-rfk-jr-vote-measles-hepatitis-b/#post-update-bdec6115   14m ago…

Beef prices have increased over 50% since 2020, causing restaurants and stores to raise their prices. Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR NPR’s series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what’s driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live? Fill out this form to share your story with NPR. What’s the item? Ground beef How has the price changed since before the pandemic? Up 51% since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Why has the price…