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'You Don't Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore!' JD Vance Declares Trump Killed DEI
Dec 21st, 2025, 2:50 pm Vice President JD Vance declared one of President Donald Trumps big wins since returning to office has been gutting federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) laws that discriminated against white and Asian Americans. Vance made the comment during a speech at Turning Point USAs AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday. The vice president said DEI is antithetical to American values and a meritocratic society which made it an easy target for the second Tru ...
Israel's Cabinet approves 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank
By MELANIE LIDMAN Updated 9:11 AM CST, December 21, 2025 Leer en español TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) Israels Cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance minister said Sunday, as the government pushes ahead with a construction binge in the territory that further threatens the possibility of a Palestinian state. That brings the total number of new settlements over the past few years to 69, a new record, according to Finance Ministe ...
DOJ defends removing Trump photo from Epstein files
4h A photo of President Trump along with a batch of other files was removed from the Justice Department's newly released tranche of thousands of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, images and recordings. The big picture: The vanishing files are fueling accusations that Trump's DOJ is selectively withholding information, raising questions about compliance with Congress' disclosure law and setting up a potential legal and political showdown. Republican Rep. "Thomas Massie and I are exp ...
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
12/21/2025 12:00 PM EST At least six career staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were suspended with pay this summer after organizing a polygraph test that the agencys acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, failed. The Department of Homeland Security opened an investigation into whether the staff provided false information about the need for the test which was scheduled after Gottumukkala sought access to certain highly sensitive cyber intelligence shared with t ...
'Congress is in a coma.' Former lawmakers sound alarm on health of the House
December 21, 2025 5:00 AM ET Congress is wrapping up the year in the shadow of the longest government shutdown and with a growing reputation as the least productive in modern history. "Congress is in a coma. It has a pulse, but not many brainwaves," said former Rep. Jim Cooper, a Democrat who represented Tennessee for 32 years. "It's hard to tell that it's even alive as an institution." A record number of lawmakers are calling it quits ahead of the midterm elections next ...
Trump again boasts he 'aced' cognitive tests - and reveals which animals he was required to identify
Saturday 20 December 2025 15:44 EST President Donald Trump once again boasted about having aced three cognitive tests in wide-ranging remarks. As concerns around the 79-year-old presidents health and mental fitness continue to mount particularly after his rambling speech earlier this week, apparently falling asleep at several events including a Cabinet meeting, and his controversial Truth Social post about late filmmaker Rob Reiner Trump reminded a North Carolina crowd on Friday that h ...
Man accused of illegally towing ICE vehicle during raid found not guilty
A South Los Angeles tow truck driver has been found not guilty of federal charges after being accused of towing a government vehicle used by ICE during an immigration arrest earlier this year. Bobby Nuñez, 33, was charged with theft of government property and faced up to ten years in prison before a jury found him not guilty on Friday. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a video in September showing a tow truck driver snatching an immigration agent's government SUV in the middle of a ...
Republican critics fear incomplete disclosure of Epstein files will loom over midterms
12h Dec 20 (Reuters) - Extensive redactions and the limited number of documents released related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein angered some Republicans and did little to defuse a scandal threatening the party ahead of 2026 midterm elections. The Trump administration touted this week's release of a cache of Epstein-related files as a show of transparency, but a handful of Republican lawmakers and right-wing media figures joined Democrats in blasting Friday's disclosures as inadequa ...
Trump endorses in New York governor race the day after Stefanik drops out
12/20/2025 05:35 PM EST President Donald Trump endorsed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in the New York gubernatorial race, a day after Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) ended her bid. "Bruce is MAGA all the way, and has been with me from the very beginning," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Saturday. "Bruce Blakeman is a FANTASTIC guy, will win the big November Election and, without hesitation, has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Governor of the ONCE GREAT STATE O ...
Trans Activist Blasts Trump Administration For Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to 'Distract' From Epstein Files
Dec 20th, 2025, 7:20 pm A transgender activist accused the Trump administration of focusing on anti-trans policies to distract from the Epstein files, among other MAGA issues, during an appearance on CNN on Saturday. Republicans on multiple fronts this week seeking to limit access to gender affirming care for transgender youth, said CNN host Erica Hill. The GOP controlled House passing two bills, one to block Medicaid funds from being used for gender affirming care for minors, another to ...
