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Top News Stories for Wednesday, December 31st 2025
Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 -
Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Tuesday issued an order saying that the Federal Reserve must continue to fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Early in December, the court upheld a lower court's injunction against closing the bureau while a lawsuit is pending. The suit was brought by the National Treasury Employees Union against Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought. He is also the ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 -
MINNEAPOLIS ( NewsNation ) — Federal agencies descended on Minnesota this week to investigate suspected fraud at child care centers and other facilities after a viral YouTube video claimed to uncover $110 million in fraudulent payments, intensifying scrutiny of the state's oversight of public assistance programs. The Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Small ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have instead backed keeping the rate unchanged, minutes released Tuesday show, underscoring the divisions and uncertainty permeating the central bank. At their December 9-10 meeting Fed officials agreed to cut ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 -
A 19-year-old who fell while hiking on Southern California's Mount Baldy and two others were found dead during the search and rescue effort for the teen, authorities said. The recovery effort for the three deceased hikers is underway, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said on Tuesday. Amid dangerous conditions, Mount Baldy is now closed until New Year's Day to "protect natural resources and provide for ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 -
A federal judge has found evidence that high-level Department of Justice officials may have played a role in the government's push for criminal charges against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who became a symbol of President Donald Trump 's hard-line immigration policies. The government has previously said Robert McGuire, the acting US Attorney for Middle Tennessee, made the decision to seek a ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 -
A federal judge in California this week allowed officials to share some Medicaid information — including addresses and phone numbers — with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help that agency in its efforts to identify, arrest and deport immigrants suspected of living in the U.S. illegally. The ruling amounts to a partial legal victory for the Trump administration and its efforts to carry out a ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2025 -
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows flu cases continuing to spike around the country, with some areas seeing record cases of the illness. The CDC estimated there have been at least 7.5 million flu cases this season as of Dec. 20, as well as at least 81,000 hospitalizations and 3,100 deaths. There have been eight flu-related pediatric deaths, the CDC said. The CDC says 32 ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Dec 29th, 2025 -
Voters who were willing to give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt earlier this year are now turning on the president over his lack of progress on the economy. After months of cautious optimism that Trump's supposed business acumen would lead to greater wealth for all Americans, focus groups increasingly show that some voters have lost faith that Trump can bring down the cost of living—or that he's even ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Monday, Dec 29th, 2025 -
A second pilot involved in a midair helicopter collision in New Jersey on Sunday has died, according to authorities. The crash occurred at around 11:25 a.m. when two helicopters collided shortly after departing from Hammonton Municipal Airport, according to the Hammonton Police Department. The collision involved an Enstrom 280C and an Enstrom F-28A, which both crash-landed in a field and nearby tree line in the 100 ...
Source: bnonews.com