Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has subpoenaed General Mills as part of an investigation “under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act into the supply chain of products containing potassium bromate sold in Florida.” “This investigation is about protecting Florida families and providing transparency to our consumers,” Uthmeier said. “Floridians have a right to know what is in the food they buy and feed their children. We are investigating the supply chain for the presence of potassium bromate in products sold across our state, including any disclosures made to purchasers and research on its potential health effects,” he added. “There’s been sufficient evidence of ties to kidney, thyroid, and abdominal cancer. It is a genotoxic, causing oxidative stress. It’s been linked to DNA damage and other cellular harms. Again, it’s not something that we want to risk when it comes to our kids,” Uthmeier said at a press conference. “Nobody is getting sued today, yet. We want to learn more information,” Uthmeier said. “We will be issuing subpoenas to companies that do buy and sell products with potassium bromate in them. We will be starting with General Mills and their subsidiary, Pillsbury,” he continued. Watch below: JUST IN: Florida’s AG announces subpoenas for General Mills and Pillsbury over their use of potassium bromate, a chemical linked to cancer, DNA damage, and even possible hearing loss. @AGJamesUthmeier: "There's been sufficient evidence of ties to kidney, thyroid, and abdominal… pic.twitter.com/He8jN0dOzX — Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) July 13, 2026 Tallahassee Democrat has more: Potassium bromate, a flour improver that strengthens dough, allows higher rising and increases shelf life, is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a division of the World Health Organization, as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” after testing found it may produce cancerous tumors in animals. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates it as a food additive and allows its use under certain conditions because it was grandfathered in before stricter laws on potentially carcinogenic substances took effect in 1958. The agency reviewed it again in 2024, working with the American Bakers Association to ensure safe use. “Just because there might be permission,” Uthmeier said, “it doesn’t necessarily make it right.” California banned potassium bromate in 2023 along with three other additives, to take effect in 2027. More states are also considering prohibiting it. New York banned it this year, and last year Utah banned its use in school meals. According to a press release from Uthmeier’s office, the subpoena commands production of documents related to: All General Mills products containing potassium bromate sold to purchasers in Florida, including specific items such as Pillsbury Potentate High Gluten Flour, Pillsbury Best Bakers Patent Flour, Gold Medal All Aces Bakery Flour, and Gold Medal Superlative Bakers Flour (50 lb bulk sacks). Top purchasers in Florida of these products for the years 2023 through 2026. Disclosures provided to purchasers of bromated products or downstream goods made from them. Research on the use of potassium bromate in General Mills products and its potential effects on human safety. Sales of these products to Florida schools (pre-kindergarten through 12th grade). News4JAX shared further: Because of health concerns, including tumor evidence in animal studies, the compound has been banned as a food additive in the European Union, Canada, China, India, and several other countries, including Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, and Peru. The subpoena seeks documents showing which General Mills products containing potassium bromate reached Florida consumers and schools. It requests records on all such products sold to purchasers in Florida — including Pillsbury Potentate High Gluten Flour, Pillsbury Best Bakers Patent Flour, Gold Medal All Aces Bakery Flour, and Gold Medal Superlative Bakers Flour in 50-pound bulk sacks — as well as the top purchasers of those products in Florida from 2023 through 2026. The post Republican Attorney General Subpoenas Major Food Company In Investigation Into “Possibly Carcinogenic” Additive appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

It isn’t a chip. It isn’t software. And it isn’t a data center. Bill Gates backed it. Jeff Bezos invested in it. Google signed a deal for it. Microsoft committed billions toward it. Karim Rahemtulla believes one little-known company could sit at the center of what may become America’s most important energy buildout-and a major government milestone expected this August could bring the story into the spotlight. See the full presentation here. (Note: Thank you for supporting businesses like the one presenting a sponsored message in this article and ordering through the included links, which benefits WLTReport. We appreciate your support!  MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!) This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post The Technology Big Tech Is Betting On After AI appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

