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Mercury 2025 Recap: The Top 10 Most Read Stories of the Year!

Portland's 2025 saw a new 12-member City Council, heated local elections, federal confrontations, and vigorous local journalism shaping civic narratives and accountability.
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35 minutes ago

Latino Border Patrol Agents Deny They're Arresting Their Own Kind' in CNN Segment

Latino Border Patrol agents defend arresting undocumented entrants, saying illegal entrants are not their kind and that they protect their community.
from99% Invisible
14 minutes ago

Constitution Breakdown #5: Dr. Tom Frieden - 99% Invisible

This is is the fifth episode of our ongoing series breaking down the U.S. Constitution. This month, Roman and Elizabeth first talk through Article Two, which establishes the executive branch, section by section. Elizabeth explains the constitutional powers and limitations of the presidency, including hiring and firing, impeachment, pardons, and presidential duties - and how President Trump and the current Supreme Court are upending those powers.
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fromFortune
29 minutes ago

Trump's tariffs actually slashed the deficit from a record $136.4 billion to less than half that. Here's what else they did | Fortune

Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy - building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy. His double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country have disrupted global commerce and strained the budgets of consumers and businesses worldwide. They have also raised tens of billions of dollars for the U.S. Treasury.
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fromAbove the Law
1 hour ago

How Appealing Weekly Roundup - Above the Law

U.S. courts faced intensified emergency docket use, threats against judges, major Supreme Court orders, expensive legal defense bills, and contested immigration and election law disputes.
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fromThe Nation
3 hours ago

A Movement-Building Strategy for All Workers

Defending immigrants and workers together can win elections and fight corporate domination to secure dignity, freedom, and economic justice for all.
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fromStreetsblog
13 hours ago

Streetsies 2025: The Worst From Albany - Streetsblog New York City

In 2025 New York state government enacted harmful transportation policies, egregious bills and vetoes, including the veto of the Grieving Families Act limiting wrongful-death claims.
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fromBrooklyn Paper
3 hours ago

City Council staff union and allies urge members to honor contract during reorganization * Brooklyn Paper

Council staff union demands no layoffs during the 60-day reorganization, full due process, and enforcement of Just Cause protections.
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fromThe Atlantic
6 hours ago

A Misremembered Working-Class Democrat

Moynihan combined erudition with working-class identification, which fueled his political success and presaged the left's loss of working-class voters.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 hour ago

British campaigner says tech firms behind bid to deport him from US

News outlet seeks donations to fund ground reporting; Imran Ahmed says major tech firms moved to undermine and deport him over CCDH accountability work.
#courthouse-arrests
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fromWIRED
7 hours ago
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'We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet'-Trump's Mass Deportations Will Only Grow From Here

fromWIRED
7 hours ago
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'We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet'-Trump's Mass Deportations Will Only Grow From Here

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fromemptywheel
4 hours ago

Much of Todd Blanche's Perceived Cover-Up Is Actually Incompetence - emptywheel

The White House predicted the Epstein files release would end in one week, while the DOJ solicited holiday volunteer prosecutors to continue redacting hundreds of thousands of pages.
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fromSlate Magazine
7 hours ago

How the Next Democratic President Must Spend Their First 24 Hours in Office

Next Democratic presidents must retain and aggressively use expanded executive powers to repair harms and counter a Supreme Court that enabled presidential overreach.
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fromwww.npr.org
6 hours ago

U.S. strikes ISIS in Nigeria. And, holiday shopping was higher than expected

"ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not see for many years, and even Centuries!"
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fromThe Nation
5 hours ago

Gentrifier Go Home

In this time of unrelenting, often unprecedented cruelty and lawlessness, I'm grateful for readers like you. So many of you have taken to the streets, organized in your neighborhood and with your union, and showed up at the ballot box to vote for progressive candidates. You're proving that it is possible-to paraphrase the legendary Patti Smith-to redeem the work of the fools running our government.
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from24/7 Wall St.
3 hours ago

US Postal Service About to Run Out of Money

USPS faces potential insolvency within a year due to large fiscal losses, high labor and network costs, declining mail demand, and the risk of losing a major Amazon contract.
fromFast Company
3 hours ago

White House announces new details on Trump's ballroom plans will be revealed in January

