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Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
Of all the blunt assessments White House chief of staff Susie Wiles shared with Vanity Fair over the past year, perhaps her sharpest words were aimed at Attorney General Pam Bondi. In remarks the magazine published Tuesday, Wiles said that Bondi "completely whiffed" in her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files — an issue that has animated many of President Donald Trump's most ardent supporters and ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
In today's newsletter: The BBC is bracing for a high-stakes legal fight after the US president sues over an edited Panorama clip, and questions mount about the broadcaster's future funding and political vulnerability Good morning. On Tuesday, the UK woke to the news Donald Trump had filed his threatened $10bn lawsuit against the BBC, alleging that the corporation "intentionally, maliciously and deceptively" defamed ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government, targeting its main source of income. It is unclear how Trump will impose the move against the sanctioned vessels, and whether he will turn to the Coast Guard to interdict vessels like ...
Source: reuters.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
As the Rhode Island community mourns, the FBI hopes a new digitally enhanced video will help generate tips from the public that could help them close in on the killer behind the . It's unknown if police or federal agents have been able to make headway into the large-scale manhunt across Rhode Island and beyond. The enhanced video offers sharper images of a masked man walking purposefully through Providence ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Ukraine emerged from two days of talks with Trump's envoy positive about progress said on Monday that "I think we're closer now than we have been, ever" towards an agreement on a peace deal for Ukraine . After two days of talks in Berlin, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
President Trump on Tuesday signed a proclamation expanding the scope of his administration's ban on travel into the United States from various countries, targeting Syria and those from the Palestinian territory. The proclamation adds "full restrictions and entry limitations" on those attempting to come to the United States from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria, as well as those with travel documents ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
For those who don't get enough of Instagram on their smartphone, a new app now allows users to scroll through Instagram on their smart TV or streaming stick. Along with back in September, Meta is now publicly testing an Instagram for TV app. However, there's a number of restrictions at the time of this writing, including the fact that the app only supports Amazon Fire TVs and Fire TV Sticks. in a number of ways. ...
Source: bgr.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
775,399 19,813 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + Mortgage applications fell 3.8% last week, influenced by rising interest rates after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The refinance share reached 59%, the highest since September, while purchase applications followed their typical pattern at the end of the year by declining. AI Summary ...
Source: housingwire.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
The proposed rule from an SEC committee will force CIOs, CISOs, and other execs to analyze and report all manner of AI efforts — including its definition and decisions not to use AI for certain functions. A US Securities and Exchange Commission committee has recommended a new rule that would mandate companies to analyze and report all AI efforts — including decisions to not use AI for some ...
Source: csoonline.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
(Bloomberg) — U.S. job growth remained sluggish in November and the unemployment rate rose to a four-year high, pointing to a continued cooling in the labor market after a weak October. Processing Content Nonfarm payrolls increased 64,000 in November after declining 105,000 in October, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Tuesday. The unemployment rate was 4.6% last month, up from 4.4% in ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
President Trump's spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump's psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. Trump filed the lawsuit in 2022 after the board refused to revoke 2018 Pulitzer awards from The New York Times and The Washington Post for "perpetuating the absurdly false and ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's plan to build a $300 million ballroom on White House grounds faces an early courtroom test on Tuesday after preservationists accused him of illegally tearing down the East Wing in a sweeping makeover critics call an abuse of power. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon scheduled a hearing for 3:30 p.m. (2030 GMT) in a lawsuit filed by the National ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Dec. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. military has attacked three boats in the eastern Pacific, killing eight people, amid the Trump administration's use of military strikes against vessels allegedly transporting drugs into the United States. U.S. Southern Command said in a statement that three people were killed in the first vessel struck, two people in the second and three in the third. A 47-second video clip of the strikes was ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Nearly 40 states have adopted or enacted artificial intelligence measures this year, and more are expected in 2026. This story was originally published by Stateline . State lawmakers of both parties said they plan to keep passing laws regulating artificial intelligence despite President Donald Trump's efforts to stop them. Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening that aims to override state artificial ...
Source: route-fifty.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
The Arctic is a dramatically different place than it was 20 years ago, when scientists first began giving it an annual checkup—and its current state is dire. The first Arctic Report Card was released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2006. Since then the region has warmed twice as fast as the global average. About 95 percent of the oldest, thickest sea ice is gone—the sliver that ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Designates illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and directs the use of national security, criminal, sanctions, intelligence, and military-support authorities to combat fentanyl trafficking. Expands enforcement tools against cartels and foreign terrorist organizations involved in fentanyl production and distributions. Additional Documentation Trump Executive Order - ...
Source: jdsupra.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
In a lawsuit, the state's attorney general, Letitia James, said UPS had "repeatedly and persistently" failed to pay seasonal workers for all of the time they spent on the job. Listen to this article · 3:27 min New York's attorney general, Letitia James, on Monday accused UPS of stealing wages from thousands of seasonal workers in the state. UPS unlawfully withheld millions of dollars of these workers' wages ...
