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Thursday, Dec 25th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — 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, further delaying compliance with last Friday's congressionally mandated deadline. The Christmas Eve announcement came hours after a dozen U.S. senators called on the Justice ...
Source: npr.org
Thursday, Dec 25th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The president celebrated the season of goodwill to all by crowing about his election victories while vowing to protect the U.S. from being 'infiltrated' by a 'bad Santa' Ah, Christmas: a time of peace, joy, goodwill to all men, and falsely insisting for the umpteenth time that you ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Dec 25th, 2025 -
It was the second-largest lottery windfall in US history, with a lump-sum cash payment option of $834.9m A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817bn jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game's three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher than previously expected, making it the second-largest in US history and the largest Powerball prize ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 25th, 2025 -
More severe holiday weather is forecast for an already soaked California, with parts of the state bracing for possible additional mudslides and debris flows. Rain from a powerful winter storm that swept across Southern California was tapering off, but another storm system was on the horizon for Christmas Day with showers and possible thunderstorms. Two deaths in the state may be related to the severe weather, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Dec 25th, 2025 -
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President said Thursday that the U.S. launched a "powerful and deadly" strike against forces in Nigeria, after accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in In a Christmas evening post on his social media site, Trump did not provide details or mention the extent of the damage caused by the strikes. But U.S. Africa Command said on X that strikes had been conducted ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Dec 25th, 2025 -
Maryland joined 18 states and the District of Columbia Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging a Health and Human Services declaration last week that health care facilities offering gender-affirming care to minors would be barred from Medicare and Medicaid. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Oregon, claims that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exceeded his authority with the Dec. 18 declaration, which ...
Source: truthout.org
Thursday, Dec 25th, 2025 -
When the powerful try to bury the truth, we dig it up. Your membership ensures HuffPost reporters can chase the stories others ignore, expose wrongdoing, and deliver the facts without compromise. Stand with fearless journalism. Already a member? A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show's host, musician Chuck Redd, ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Dec 25th, 2025 -
De'Aaron Fox scored 29 points, and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder for their third win over the defending NBA champs in the past two weeks. The Spurs also defeated the Thunder in an NBA Cup semi-final on 13 December and in San Antonio on Tuesday. The teams meet again on 13 January in Oklahoma City. Victor Wembanyama had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Stephon Castle had 19 points and seven ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has given details of an updated peace plan offering Russia the potential withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the east and the creation of a demilitarised zone in their place. Detailing the 20-point plan agreed by US and Ukrainian envoys in Florida at the weekend, Zelensky said the Russians would respond on Wednesday once the Americans had spoken to them. Describing the plan as "the main ...
Source: bbc.co.uk
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
Two police officers were killed in an overnight explosion in Moscow when they tried to stop a suspicious person, Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement Wednesday. The blast occurred close to the site where a Russian general was killed earlier this week. "An explosive device was triggered" as the officers approached the suspect who was near their service vehicle, said the statement by the committee, ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
When the powerful try to bury the truth, we dig it up. Your membership ensures HuffPost reporters can chase the stories others ignore, expose wrongdoing, and deliver the facts without compromise. Stand with fearless journalism. Already a member? President Donald Trump got into the Christmas spirit early Wednesday morning by attacking Stephen Colbert and boiling over late-night TV programs. "Stephen Colbert is a ...
Source: huffpost.com