The new ballroom, which Trump has said would cost $400 million and would dwarf the adjacent White House building, has been challenged in court by preservationists, while Democratic lawmakers have called it an abuse of power and are investigating which donors are supporting it. The National Capital Planning Commission, chartered by Congress to manage planning for Washington-area federal lands, said on its website that the White House will provide an "information presentation" on plans to rebuild the East Wing during a commission meeting on January 8.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours ago

How an ex-US Marine became vital in the fight against Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement

Veteran-led organisations prepare and support local officials to resist and respond to politicised military and national guard deployments tied to immigration enforcement.
#trump
fromFortune
6 hours ago

Trump just declared December 26th a national holiday. What's open and closed? | Fortune

President Donald Trump's recent executive order has turned the post-Christmas slump into an official extension of the holiday season, designating Friday, Dec. 26, as a federal holiday. While his directive has effectively shuttered federal offices for a rare five-day weekend, the rest of the economy is operating in a state of partial suspension, leading to a confusing situation about who, exactly, is back to business today.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 hours ago

Opinion: Congressional Fix Our Forests Act' would worsen wildfire threat in California

Wind-driven grass and shrub fires destroyed homes via airborne firebrands, while legislation focused on logging rather than effective community fire-safety measures.
#social-security
fromwww.mercurynews.com
7 hours ago

Chabria: Beneath the rambling, Trump laid out a chilling health care plan

we were subjected to a rant by President Donald Trump that predictably careened from immigrants (bad) to jobs (good), rarely slowing down for reality. But jumbled between the vitriol and venom was a vision of American health care that would have horror villainess M3GAN shaking in her Mary Janes a vision that we all should be afraid of because it would take us back to a dark era when insurance couldn't be counted on.
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fromAxios
8 hours ago

The great unchurching of America

Religiously unaffiliated Americans have surged to nearly 30%, especially among young adults, reshaping political outreach, civic identity, and accelerating church decline.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

South Park Writer Saw Trump's Kennedy Center Name-Change Coming, So He Bought Multiple Web Domains to Troll Him

Screenshot via Comedy Central A prescient writer for the irreverent Comedy Central show South Park correctly predicted that President Donald Trump would slap his name on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, so he bought up Trump-Kennedy Center web domains to troll the president. Writer Toby Morton bought the trumpkennedycenter.org and trumpkennedycenter.com domains back in August and is now plotting how best to parody Trump's vanity, according to The Washington Post.
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fromSlate Magazine
10 hours ago

The Annual Conundrums Episode, With Stephen Colbert

In the latest Gabfest Reads, John talks with journalist and author Andrew Ross Sorkin about his new book, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History and How It Shattered a Nation - the story of speculation, debt, and the human drives that fueled the Wall Street crash that changed everything. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

'Humiliating' Biden Roasted Over Bizarre Christmas Photo

Joe Biden appears largely obscured in a family Christmas photo posted on X, prompting widespread criticism, mockery, and accusations of disrespect.
fromThe New Yorker
7 hours ago

Bill Clinton's M10: The Story Behind My Favorite Cartoon

But on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1993, there was another surprise. Our special viewing site was chairless, so our options were to stand in the icy wind or to watch the parade on television in the Overseas Press Club. That evening, we joined hundreds of other formally dressed guests from New York State at a gala in a Capitol Hill armory.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
8 hours ago

Trump's obsession with putting his name on everything is unprecedented in the United States

Donald Trump has aggressively attached his name to numerous Washington institutions, buildings, programs, and weapons projects during his presidency, breaking historical norms of restraint.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
18 hours ago

Did You Ever Date Her?' Tucker Carlson Asks Matt Gaetz if He Went Out With AOC

Matt Gaetz says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became distant with Republicans after Jan. 6 and that he never dated her.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

Weapons of mass construction': the US craftivists' using yarn to fight back against Trump

A group of knitters in Portland peacefully protested outside an ICE facility by knitting weekly, raising funds and community support through crafted hats.
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fromIndependent
13 hours ago

2025 in focus: the moments our writers can't forget

Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited President Trump in Washington on St Patrick's Day, bringing a bowl of shamrock and addressing US tariff threats.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
7 hours ago

The end of TPS threatens thousands of Haitians in Miami: Returning is a death sentence'

Ending TPS for Haitians threatens hundreds of thousands with deportation, risking homes, jobs, and the futures of families and U.S.-citizen children.
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 hours ago

Rachel Maddow calls on the media to cover "the people," not Donald Trump - LGBTQ Nation

