The Food and Drug Administration on Friday moved to limit the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children's teeth, the latest action by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his deputies against a chemical that is a mainstay of dental care.

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Agriculture to tap its emergency funds to keep the program feeding millions of Americans afloat amid the government shutdown. U.S. District

If SNAP, the federal food stamps program, is suspended in November, about 750,000 people in Alabama are expected to need help finding food. A judge ruled Oct. 31 that the federal government should fund the program, but it is unclear whether November benefits might arrive on time -- or at all.

Two federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must to continue to fund SNAP using contingency funds during the government shutdown.