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Top News Stories for Thursday, December 4th 2025
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
GOMA, Congo (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Congo and Rwanda on Thursday for a deal signing aimed at ending the for the U.S. government and American companies. Lauded by the White House as a "historic" agreement brokered by Trump, the so-called Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity between Presidents Felix Tshisekedi of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda follows and partners, ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Business Policy Why Trump Accounts Are A Game-Changer For U.S. Children And Families Steve Forbes praises the new "Trump Accounts" and points to the $6.5 billion donation by Michael and Susan Dell to help fund those of 25 million American children. The exciting, stunning announcement The Dells want to expand the reach of a program Congress passed last summer, which would set up special savings accounts for ...
Source: forbes.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article New footage and images released by Democrats as lawmakers ask for update on Epstein files from the Justice Department Leer en Español Never-before-seen photos and videos, released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee , reveal details of late sex offender ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a massive increase in usage across businesses, websites, and even for personal recreation. AI is often controversial, with schools worrying about students using it to cheat on homework and authors like A housing dispute went to the California courts in Mendones v. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. A video was submitted that claimed to be witness testimony. Judge ...
Source: bgr.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US 'drug boat' war is legally shaky Pentagon's Law of War manual clearly prohibits attack, but justification for whole campaign also faces tough questions Graphic depictions of two survivors being killed by a second US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug ferrying boat have provoked outrage where previously there was none – or at least relatively ...
Source: theguardian.com
Europe's plan to use $105 billion of frozen Russian assets tantamount to war, says Russia's Medvedev
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The European Commission is considering using frozen Russian assets held in Europe to support Ukraine. It plans to unlock $105 billion for the effort through a reparations loan or international borrowing, though favors the former. Russia's Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said that it could be tantamount to an act justifying war. Russia's security council chief warned on Thursday that ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a letter from former President Joe Biden as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on inauguration day in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria A law expert has said Donald Trump cannot revoke the pardons, executive orders, or proclamations made by president Joe Biden . Trump has insisted that ...
Source: rawstory.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Report says defense secretary violated policies in sharing secret information in March on planned airstrike in Yemen A widely awaited Department of Defense report concluded that the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , violated departmental policies when he shared secret information in a Signal messaging chat in March that included details of a planned airstrike in Yemen against Houthi fighters, said a source familiar ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Affordable Care Act subsidies that help millions of Americans pay for health insurance will expire in less than a month. But razor-thin margins in Congress, partisan division and competing plans are making it less and less likely that lawmakers will find a bipartisan deal to keep the assistance going - which means some households will probably face spiking insurance costs next year. Senate Republicans promised ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said this week that the federal government would start from states that don't provide data on participants, including their immigration status. The department said the government needs the data to spot fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps 42 million Americans, or about 1 in 8, buy groceries. The plan to withhold the administrative funds is an ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a pause on immigration application processing for nationals from 19 countries and said it would re-examine immigration and asylum cases approved during the Biden administration. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the hold and review of all pending asylum applications and USCIS benefits applications filed by immigrants from the ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
WASHINGTON - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Wednesday issued a subpoena to former Special Counsel Jack Smith, demanding he appear for a private deposition related to his prosecutions of President Donald Trump. Jordan, an Ohioan from Champaign County, is leading the GOP effort to scrutinize Smith's investigations into Trump's attempts to overturn results of the 2020 election and his handling of ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 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? The White House on Tuesday attacked after for using her music in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest video. In a reference-filled attempt to diminish ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Gregory Bovino, border patrol chief and face of Trump's mass deportation efforts, seen patrolling French Quarter Federal agents descended on New Orleans on Wednesday, making Louisiana's most populous city the latest front in the Trump administration 's sweeping crackdown on immigrant communities. Masked agents patrolled a heavily Latino suburb in marked and unmarked vehicles, and a resident told the Associated ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 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? President Donald Trump said he will issue a preemptive pardon for Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on Wednesday, effectively voiding Cuellar's 2024 indictment for ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2025 -
Netflix and 50 Cent's harrowing new series looks back at the disgraced music mogul's rise to fame and fall from grace The controversial Netflix docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning had already been called a "shameful hitpiece" by the disgraced mogul's lawyers after a trailer was released on Monday. Now after all four episodes have been dropped on Netflix, it's been called " grimly necessary " and a " relentless" ...
Source: theguardian.com