News for April 23, 2026

Sens. Katie Britt and John Fetterman are pushing new social media rules for kids and teens, saying Congress needs to act now to protect young people’s mental health.

Regeneron won FDA approval for the first gene therapy for a rare genetic hearing loss, and the company says it will provide the treatment free to U.S. patients.

A federal judge ordered the release of Hayam El Gamal and her five children from immigration detention in Texas after they had been held for nearly 10 months.

Adam Hall has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years after a court found he deliberately infected five young men and two boys with HIV and raped four of them.

Senate Republicans approved a budget measure that could let them write a bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol without Democratic support, while Senate Democrats pushed back against the move.