Oklahoma university instructor on leave after failing Bible-based essay on gender
An instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been placed on leave after a student complained that she received a failing grade on a paper that cited the Bible to assert that the “belief in multiple genders”
FDA appoints Tracy Hoeg as acting director of drug evaluation center
Dec 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it has appointed Tracy Beth Hoeg as acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, after the sudden retirement of Richard Pazdur
University of Delaware student arrested on allegations of plotting an attack against campus police
CLAYMONT, Del. (AP) — A University of Delaware student was arrested after police found a handgun, ammunition and written plans for an attack in his vehicle that included references to “martyrdom” and named a campus police officer
A California Republican faces long odds after redistricting. Will he seek a safer seat in Texas?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The redrawing of California’s congressional map to boost Democrats’ chances has left Republicans scrambling for political survival. Some are digging in for tough races, but one is considering a particularly audacious step —
US lawmakers want war powers vote after Trump pledges Venezuela attack ‘soon’
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. senators filed a resolution on Wednesday that would block U.S. military action against Venezuela without congressional approval, after President Donald Trump said
US FDA removes longtime director of over-the-counter drugs office
Dec 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving Theresa Michele, longtime director of the office of non-prescription drugs, to a new role, a federal official said on Wednesday. The move comes a day
A dozen former FDA leaders lambast claims by current FDA vaccine chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — appointed by Republicans and Democrats alike — issued a scathing denunciation of new FDA assertions casting doubt on vaccine safety. The former
NTSB describes final moments of flight that killed missionary father and daughter in Florida crash
One of the last things air traffic controllers heard as a small plane carrying a Christian missionary father and his daughter descended rapidly over Florida last month was heavy breathing and grunting before the plane crashed. The
A vocal Jeffrey Epstein accuser is urging judges to unseal his court records
NEW YORK (AP) — One of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell ‘s most vocal accusers urged judges on Wednesday to grant the Justice Department’s request to unseal records from their federal sex trafficking cases, saying “only transparency
FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs can eventually replace federal income taxes. Experts disagree
President Donald Trump has long praised tariffs as key to increasing wealth in the United States, idealizing Gilded Age policies that preceded the implementation of a modern federal income tax. Among the potential benefits, Trump claims, is
