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Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodia on Monday as a new wave of fighting erupted between the southeast Asian neighbors, leaving a peace plan presided over by US President Donald Trump just two months ago in danger of collapse. Both sides accused the other of launching strikes along their disputed border in the early morning hours, after weeks of simmering tension and the earlier suspension of progress on ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Alina Habba has resigned as the top US prosecutor in New Jersey, a defeat for President Donald Trump 's effort to install loyalists in key Justice Department leadership positions. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the resignation on Monday, saying she was "saddened" by it after a federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration had unlawfully named Habba as acting US attorney. "The court's ruling has ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
By Meg James, Los Angeles Times Paramount is refusing to accept defeat in the Warner Bros. Discovery auction, launching a $78 billion hostile takeover of its rival Monday after being spurned last week in the bidding. The move comes four days after Warner's board unanimously selected Netflix as the winner. Paramount has beefed up its offer with backing from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, including Saudi ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Democratic US Sen. Ron Wyden was among those who emphasized Monday that President Donald Trump's erratic tariff policies have helped create the very conditions the White House is now citing to justify its new $12 billion relief plan for American farmers. "Instead of proposing government handouts, Donald Trump should end his destructive tariff spree so American farmers can compete and win on a level playing field," ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
On Sunday, federal lawmakers shared the bill text of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026, which did not feature the contentious state artificial intelligence law moratorium it had been rumored to include. However, federal efforts to rein in state and local authority over the technology aren't dead just yet. Early Monday morning, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he will sign an executive ...
Source: statescoop.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Two senior military officials taken hostage during Sunday's attempted coup in Benin have been freed, a government source has told the BBC. It remains unclear how they were released or if other hostages are still being held. Security forces are continuing a manhunt for those involved in the plot, who remain at large. A group of soldiers appeared on state TV early in the morning to announce they had taken over in the ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Dec 8 (Reuters) - The developer of the most popular app used to share information about sightings of federal immigration agents sued the Trump administration on Monday, alleging free speech violations after Apple (AAPL.O) removed ICEBlock from its online store. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by Joshua Aaron, the developer of the ICEBlock app that had over 1 million users before it was removed by Apple in ...
Source: reuters.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
The Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates at the end of its two-day meeting this week. Many types of consumer loans, including mortgages, credit cards, and auto loans, could be impacted by another Fed rate cut. Still, a rate reduction does not guarantee lower borrowing costs for everyone. The Federal Reserve is expected to lower its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point at its meeting this ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
More than 20 reported injured. Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A 7.5 -magnitude earthquake struck the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main Honshu island on Monday night, and tsunami warnings were lifted several hours later. The quake hit northeastern Japan off the eastern coast of Aomori Prefecture, about 50 miles northeast of Hachinohe, at 1:15 p.m. Monday local time at a depth of 0.9 miles, Japan Meteorological Agency said . ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump said Monday that he has informed Chinese President Xi Jinping that "the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China." Nvidia's H200 is a generation behind its latest Blackwell chip, which is considered among the most advanced and high-powered AI chips available anywhere. Trump said the Blackwell chip would not be part of the deal. Still, the move ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
A three-way fight down to the wire as the ground effect era comes to a close. The 2025 Formula 1 World Championship drew to a close this past weekend in Abu Dhabi, and with it came the end of the current generation of cars. After a grueling 24 races, the title was decided in a three-way fight by the finest of margins; just two points, less than half a percent, separated the winning driver from second place when the ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's crusade against political foes he claims have all coincidentally committed mortgage fraud may have just boomeranged and hit him square in the face. Records show himself has done the very thing he has now routinely claimed constitutes "fraud" when it's done by his critics, according to a new ProPublica investigation. Years before his rise to the White House, the president signed two weeks ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? WASHINGTON ― Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) launched a bid for the in Texas, according to multiple reports , shaking up the Democratic primary to unseat ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Hamas is expected to hand over the body of the last Israeli captive held in Gaza in the coming days and has commented that it would be open to discussing "freezing" its weapons to facilitate entering the second phase of the ceasefire. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the second phase would be challenging to achieve but that it could begin as soon as this month. However, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Japan has summoned China's ambassador over an incident in which Chinese military aircraft allegedly twice locked fire-control radar onto Japanese fighter jets, as tensions between the two countries surge. The move by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday was to protest against what it called the dangerous and "extremely regrettable" behaviour of the Chinese J-15 fighter jets over international waters ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Experts said that US public health is now at risk after the CDC vaccine panel voted against the widespread recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The vote by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine panel to scrap broad hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for newborns will reverse decades of progress in fighting the virus, medical experts have said. Vaccines to prevent hepatitis ...
Source: pharmaceutical-technology.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
The deal is described by IBM as a 'natural fit' for its hybrid cloud and AI strategy. IBM has agreed to acquire cloud-native enterprise data streaming platform Confluent in a move designed to expand its portfolio of tools for building AI applications The company said Monday in a release that it sees Confluent as a natural fit for its hybrid cloud and AI strategy, adding that the acquisition is expected to "drive ...
Source: cio.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
All the nominees for the awards ceremony due to take place on 11 January, the 83rd edition of the film and television gongs Film Best film – drama Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just an Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Best film – musical or comedy Blue Moon Bugonia Marty Supreme No Other Choice Nouvelle Vague One Battle After Another Best female actor in a film – drama Jessie ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
NEW YORK - Police debated whether they needed a warrant to continue searching Luigi Mangione's backpack after they arrested him and found a gun magazine wrapped in his underwear in the bag, an officer testified Monday. The testimony came at a court hearing to determine whether police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, improperly questioned Mangione and searched his bag without a warrant as a suspect in the New York murder ...
Source: bradenton.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite's momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid its deal to be acquired by Netflix. "One Battle After Another" landed nominations for its cast — Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn and Chase Infiniti — along with nods for Anderson's ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet key European allies as the United States ramps up pressure on Kyiv to agree to a peace plan designed to end the war with Russia. Zelenskyy will meet British, French and German leaders in London on Monday to seek backing on defence and security, and to convene on the revised US peace plan . Zelenskyy said the diplomatic consultations will address both immediate ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump said he is "disappointed" with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy , who he said had not read the latest plan to end Russia's war. Trump's criticism adds to mounting U.S. pressure on Kyiv as Zelenskyy prepared to meet Monday with top European leaders, amid fears on the continent that Washington was pushing a peace deal that was favorable to the Kremlin. Russia has not publicly supported a plan and ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Markets expect final rate cut amid pressure from Trump as Jay Powell urges central bank to proceed with caution A divided Federal Reserve meets this week to decide whether to cut interest rates, the US central bank's last meeting before the end of a tumultuous year. The US central bank faces a number of unique challenges as it weighs its latest interest-rate decision. After the six-week government shutdown briefly ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2025 -
are here. Follow live updates from The Associated Press on the , with analysis and , all in one place. Here is the latest, starting with the College Football Playoff bracket: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Miami 11. Tulane 12. James Madison The CFP and AP Top 25 agree on eight of the top 12 teams: Indiana (1), Texas Tech (4), Oregon ...
Source: news4jax.com