A major immigration-enforcement change has just landed. ICE agents have reportedly been told to immediately stop conducting most vehicle stops across the country. The exception is narrow: operations targeting the most egregious criminal aliens may continue. The reported instruction was described this way: BREAKING: Per multiple federal sources to @FoxNews, ICE has been instructed to immediately cease most vehicle stops during immigration enforcement operations nationwide, except for operations targeting the most egregious criminal aliens. This comes after two people were killed by ICE in shootings in TX and ME in the last week in incidents that began as vehicle stops. DHS alleges one of those incidents was a ramming attempt. I’m told this will be temporary until ICE officers receive new training on vehicle stops. The policy change will have significant impacts as many of ICE’s arrests begin as vehicle stops when they find and follow a target. First scooped by @JennieSTaer — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 14, 2026 The distinction between temporary and indefinite is important. Fox’s sourcing says the pause will remain until officers receive new training on vehicle stops. Neither ICE nor DHS had released a public written copy of the reported instruction at publication time. The original exclusive from Daily Wire is based on three Homeland Security sources who described an immediate halt affecting enforcement teams nationwide. Those sources said officers had been told there would be no more vehicle stops for the time being. That change reaches deep into the way ICE conducts arrests. Officers commonly identify a target, follow the person’s vehicle and make the arrest away from a residence, where entering without permission generally requires a judicial warrant. The available exception appears to apply when agents are pursuing an especially serious criminal target. Even then, one source indicated that another law-enforcement agency may need to conduct the stop while ICE officers move in afterward. Those limits could quickly reduce daily arrest totals. A large share of ICE field work begins with surveillance and a vehicle stop, so removing that tactic leaves officers with fewer practical opportunities to take a target into custody. The timing follows two deadly encounters in less than a week. The most recent happened Monday morning in Biddeford, Maine. According to the Department of Homeland Security, agents were conducting surveillance connected to a person with a final removal order when another man left the residence in a vehicle. DHS said the driver tried to flee when officers attempted a stop. An officer opened fire after allegedly fearing for public safety, and the driver later died. Here is the department’s complete initial statement: On July 13, 2026, at approximately 7:00 AM ET, ICE was conducting targeted surveillance on the last known address of an illegal alien with a final order of removal. An illegal alien departed the residence in a vehicle. ICE law enforcement attempted to conduct a vehicle stop. The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon. The driver of the vehicle was struck, and emergency services were immediately contacted. He passed away from his injuries. The Biddeford Police Department and FBI responded to the scene. DHS OIG has been notified and like all discharge of firearms this will be investigated. This is a developing situation, and we will update the public when more information is available. — Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 13, 2026 The Biddeford Police Department and FBI responded, while the DHS Office of Inspector General was notified. That investigation remains open. The department’s statement is its account of the shooting, rather than a final determination of what happened. Six days earlier, another attempted vehicle stop ended with a fatal shooting in Houston. DHS identified the driver as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who was not the original target of the operation. The department alleges that he rammed an ICE vehicle and then tried to drive at an officer. The officer fired, Salgado Araujo was struck, and he later died at a hospital. DHS said its inspector general is investigating the shooting while the FBI examines the alleged assault on a federal officer. The original scoop summarized the new order: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Orders Agents To Cease All Vehicle Stops After Recent Shootings https://t.co/yBF9YqTVeq — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 14, 2026 Retraining officers after two fatal encounters is a serious response to a serious problem. The operational cost is equally real. Vehicle stops have been one of ICE’s most important tools for arresting targets without turning every operation into a doorstep confrontation. The order also raises a crucial question: how quickly can the new training be delivered? Every day the pause remains in effect, enforcement teams will be working with a major tactic removed from the table. The exact meaning of “most egregious” will also determine how broad the exception becomes in practice. For now, the available reporting describes an immediate nationwide restriction, a limited criminal-alien exception and a temporary path back through retraining. That is a dramatic shift for the agency carrying out President Trump’s mass-deportation agenda, and its effects will be felt almost immediately. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post BREAKING: ICE Ordered To End Most Vehicle Stops For The “Foreseeable Future” appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

