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FEMA denies aid to Arizona counties after disastrous monsoon floods

11h The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Wednesday denied aid to Arizona counties after September flooding. Local officials estimate there was more than $30 million in damage to public infrastructure and homes. “The people of Gila and Mohave County were devastated by flooding from severe monsoon storms this September. Now, they’ve been denied support from the federal government with little explanation,” Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) said in a statement. “By denying much-needed ...

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A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot

By OLIVIA DIAZ Updated 12:07 AM CST, December 25, 2025 Leer en español A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday’s Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. The winning numbers were 04, 25, 31, 52 and 59, with the Powerball number being 19. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher than previous expected, making it the second-largest in U.S. history and the largest Powerball prize of 2025, according to w ...

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Trump admin says transgender and nonbinary plaintiffs in passport marker case are trying to 'escape the consequences of

Dec 24th, 2025, 4:05 pm The Trump administration is imploring a federal district court not to move too quickly in a lawsuit over the policy changing the sex marker designations on U.S. passports for transgender and nonbinary people. In February, a group of individuals represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the government for upending the previous policy allowing preferred gender identity on passports, a policy that had been in place for 33 years. The lower courts have r ...

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White House Offered '60 Minutes' Dubious Statement Over Axed Segment

Updated Dec. 25 2025 3:35AM EST Published Dec. 24 2025 2:15PM EST The Trump White House offered CBS News’ 60 Minutes an off-topic statement for its segment on the Salvadoran megaprison CECOT. Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent who reported the segment, and her producer requested an interview with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in late November. She did not hear back, according to The New York Times. Journalists at 60 Minutes also attempted to get statements from the White House, DH ...

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A small group of Republican 'extortionists' has usurped Mike Johnson's power: WSJ

December 24, 2025 5:57PM ET House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) Republican majority is not only razor-thin, but is also becoming increasingly rebellious, according to a new analysis in the Wall Street Journal. The Journal's Kimberly A. Strassel wrote Wednesday that Johnson has effectively ceded his power to a group of "moderate extortionists" within the House Republican Conference who continuously extract concessions from him. She specifically singled out Reps. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa. ...

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'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over

David Edwards December 24, 2025 4:16PM ET "The Kennedy Center Honors" reportedly drew its lowest ratings ever after President Donald Trump announced he would host the event. "According to preliminary Nielsen data, 'The Kennedy Center Honors' on CBS drew its smallest audience ever on the night of December 23, 2025, averaging an estimated 2.65 million viewers," Programming Insider reported on Wednesday. "To put that in perspective: the 2024 broadcast averaged 4.1 ...

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Trump Admin Lawsuit Aims To Flood DC With AR-15 Rifles For 'Common Use'

By David Edwards — December 24, 2025 .................... In a nine-page lawsuit filed on Monday, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division noted that "the District denies law-abiding citizens the ability to register a wide variety of commonly used semi-automatic firearms, such as the Colt AR-15 series rifles, which is among the most popular of firearms in America, and a variety of other semi-automatic rifles and pistols that are in common use." The suit sought a "permanent injunction p ...

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ICE officer accused of excessive force, then sent back to work despite active probe

December 24, 2025 5:00 AM ET In the span of less than 72 hours, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Victor Mojica went from being widely vilified and placed on administrative leave — to being returned right back to his old job. On a Friday in September, Mojica was caught on several cameras roughly pushing a woman into the hallway and then to the ground, as the woman screamed. The incident at an immigration court in New York rapidly circulated online and prompted the Homeland Security ...

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After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a “few more weeks" to release all of its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after suddenly discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents, further delaying compliance with last Friday’s congressionally mandated deadline. The Christmas Eve announcement came hours after a dozen U.S. senators called on the Justice Department’s watchdog to examine its failure to meet the deadline. The group, ...

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Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering

41 min ago - By SILVIA STELLACCI and COLLEEN BARRY Updated 1:45 PM CST, December 25, 2025 Leer en español VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those ... (AP)

Gavin Newsom drops Christmas troll of Trump with video mocking Epstein files redactions

1 hr ago - The governor rounded off a year of mocking the president by posting a short video that showed pages and pages of redactions in the files in the late convicted sex offender’s case, cut with footage of Trump speaking with Epstein in the early 90s. ... (Independent)

3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank

2 hrs ago - By MELANIE LIDMAN Updated 5:55 AM CST, December 25, 2025 Leer en español Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging part of a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the Israeli-occupied ... (AP)

'We'd Be Cooked': GOP Strategists Fear Trump-Backed MyPillow CEO Could Doom Minnesota Election

