“Trump signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to increase domestic production of glyphosate and elemental phosphorus, calling both “critical to the national defense” and that shortages of the weedkiller would add “pressure to the domestic food system.” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supported the move, despite his past work as a plaintiff’s lawyer on Roundup cases, saying the order puts “defense readiness and our food supply” first. MAHA activists and environmental groups, however, said it contradicts Kennedy’s anti-pesticide rhetoric and looks designed to expand liability protections for manufacturers. The Supreme Court is also preparing to hear a case on whether federal law shields pesticide makers from such lawsuits. The executive order came down one day after Bayer reached a tentative $7.25 billion settlement to resolve tens of thousands of claims that Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.” (New York Times / CNBC)