Author name: Lance Hudgins

November 11, 2025 2:46 PM ET Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is highlighting the benefits of hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) for menopausal women. “The [Food and Drug Administration (FDA)] is initiating the removal of broad black box warnings from hormone replacement therapy products for menopause,” he said  Monday. Hormone replacement treatments

November 11, 2025 2:27 PM ET Hannah Shvets, a 20-year-old Cornell student, won Ithaca’s Fifth Ward Common Council seat on Tuesday, defeating independent G.P. Zurenda in the contested council race. Shvets took 64.12% to Zurenda’s 35.36%, with the “Affordable Ithaca” line listed for Zurenda, The Ithacan reported. Shvets ran as a Democrat and was endorsed

November 11, 2025 2:20 PM ET A former Democratic Virginia state lawmaker who made headlines for disrupting a speech by President Donald Trump was recently sentenced after confessing to defrauding a federal COVID relief program. A judge sentenced Ibraheem Samirah, 34, Oct. 30 to three years of probation and ordered him to pay $88,000 in

November 11, 2025 12:59 PM ET The University of Maryland’s (UMD) Student Government Association (SGA) passed a resolution on Wednesday to demand the university ban Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) speakers. The resolution, which passed 25-0 with only one abstention, was created in response to the campus group Students Supporting Israel hosting three IDF soldiers at

November 11, 2025 12:56 PM ET Kai Trump posted a photo with Annika Sörenstam Monday, kicking off her LPGA debut in the most epic way. It’s a moment that perfectly bridges the past and future of golf — Kai Trump, the rising young player with a famous last name, sharing the course with living legend

November 11, 2025 11:30 AM ET Far-left Democratic New York City Councilman Chi Ossé is reportedly planning to run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in 2026. Ossé — who is openly queer — has recently told political allies that he intends to launch a bid against Jeffries during the midterms, The New York Times

November 11, 2025 10:05 AM ET GOP lawmakers secured a provision in the shutdown deal taking aim at the Biden FBI’s “Arctic Frost” surveillance campaign into a vast swath of Republicans and conservative entities. The measure, tucked inside a Senate legislative branch appropriation bill that passed Monday night, allows senators whose phone records were seized

November 11, 2025 10:05 AM ET GOP lawmakers secured a provision in the shutdown deal taking aim at the Biden FBI’s “Arctic Frost” surveillance campaign into a vast swath of Republicans and conservative entities. The measure, tucked inside a Senate legislative branch appropriation bill that passed Monday night, allows senators whose phone records were seized

November 11, 2025 9:25 AM ET A Utah judge on Monday struck down a GOP-drawn map that would have locked in Republican control of all four congressional districts, giving Democrats a shot at a House seat in the deep-red state. District Judge Dianna Gibson, appointed by former Republican Gov. Gary Herbert, ruled that the GOP’s

November 10, 2025 9:17 PM ET The Senate approved a government funding package to reopen the federal government Monday night over the objections of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a majority of Democrats. Lawmakers voted 60 to 40 to pass the legislation with eight Democrats joining with Republicans to support the measure. Kentucky Sen.