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

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 […]

December 12, 2025

Noem faces Democrats’ tough questions over immigration crackdown

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before Congress on Capitol Hill on Thursday for the annual hearing on threats to U.S. security. However, it quickly morphed into a showdown over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Democrats call for Noem’s resignation Democrats went after Noem hard, calling for her resignation and raising questions about due process. At one point, she was even […]

December 12, 2025

Measles outbreak in South Carolina is ‘accelerating’ as cases surge nationwide

A measles outbreak in South Carolina is accelerating, with hundreds of individuals forced to quarantine. An epidemiologist with the state’s Department of Public Health attributed the acceleration to Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations.  The state has recorded 111 measles cases during an ongoing outbreak in South Carolina’s Upstate region, including 27 between Friday […]