Pentagon to build new task force to counter drone threats
 By Brett RowlandThe Center Square The Pentagon is creating a new task force to counter drone threats and keep U.S. airspace safe. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Department of...
 
 Extended Secret Service protection canceled for Kamala Harris
 By Sarah Roderick-FitchThe Center Square More than seven months after leaving office, President Donald Trump is revoking the taxpayer-funded Secret Service protection detail of former Vice President Kamala Harris. Former...
 
 CA Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to stop redistricting
 By Dave MasonThe Center Square The California Supreme Court rejected an emergency Republican petition to take congressional redistricting off the Nov. 4 ballot. "The petition for writ of mandate and...
 
 Lawsuit links CA teen’s suicide to artificial intelligence
 By Esther WickhamThe Center Square The parents of a California teenager who committed suicide sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT taught him how to harm himself, according to a lawsuit the...
 
 HHS, Department of Education announce nutrition reforms
 By Esther WickhamThe Center Square The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the U.S. Department of Education, announced this week an initiative urging medical education organizations to...
 
 White House appoints interim CDC director; standoff continues with former director
 By Morgan SweeneyThe Center Square The White House has appointed Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill as interim director for the Centers for Disease Control and...
 
 18 were injured, 2 killed in Minneapolis shooting
 By Jon StyfThe Center Square A total of 18 victims were injured and two were killed in a Wednesday shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, a total reached after...
 
 Trump HHS tells states to remove gender ideology from sex ed or lose PREP funding
 By Tate MillerThe Center Square The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal...