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A federal judge said Kraft Heinz must face a proposed nationwide class action alleging that it defrauded consumers by claiming its Kraft macaroni and cheese, one of its best-known products, contains no artificial preservatives

A federal judge has ruled that Kraft Heinz must face a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit claiming it misled consumers by advertising its Kraft macaroni and cheese as free from artificial preservatives. In a decision issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland stated that consumers from Illinois, California,
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Elon Musk and Vivek’s Department of Government Efficency may require federal employees to come into the office five days a week

EElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead a newly established task force on government spending, have proposed eliminating work-from-home policies for federal employees—a move likely to ignite tensions between the administration and government unions. “Mandating that federal employees return to the office five days
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US President-elect Donald Trump has named former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as his pick to head the Department of Education, which he said he wanted to abolish

President-elect Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Linda McMahon, a former administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) during his first term and a co-chair of his transition team, to lead the U.S. Department of Education. McMahon is best known as a professional wrestling executive
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Elon Musk is hiring for his DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, taskforce—but you’ll need to work 80+ hours per week

Elon Musk's newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force is now accepting applications, ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January. Dubbed “DOGE” after the cryptocurrency popularized by Musk, the initiative aims to drastically reduce the size of the federal government by cutting bureaucracy, eliminating
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