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Top News Stories for Friday, December 19th 2025
Thursday, Dec 18th, 2025 -
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 17, 2025. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS A series of plaques written for portraits featured in The White House have been mocked by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. The paragraphs of text now appearing under the presidential portraits feature frequent mentions of Donald ...
Source: rawstory.com
Thursday, Dec 18th, 2025 -
United States Homeland Security Advisor and close Trump aide Stephen Miller suggested on Wednesday that Venezuela's oil "belongs to Washington". Miller's comments came a day after US President Donald Trump posted on social media that he is imposing a "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. The US has amassed the largest military force in the region in decades, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Dec 18th, 2025 -
Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Dan Bongino has announced he will be stepping down as deputy director of the FBI, less than a year after assuming the position. The former Secret Service agent-turned-right-wing pundit and podcaster announced he would be resigning in January on X, thanking President Donald Trump , Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel "for the opportunity to serve with purpose." "God bless America, ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Dec 18th, 2025 -
A federal judge has temporarily blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from enforcing rules that restrict congressional visits to immigration detention facilities. This deals a setback to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) effort to regulate oversight visits during a period of intensified immigration enforcement. Newsweek contacted the DOJ for comment via email outside of normal office ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article White House chief of staff labels JD Vance a 'conspiracy theorist' and Elon Musk an 'avowed ketamine' user in revealing interviews throughout the president's chaotic year in office Donald Trump's "ice maiden" and one of the most politically powerful women in the world has offered ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
A private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner , is no longer backing Paramount's hostile acquisition bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the firm confirmed Tuesday. Days after Warner agreed to be bought by Netflix in early December, Paramount launched a rival bid that seeks to bypass Warner's management and appeal directly to its shareholders with more money. Paramount is offering ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
The Oscars will be shown only on YouTube from 2029, the Academy said Wednesday, in a radical gambit for a movie industry that remains wary of streaming platforms even as viewing habits shift online. The new five-year deal means Hollywood's most prestigious awards ceremony will be viewable exclusively online for the first time, ending a decades-long relationship with US broadcaster ABC. The decision will allow ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump delivered a forceful defense of his first 11 months in office during a primetime address from the White House, pointing the finger at Democrats for Americans' economic anxieties in a combative speech that sets the tone for the 2026 midterm elections. "Boy, are we making progress," Trump said Dec. 17 in a speech focused heavily on the affordability issue that has ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday unveiled the new website for the Trump Accounts program, a tax-deferred investment vehicle for American children. He also announced a new Trump Accounts partner, billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio. At a briefing on the program, Bessent projected that the $1,000 deposited into a Trump Account by the government when a child is born would grow to over $600,000 by ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
With the last FOMC meeting and interest rate cuts of the year in the rear-view mirror, combined with typical holiday time slowdowns, economists were not surprised to see a decrease in mortgage applications this week. According to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report, the Market Composite Index—the measure of mortgage loan activity volume—decreased 3.8% from one week earlier on a ...
Source: rismedia.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
Meanwhile, Ted Cruz wants to restrict FCC's power to intimidate broadcasters. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr today faced blistering criticism in a Senate hearing for his September threats to revoke ABC station licenses over comments made by Jimmy Kimmel. While Democrats provided nearly all the criticism, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said that Congress should act to restrict the FCC's power to ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rob Reiner's son Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents. The 32-year-old did not enter a plea as he appeared from behind the glass wall of a custody area. He was in shackles and wearing a jail suicide prevention smock. His arraignment was postponed until Jan. 7 at his attorney's request. He ...
Source: pbs.org
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a shift to a personalized approach for hepatitis B vaccination. The CDC's new policy change Tuesday allows parents of infants born to mothers who test negative for the virus to decide whether their newborns receive the vaccine, including the birth dose. Following approval by acting CDC Director and Deputy Health Secretary Jim O'Neill , the ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
The bill touts lowering ACA premiums through an old route, cost-sharing reduction payments for insurers. Policy and Legislation Susan Morse The House is scheduled to vote today on a healthcare bill that doesn't include extending enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans. The enhanced subsidies expire at the end of this year, a move that would increase ACA premiums. Projections from KFF estimate it ...
Source: healthcarefinancenews.com
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 -
( NewsNation ) — Thousands of cases of salad dressing have been recalled due to the presence of "foreign objects," the Food and Drug Administration announced. In a report , the FDA said the recall from California-based Ventura Foods was initiated on Nov. 11 and identified as a "Class II" on Dec. 4, meaning the use of or exposure to the product could lead to temporary and adverse health consequences. More than ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
This week brought a vanishingly rare jobs report on Tuesday after the longest government shutdown in history threw a wrench in federal data collection, and it was a mixed bag. The new data emphasized trends we've been seeing this year, including unemployment inching up and a tougher market for many job seekers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics delayed the report from December 5 to extend data collection and ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Jared Kushner's private equity firm says it is dropping out of the group of firms that planned to back Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. "With two strong competitors vying to secure the future of this unique American asset, Affinity has decided no ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 -
Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Van Hollen demand answers from tech firms including Google and Amazon Three Democratic US senators announced on Tuesday that they are investigating whether big tech companies are passing the soaring utility costs of "energy-guzzling" data centers on to ordinary Americans. The trio sent letters to the heads of Google, Microsoft , Amazon and Meta as well as the data ...
Source: theguardian.com