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Top News Stories for Thursday, December 25th 2025
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
The FBI and federal prosecutors in New York informed the Department of Justice (DoJ) of the discovery. "We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible," the DoJ said on Wednesday. The department said it could take "a few more weeks" before all the files are released. The DoJ has been under scrutiny ...
Source: bbc.co.uk
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. ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
Well, here we are. 2026 has arrived, and chances are you've overindulged—not just in food and drink, but in consuming endless "expert" predictions about the year ahead. If you've been paying attention, you've probably noticed that nearly every forecast has one thing in common: AI. Honestly, if this were truly a "2026 predictions" article, I could just write the letters A and I a thousand times in different ...
Source: smartermsp.com
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. In an email, the department said it expects the first notices to be sent to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default the first full week of January and that the number of notices would increase each month. Wages could be garnished as early as ...
Source: truthout.org
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 ...
Source: statnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
BRISTOL, Pa. – Rescuers braved shooting , falling debris and the threat of more explosions to evacuate dozens of nursing home residents after a blast ripped through a , killing a resident and an employee, and setting off a frantic search of the wreckage. Officials said Wednesday they'd located everybody after hours of looking. The police chief of Bristol Township said he'd "never seen such heroism," and a ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
Average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.18%, says Freddie Mac Mortgage rates fell again this week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Wednesday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage decreased to 6.18% from last week's reading of 6.21%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.85% a year ago. ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
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 ...
Source: truthout.org
Wednesday, Dec 24th, 2025 -
Sean "Diddy" Combs has asked an appeals court to release him from prison and overturn his conviction on two prostitution-related crimes. In a court filing for an expedited appeal, the rap mogul's attorney argued that he was improperly sentenced, and that the conduct that resulted in his conviction was not criminal in nature. Attorney Alexandra Shapiro called Combs' 50-month prison sentence "unlawful, ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
Former Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with "metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer," writing in an X post that the diagnosis is "a death sentence." "Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die," Sasse, 53, wrote in the lengthy post. "Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it's a death sentence. But I already had a death sentence ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
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Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Dec 23rd, 2025 -
Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The recent discovery of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard's dead body in Utah led to the arrest of her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday. Ashlee Buzzard is accused of first-degree murder in her daughter's death after a couple found Melodee's dead body and reported it to police on Dec. 6 in Wayne County , Utah, according to NBC News . The couple found a ...
Source: upi.com