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Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The United States military has conducted another deadly strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, killing four, according to the Pentagon. The attack on Thursday comes as the administration of US President Donald Trump has faced renewed scrutiny over the strikes after it was revealed that a targeted boat had been struck twice during a September 2 attack. Experts have said such an attack could ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The commissioners' concerns are in response to sweeping vaccine regulation changes earmarked by CBER head Vinay Prasad. A group of 12 former commissioners of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have expressed concern about proposed changes to vaccine regulation in the US. New England Journal of Medicine The article is in direct response to a memo sent by Prasad to FDA staff last week, which puts forward ...
Source: pharmaceutical-technology.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, boosting President Donald Trump 's quest for his party to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. The court, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Trump, issued the ruling amid a nationwide battle ...
Source: reuters.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Car prices have been climbing for years. In September, Kelly Blue Book reports , the average transaction price of vehicles reached $50,000 for the first time ever. This was partly due to consumers rushing to purchase more costly electric vehicles (E.V.s) before federal tax incentives ran out , and the average transaction price has fallen slightly since then. But it remains stubbornly high, hitting $49,766 in ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
An investigation found defense secretary put US forces at risk, triggering fresh demands for his resignation The Department of Defense's inspector general released the much-anticipated unclassified report on Thursday about Pete Hegseth 's disclosure of plans for military airstrikes in Yemen in a Signal group chat earlier this year. It found that Hegseth violated departmental policies when he shared information in ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Skywatchers in Northeast Ohio and beyond will get a bright send-off to 2025's lunar calendar this week when December's "cold moon" rises as the last supermoon of the year. The cold moon officially peaks at 6:14 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, but it will appear full for several nights. The cold moon is December's traditional name for the 12th and final full moon of the year. This time, it doubles as ...
Source: cleveland.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
November saw 71,321 job cuts announced, down 53% from October but pushing yearly total up 54% Layoffs announced by employers declined on a monthly basis in November but still pushed the 2025 total to the highest level since the wave of pandemic-induced layoffs in 2020, new data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas shows. The report found that U.S. employers announced 71,321 layoffs in November — down 53% from ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The recall includes multiple brands of cheese sold across more than two dozen states. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has shared a recall , and this time it involves shredded cheese. More than a million bags of the dairy essential are being recalled due to concerns that the cheese had become contaminated with non-food items. The recall includes several different brands of cheese that had been ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Pentagon, attempting to overturn new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that have led to most mainstream media outlets being banished from the building. The newspaper said the rules violate the Constitution's freedom of speech and due process provisions, since they give Hegseth the power to determine on his own whether a ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
'Information-dense' AI responses are most persuasive but these tend to be less accurate, says security report Chatbots can sway people's political opinions but the most persuasive artificial intelligence models deliver "substantial" amounts of inaccurate information in the process, according to the UK government's AI security body. Researchers said the study was the largest and most systematic investigation of AI ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Alina Habba said she was the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey. President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi agreed. All three were wrong, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled this week. That unanimous decision , which was issued by a three-judge panel that included two George W. Bush appointees, highlights a disturbing pattern of conduct that extends beyond New Jersey to New York , ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trump administration officials overseeing the immigration crackdown launched this week in New Orleans are aiming to make 5,000 arrests, a target that some city leaders who oppose the operation say is unrealistic and would require detainining more than just violent offenders. It's an ambitious goal that would surpass the number of arrests during a two-month enforcement blitz this fall around ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Reading time 2 minutes Ritz cracker sandwiches have been an incredibly popular snack in the U.S. for decades. But if you or anyone in your family has an allergy to peanuts, you may want to check your cupboards. Because the maker of Ritz and the FDA have both issued recalls because some Ritz sandwiches labeled as cheese variety have been shipped with peanut butter. Mondelēz Global, the maker of food brands like ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Decision comes less than two weeks after judge ruled similar case against New York attorney general unlawful A grand jury declined to indict Letitia James on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the decision, a decision that came less than two weeks after a judge ruled that a similar mortgage fraud case brought by federal prosecutors against the New York attorney general was unlawful. The move by the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Washington — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that Democrats will offer a clean three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for a vote next week, when the issue that was at the center of the shutdown fight comes center stage. "This is the bill, a clean three-year extension of ACA tax credits, that Democrats will bring to the floor of the Senate for a vote next ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
– The White House is expected to submit plans for President Donald Trump's to a federal planning commission before the year ends, about three months after construction began. , who was named by Trump as chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, said at the panel's monthly meeting Thursday that he was told by colleagues at the White House that the long-awaited plans will be filed sometime in ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign received a legal setback on Tuesday when a federal judge issued yet another preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For the second time in as many months, the agency has been ordered to stop conducting warrantless immigration arrests without probable cause, this time in Washington, D.C., and to report on the facts surrounding these ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Virginia twin brothers were arrested for their alleged roles in deleting government databases hosted by a federal government contractor, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, both 34, were indicted last month for allegedly conspiring to delete databases used to store U.S. government information, the DOJ said in a news release. The ...
Source: foxnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump and Republicans have launched an unprecedented effort this year to redraw state congressional maps to help protect the party's narrow majority in the House ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats have responded with redistricting efforts of their own, setting off a series of fights across the country — including in the courts — which will shape the midterm landscape and ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, slipping close to its low point so far this year. The decline brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.19% from 6.23% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.69%. This is the second straight weekly drop in the average rate ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. It's well known that Donald Trump loves to send taxpayer dollars directly to voters with packaging intended to make the bounty seem like a gift from his own self. So it's not surprising that his signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act had a provision creating something called "Trump accounts" that would be set up for all ...
Source: nymag.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
This article originally appeared on PolitiFact . President Donald Trump has recently claimed his tariffs will generate so much money that Americans could soon stop paying federal income taxes. But experts say he's overpromised. "Over the next couple of years, I think we'll … be cutting income tax — could be almost completely cutting it, because the money we're taking in is going to be so large," Trump ...
Source: pbs.org
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Dogs may boost mental health by subtly reshaping the microbes in our bodies. "Adolescent children who keep dogs exhibit higher mental well-being, and we also found that dog ownership alters the gut microbiota," Takefumi Kikusui, one of the study authors and a professor at Azabu University in Japan, said . If this is the case, then it could change how we think about the benefits of pet ownership — not just as ...
Source: zmescience.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The number of children who die before age 5 is expected to rise for the first time this century, amid sweeping cuts to global health funding by high-income countries, according to a new report from the Gates Foundation. Child mortality around the world is projected to reach an estimated 4.8 million deaths in 2025, an increase of 200,000 preventable deaths compared with last year, the Gates Foundation said in its ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article "It's not even a nation," Trump said of Somalia. "It's just people walking around killing each other." has called for immigrants from Somalia — including Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar — to "be thrown the hell out" of the U.S., escalating his rhetoric against a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
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? WASHINGTON ― Republicans in Congress have rejected Jack Smith's offer to testify in public, demanding instead that he come to Capitol Hill later this ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Even for a president who has long made clear he's no fan of Somalia, the latest round of White House contempt was a shock Wednesday in the country's largest Somali community . "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country," President Donald Trump told reporters during a Tuesday Cabinet meeting. "We can go one way or the other, and we're going to go the wrong way if we keep ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 -
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A man was killed Wednesday in a targeted shooting at the food court at MGM National Harbor hotel and casino in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, police said. Detectives were working to determine the circumstances, and Prince George's County Police Chief George Nader said at a news conference that they are searching for the shooter, who was captured on video. Officers responded to the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com