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Why Medicaid programs are cutting back on a popular therapy for autism : Shots
Just months ago, Gaile Osborne (left) didn’t expect her adoptive 3-year-old daughter, Aubreigh, would make friends at school. Aubreigh was diagnosed with autism at 14 months old. After struggling to control outbursts and sometimes hurting herself, she started a therapy program called applied behavior analysis. “It’s not perfect,” Osborne says. “But the growth in under a year is just unreal.”…
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MAGA voters warm to a Vance 2028 run and FDA approves Wegovy weight loss pill: Morning Rundown
Vance finds critical support for a 2028 presidential run at a conservative conference. The FDA approves a pill form of a popular weight loss drug. And, the journey from new parent to the Olympics. Here’s what to know today. Vance begins to solidify parts of MAGA for 2028 Vice President JD Vance at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix,…
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Cybercrime tops list of offences in Hyderabad’s IT hub
Hyderabad: Although cybercrime has seen a sharp decline from last year, it has still emerged as a top contributor among all cognizable offences recorded within the limits of the Cyberabad police commissionerate in Hyderabad, according to the annual report 2025 released on Tuesday, December 23. Last year, cybercrimes made up 32 per cent of 37,689 cases, while in 2025, the…
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1.6 million people lost legal right to stay in U.S. in 2025 : NPR
An immigrant from Venezuela tries in vain to access the CBP One app a day after the second inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 21, 2025, in Nogales, Mexico. The incoming administration shut down the app, which was created by the Biden administration to allow migrants to schedule appointments to gain entry into the United States. John Moore/Getty Images hide…
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Rob Reiner’s Cultural Impact: The Movies and Quotes That Shaped America
Rob Reiner spent half a century teaching America how to talk about itself; that’s why the news out of Brentwood last week has landed with such force. Tragically, Reiner, 78, and his wife, photographer Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were found dead at their home on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. Their son, Nick Reiner, 32, has been arrested and charged with…
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UP court rejects BJP govt plea to withdraw charges against Akhlaq lynching accused
A court in Surajpur in Gautam Buddh Nagar district on Tuesday, December 23, rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea to withdraw all charges against the accused in the 2015 mob lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq, an incident that triggered national outrage over religious intolerance in India. Additional District Judge Saurabh Dwivedi directed that the case be categorised as “most important” and…
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Can Germany Afford to Be Europe’s Protector?
Before Friedrich Merz won Germany’s parliamentary elections in February of this year, the country faced a money dilemma: Germany’s economic stagnation required significant reform and investment to revitalize industry, and the United States demanded more spending on collective defense. The budgetary dispute over how to simultaneously address these conflicting priorities had led to the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government.…
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Turning Point USA held its AmericaFest conference. Here’s what happened | Politics News
Prominent conservative figures in the United States have clashed at Turning Point USA’s annual conference, exposing an underlying rift within the ruling Republican Party and US President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) base. The four-day conference held in Phoenix, Arizona, brought together Republican leaders, media personalities, and conservative activists in an event which exposed deep ideological disagreements within…
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The Great Performances of 2025 | Features
The remarkable year for film has already been captured in this feature of the ten best movies of the year, and this one with over 100 works cited on individual lists. It’s time to talk about performances! We asked our regular contributors to pick a performance this year they loved, and the results capture the diversity of genre, tone, and…
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A Few More Good Things From 2025
Dan Weissmann An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann breaks down how two states passed laws aimed at protecting people from things like medical debt, insurance delays and denials, and corporate profiteering. In Maine, lawmakers unanimously voted to remove medical debts from credit reports. While a nationwide court ruling has cast doubt on the new law’s future, a consumer…
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