Mexico’s president touts austerity on his way out of office but lavishes largesse on friends

Mexico’s president touts austerity on his way out of office but lavishes largesse on friends

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s outgoing president has always taken pride in his reputation as a penny-pincher but on Friday, three days before leaving office, Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced generous cash giveaways for his allies in a radical union movement. It was part of what analysts call López Obrador’s contradictory policies of cutting some government … Read more

Boar’s Head faces legal scrutiny over deadly deli meat listeria outbreak, USDA says

Boar’s Head faces legal scrutiny over deadly deli meat listeria outbreak, USDA says

Boar’s Head, the deli meat company at the center of a deadly listeria food poisoning outbreak, is being scrutinized by law enforcement officials, the U.S. Agriculture Department disclosed in response to government records requests. Officials with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service refused to share documents regarding the agency’s inspections and enforcement at the Boar’s … Read more