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- Cable News ClipsEpstein survivor says 'no one' from Trump's DOJ has reached out - The Weekend Primetime - MS NOW
- Cable News ClipsSurvivors and families speak out after release of Epstein files - NBC News
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- PennsylvaniaMummers Parade 2026: Road closures, parking restrictions and how to watch
- ConnecticutConnecticut man files lawsuit in attempt to get on special election ballot
- New MexicoOPINION: What Albuquerque's historical mayoral election really means
- CaliforniaSupervisors change campaign donation rules just before election season
- VirginiaFormer Richmond City Council candidate indicted on election fraud charges still at large
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CBS Responds to Pulling '60 Minutes' Episode as Bari Weiss Under Pressure
16 min ago - Published Dec 22, 2025 at 03:54 AM EST CBS has said it pulled its "60 Minutes" report on El Salvador's CECOT prison because it needed "additional reporting," according to Reuters. The broadcaster removed a link to the "Inside CECOT" segment before i ... (Newsweek)
Artist to Pull Kennedy Center Show Over Trump Rename
36 min ago - Updated Dec. 21 2025 6:04PM EST Published Dec. 21 2025 11:15AM EST The Kennedy Center is already losing performers after Donald Trump slapped his name on the storied arts institution. Kristy Lee, a folk singer scheduled to perform at the John F. Ke ... (Daily Beast)
Trump threatens to 'fire' Don Jr as he appears by speaker phone at fractious Turning Point conference
58 min ago - Sunday 21 December 2025 18:01 EST President Donald Trump bizarrely threatened to fire Don Jr., after his son put him on speaker phone at Turning Point USAs annual AmericaFest conference. I wanted to call in a little guest. He ... (The Independent)
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
1 hr ago - Blanche, President Donald Trumps personal attorney during his New York criminal trial last year, was a cryptocurrency investor with holdings of between $159,000 and $485,000, records show. To prevent possible violations of the federal conflicts ... (ProPublica)
White House pushes Smithsonian to comply with review to receive federal funding
1 hr ago - PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2025, 5:20 PM ET The Trump administration has signaled to the Smithsonian Institution that the White House could withhold federal funding from the museum organization if it does not comply with the administrations unprecedente ... (CNN Politics)
Senate stares down fraught health care battle with ObamaCare subsidies set to expire
1 hr ago - 12/21/25 5:00 PM ET Senate negotiators are set for a high-wire act on health care in the coming weeks after leaving Washington for the holidays without a resolution on the expiring enhanced subsidies, with lawmakers increasingly shifting into campaig ... (The Hill)
Moscow car bomb kills Russian general, investigators say
2 hrs ago - Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was killed in the explosion, officials said. By David Brennan December 22, 2025, 2:47 AM LONDON -- A car bomb killed a Russian general in Moscow early on Monday morning, the Investigative Committee of Russia said in a stat ... (abcnews)
Immigration Crackdown Creates Fault Lines Among Baptists
2 hrs ago - Dec. 21, 2025 Updated 4:20 p.m. ET When federal agents descended on Louisiana this month to pursue their aggressive deportation campaign, a group of Roman Catholic priests privately brought the Eucharist to the homes of immigrants too worried to step ... (New York Times)
Top DOJ Official Directly Contradicts Trump Claim That President Fired Prosecutor for Refusing to Indict Comey
3 hrs ago - Dec 21st, 2025, 3:26 pm A top DOJ official directly contradicted President Donald Trumps claim that he fired a federal prosecutor for refusing to pursue an indictment against James Comey. In an interview on Meet the Press Sunday, Deputy Attor ... (MEDIAite)
Head of US Catholic bishops says deportations are causing 'fear and uncertainty'
3 hrs ago - 12/21/2025 03:25 PM EST Archbishop Paul Coakley, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, warned that the Trump administrations aggressive deportation campaign is instilling fear in a rather widespread manner across ... (Politico)
Trump announces he's appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to serve as US special envoy to Greenland
3 hrs ago - By AAMER MADHANI Updated 10:47 PM CST, December 21, 2025 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) President Donald Trump on Sunday announced he is appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to serve as the U.S. special envoy to Greenland, t ... (AP)
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104
6 hrs ago - Betty Reid Soskin, the nations oldest park ranger when she retired in 2022 at age 100, and a trailblazer in preserving the history of Black Americans and women, died Dec. 21. She was 104. Soskin devoted her life to telling stories that might ot ... (KQED)
James Ransone, Actor Known for 'The Wire,' Dies at 46
8 hrs ago - James Ransone, Actor Known for 'The Wire,' Dies at 46 The character actor had grown up in Maryland, where "The Wire" was set, and went on to star in horror films like "It Chapter Two." James Ransone in 2015. Jeff Vespa/WireImage, via Getty By Jonatha ... (New York Times)
Colorado governor accuses Trump of playing 'political games' after disaster request denials
10 hrs ago - Updated 8:02 PM EST, December 21, 2025 DENVER (AP) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis accused President Donald Trump of playing political games Sunday after the Trump administration denied disaster declaration requests following wildfires a ... (AP)
Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima
10 hrs ago - December 21, 2025 6:22 PM EST Updated 1 hour ago NIIGATA, Japan, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday, a watershed moment in the country's piv ... (Reuters)
CBS News 'torched' over last-minute cancellation of report on Trump's 'concentration camp'
11 hrs ago - December 21, 2025 6:18PM ET CBS News cut an upcoming "60 Minutes" report at the last minute on the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador, setting off an outcry on social media. The network's flagship news magazine had been scheduled to broadcast a rep ... (Raw Story)
Jeffries says House 'will pass' ObamaCare subsidies extension 'with a bipartisan majority'
11 hrs ago - 12/21/25 5:28 PM ET House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) predicted Sunday that an extension of subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will pass the House with backing from both sides of the aisle. House Democrats are g ... (The Hill)
Jim Beam to pause production at main Kentucky distillery in 2026
12 hrs ago - Krista Johnson Leo Bertucci Dec. 21, 2025, 2:42 p.m. ET The maker of the popular Kentucky bourbon brand Jim Beam will pause operations at its main distillery for an indefinite period beginning in January 2026, company officials told The Courier Jour ... (Courier Journal)
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
12 hrs ago - 12/21/2025 12:00 PM EST At least six career staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were suspended with pay this summer after organizing a polygraph test that the agencys acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, failed. The ... (Politico)
Trump Administration Live Updates: Justice Dept. Reposts Epstein Files Image Showing Trump Picture
12 hrs ago - Updated Dec. 21, 2025, 5:04 p.m. ET 56 minutes ago Trump Administration Live Updates: Justice Dept. Reposts Epstein Files Image Showing Trump Picture Where Things Stand Epstein files: The Justice Department reposted an image containing a photo of Pr ... (New York Times)



















