Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in court documents that it is backpedaling on a ban on cancer-causing asbestos. Last year, under the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency took a long-awaited step to ban the last type of asbestos still used in the US—chrysotile asbestos, aka…
In March 2025, Department of Agriculture inspectors found listeria during a routine test of a sample chicken fettuccine Alfredo at a FreshRealm facility. That particular lot of product was destroyed, but the strain of listeria that was found matched the strain responsible for the present listeria outbreak. The USDA was also able to determine that…
The name “Cleancult” is a play on words; it’s a cleaning product brand, yes, but it also implies that the products themselves are “clean”—i.e., made without, nor producing, harmful substances or chemicals. The brand aims to “help more people switch from a bad plastic habit to a cleaner ritual” by encouraging consumers to refill their…
Vehicles Recalled• 2023-2025 Acura MDX SUVs—67,448 models built between May 3, 2023, and Nov. 13, 2024• 2021-2025 Acura TLX sedans—7,332 models built between Oct. 23, 2020, and Feb. 28, 2025• 2023-2025 Honda Pilot SUVs—184,253 models built between Dec. 16, 2022, and Nov. 6, 2024 The problem: An improperly manufactured brake-pedal assembly may allow the pedal…
To find out whether you should invest in a dedicated frozen drink machine, we tested three from Ninja, Margaritaville, and GreenPan, and compared them to one of CR’s top-rated blenders, the Vitamix Ascent X2. We made soda slushies, frozen margaritas, chocolate milkshakes, and piña colada mocktails and hosted a taste test in the lab to…
A controversial “Appeal to Heaven” flag that has recently become associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement and Christian nationalism was flown above the Small Business Administration (SBA) agency last week in Washington, DC. On June 11, Kelly Loeffler, the former senator from Georgia and current administrator of the SBA, participated in a ceremony where…
In 2016, Kraft Heinz removed artificial colors from its well-known Mac & Cheese product, swapping them out for natural ingredients—paprika, annatto, and turmeric. The company has not responded to a request from CR to explain what prompted the company to make this new change. But there has been increasing pressure on companies to cut back…
The featured vehicles are listed in order of percentage of potential savings off the sticker price, starting with an electric vehicle with the greatest potential savings (21 percent), factoring in available incentives and negotiation room. Similar discounts can be found on other versions in addition to the specific trim and configuration that we spotlight. Plus,…
You can’t mount a cinema camera on a Formula One race car. These nimble vehicles are built to precise specs, and capturing racing footage from the driver’s point of view isn’t as simple as slapping a GoPro on and calling it a day. That’s the challenge Apple faced after Joseph Kosinski and Claudio Miranda, the…
To help you follow developments that may affect your family’s bottom line, we’ve been monitoring prices on 16 popular products—everything from a tub of ground coffee to laundry detergent, diapers, an infant car seat, and a popular pickup truck. In the past week, four of the items have dipped in average price. The Shark vacuum…
