The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has advanced Marty Makary’s nomination as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Makary, a surgeon and public policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University, is a supporter of the Trump administration’s health agenda and a critic of COVID-19 lockdowns. Despite some initial resistance from Republican senators over Makary’s choice of top FDA counsel, he was still voted through 14-9.

Apache NiFi Vulnerabilities Expose Systems to Authorization Bypass Attacks
Apache NiFi users are being urged to upgrade after the project disclosed a high-severity authorization flaw tracked as CVE-2026-25903. The issue, published on 2026-02-16, can


