TODAY'S TALKING POINTS -08-19-15



TODAY'S TALKING POINTS
The little pink pill is here. The Food and Drug Administration approved acontroversial drug for women with low sex drives colloquially dubbed the  "female Viagra." Maker Sprout Pharmaceuticals said it will be on the market onOct. 17.
  • While there is some skepticism around the new pill, it's creation could play an important role in the conversation around female sexual desire.
Jared Fogle is expected to plead guilty to possession of child pornography charges. FBI sources told Fox59 that the former Subway spokesman will accept a plea deal today.
The IRS said the tax return hack was much worse than originally thought. Hackers accessed more than 300,000 accounts, more than double the initial estimate in May. But don’t panic: You’ll get a letter if your account was exposed, and you can follow these steps to resolve the issue and get more protection.
  • Hackers may also have made good on a threat to leak the private information of Ashley Madison users. On Tuesday, names, email addresses and credit card numbers appeared on the Dark Web that purportedly belong to users of the cheating site, but experts have yet to verify the connection.
Two women became Army Rangers for the first time in history. The women will graduate West Point on Friday.
  • If you thought the Tough Mudder was hard, this is one of the most rigorous mental and physical tests of strength in the world. Nearly half of recruits fail the first phase in the three-phase test.
  • The Pentagon has not yet decided whether the women will be approved for ground combat with the other Rangers.
The White House hired its first out transgender staffer. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan started working on Monday morning as the presidential personnel office’s director of outreach and recruitment. LGBT advocates lauded the news as a step in the right direction.

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