December 12, 2025

House Democrats release more photos of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released more photos related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, some of them showing President Donald Trump with the disgraced financier and with several women whose identities are concealed. The committee said it has received a total of 95,000 pictures from Epstein’s estate. Some of the […]

December 12, 2025

Trump weighs order to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug

President Donald Trump is considering an executive order directing agencies to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, according to  The Washington Post. However, a White House spokesperson told Forbes that “no final decisions have been made on the rescheduling of marijuana.” Moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III would not legalize or decriminalize […]

December 12, 2025

Eli Lilly touts strong results of new experimental weight loss drug retatrutide

Move over Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound — Eli Lilly says another contender may be on the way. The pharmaceutical giant announced encouraging results from a Phase 3 clinical trial of its experimental weight loss drug retatrutide, showing levels of weight loss that could rival — or exceed — existing blockbuster treatments. What the study […]

December 12, 2025

‘Disguised dictatorship’: A fight for government transparency amid Haiti’s insecurity

Read this story en français in collaboration with AyiboPost. Violent attacks and threats waged by a coalition of militarized gangs are among the many risks Haitian journalists face to report the news amid intensifying insecurity in the country’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Yet as a rotating cast of transitional leaders hope to restore order across the Caribbean nation, […]

December 12, 2025

Testosterone for women: Emerging menopause treatment or ‘wild west medicine?’

Menopause is having an overdue moment. Midlife women are talking more openly about debilitating symptoms like hot flashes, fatigue, brain fog and sexual dysfunction. Seeking relief, their social feeds and group chats fill with discussions about hormone replacement therapy, or HRT.  Lately, the hormone testosterone has stepped into the spotlight. Fans tout life-changing benefits: more […]

December 12, 2025

Judge considers closing courtroom in high-profile Charlie Kirk murder case

The man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk appeared in a Utah courtroom in person for the first time Thursday. The hearing quickly shifted into a fight over how much of this high-profile case the public will be allowed to see. A tense first appearance Tyler Robinson, 22, sat beside his attorneys wearing a […]

December 12, 2025

Drug war rationale emerges in tanker case; Noem faces calls to resign

The U.S. is now highlighting its significant seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker as part of a larger effort to fight drug trafficking, even as Venezuela describes the move as “piracy.” Plus, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem faced a heated hearing on Capitol Hill over immigration raids and FEMA’s storm response. Critics are now calling for […]

December 12, 2025

Indiana GOP bucks Trump on redistricting, now he’s targeting their leader

President Donald Trump is pushing back after Indiana Republicans joined Democrats to sink a redistricting plan he had aggressively championed. The vote against the proposal represents one of the sharpest intraparty rebukes of Trump’s influence within a deep-red state to date. A rare break with Trump in a ruby-red state The Indiana Senate voted 31–19 […]

December 12, 2025

CNN invented 24-hour cable news. Its future is murky as Trump monitors sale 

As the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery continues to unfold, one thing is clear for one of its key assets: CNN will be coming under different ownership. But where will that leave the country’s first cable news network? It depends. CNN and its hundreds of journalists have a lot riding on who wins a bidding […]