I downloaded the latest version of forge (12.18.1.2073) last night, installed it, and after installing it the launcher looks like this:
I don't know if I got tricked and got a bad download or this is due to one of the mods I also downloaded last night. I'm not blaming Forge for any wrong-doing either just trying to figure out how to fix it.
Oddly, now it's back to normal. It happened several times (always the same page), then I shut down the launcher, started this post, and restarted it to get the forge version, and I get the regular "Minecraft News" page.
So if this happens again, where do I look to change it back?