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Breaking Stories (US)

• FDA panel considers easing peptide restrictions

  Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration are weighing the evidence for seven different peptides. Favorable votes would pave the way for easier access.

  NPR
• Amid a big hiring push, police experts question ICE officer vetting

  The recent fatal shootings by ICE officers in Texas and Maine come at a time when the federal agency has hired a huge number of officers quickly. Some law enforcement experts worry that this kind of a hiring spree can lead police agencies to cut corners in vetting new hires.

  NPR
• Ebola death toll in DR Congo surpasses 1,000

  Congo's Ebola outbreak has crossed the grim 1,000-death threshold, marking the fastest fatal surge in recorded history of the virus.

  NPR
• House Passes Defense Bill Amid Iran War Divide

  Republicans pushed through the $1.15 trillion bill over opposition from Democrats, who said backing it was akin to embracing the war.

  The New York Times
• India's 'Cockroach' protests press on despite police crackdown

  Young protesters in India are camping on the streets of New Delhi. Protesters defied heavy security measures Thursday in the latest show of strength by a movement posing a major challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

  AP News
• Ukraine trades its old guard military for a new generation of leadership

  In just a week, the dismissal of a Ukrainian defense minister set in motion a transformation of the country’s armed forces that replaced the old guard with a new generation of leadership.

  AP News
• Tropical Storm Bertha is fading, but its moisture plume is fueling a serious East Coast flood threat

  Bertha continues its tour along the Gulf Coast, ushering in tropical storm-force wind gusts, hazardous beach conditions and pockets of rain. But its most significant impacts may unfold hundreds of miles away in the mid-Atlantic.

  CNN
• OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models gone rogue. Here is what to know

  The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own.

  NPR
• Rep. Jim Jordan formally asks DOJ to prosecute Jack Smith over congressional testimony

  Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, accused Smith of lying in his testimony before the committee in December. Smith’s lawyers denied he made any false statements.

  NBC News
• Sophie Cunningham says it’s ‘common sense’ to keep trans athletes out of women’s sports

  In an ESPN article, the Indiana Fever guard said that girls and women "shouldn't have to go against biological men."

  The New York Times