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New Bill Would Allow Some Americans to Opt Back Into Social Security
Dec 23, 2025 at 03:53 PM EST A recently proposed law would allow some Americans to opt back into Social Security after originally declining to take part in the social safety net program. Clergy members routinely choose not to take part in Social Security or Medicare programs and have historically been unable to undo this decision even years later. However, a new bill seeks to change this. Why It Matters More than 70 million Americans receive Social Security benefits monthly, and this often ...
'They No Longer Hide the Idea of White Supremacy': Tim Walz Fumes Over JD Vance's Latest Comments on Race
Dec 23rd, 2025, 4:28 pm Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is livid at Vice President JD Vance for saying white Americans don’t need to apologize for their skin color anymore, with Walz saying it was a clear sign President Donald Trump’s administration is fine with white supremacy. Walz made the comment while defending himself over reports of $9 billion in Minnesota fraud claims at a press conference on Tuesday. The liberal governor said the Trump Administration “was waging war” against his state a ...
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
The US State Department said it would deny visas to five people, including a former EU commissioner, for seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into suppressing viewpoints they oppose. "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states - in each case targeting American speakers and American companies," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European ...
US moves more troops and special ops aircraft to Caribbean as Trump ramps up pressure in region: report
Tuesday 23 December 2025 16:59 EST More U.S. assets including special ops aircraft and troops arrived in the Caribbean this week as Donald Trump reiterated on Monday that ground-based operations targeting drug traffickers in Venezuela would soon begin, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. The newspaper cited U.S. officials as well as open-source flight data. The most recent deployments occurred this week, according to the Journal, days before the Christmas holiday and occurring as the ...
Trump approves deployment of 350 National Guard members to New Orleans
Updated 6:51 PM EST, December 23, 2025 The Trump administration is deploying 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans ahead of the New Year, launching another federal deployment in the city at the same time that an immigration crackdown led by Border Patrol is underway. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Tuesday that Guard members, as they have in other deployments in large cities, will be tasked with supporting federal law enforcement partners, including the Department of Justice and the D ...
Santa rounds up migrants for ICE in Trump administration's Christmas-themed AI video
Tuesday 23 December 2025 07:52 EST U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released an AI-generated Christmas advert, showing Santa Claus working as an ICE agent. The video, in which an imposing Father Christmas is seen wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying weapons, urges undocumented immigrants to leave the country voluntarily. The figure, depicted wearing Santa’s traditional red suit and with a white beard, appears with an ICE logo across his chest. He is then shown detaining ...
Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed the Trump administration over its plan to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois over the strenuous objections of local officials. The court in an unsigned order turned away an emergency request made by the administration, which said the troops are needed to protect federal agents involved in immigration enforcement in the Chicago area. In doing so, the court at least provisionally rejected the Trump administration’s view that the situation ...
Federal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic states
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to reallocate federal Homeland Security funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy's ruling on Monday solidified a win for the coalition of 12 attorneys general that sued the administration earlier this year after being alerted that their states would receive drastically reduced federal grants due to their “sanctuary” juris ...
Bessent Sees Room for a Future Revamp of the Fed's 2% Target
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM EST Updated on December 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM EST Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent backed the idea of reconsidering the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target once the US has sustainably brought price increases back down to that pace. “Once we are back to 2 — which I think will be in sight — then we can have a discussion: Is it much smarter to have a range?” Bessent said in an interview on the All-In Podcast. “Once we re-anchor to the target, then we can talk about ...
Taylor Swift donates $1 million to Feeding America, group says
December 23, 2025 / 1:38 PM EST Pop star Taylor Swift has donated $1 million to Feeding America just days before Christmas, the nonprofit said Tuesday. Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot said the organization, which oversees a network of food banks, food pantries and local meal programs, was "incredibly grateful" for the gift. "This holiday season, (Swift's) continued support is a powerful reminder of what is possible when we unite to end hunger," Babineaux-F ...
