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Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 - DoJ says more documents have been uncovered amid criticisms for missing 19 December deadline for full release The US justice department said on Wednesday that it has been told by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the FBI that they have uncovered more than a million more documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case and processing these for release could take "a few more weeks". In a post on X , the justice ...

Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 - The U.S. Supreme Court late Tuesday dealt the Trump administration a significant blow in one of the many cases challenging the president's authority to use National Guard troops to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents engaged in mass deportations. Acting on an application for a stay , a majority of justices voted to keep in place a temporary restraining order issued in early October by U.S. ...

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? BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive on Wednesday warned that it would take action against any "unjustified measures" after the U.S. State Department barred ...

Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 - Ukraine and the U.S. remain split primarily on territorial issues in talks on a peace plan to end Russia's war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. "We now have draft documents that largely reflect the joint Ukrainian-American position, in some respects the American position," Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv on Tuesday. "Some issues are still to be resolved." Still, Zelenskyy offered an upbeat assessment, saying ...

Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 - Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. WASHINGTON — A coalition of Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia has sued the federal health department, calling a declaration that rejected gender-affirming care signed by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. an overreach of his authority. The lawsuit, filed by ...

Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 - Defenders of reproductive rights on Tuesday responded with alarm after President Donald Trump's administration quietly imposed an abortion ban at the US Department of Veterans Affairs following a legal opinion penned by a deputy assistant attorney general. After the 2022 Roe v. Wade reversal, the Biden administration allowed the VA to provide abortion counseling and care for service members and beneficiaries in ...

Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 - President Donald Trump sent out a cheery Christmas greeting early Wednesday morning just three minutes after threatening to shut down US broadcasters if their programs did not provide him with more positive coverage. In a Truth Social post sent out at 12:36 am, Trump renewed his threat to once again strip broadcast licenses from networks that cover or portray him and his administration in a negative light. "If ...