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Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east of Venezuela – the admiral who oversaw the operation told lawmakers on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks. According to intelligence collected by US forces, the struck ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
The committee advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy voted on Dec. 5, 2025, to stop recommending that all newborns be routinely vaccinated against the hepatitis B virus – undoing a 34-year prevention strategy that has nearly eliminated early childhood hepatitis B infections in the United States. Before the U.S. began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B ...
Source: theconversation.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
The Supreme Court runs the risk of "turbocharging" mid-decade redistricting with its decision allowing Texas to move forward with a redrawn 2026 congressional map a lower court had blocked as a racial gerrymander, critics say. The unsigned ruling on Thursday, issued via the justices' emergency docket, found a three-judge panel had improperly inserted itself into the state's political process on the "eve of an ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.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 -
Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear arguments for and against President Donald Trump 's executive order ending birthright citizenship. The court will rule on the birthright citizenship clause in the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868. The court likely will schedule oral arguments in April and render its judgment by the end of June, Politico reported . Trump on Jan. 20 signed the ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Dec 5th, 2025 -
The Indiana House on Friday approved a new congressional map designed to net Republicans two seats, setting up a clash over the redistricting effort pushed by President Donald Trump in the state Senate. The bill passed the state House, 57-41. But Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate have said there is not enough support for the map, which is designed to give the GOP control of all nine of the state's ...
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 -
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-to-1 ruling that President Trump acted lawfully in firing two members of independent agencies, despite federal laws that hold they can only be fired for cause, because they wield significant executive power. The ruling comes as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in a similar case on Monday. The case decided by the appeals court was brought by Cathy Harris, a ...
Source: npr.org
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 -
Federal regulators said they are expanding an investigation into Waymo this week, following reports that the company's self-driving cars navigated around school buses stopped on the road in Austin, Texas. In a letter to Waymo dated Dec. 3, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it will investigate the performance of the autonomous vehicles and their ability to follow traffic safety ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Unions representing U.S. State Department employees have asked a federal judge to block the agency from laying off more than 1,300 workers on Friday, the latest legal battle over mass job cuts by President Donald Trump's administration. The unions in a filing in San Francisco federal court late Wednesday said the looming cuts, which include 1,100 civil service jobs and nearly ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
The paper says new rules limiting questions, movement and sourcing violate press freedoms and chill independent reporting The New York Times said on Thursday it is suing the US defense department and the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , after the Trump administration imposed restrictions for the press on access privileges and source-based reporting at the Pentagon. Journalists assigned to cover the Pentagon were ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2025 -
Artificial Intelligence (AI) took the world by storm when OpenAI released its chatbot, dubbed ChatGPT, for public use back in November 2022. Since then, multiple companies have launched their own chatbots to try to claim a piece of the growing market. Even with multiple players in the market, , ChatGPT users mainly use the chatbot for assistance in everyday tasks and "three-quarters of conversations focus on ...
Source: bgr.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