For Immediate Release: December 03, 2025 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that Tracy Beth Høeg, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). A physician and epidemiologist, Dr. Høeg was a Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management…
On Friday, Vinay Prasad—the Food and Drug Administration’s chief medical and scientific officer and its top vaccine regulator—emailed a stunning memo to staff that quickly leaked to the press. Without evidence, Prasad claimed COVID-19 vaccines have killed 10 children in the US, and, as such, he announced unilateral, sweeping changes to the way the agency regulates…
Donald Trump granted Tim Leiweke a pardon, just five months after the administration’s Justice Department charged the live entertainment executive in a scheme to rig the bidding process for a public arena in Texas. The pardon was signed by the president on Tuesday. In July, Leiweke, a longtime executive in live sports and entertainment who…
Right on the heels of announcing Nova Forge, a service to train custom Nova AI models, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced more tools for enterprise customers to create their own frontier models. AWS announced new capabilities in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI at its AWS re:Invent conference on Wednesday. These new capabilities are designed…
At the DealBook Summit hosted by the New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the Giving Pledge, calling it “very amorphous,” while at the same time hailing the “incredible gift” from Michael and Susan Dell, who donated $6.25 billion of their fortune to fund “Trump Accounts” for young children. Bessent, who…
Dario Amodei appears to take shots at OpenAI’s ‘YOLOing’ and big, circular deals. Dario Amodei appears to take shots at OpenAI’s ‘YOLOing’ and big, circular deals. Dec 3, 2025, 9:45 PM UTC Alex Heath is a contributing writer and author of the Sources newsletter. This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter…
Private employers in the United States shed 32,000 jobs in November, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting to see an increase of 40,000. ADP chief economist Nela Richardson described November’s jobs data as a “slowdown” that was “broad-based.” The drop was “led by a pullback among small businesses,”…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — appointed by Republicans and Democrats alike — issued a scathing denunciation of new FDA assertions casting doubt on vaccine safety. The former officials say the agency’s plans to revamp how life-saving vaccines for flu, COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases are…
The longstanding provider of consumer memory is winding down as prices spike, and Micron shifts its focus to AI. The longstanding provider of consumer memory is winding down as prices spike, and Micron shifts its focus to AI. Dec 3, 2025, 7:01 PM UTC Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars,…
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From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The self-driving car company Waymo says it is here to stay in Philadelphia, and has recently started tests where human drivers do not take the wheel. Earlier this summer, the company did tests…
The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some of the nation’s top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a public health crisis. City Attorney David Chiu named 10 companies in the lawsuit, including the makers of such popular foods as Oreo…
American flags flutter outside a Hyundai automobile dealership in Irvine, California, U.S., March 27, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters DETROIT — Hyundai Motor and General Motors are set to be two of the greatest beneficiaries of lower U.S. tariffs on imports, including vehicles, from South Korea. The South Korean-based automaker is the largest U.S. importer…
Another startup focused on a buzzy derivative popular among crypto traders has attracted serious cash. Ostium, a decentralized exchange founded by two Harvard graduates, has raised a $20 million Series A round led by marquee venture outfit General Catalyst and the crypto arm of the quantitative trading firm Jump Trading, Kaledora Kiernan-Linn, cofounder and CEO,…
The fully autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo is coming to Baltimore, the company announced Wednesday.Baltimore is among four cities in the company’s latest expansion. The other cities include St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.Waymo posted a statement online Wednesday that it will work with state officials to create a regulatory path for deployment.”Maryland has a long, proud…
The first test flight of Landspace’s Zhuque-3 rocket ended in a fiery explosion after successfully reaching orbit. Chinese company Landspace launched its 216-foot (66-meter) stainless steel Zhuque-3 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert in northern China on Tuesday (Dec. 2). The reusable, methane-liquid-oxygen-powered rocket successfully placed its expendable second stage…
There is a recall for more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese sold in 31 states and Puerto Rico because of the potential for metal fragment contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said that the various shredded cheeses were recalled by Great Lakes Cheese Co. The cheese products are sold…
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It’s still a tough time to get a foothold in the housing market, with homes sitting near record values and mortgage rates parked well above 6%. But the tide could turn in 2026, with property prices forecast to dip in 22 of the largest 100 U.S. cities and mortgage rates expected to ease slightly, according…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally introduced his ‘Trump Account” program with a twist: A multibillion-dollar donation from Michael and Susan Dell would expand the program’s eligibility to more children. The investment accounts could help tens of millions of American families save for their children. But critics argue they don’t go far enough to solve…
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More than 1 million bags of shredded cheese sold at major retailers, including Walmart, Publix and Aldi, have been recalled because the products may contain metal fragments, according to the Food and Drug Administration. In a Dec. 1 notice, the FDA said the shredded cheese was manufactured by Ohio-based Great Lakes Cheese Co., and was sold…
Sports merchandiser Fanatics announced Wednesday it’s launching Fanatics Markets, its own prediction market, in 24 states this week, including California, Texas, Florida and Washington. The platform will allow people to trade on events in sports, finance and culture, according to Fanatics, and will launch in segments across the country over the next several days. The…
Prediction market Kalshi, which allows people to bet on future events, announced on Tuesday that it raised a $1 billion funding round at an $11 billion valuation, confirming TechCrunch’s scoop from last month. The round was led by returning investor Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Capital G, and other existing backers. The…
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Updated Dec. 3, 2025, 10:29 a.m. ET A million dollars is not what it used to be. Only 36% of American millionaires consider themselves wealthy in 2025, according to new research from Northwestern Mutual. The finding comes from the 2025 Planning & Progress Study, updated in early November. It draws on a Harris Poll survey of 4,626 Americans, including 969 people with household investable assets…
In this article STLA GM F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Traffic on Interstate 80 in San Pablo, California, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed big cuts to strict fuel economy standards for passenger cars enacted under the Biden administration. …
A hiring sign is displayed in the window of a business in Manhattan on Nov. 27, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. labor market slowdown intensified in November as private companies cut 32,000 workers, with small businesses hit the hardest, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday. With worries intensifying…
The United States is still the only country in the world to successfully return an orbital-class booster, though China is still vying for the second spot with other upcoming launches. The reusable rocket, designed by the Beijing-based commercial space company LandSpace, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China’s northwest at noon on…
Nurphoto | Getty Images Anthropic, the AI startup behind the popular Claude chatbot, is in early talks to launch one of the largest initial public offerings as early as next year, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. For the potential IPO, Anthropic has engaged law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, which has previously worked on…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 26, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stocks closed higher on Wednesday as the latest jobs data from ADP strengthened investors’ conviction that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Airbus on Monday revealed a quality issue with some fuselage panels on the A320 aircraft © AFP via Getty Images Airbus has cut its jet delivery target for the year, citing a quality issue involving fuselage panels on its best-selling A320 family of aircraft that has impacted deliveries. The world’s largest planemaker on Wednesday said…
Trump accounts are a new type of tax-deferred investment vehicle for U.S. children, created under President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” tax and spending bill, which promises $1,000 seed contributions from the federal government for eligible kids. Here’s what to know, including who qualifies for a Trump account, how to set one up and how they…