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Raoul Joins 21-State Coalition Urging FDA to Reverse E-Cigarette Guidance

5 months 2 weeks ago
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 21 attorneys general, called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to abandon draft guidance that would ease approvals for flavored e-cigarette products, widely understood to disproportionately worsen youth addiction. Federal law requires that all e-cigarette products receive authorization from the FDA before they can be legally marketed or sold in the United States. The FDA has authorized only 45 e-cigarette

May 12 in History: Soviet Union Ends Berlin Blockade, Marking a Cold War Turning Point

5 months 2 weeks ago
On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union ended the Berlin Blockade, reopening land and water routes into West Berlin after nearly a year of trying to force the Western Allies out of the city. The blockade mattered immediately because it turned a tense post–World War II standoff into a daily struggle for survival for more than two million Berliners. It still matters because it helped set the pattern for the Cold War: rival systems testing each other’s resolve without direct war, and civilians