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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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- Environment & EnergyWest Antarctica's history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent's 'catastrophic' geology
- Israel/PalestineWSJ: Israel Won't Leave Gaza, Will Build Settlements, Defense Minister Says Statements are at odds with Trump's multipha
- Public Transportation and Smart GrowthBoston: The Green Line gone dark: Peek underground as the MBTA replaces wooden beams from the 1890s
- Liberal YouTubersMerry Christmas from Donald Trump - The Daily Show
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- Liberal YouTubers🚨Mark Kelly Delivers RUDE AWAKENING to Trump Over THREATS - Meidas Touch
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- Music AppreciationCanned Heat - Christmas Boogie featuring Dr John
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- Asian GroupRobert Nakamura, 'Godfather' of Asian American Film, Dies at 88
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- Jewish Group'Globalize the Intifada' Means Blood on Bondi Beach
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- Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity☦️ Swedish Radio Choir sings Rachmaninoff's Vespers 'Bohorodice Divo' (Mother of God)
- Asian Groupspoiler alert: I did not get pregnant in America (Indian Comedienne) (Asian Group)
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- TexasTexas comptroller GOP primary attracts big money from donors with business before the agency
- MichiganHamtramck's 37 mishandled ballots shouldn't be counted, judge rules
- MontanaMedical License Revoked for Montana Doctor Linked to Suspicious Deaths
- TexasJudge blocks Texas app store age verification law
- PennsylvaniaPittsburgh Presbytery fundraiser will eliminate medical debt for thousands across Allegheny County
- GeorgiaGeorgia GOP official and elections activist named to State Election Board
- OhioColumbus Catholics are not required to attend Mass if they are afraid of being kidnapped by ICE
- WashingtonSnohomish County transit rides will be free on New Year's Eve
- PennsylvaniaExplosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home kills at least 2, governor says
- WisconsinMadison's 2026 elections for local offices draw few candidates so far
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19 states and D.C. sue HHS over effort to ban transgender care for minors
13 min 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
32 min 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
1 hr 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
1 hr 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%
2 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
2 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
2 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
3 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
3 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)
Elon Musk's DOGE Gutted Federal Agencies, Cancelled Major Programs -- But Federal Spending Still Went UP: Report
4 hrs ago - Dec 23rd, 2025, 7:13 pm Back in February, Elon Musk infamously waved around a chainsaw onstage at CPAC as his Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE, kicked off its activities, but a new report by The New York Times has revealed t ... (MEDIAite)
Trump approves deployment of 350 National Guard members to New Orleans
4 hrs ago - 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 ... (AP)
House Democrat demands investigation into 1996 FBI complaint about Epstein
5 hrs ago - Updated Dec. 23, 2025, 6:14 p.m. ET The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee called on the Justice Department's internal watchdog to investigate new revelations that Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to the FBI for alleged sex crimes in 199 ... (USA Today)
Zelensky moves towards demilitarised zones in latest peace plan for Ukraine
5 hrs ago - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has given details of an updated peace plan that offers Russia the potential withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the east that Moscow has demanded. Giving details of the 20-point plan agreed by US and Ukrainian n ... (BBC)
Afghan migrants ordered to report to ICE on Christmas, New Year's Day
5 hrs ago - 12h Afghan migrants are receiving letters ordering them to report to ICE offices on Christmas and New Year's Day as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown during the holidays, according to a top Afghan advocacy group. In a copy shar ... (msn/Scripps News)
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
5 hrs ago - 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 ad ... (BBC)
Legal battle continues over Missouri's new congressional maps, referendum process
6 hrs ago - Updated: 4:57 PM CST Dec 23, 2025 A new lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Missouri is asking a court to halt the use of new congressional maps until voters can weigh in. The ACLU filed the lawsuit in Cole County Circuit Court on Tuesday, claiming that th ... (KMBC-TV Kansas City, MO)
US moves more troops and special ops aircraft to Caribbean as Trump ramps up pressure in region: report
6 hrs ago - 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 begi ... (The Independent)
'They No Longer Hide the Idea of White Supremacy': Tim Walz Fumes Over JD Vance's Latest Comments on Race
6 hrs ago - 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 administ ... (MEDIAite)
New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver returns to ICE facility after assault charges to push for its closure
7 hrs ago - 12h NEWARK, New Jersey — More than six months after a chaotic visit to a New Jersey immigrant detention center that resulted in federal assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, she and her colleagues returned to the facility to advocate for ... (msn/Politico)
New Bill Would Allow Some Americans to Opt Back Into Social Security
7 hrs ago - 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 Sec ... (Newsweek)