Supreme Court justices usually ask the questions. On Tuesday morning, two of them sat down to answer Congress. Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Justice Elena Kagan walked through Capitol Hill and into a House hearing room for an appearance so rare that no sitting justice had testified before Congress since 2019. The pair came from opposite wings of the Court, yet arrived with the same urgent concern: protecting the justices and their families has become serious federal business. The security stakes were already being laid out as the hearing began: Rep. Hoyer says more than 200 federal judges have faced credible threats of violence this year alone. This just before Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testify about SCOTUS $228 million budget request, which includes safety enhancements for justices. pic.twitter.com/Mypj9vTTBV — Joe Khalil (@JoeKhalilTV) July 14, 2026 The optics carried weight before either justice spoke. Barrett, appointed by President Trump, often votes with the Court’s conservative majority. Kagan, appointed by President Barack Obama, is a leading voice on its liberal wing. They have sharply different views of the Constitution. Threats aimed at a justice’s home erase every ideological boundary. The House Committee Repository formally listed Kagan and Barrett as the only witnesses for Tuesday’s hearing before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. The hearing began at 10 a.m. Eastern in the Rayburn House Office Building. Its official title was plain: a budget hearing for the Supreme Court of the United States. That narrow description placed the focus on money, staffing and physical security rather than a replay of the Court’s latest opinions. Lawmakers still had room to range widely in their questions, which is one reason an appearance like this carries unusual tension. Members of Congress routinely summon Cabinet secretaries and agency heads. Sitting justices operate at a greater distance from the political branches, making the sight of two of them at a witness table an event in itself. House appropriators announced the hearing early Tuesday: The judiciary plays a critical role in our constitutional system. Today, Appropriators will welcome the Supreme Court for an FY27 budget hearing. FSGG Subcommittee Chairman @RepDaveJoyce gavels in at 10AM. Follow along: https://t.co/KhQD0uqW5r pic.twitter.com/MSdqKrNyUt — House Appropriations (@HouseAppropsGOP) July 14, 2026 The U.S. Courts fiscal 2027 budget summary puts hard numbers behind the security appeal. The Supreme Court seeks $210.3 million for salaries and expenses, plus $18.1 million for care of the building and grounds. Its largest new program request is $14.6 million and 84 full-time positions for expanded personal protection. That would fund six additional agents for each justice, more travel protection, 25 additional officers at the Supreme Court building and four administrative positions. Another $2 million would establish an off-site residential security office to coordinate assignments and improve emergency response times. The Court also wants $2.3 million for 12 cybersecurity specialists charged with strengthening critical systems and data safeguards. A separate $6.5 million request would pay for design work on an exterior visitor-screening facility. The judiciary says physical-security reviews concluded that screening should begin outside the main vestibules rather than after visitors enter the building. Combined, the two Supreme Court accounts reach roughly $228.4 million. The most revealing figure may be 84. That is the number of full-time positions attached to a single expansion of protective operations around nine justices, their residences and their families. Congress should examine every dollar. It should also recognize what kind of country needs six more agents assigned to each member of its highest court. The Associated Press documented 564 threats against federal judges during the last government fiscal year, an increase from the year before. That total covers judges across the federal system, though the danger has repeatedly reached the Supreme Court. Police responded to a fake 911 call targeting Barrett’s home in May. Her sister faced a bomb threat last year, and officers found no explosive after searching the property. In 2022, authorities arrested an armed man near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland home after prosecutors said he traveled there intending to kill the justice. The suspect carried a gun, ammunition, zip ties and other equipment. Chief Justice John Roberts has warned that fierce criticism of judicial opinions is part of American life while personal hostility directed at judges creates a different and dangerous problem. The line between argument and intimidation has grown far too thin. A judgment can be condemned. A justice can be criticized. Congress can change a statute, voters can change Congress, and future litigants can bring the next case. A threat at a family home belongs to none of those constitutional remedies. C-SPAN carried the House testimony live: U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testify before @HouseAppropsGOP @AppropsDems– LIVE online here: https://t.co/LxPfbUfQ9m — CSPAN (@cspan) July 14, 2026 The Senate Appropriations Committee scheduled Barrett and Kagan for a second hearing at 2 p.m. Eastern in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Senator Bill Hagerty is set to preside over that session. Two hearings in one day make clear that this was more than a ceremonial visit. The justices came to defend a funding request before both chambers that control the federal purse. That arrangement gives lawmakers a legitimate oversight role. They can demand clear staffing