Depending on how you celebrate the holidays, you may have a favorite activity that just says “happy happy” or “merry merry” to you. Maybe it’s wrapping presents, having a snowball fight or counting ...

The Food and Drug Administration would get new authority over synthetic nicotine — which is used in e-cigarettes popular with young people — under a massive government spending bill expected to win ...

While the F.D.A. has the authority to decide whether or not products that contain nicotine that comes from tobacco are sold, it does not have the same authority over synthetic nicotine products.