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Top News Stories for Wednesday, December 10th 2025
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
The US Supreme Court's liberal justices warned of far-reaching consequences affecting entities like the Tax Court should their conservative colleagues grant the president control over dozens of traditionally independent agencies. The possibility of specialized Article I courts created by Congress losing their independence was driven by Justice Elena Kagan at Monday's arguments over Donald Trump's attempt to fire ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
With each side blaming the other for starting Monday's renewed clashes, it was unclear how or if a fragile ceasefire brokered by Trump in July could be salvaged. Fighting between Cambodia and Thailand escalated along their contested border on Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian neighbors both said they would not back down in defending their sovereignty. With each side blaming the other for starting Monday's renewed ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump's administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president. they would overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting the president's power to fire independent agency heads, the court on Tuesday is revisiting a 2001 decision that ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's approval rating edged up to 41% in the past week as Republicans warmed to his handling of the cost of living, a sign the administration's new focus on affordability might be supporting his popularity, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The six-day poll, which closed on Monday, showed approval of the president rising from 38% late last ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Commerce department finalising deal to allow H200 chips to be sold to China as strict Biden-era restrictions relaxed Donald Trump has cleared the way for Nvidia to begin selling its powerful AI computer chips to China, marking a win for the chip maker and its CEO, Jensen Huang, who has spent months lobbying the White House to open up sales in the country. Before Monday's announcement, the US had prohibited sales of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Although tech companies often don't directly manufacture these toys, their absolutist ideological opposition to any legal safeguards on AI is making kids emotionally, mentally, and physically vulnerable. Julie Scelfo is a journalist and the founder and executive director of Mothers Against Media Addiction. Tim Wu is a professor of law, science, and technology at Columbia Law School and author of "The Age of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
i10X.ai Unveils Agent Index: Mapping the Future of AI-Powered Work The comprehensive knowledge platform helps businesses navigate the emerging agentic AI landscape , the unified AI platform consolidating leading LLMs, image, video models and specialized agents under one subscription, announced the launch of its Agent Index – an ambitious knowledge ecosystem designed to map the rapidly evolving world of AI ...
Source: aithority.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Residents along Japan's northeast coast were warned to stay alert, as aftershocks continued Tuesday in the aftermath of a major earthquake that has left at least 33 people injured. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 6.6 and later a 5.1 quake in the hours after the initial temblor late Monday night local time. The USGS measured the main quake at 7.6 magnitude just off the coast of the city of Misawa in ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
The Federal Reserve has one more decision in 2025 — and it will set the tone for where interest rates will go in the new year. On Wednesday, leaders at the central bank will decide whether to continue cutting rates or put a pause on loosening monetary policy. The call will have ripple effects across consumer prices, the job market , and Corporate America. CME FedWatch predicted the Fed had a roughly 90% ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett is associate professor of family medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, vice chair of primary care innovation & transformation at Boston Medical Center, and communications fellow at Primary Care Collaborative. As a family medicine physician, I have the privilege of caring for patients from the earliest days of pregnancy contemplation through pregnancy ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
met with in Rome on Tuesday, as Kyiv said it was preparing to send updated proposals to the United States for ending the war with Russia . Less than 24 hours after he reiterated that Ukraine would not cede land to Russia , Zelenskyy met with the pontiff before holding talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a day after he met with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany in London. Thanking Leo for the ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Florida has designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations, becoming the second GOP-led state in as many months to move against the Islamic groups. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a Monday statement that the designations were "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY." "Florida agencies are hereby directed to undertake all lawful measures to prevent ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
On Monday, OpenAI published its first report on the state of enterprise AI, and based on the 9,000 surveyed workers across 100 companies, three-quarters said that AI has improved the speed and quality of their work. Here are the survey results: The report comes a week after Anthropic published its own findings, which said its Claude assistant cut task-completion time by 80%, based on 100,000 user conversations. ...