Source: nytimes.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
By Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune Kraft Heinz has named veteran Chicago-based executive Steve Cahillane as CEO beginning Jan. 1, taking the reins of the packaged food giant as it prepares to split into two companies. Cahillane most recently served as chairman and CEO of Kellanova, the Chicago-based snack foods spinoff from cereal-maker Kellogg, which was acquired by Mars in a $36 billion deal that closed last ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after covering health care at POLITICO. You can reach Daniel on Signal at danielp.100. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday adopted its vaccine advisory committee's recommendation to end the decades-old policy that every newborn be offered a hepatitis B shot, despite an outcry ...
Source: statnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
A new flash flood warning was issued overnight in King County, Washington, after another levee failed. Early Tuesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Seattle confirmed a breach of the White River in the city of Pacific and announced an evacuation notice for the city. Residents told local news station KOMO that they heard helicopters telling them to evacuate. The NWS said HESCOS on the White River were ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Affinity Partners, key backer of hostile bid by Paramount, reportedly steps back following scrutiny of Kushner's role Jared Kushner's private equity firm has reportedly stepped back from previous efforts to take over the entertainment giant Warner Bros Discovery, following scrutiny of his involvement. Affinity Partners emerged as a key backer of a $108.4bn hostile bid by Paramount Skydance for control of WBD. ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Irresponsibility of retailers has prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take strict action. On November 11, the ByHeart baby formula extended their voluntary recall period after pulling the product due to risk of infant botulism. The recall period was extended after more infant botulism cases emerged in connection with the baby formula. Surprisingly, many renowned retail stores, including Target, ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. Three U.S. senators have launched an investigation into whether tech giants, driven by soaring AI energy demands, are raising residential power bills. Separately, Amazon released a white paper Tuesday stating that its data centers are not the problem, and that in some regions it actually pays more ...
Source: geekwire.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Donald Trump 's top adviser said the president's name appears in what she called "the Epstein file," which she claims to have read, but denied that he did "anything awful" with the late sex offender. Susie Wiles spoke to Vanity Fair for a two-part series about Trump's first year back in the White House, during which she addressed the long-awaited Epstein files, which have plagued Trump, 79, during his second term. ...
Source: people.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The Pentagon won't release the full video of the U.S. military's repeated strike on a suspected drug boat that killed 11 people in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday. "In keeping with long-standing Department of War policy ... Department of Defense policy, of course, we're not going to release a top secret, full, unedited video of that to the general public," he told ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
– A colleague of the "Judges shouldn't help defendants evade arrest," Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Kristela Cervera testified at Hannah Dugan's trial. The testimony on the second day of trial came after officers involved in the arrest told the jury that Dugan's behavior on April 18 made it more dangerous for them to do their jobs. Dugan is on trial on charges of obstruction and concealment in connection ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included 3 years of supervised release to 55-year-old Dr. Mark Chavez in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles. Before the sentence was delivered, Chavez addressed the judge ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
The Amazon Threat Intelligence team has disrupted active operations attributed to hackers working for the Russian foreign military intelligence agency, the GRU, who targeted customers' cloud infrastructure. The cloud services provider observed a focus on Western critical infrastructure, especially the energy sector, in activity that started in 2021. Over time, the threat actor pivoted from exploiting ...
Source: bleepingcomputer.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
House lawmakers passed bipartisan legislation on Monday that aims to push the federal government to enhance oversight of its software licensing agreements to reduce waste and save money on duplicative purchases. The bill — known as the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets, or SAMOSA, Act — would require agencies to create comprehensive software inventories and undergo ...
Source: nextgov.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the FBI had foiled the 'far-left' group's plot for 'massive and horrific terror' ( JTA ) — Federal authorities have arrested four people in connection to an alleged plot to bomb locations across Southern California on New Year's Eve. The four suspects — Audrey Ilene Carroll, 30, Dante Garfield, 24, Zachary Aaron Page, 32, and Tina Lai, 41 — are members of the Turtle ...
Source: forward.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams' most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 seats for the final instead of being asked to pay $4,185. It was a rare climbdown by the soccer body and its president Gianni Infantino after soaking up waves of criticism for World Cup strategies, including top-dollar prices and closer political alignment with U.S. ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Contents Beyond the Chatbot: A Hybrid Engine for Agents Giving Away the "Secret Sauce": Data and RL Tools The "Business-Ready" Open Alternative Key Takeaways: Nemotron 3 utilizes a cutting-edge hybrid Mamba-Transformer Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, available in three sizes (Nano, Super, Ultra), designed to maximize reasoning while minimizing inference costs. Beyond just models, NVIDIA is releasing 3 ...
Source: techiexpert.com