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'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over
38 min ago - David Edwards December 24, 2025 4:16PM ET "The Kennedy Center Honors" reportedly drew its lowest ratings ever after President Donald Trump announced he would host the event. "According to preliminary Nielsen data, 'The Kennedy Center Honors' on CB ... (raw story)
After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
50 min ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a “few more weeks" to release all of its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after suddenly discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents ... (AP)
USPS plan to open hubs to rivals may cost agency its biggest customer: Amazon
1 hr ago - Posted 11:44 AM, Dec 24, 2025 and last updated 11:46 AM, Dec 24, 2025 The U.S. Postal Service's plan to raise cash by opening its distribution centers to other shipping companies could backfire, potentially costing the agency its biggest customer. T ... (Scripps News)
Trump Admin Lawsuit Aims To Flood DC With AR-15 Rifles For 'Common Use'
1 hr ago - By David Edwards — December 24, 2025 .................... In a nine-page lawsuit filed on Monday, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division noted that "the District denies law-abiding citizens the ability to register a wide variety of commonly used semi-a ... (crooksandliars.com)
White House orders US forces to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuelan oil for next two months
1 hr ago - The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing the "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday. "While military options still exist the focus is ... (Reuters)
DOJ announces 'a million more documents' related to Jeffrey Epstein on Christmas Eve
2 hrs ago - December 24, 2025 2:03PM ET The Department of Justice announced what could be "a million more documents" related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a Christmas Eve post on X, the DOJ said that the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York an ... (Raw Story)
Democrats Urge Trump To Reverse Recall Of Nearly 30 Ambassadors
2 hrs ago - WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Democratic senators urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to reverse a recall of nearly 30 career ambassadors, warning the move leaves a dangerous leadership vacuum that allows adversaries like Russia and China to e ... (Huffington Post)
ICE officer accused of excessive force, then sent back to work despite active probe
3 hrs ago - December 24, 2025 5:00 AM ET In the span of less than 72 hours, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Victor Mojica went from being widely vilified and placed on administrative leave — to being returned right back to his old job. On a Fri ... (NPR)
Trump Declares Networks That Are 'Negative' Towards Him Should Have Their TV Licenses 'Terminated'
4 hrs ago - Dec 24th, 2025, 1:19 am President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that television networks airing “negative” coverage of him should have their broadcast licenses “terminated” in a series of late-night rants against CBS, ABC, a ... (MEDIAite)
Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers
5 hrs ago - By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Updated 10:35 AM CST, December 24, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a March presidential memorandum to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington attorney M ... (AP)
Southern California drivers urged to reconsider Christmas travel as heavy rain and winds roll in
5 hrs ago - By TRÂN NGUYỄN Updated 11:20 PM CST, December 23, 2025 California officials and weather forecasters urged holiday travelers to avoid the roads and reconsider Christmas travel as a series of powerful winter storms brought relentless rains, ... (AP)
19 states and D.C. sue HHS over effort to ban transgender care for minors
6 hrs ago - Updated on: December 24, 2025 / 12:04 AM EST A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration th ... (CBS News/AP)
Map Shows Range of China's Ship-Killer Missiles Targeting US Territory
6 hrs ago - Dec 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM EST Ryan Chan China continues to bolster its ship-sinking capability amid United States naval presence in the Pacific, as a Newsweek map shows the East Asian military power is capable of targeting American warships off the ... (newsweek)
Botched Epstein redactions trace back to Virgin Islands' 2020 civil racketeering case against estate
7 hrs ago - Updated Dec 23, 2025, 10:05 PM ET PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2025, 9:43 PM ET A botched redaction in the Epstein files revealed that government attorneys once accused his lawyers of paying over $400,000 to “young female models and actresses” to cove ... (CNN Politics)
Judge sides with Trump over his $100K visa fee
7 hrs ago - 12/23/2025 10:06 PM EST A federal judge Tuesday upheld the Trump administration’s authority to attach a six-figure charge on visas for high-skilled workers. D.C. District Judge Beryl Howell said that President Donald Trump’s decision in Sep ... (Politico)
Trump's Commerce Secretary Claims 'All' Americans 'Are Going To Earn 4.3% More Money' Because the Economy Grew by 4.3%
8 hrs ago - Dec 23rd, 2025, 9:48 pm Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick offered an odd interpretation of some positive economic data that his department released on Tuesday. The Commerce Department released a report showing that the U.S. economy grew by 4.3% i ... (MEDIAite)
Global 'mistakenly' posted '60 Minutes' segment, CBS News says while issuing takedown order
8 hrs ago - CBS News says it’s issuing takedown orders for a shelved “60 Minutes” segment after it was posted on Global TV’s app on Monday and then spread online. A representative for the network says its Canadian broadcast partner had “ ... (CTV News)
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
8 hrs ago - 11h The Trump Administration estimates it has about one week to go —and as many as 700,000 more pages to review — before it finishes releasing all the Jeffrey Epstein files. Meanwhile, they'll lose the PR war, day after day. Why it matters: ... (msn/Axios)
Judge green lights New York's driver's license law, rejecting a Trump administration challenge
9 hrs ago - December 23, 2025, 8:15 PM NEW YORK -- A federal judge gave a green light Tuesday to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to stop the state from giving people driver's licenses without having them p ... (ABC News/AP)
Exclusive: Justice Department scrambling to find holiday volunteers to redact the Epstein files, internal DOJ email says
9 hrs ago - Updated Dec 23, 2025, 8:20 PM ET PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2025, 8:09 PM ET The Justice Department’s leadership asked career prosecutors in Florida to volunteer over the “next several days” to help redact the Epstein files, in the latest Trump ... (CNN Politics)
