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Top News Stories for Sunday, December 7th 2025
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
The Trump Administration's justification for striking a boat in the Caribbean in early September, killing all 11 people on board, was that it was carrying a cargo of potentially deadly drugs that was headed to the United States. But that justification appears to have been undermined by a briefing from the commander of that operation before lawmakers on Thursday, who reportedly said the boat in question was heading ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons US Supreme Court agrees to consider the legality of birthright citizenship The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide on the principle of birthright citizenship, which holds that all children born on US soil are American citizens. The principle of birthright citizenship is rooted in Section 1 of the 14 th Amendment to the Constitution, and US President Donald Trump asked the court ...
Source: jurist.org
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Federal Judge Orders Release of Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Records in Florida The big question is whether, as another judge suspected, this is just a DOJ distraction. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. A Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida has ordered the public release of grand jury transcripts from the first federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of underage ...
Source: motherjones.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
This newsroom tells stories that reflect real lives and real stakes. Your support ensures that work continues. Join as a member today and close the year by strengthening independent reporting for all. Already a member? The Trump administration removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year's schedule of free entrance days for national parks, then added President Donald Trump's birthday, which ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
In what Arizona's attorney general slammed as an "unacceptable and outrageous" act of "unchecked aggression," a federal immigration officer fired pepper spray toward recently sworn-in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva during a Friday raid on a Tucson restaurant. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) wrote on social media that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) officers "just conducted a raid by Taco Giro in Tucson — a ...
Source: truthout.org
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
The expansion would build on a travel ban already announced in June by the Republican administration. That barred travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries and restricted access to the U.S. for people from seven others. In a social media post earlier this week, Noem had suggested more countries would be included. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem holds a press conference, in Los Angeles, ...
Source: cnbc.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Trump Puts Screws on Indiana Senators to Greenlight GOP-Friendly Voting Map The Supreme Court seems unlikely to halt a tsunami of partisan gerrymanders. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. The Indiana House voted on Friday to redraw the state's congressional map with the aim to produce a 9-0 Republican delegation. Lawmakers approved the redistricting proposal 57-41 , despite 12 ...
Source: motherjones.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court 's conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump's time in the White House . The justices could take the next step in a case being argued Monday that calls for a unanimous 90-year-old decision limiting executive ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 -
A new released by the White House calls for asserting U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere and "cultivating resistance" within Europe, while reestablishing "strategic stability" with Russia and accepting the Middle East and its leaders "as they are." The strategy released late Thursday, which builds on President Donald Trump's " America First " maxim, marks a sharp escalation of his Administration's criticism ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled Indiana House of Representatives on Friday approved a new congressional map targeting the state's two incumbent Democrats, setting up a showdown next week in the state Senate, where the mid-decade redistricting faces more opposition. Friday's vote was 57 to 41 in favor, mostly along party lines. Still, 12 Republicans, including four in leadership positions, ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
With the world's soccer fans watching, Gianni Infantino, the great toady to the globe's oligarchs, handed a made-up award to the increasingly violent US president. Bluesky Outside of what DC locals have dubbed the "Vichy" Kennedy Center, people gathered on Friday to protest the 2026 World Cup draw. Campaigners showed up for many reasons—from the security apparatus the World Cup will bring to North American ...
Source: thenation.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Narendra Modi says energy security is 'pillar of the India-Russia partnership' as two leaders meet in Delhi Vladimir Putin has told the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, that Russia is ready to continue "uninterrupted" shipments of oil to India, signalling a defiant stance to the US as the two leaders met in Delhi and affirmed that their ties were "resilient to external pressure". The statement, made on Friday ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
This newsroom tells stories that reflect real lives and real stakes. Your support ensures that work continues. Join as a member today and close the year by strengthening independent reporting for all. Already a member? FBI Director Kash Patel was hit with another damning allegation of abusing the bureau's resources after MS NOW reported Friday he has ordered his girlfriend's security detail to drive a drunk friend ...
Source: huffpost.com