plans, measurable security improvements and honest accounting for a request that asks taxpayers to spend millions more. The power of the purse also carries a duty. Physical protection for judges cannot become a bargaining chip used to reward favored opinions or punish rulings that infuriate one party. The pairing of Barrett and Kagan sends its own message. One justice may write the majority while the other writes the dissent. The next case can reverse those positions. Political rage rarely pauses to check the fine print. Americans have every right to scrutinize the Supreme Court, challenge its reasoning and demand integrity from its members. A lifetime appointment does not place anyone beyond criticism. The American answer to a bad judgment is a better argument, a new law, an election, a constitutional amendment or another case. It can never be a bomb threat, a swatting call or an armed man outside a justice’s home. That is the warning two very different Supreme Court justices carried into Congress on Tuesday. Congress should hear it. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post BREAKING: Two Supreme Court Justices Make RARE Appearance Before Congress appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

Well, this is awkward for the experts. President Trump just received a major inflation report that every single economist in one closely watched survey failed to see coming. Not most of them. Not almost all of them. All 67. The Consumer Price Index fell 0.4% in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the government’s newly released figures. That was the largest one-month decline since April 2020. Here is the official announcement from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: CPI for all items falls 0.4% in June; gasoline down #BLSData https://t.co/mI1WBYOqMt — BLS-Labor Statistics (@BLS_gov) July 14, 2026 The full report is even more revealing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the all-items index was 3.5% higher than it was one year earlier. That annual rate was down sharply from 4.2% in May. Energy did much of the heavy lifting, falling 5.7% in June. Gasoline plunged 9.7% for the month, delivering immediate relief in one of the places Americans feel inflation most directly. The index excluding food and energy was unchanged in June. Over the preceding 12 months, that closely watched core measure rose 2.6%. Shelter costs increased just 0.1%, the smallest monthly move in that category since January 2021. Housing has been one of the most stubborn forces keeping inflation elevated, so even that tiny change deserves attention. Food prices did rise 0.2% in June. The report does not mean every household expense suddenly became cheaper, and a 3.5% annual rate still means the overall price level was higher than it was a year ago. But the month-to-month number is where the surprise became impossible to ignore. White House officials said Bloomberg had surveyed 67 economists before the release. Every one of those forecasters missed the negative 0.4% reading. The result blew past the consensus estimate. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said it came in four times more negative than expected. The experts were not debating whether consumer prices would post a major decline. They were looking in the other direction when it happened. Watch the White House reaction: "Expecting a headline number to be negative…this is 4X more negative!" CPI fell by 0.4% in June, the largest decline since April 2020—and below the forecast of every single Bloomberg economist. Core inflation also came in better than expected, falling to 2.6% year-over-year. pic.twitter.com/aEdMzE6GGE — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 14, 2026 Those caveats are real. So is the direction of the new data. Headline inflation fell month over month. Core inflation stopped rising for the month. Gasoline prices dropped hard. Shelter inflation slowed to its smallest monthly increase in more than five years. That is a far different report from the inflation resurgence President Trump’s critics repeatedly warned his agenda would produce. For months, Americans have heard confident predictions about what tariffs, energy policy and the broader Trump economic program would do to prices. Then the real number arrived, and not one of the 67 economists in the Bloomberg survey had it right. The scale of the miss drew an immediate reaction: CPI PLUMMETED 0.4% in June — biggest drop since April 2020 Core inflation cooled to 2.6% Year over year CPI came in 4X more negative than every Bloomberg economist predicted. The Trump economy is delivering results pic.twitter.com/aYJMx2kYrk — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 14, 2026 One report does not settle every argument about the economy, and the next set of numbers could move in a different direction. But this release does demolish the idea that today’s inflation result was obvious, inevitable or already baked into the experts’ models. It was not. President Trump’s economic team now has a powerful answer for critics who insisted his policies would send inflation surging: the largest monthly CPI decline in more than six years, a cooler core reading and a forecast miss so complete that all 67 economists got it wrong. The experts made their predictions. The official numbers just made them look foolish. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post BREAKING: ALL 67 Economists Got President Trump’s Latest Inflation Report WRONG! appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.