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Top News Stories for Tuesday, December 9th 2025
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
During a Cabinet meeting last Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invoked "the fog of war" while discussing the newly controversial September 2 attack that inaugurated President Donald Trump's deadly military campaign against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. The implication was that Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who commanded that SEAL Team 6 operation, ordered a second strike, which blew ...
Source: reason.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
The warnings on Monday from the US Supreme Court's liberal justices were stark as the Trump administration argued in favor of allowing the president to easily fire top officials at federal agencies—a move that would reverse nearly a century of precedent that originated with a unanimous ruling known as Humphrey's Executor in 1935. "You're asking us to destroy the structure of government," Justice Sonia ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Paramount said it would take its deal directly to shareholders after six previous proposals were never "meaningfully" engaged with. Paramount has launched a $108.4bn (£81bn) hostile bid for Warner Bros, challenging Netflix, which had reached a $72bn (£54bn) takeover deal with the company. Paramount said on Monday that it was going straight to Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) shareholders with its cash offer ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Trump Announces $12 Billion Aid Package For Farmers—Here's What We Know President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion aid package for farmers, offering much-needed financial assistance to a core constituency hit hard by the administration's tariff policy, although members of the administration sought to connect recent struggles to Biden-era policies. Up to $11 billion of the aid package will be allotted for ...
Source: forbes.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump is drawing swift criticism after announcing he would be signing an executive order aimed at clamping down on state governments' powers to regulate the artificial intelligence industry. In a Monday morning Truth Social post, Trump said that the order was needed to prevent a fragmented regulatory landscape for AI companies. "We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won't ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
On Sunday, President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) just days after granting the congressman a full presidential pardon for federal bribery charges against him. Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, were indicted last year on charges relating to allegedly accepting $600,000 in payments from foreign sources. Their trial was set for this coming spring, but earlier this month, Trump intervened, giving ...
Source: truthout.org
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 -
Throughout his second term, the Trump administration has attempted to pursue legal action against many of the president's perceived political enemies, including levying allegations of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James and Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook . A new report suggests that Donald Trump is guilty of the same alleged crimes. According to ProPublica , Trump purchased two ...
Source: nymag.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched a campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate in Texas, telling President Donald Trump, "I'm coming for you," and bringing a national profile to what could be a critical race for Democrats' long-shot hopes of reclaiming a Senate majority in next year's midterm elections. Crockett, one of Congress' most outspoken Democrats, a frequent target of GOP attacks and a Trump target, jumped ...
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 -
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