The Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) is expected to run dry this month, during hurricane season. The Biden Administration deliberately chose to ignore several requests for the need to supplement the DRF.

U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell requesting current DRF levels, a plan for when the account runs dry and reasoning behind the lack of response from the Biden Administration.

“The uncertainty resulting from the DRF’s projected shortfall two months into hurricane season is unacceptable. The Biden Administration has been completely silent on the need to act. A deficit to the DRF cannot be ignored and we demand action before a crisis emerges and the American people suffer from the administration’s poor planning.”

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MANISTEE, Mich. — U.S. Coast Guard, along with state and local agencies continue to respond Thursday to the motor vessel Manitowoc diesel fuel spill in Lake Michigan.

The motor vessel Manitowoc has activated their response plan and their Oil Spill Removal Organization is on scene at this time working to clean up the spill. The vessel is no longer leaking diesel fuel. Internal fuel transfers lowered the level of diesel fuel in the leaking tank below the hole. The hole has been temporarily plugged and temporary repairs have been made using epoxy.

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Online shopping can be convenient and easy. But with sometimes lots of screens before you get to check-out, you could wind up signed up for a service without even knowing it. What’s worse, it can be tough to cancel. Read on to learn how to protect yourself from unwanted services and charges.

Today, the FTC filed a lawsuit against Amazon, saying the company violated the law by enrolling people in its Amazon Prime subscription service without their permission, continuing to charge them, and making it hard to cancel.

The FTC says the company used a series of hurdles — known as “dark patterns” — to make it hard for customers to understand that they were starting a Prime subscription.   more...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is promoting resources that advise Title X family planning clinics to deliberately leave parents in the dark as their children receive advice on sex, birth control use, pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted diseases, and other important questions about sex and family formation.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra regarding the Biden Administration’s effort to alienate parents from Title X family planning services for minors.

“Healthy parental involvement is one the most powerful protections for children’s health. More importantly, parents have a right to oversee their children’s development and to be involved in their health decisions. Violating this right is detrimental to children and, in this case, it is against the law.”

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There is a shortage of various important drugs throughout the U.S, including commonly used oncology treatments that are critical to beating cancer. Hospitals across the United States have already reduced their usage of these treatments. To combat the shortage, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that the U.S. will import cisplatin, a chemotherapy drug, from Qilu Pharmaceuticals, a Chinese manufacturer. Qilu Pharmaceuticals has not completed safety and efficacy testing of its cisplatin production that is standard for traditional FDA approval in the United States.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf regarding the decision to temporarily import this oncology drug from a Chinese pharmaceutical company. Rubio also requested transparency on the agency’s approval process of this manufacturer.

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Troopers have seen an increasing trend of cartels using social media to recruit youth for human smuggling operations. These actions endanger not only the youth involved, but also the smuggling victims and our local communities.

Please help us spread the message: human smuggling is a very dangerous and serious crime with severe consequences.

If you have a tip regarding human smuggling, call the Arizona Tip Line at 1-877-429-8477 or visit azdps.gov/tips. You can remain anonymous.   more...