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Top News Stories for Saturday, December 13th 2025
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
"Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down, and we will make America affordable again," Donald Trump told rallygoers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in August 2024. "We're going to make it affordable again." He said it over and over and over. "Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again. We'll do that. We've got to bring it down," he told a ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
Thursday that blocks state artificial intelligence laws, clearing the way for a single, national regulatory AI framework. Trump and his advisors expressed concern that a patchwork of state-level regulations could cripple the burgeoning AI industry, emphasizing the need for a unified approach to ensure America's technological and economic superiority over China. The executive order pits the administration against ...
Source: forbes.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
Employee costs for family health insurance offered through their job increased more in Utah than the national average and dozens of other states amid an ongoing congressional fight over tax credits that help millions of Americans afford health care. A 50-state analysis from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota shows a sharp 2.5 % cost increase for Americans last year, ...
Source: sltrib.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
Nearly two years after he was first diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer, King Charles is officially moving to a new "precautionary phase" of treatment that will prioritize his "continued recovery." The monarch made the announcement via a prerecorded video that aired in support of the Stand Up to Cancer charity campaign on Friday, December 12. "Today I am able to share with you the good news that thanks to ...
Source: instyle.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
By Perry Stein, Jasmine Golden, Salvador Rizzo and Jeremy Roebuck, The Washington Post The Justice Department once again failed to persuade a grand jury to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, an embarrassing loss for a law enforcement agency that has repeatedly tried to charge the president's foe in a mortgage fraud case that career prosecutors have long viewed as weak. The refusal by the grand jury in ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
's declaration that he has granted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters a "full pardon" saying it 'is a matter for the courts to decide". Peters, who was convicted in 2024 on multiple state charges-including attempting to influence a public servant and criminal impersonation-remains incarcerated at La Vista Correctional Facility while her appeal proceeds. In a post on X Thursday, Polis wrote that Peters "was ...
Source: bradenton.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
National Trust looks to halt construction, claiming Trump tore down historic East Wing without needed permission Donald Trump is facing a federal lawsuit seeking to halt construction on his $300m White House ballroom , with historic preservationists accusing the president of violating multiple federal laws by tearing down part of the iconic building without required reviews or congressional approval. The legal ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
After months of shifting economic signals, from cooling (but still elevated) inflation to a softer jobs market, the Federal Reserve issued another 25-basis-point rate cut at the close of its December meeting this week, marking its third reduction in four months . The move brought the federal funds rate to its lowest level since 2022, a meaningful pivot after years of aggressive tightening. And that, in turn, could ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
US Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Friday demanded that the Trump administration "stop lying and follow the science " as an outbreak of measles in South Carolina grew and officials warned that low vaccination rates in the affected area likely mean the crisis will continue worsening. Since the outbreak began in October in Spartanburg County, near the state's northern border, the highly infectious disease has sickened at ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Black boxes are the FDA's most serious warning sign and are usually placed on opioid products The FDA will reportedly add a "black box" warning to Covid-19 vaccines as the Trump administration steps up its attack on public trust in vaccines, sources say. Black boxes are the FDA's ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
A nationwide recall has been issued for Lucky Foods brand Cinnamon Powder after tests found elevated levels of lead. The TBC Distribution Corporation of Brooklyn declared the recall on Tuesday, December 6. The classic spice is extensively used in winter, especially around Christmas. Therefore, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urges you to review your grocery shelves and check whether you have purchased the ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
FDA proposes first new sunscreen ingredient in more than 2 decades The FDA is proposing to add bemotrizinol to the list of permitted active ingredients for use in sunscreens, according to a press release from the agency. Submitted for evaluation in a tier 1 application in October 2024 , bemotrizinol is a sunscreen agent that provides protection against both ultraviolet A and B rays, has low levels of absorption ...
Source: healio.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son's "paranoid delusions" and helped direct them at his mother before he died by suicide. Police said Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, a former tech industry worker, fatally beat and strangled his mother, Suzanne Adams, and ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
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Source: huffpost.com