4 hrs ago - Dec 25th, 2025, 9:45 am Some Republican strategists fear that President Donald Trump’s involvement in the 2026 Minnesota gubernatorial race could harm – rather than help – the GOP’s chances. Trump endorsed MyPillow CEO Mike Linde ... (MEDIAite)

Just 38 bills were passed by Congress this year as Trump consolidates power in Washington

4 hrs ago - Thursday 25 December 2025 09:49 EST When President Harry Truman ran for re-election in 1948, he railed against a “do-nothing” 80th Congress that passed 906 separate bills into law over a two-year period, including the landmark Taft-Hartley ... (The Independent)

US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump's 'Billionaire First' agenda

5 hrs ago - Thu 25 Dec 2025 06.00 EST Last modified on Thu 25 Dec 2025 11.08 EST Donald Trump has staged a year of “unrelenting attacks on working people,” according to the head of the largest federation of the labor unions in the US. Now they’re ... (The Guardian)

Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack

6 hrs ago - By OPE ADETAYO Updated 2:04 AM CST, December 25, 2025 Leer en español LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what polic ... (AP)

Chicago Faith Leaders Say ICE Facility Denied Them Entry on Christmas Eve

6 hrs ago - Published Dec 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM EST updated Dec 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM EST A group of faith leaders on Wednesday attempted to enter an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Chicago but were denied entry, they told reporters.  ... (Newsweek)

Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence

7 hrs ago - Updated 12:06 AM EST, December 25, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case returned the sp ... (AP)

North Korea displays apparent progress in construction of nuclear-powered submarine

7 hrs ago - By KIM TONG-HYUNG Updated 10:14 PM CST, December 24, 2025 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull, ... (AP)

White House orders military to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuela oil

8 hrs ago - December 24, 2025 9:11 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a U.S. offi ... (Reuters)

More House Republicans are leaving Congress to run for governor than in decades amid frustration over 'toxic environment

9 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Dec 25, 2025, 4:00 AM ET Congressional Republicans have yet to break the record for most retirements in a single year, but some say it’s only a matter of time before widespread frustration with the current state of Washington leads to ... (CNN Politics)

Trump takes NORAD Santa calls from kids. Here's what he said.

10 hrs ago - Updated Dec. 24, 2025, 7:20 p.m. ET It's Christmas Eve in Mar-a-Lago, and the first couple talked with children as part of NORAD's Santa calls. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participated in the longstanding holiday tradition for ... (USA Today)

White House Offered '60 Minutes' Dubious Statement Over Axed Segment

11 hrs ago - Updated Dec. 25 2025 3:35AM EST Published Dec. 24 2025 2:15PM EST The Trump White House offered CBS News’ 60 Minutes an off-topic statement for its segment on the Salvadoran megaprison CECOT. Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent who reported the ... (Daily Beast)

A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot

12 hrs ago - By OLIVIA DIAZ Updated 12:07 AM CST, December 25, 2025 Leer en español A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday’s Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game’s three-month stretch without a top-pri ... (AP)

A small group of Republican 'extortionists' has usurped Mike Johnson's power: WSJ

12 hrs ago - December 24, 2025 5:57PM ET House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) Republican majority is not only razor-thin, but is also becoming increasingly rebellious, according to a new analysis in the Wall Street Journal. The Journal's Kimberly A. Strassel wrot ... (Raw Story)

Tina Peters asks Colorado appeals court to recognize Trump's pardon, release her from prison

12 hrs ago - Updated 5:36 PM EST, December 24, 2025 DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters is asking the state appeals court to recognize President Donald Trump’s pardon of her state convictions as valid. In a motion Tuesday, Peters&# ... (AP)

Crockett: 'I see the government shutting down' in January

13 hrs ago - 12/24/25 5:08 PM ET Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday she predicts the government will shut down in January and that lawmakers will not pass any appropriations bills to keep the government funded before the funding deadline. “I see th ... (The Hill)

FEMA denies aid to Arizona counties after disastrous monsoon floods

13 hrs ago - 11h The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Wednesday denied aid to Arizona counties after September flooding. Local officials estimate there was more than $30 million in damage to public infrastructure and homes. “The people of Gila ... (msn/The Hill)

Trump admin says transgender and nonbinary plaintiffs in passport marker case are trying to 'escape the consequences of

14 hrs ago - Dec 24th, 2025, 4:05 pm The Trump administration is imploring a federal district court not to move too quickly in a lawsuit over the policy changing the sex marker designations on U.S. passports for transgender and nonbinary people. In February, a g ... (Law & Crime)

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