Out here in Dixie County, we still do a lot of things the old-fashioned way. But even in a small town like ours, the schools where we send our kids, the courthouse where folks file their paperwork, the utilities that keep our lights on and the Sheriff’s Office that keeps us safe all run on…
Scholars argue that regulators and celebrities must work to halt ads for miracle weight loss products. Celebrity endorsements draw heightened public attention. U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) questioned Mehmet Oz, a former television host and the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, about his advertisement of miracle weight loss products (MWLPs)—over-the-counter supplements…
By Sonam Sheth is an Evening Politics Editor at Newsweek who is based in New York. She joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at Business Insider and CNBC. Sonam has extensive experience covering national security, foreign policy, elections, and stories at the intersection of law and politics. Her work has been cited in The…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with a group of current and former company directors and officers, just agreed to settle to end a trial that sought $8 billion in damages, . Zuckerberg and the others will actually be paying out to Meta shareholders as a recompense for damages allegedly caused by allowing repeated violations of…