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At a time when President Obama has asked federal agencies to scale back on imposing new regulations, the Food and Drug Administration seems to be moving full steam ahead, at least on food safety.The FDA issued two new rules asserting its authority over the safety of the food supply yesterday.

So are abortion-related policy add-ons really preventing Democrats and Republicans from reaching a deal on a spending bill to keep the government running past midnight Friday?It depends who you ask.Democrats say absolutely. "Mr.

Contraception is not abortion.That's pretty much the bottom line of the new rules President Obama issued today.Those rules are the latest attempt to clarify the details of a much-debated "conscience clause" allowing health care providers to decline care to patients if it would violate their religiou

The Food and Drug Administration is looking for money anywhere it can these days.

With the House expected to vote to defund last year's health overhaul law and frequent battles in the Senate over repealing the law all together, things have been pretty ugly here in Washington.But this week brought a small win for moms.

The U.S. Supreme Court in all likelihood will decide the constitutionality of the nation's 2010 health care law.