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September 27, 2025
FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary tells Scripps News 'I don't think autism is genetic'
Posted 5:49 PM, Sep 26, 2025 and last updated 1 hour and 49 minutes ago Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, said he does not believe autism is a genetic condition, calling it instead a “modern-day phenomenon.” "I don't believe autism is genetic. When you see the severe autism that we see, at the high rate that we see today — the repeated motions, the ticks, the individuals who are completely nonverbal, you didn't see that a generation ago," he said in ...
Go to discussionGOP lawmaker who used Biden screen name admits he distributed child sex abuse material
September 26, 2025 5:33PM ET A former GOP state lawmaker who went by the screen name “joebidennnn69” has pleaded guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material. Prosecutors say RJ May III, 38, who resigned from the South Carolina House of Representatives, "exchanged more than 200 explicit files of toddlers and young children on the Kik social media app during several days in spring 2024," Newsweek reports. May changed his plea in the weeks ahead of his trial's scheduled start, ...
Go to discussionJustice Elena Kagan Warns Supreme Court Conservatives Just Went 'Too Far'
PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2025 at 06:28 PM EDT UPDATED Sep 26, 2025 at 06:47 PM EDT The Supreme Court on Friday extended an order allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to keep nearly $5 billion in foreign aid frozen, a decision that drew a sharp rebuke from Justice Elena Kagan, who said the conservative majority had gone “too far.” With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court’s conservatives granted the administration’s emergency appeal in a case involving billions of dollars tha ...
Go to discussionNational Weather Service at 'breaking point' as storm approaches
National Weather Service at 'breaking point' as storm approaches The agency is struggling to maintain its weather forecasting operations due to significant staffing cuts under the Trump administration. By Hannah Natanson and Brady Dennis 1 hour ago ...
Go to discussion'GOP is not pleased': Republicans furious over Dems' new Epstein file drop
September 26, 2025 4:49PM ET Rep. James Comer's (R-KY) spokesperson lambasted Democrats on Friday after they released just six pages of the recently released cache of documents from the estate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans have been largely mum on the matter, with the House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman making only a polite request to the Department of Justice for the investigation documents. Among the items obtained by the Epstein estate, however, were schedules a ...
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