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President Biden is taking action to address the nation's baby formula shortage. Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act. The act will allow the federal government to make key formula ingredients priority and give manufacturers additional resources. The White House will also launch Operation Fly Formula to use federal planes to import formula from other countries.        A leaked memo from the Department of Homeland Security is warning of threats from extremists following the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade draft opinion. An internal DHS memo told law enforcement partners to be prepared for threats of that include burning down the U.S. Supreme Court and murdering justices, members of Congress and lawful demonstrators.        A new study shows more than 75-percent of long COVID patients were not hospitalized for their initial infection. Researchers determined that many people who had mild or moderate COVID symptoms ended up with lingering symptoms or new health problems. That's despite the fact that people who have been hospitalized with the illness are at greater risk to develop long COVID.        The second men's major championship gets underway this week with the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Defending champion Phil Mickelson will not be participating in the tournament. According to tournament organizers, Mickelson is keeping himself on hiatus from professional golf after he talked disparagingly about both the PGA Tour and the rival tour he helped start, LIV Golf.        Scientists have found ice near the moon's poles and say it could be drinkable. Researchers believe the ice developed from water spews that came from volcanic eruptions billions of years ago. Rather than turning into gas and escaping the atmosphere into space, it turned into ice beneath the moon's lunar dust. They believe the ice could provide water to future moon explorers.       

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