Source: insider.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
LONDON (AP) — Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company's use of online content for its and services. The flurry of regulatory flexing by Brussels that has targeted Big Tech risks antagonizing President Donald Trump's administration, though EU officials denied they were singling out American companies. The European Commission, ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
( The Hill ) – More American newborns are not receiving vitamin K shots, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study found that from January 2017 to December 2024, 3.92 percent of the more than 5 million newborns in a U.S.-based electronic database did not receive a vitamin K shot. The share of newborns who did not receive the shot rose from 2.92 ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A federal judge has ordered two senior Justice Department attorneys, including one fired by the Trump administration, to testify before the court in its inquiry into a March deportation flight that proceeded in defiance of court orders. Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday ordered Erez Reuveni, a former Justice Department attorney-turned-whistleblower, ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Paramount launched an all-cash tender offer Monday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 per share, challenging a previously announced deal between WBD and Netflix. The hostile offer sets up a furious battle between Paramount — whose owner Larry Ellison is an ally of Donald Trump — and streaming behemoth Netflix to buy one of Hollywood's most storied studios. Netflix shocked the industry last week ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
The creator behind ICEBlock, an app that tracked immigration enforcement officials' activities, is suing the Trump administration two months after his app was removed from the Apple app store following criticism from officials. After ICEBlock soared in popularity earlier this year, the Trump administration accused the app, which allowed users to share real-time sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Trade data shows China's exports topped forecasts in November, driven by a surge in shipments to non-US markets From The average rates on UK two- and five-year fixed mortgages have fallen to their lowest levels since early September 2022. New data from Moneyfacts shows that average rates are now the lowest since before the Liz Truss government's mini-Budget, which sent borrowing costs soaring. Moneyfacts reports ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Former Rep. Colin Allred is ending his U.S. Senate campaign in Texas and instead will attempt a House comeback bid, potentially paving the way for Rep. Jasmine Crockett to become the early favorite for the Democrats' nomination in a state that is critical for the party's long shot hopes to reclaim a Senate majority in next year's elections. Subscribe to Here's the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
As US President Donald Trump targets political opponents with dubious allegations of mortgage fraud, an investigation published Monday revealed the Republican leader once did the same thing as a senior official he is trying to fire. In an August letter , Trump announced his termination of Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook—an appointee of former President Joe Biden—for alleged fraud, accusing her of signing ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Luigi Mangione pumped his fist in court on Monday as body-camera footage allegedly showed officers finding a loaded magazine tucked inside wet underwear in the suspect's backpack. The video was aired during day 5 of the hearings at Manhattan Criminal Court to decide whether some evidence should be excluded from his trial. Mangione is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024. He ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.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 -
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 -
The nominations for the 83rd annual Golden Globes were announced on Monday morning, revealing the list of movies, TV shows, and stars set to contend at January's ceremony. Actor and comedian Marlon Wayans and Critics Choice Awards-nominated "Matlock" star Skye P. Marshall helped reveal the nominees during a presentation live-streamed by CBS News, with 11 of the 28 categories unveiled on "CBS Mornings." The Golden ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Benin's President Patrice Talon has claimed that the situation is "completely under control" in the Western African nation after the government thwarted an attempted coup on Sunday. Calm returned on Monday to Cotonou, Benin's administrative centre, after sporadic gunshots were heard across the city throughout Sunday, but a heavy presence of soldiers remained on the streets. Early on Sunday, soldiers calling ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Trump claimed Zelenskyy had not read the latest U.S.-backed peace plan yet. It's uncertain which version of the plan for Ukraine Trump was referring to. Trump's comments came a day after talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials ended in Miami without an agreement. Zelenskyy is meeting European allies in London and Brussels this week. (L/R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Virus caught by person who travelled to Asia combines more severe form of mpox with less virulent type Health officials have identified a new variant of mpox in England after a person who recently travelled to Asia was tested for the virus. Genome sequencing showed that the virus was a "recombinant" form containing elements of two types of mpox currently in circulation: the more severe clade 1, and the less ...
Source: theguardian.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 Netflix's acquisition deal. In nominations announced from Beverly Hills, California, "One Battle After Another" landed nods for its cast — Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn and Chase Infiniti ...
Source: huffpost.com