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Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Two people who survived an early September U.S. attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean were waving overhead before they were killed in a now-controversial second strike, according to two sources familiar with a video that was shown to lawmakers this week . One of the sources said the action could be interpreted as the survivors either calling for help or trying to wave off another strike. The additional ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
An anti-vaccine lawyer who has regularly sued federal and state health agencies spoke Friday at a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel — an unheard-of departure for the committee, which for decades was a trusted source for vaccine recommendations. The lawyer, Aaron Siri, has also served as the personal attorney for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's bid to halt an order requiring it to release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the The mental health program, which was funded by Congress after the 2022 , included grants meant to help schools hire more counselors, psychologists and social workers, with a focus on rural and underserved areas of the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Netflix announced Friday it's reached a deal to buy pieces of Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing a swift end to a dramatic bidding process that saw Paramount Skydance and Comcast also vying for the legacy assets. The deal is for WBD's film studio and streaming service, HBO Max. Warner Bros. Discovery will still spin out its TV networks, which includes TNT and CNN, as previously planned. The acquisition is expected to ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — Teeing up a blockbuster ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide the lawfulness of President Donald Trump's contentious plan to roll back automatic birthright citizenship for nearly anyone born in the United States. The eventual ruling in a case from New Hampshire, expected by the end of June, will likely determine conclusively whether Trump's ambitious proposal can move forward. The ...
Source: news.yahoo.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 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article James McCrery II will remain on the project in a 'consulting' role, the White House has said President Donald Trump replaced the original architect tapped to oversee his $300 million ballroom due to the massive size of the president's project, according to a report. James McCrery ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury has rejected the Justice Department's bid to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James , according to reports, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump 's effort to prosecute political opponents. The Norfolk, Va., grand jury decision comes less than two weeks after a federal judge threw out criminal cases against James and FBI Director James Comey . "The grand jury's ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
A federal appeals court endorsed President Donald Trump's firings of two independent agency officials despite their statutory safeguards against such at-will dismissals. Members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board exercise the kind of executive power that makes their for-cause removal restrictions invalid under US Supreme Court precedent, the US Court of Appeals for the District ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
If you're a homebuyer or homeowner hoping to refinance, the middle of the holiday season may seem like an unconventional time to start shopping around for mortgage interest rates . But unconventional doesn't necessarily mean unworthy, especially in the cooling interest rate climate of December 2025. Mortgage interest rates have been on a gradual decline for much of this year and that could continue in the upcoming ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the inspector general investigators looking into his alleged use of Signal to share classified strike plans that he determined the details he shared either weren't classified to begin with or were "safe to declassify," according to a written statement included in a report released Thursday by the Defense Department's independent oversight office. Though Hegseth had the authority ...
Source: nextgov.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Michael and Susan Dell donated $6.25B to fund 'Trump accounts' The chairman of the White House National Economic Council said that wealthy Americans are looking to help finance the seed money for the so-called " Trump accounts " for newborns. NEC Director Kevin Hassett said in a Friday appearance on FOX Business Network's " Mornings with Maria " that there has been a surge of interest among wealthy Americans ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
Fatalities jumped to nearly 35,000 in 2015, an 8% increase from the year prior, and rose another 6.5% the following year, according to . Fatalities peaked in 2021 at 43,230, representing a 10.8% year-over-year increase from the previous year. For more than a decade, futurists have looked to autonomous vehicles as a solution to the growing issue, but there are varying levels of automation. GM Super Cruise and Tesla ...
Source: bradenton.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 -
Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The New York Times filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Department of Defense for violating the constitutional rights of journalists by adding restrictions on reporting about the military. The suit accuses the Pentagon and Secretary Pete Hegseth of violating the First Amendment by creating the new restrictions on reporting. They "seek to restrict journalists' ability to do what journalists have ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Technology Could ChatGPT Secretly Tell You How to Vote? The political manipulation machine Illustration by The Atlantic December 4, 2025, 2:41 PM ET Save In the months leading up to last year's presidential election, more than 2,000 Americans, roughly split across partisan lines, were recruited for an experiment: Could an AI model influence their political inclinations? The premise was straightforward—let ...
Source: theatlantic.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