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Top News Stories for Wednesday, December 10th 2025
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
The Supreme Court appeared uncertain about whether it would strike down a major campaign-finance restriction during oral arguments on Tuesday, with some of the court's conservative members questioning a right-wing push to do so. The case, National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission , revolves around a legal challenge to Congress's ban on "coordinated party expenditures." Federal election ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not. If the court does not act on this U.S. demand and two others - dropping investigations of ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
– A Dallas congresswoman opened her Senate campaign by telling voters that she "has gone toe to toe with Donald Trump." Her Democratic primary opponent insisted that Americans are tired of "politics as a blood sport." The divergent approach highlights how U.S. Rep. and state Rep. are navigating a race where Democrats hope to break a three-decade losing streak in Texas. It also reflects a broader divide within ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Miami voters on Tuesday elected Democrat Eileen Higgins as mayor, ending a nearly three-decade dry spell for her party after she defeated a Republican endorsed by Donald Trump in the predominantly Hispanic city. While the election was officially nonpartisan, the race took on national significance, pitting Higgins against Republican Emilio Gonzalez, a former Miami city manager, in a contest closely watched by both ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
The Federal Reserve is again expected to lower its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, in an effort to support a weakening job market. But stubborn inflation and delayed economic data could complicate the Fed's decision, leading to more-than-usual disagreement within the rate-setting committee. A rate cut could make it slightly cheaper to borrow money to buy a car, expand a business or ...
Source: npr.org
Daughter accepts Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Oslo, Norway — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado missed the ceremony to award her the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Wednesday, but said she was on her way to the Norwegian capital and would arrive soon to embrace her family for the first time in months. Machado, who's fight against the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whom she, the U.S. and many other ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's embattled pick as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, said Monday that she is resigning after a protracted legal battle over the legitimacy of her appointment. Habba disclosed her decision a week after a federal appeals court panel ruled that she has been serving unlawfully as acting U.S. attorney. She will transition to a new role as a senior Justice Department adviser ...
Source: abajournal.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Washington — Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced Tuesday that Republicans intend to put up a GOP-led health care bill for a vote alongside Democrats' proposal to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits later this week. "This program desperately needs to be reformed, the Democrats have decided, 'We're not going to do anything to reform it,' and so we'll see where the votes are on ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted a Justice Department request to release the grand jury files from the indictment hearing of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell's attorney David Oscar Markus had argued against releasing the grand jury evidence. In a filing, Markus wrote that Maxwell "does not take a position" on the Justice Department's request to unseal the material, ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Massachusetts overturned President Donald Trump 's decision to halt all new permits for wind energy projects. The ruling by Judge Patti Saris of the District of Massachusetts on Monday called the ban "arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law" and said there wasn't a good explanation for implementing it. Trump halted all new wind energy project permits in a Jan. 20 executive ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Ongoing reports and analysis Decades of tension between the United States and Mexico over shared water resources turned into an actual water-cum-trade war overnight . In a post on Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump made good on earlier promises and threatened additional tariffs on Mexico if the country does not comply with its obligations to send water from the Rio Grande and its tributaries into Texas. ...
Source: foreignpolicy.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
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order this week that'll create a single set of rules for AI, forgoing the need for companies to litigate across states, the president posted on Truth Social on Monday. The post didn't detail how the executive order would regulate AI, but the president argued that too onerous regulation would hinder the industry's growth, given increased international competition. ...
Source: cnet.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat and fierce Trump critic, announced Monday she was launching a high-stakes U.S. Senate campaign in Texas, the same day Democratic primary opponent Colin Allred dropped out. Crockett, who filed just hours before the deadline , will face Democratic Rep. James Talarico of Austin in the March 3rd primary , as she tries to turn incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn 's ...
Source: upi.com