Connecticut is investigating how messaging platforms, gaming sites, and chatbots are protecting the safety and privacy of children and teens online.

REPUBLICAN-LED STATES are rewriting their affirmative action requirements for civil service employment or public contractor regimes, targeting them under US Supreme Court precedent and Trump administration policy shifts, Khorri Atkinson reports.

Louisiana’s decision to grant a permit extension for Formosa Plastics in the heavily industrialized “Cancer Alley” corridor of the state lacked an updated air analysis, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by advocates and residents.

Lawmakers across several states are proposing to address fossil fuel companies’ role in climate change, while also tackling soaring home insurance costs made worse by natural disasters.

The National Redistricting Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Florida Supreme Court Thursday seeking to block Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and the state’s Republican-controlled legislature from redrawing the state’s congressional lines before the 2026 midterms.

Republican-led states are rewriting their affirmative action requirements for civil service employment or public contractor regimes, targeting them under US Supreme Court precedent and Trump administration policy shifts.

The 2010 New START Treaty between the US and Russia expired Feb. 5, raising questions about the future of nuclear arms control and triggering fears of a new arms race.

The US General Services Administration can proceed with a $300 million procurement for security containers despite a protester’s claim the agency is improperly seeking a commercial product solution, the GAO said in a decision released Thursday.

Elon Musk can be forced to testify in a lawsuit brought by government workers and contractors who accused him of unlawfully directing the dissolution of the US Agency for International Development while he was a senior White House adviser, a judge ruled.

New York’s pension funds, which have exposure to $900 million of Palantir Technologies Inc. stock, are questioning the software company over its business dealings with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security.

The US Army is moving to collect penalties from Northrop Grumman Corp. and Global Military Products Inc. over late deliveries of artillery ammunition to Ukraine, an example of the Pentagon’s effort to make defense contractors more accountable.

The US could deliver several long-delayed weapons systems to Taiwan this year as backlogs in the defense supply chain improve and Washington streamlines procurement procedures, the self-ruled democracy’s defense minister said.

The 2010 New START Treaty between the US and Russia expired Feb. 5, raising questions about the future of nuclear arms control and triggering fears of a new arms race.

Union Technologies and its venture capital backers are stonewalling about a pattern of self-dealing that led former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to leave the munitions startup’s board, according to a lawsuit filed by his replacement.

US President Donald Trump called for the creation of a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia, as the existing New START agreement between the two nations expires and fuels concern about the possibility of a new arms race.

A public health advocacy group is pressing the Food and Drug Administration to name more companies and brand names associated with foodborne illness outbreaks by reinterpreting the law or amending the agency’s regulations.

The National Redistricting Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Florida Supreme Court Thursday seeking to block Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and the state’s Republican-controlled legislature from redrawing the state’s congressional lines before the 2026 midterms.

Democrats would potentially gain four House seats in Virginia under a congressional redistricting plan state legislators announced Thursday.