"In national news, when we cover people who aren't technically in power, it is... often as people who are affected by the decisions of the people who are in power," Maddow said. "But if we are serious about doing this work in a democracy and for a democracy, that categorization is backwards. Because in a democracy, the controlling force, the real power, ultimately is with the people. And when the people are expressing themselves politically - which means peacefully - they are telling power what it can do and what it cannot do."
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fromStreetsblog
13 hours ago

How Mamdani Can Deliver a Bigger Dream for Buses - Streetsblog New York City

Transform buses by improving governance, coordinating multiple city agencies, prioritizing infrastructure and operations, and focusing investments beyond free fares to provide fast, reliable service.
#nicki-minaj
#jimmy-kimmel
fromConsequence
1 hour ago
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Jimmy Kimmel Takes Aim at Trump for Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message: "We Won, the President Lost"

fromConsequence
1 hour ago
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Jimmy Kimmel Takes Aim at Trump for Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message: "We Won, the President Lost"

#journalism
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

The protesters showing up every week to shut down Alligator Alcatraz': We will end this'

Weekly vigils at Alligator Alcatraz protest alleged detainee mistreatment and medical neglect while families demand due process and broader public attention.
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fromTruthout
1 hour ago

US Bombs Nigeria on Christmas Day in Trump's Latest Military Escalation

President Trump ordered U.S. strikes in northwest Nigeria against ISIS militants accused of slaughtering Christians, declaring the strikes powerful, deadly, and praising the military.
#us-military-strike
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fromAxios
7 hours ago

Netanyahu's Mar-a-Lago visit "crucial" for future of Gaza deal

The White House seeks to quickly install a Palestinian technocratic government and International Stabilization Force for Gaza, while Netanyahu’s skepticism threatens progress.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
18 hours ago

Trump could unveil Gaza peace council', government' soon: Israeli media

The US seeks phase two of the Gaza ceasefire, proposing a technocratic Palestinian government and staged Hamas disarmament amid Israeli resistance.
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fromConsequence
2 hours ago

A Former South Park Writer Owns the Trump-Kennedy Center Websites

Comedian Toby Morton bought trumpkennedycenter.org and .com to satirize the Kennedy Center's renaming and plans a site mocking Trump's branding and narcissism.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
18 hours ago

US carries out airstrikes against Islamic State terrorist scum' in Nigeria, Trump says

The United States conducted airstrikes against ISIS militants in northwest Nigeria, citing their targeting and killing of primarily Christians.
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fromAxios
1 hour ago

Exclusive: Zelensky "ready" to call referendum on Trump plan if ceasefire reached

A 60-day ceasefire is the minimum to arrange and hold a referendum on territorial concessions, despite major political, logistical, security complications and uncertain Russian agreement.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
18 hours ago

US bombs target ISIL in Nigeria: What's really going on?

US strikes targeted alleged ISIL affiliates in northwest Nigeria while attacks on Christian farmers were reported in central Nigeria; timing and location have symbolic implications.
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fromABA Journal
2 days ago

DOJ sues state officials over laws protecting immigrants at courthouses

The Department of Justice sued Illinois officials, claiming state laws barring immigrant detention at courthouses conflict with federal supremacy and endanger federal officers.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 day ago

Why the latest effort to ban stock trading in Congress is falling flat

Democratic insistence on including President Trump and Vice President JD Vance in a congressional stock-trading ban has likely doomed bipartisan passage of the bill.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Congress Sets Records in 2025 for Longest Shutdown, Fewest Bills, Retirements

A contributing factor to this lack of productivity was President Donald Trump's increasing use of executive orders, often controversial and subject to multiple court challenges. So far in his second term, Trump has signed 224 executive orders, compared to the 52 he signed in 2017 and more than he did during his entire first term. President Joe Biden signed 76 in 2021, his first year in office.
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fromTruthout
1 day ago

19 States and DC Are Suing to Protect Gender-Affirming Care for Youth

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Oregon, claims that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exceeded his authority with the Dec. 18 declaration, which would "effectively ban, by fiat, an entire caregory of healthcare." It also failed to follow proper procedures for promulgating new rules, would interfere with states' rights to run their Medicaid programs and regulate health care and deny care to youth that need it.
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fromABA Journal
3 days ago

Could Trump's judicial appointments slow in the new year?

Trump could face delays confirming federal judges in 2026 due to limited vacancies, slow retirements, fewer appellate fills, and potential loss of Senate Republican majority.
fromWIRED
1 day ago

The Gloves Are Off in the Fight for Your Right to Repair

It has been a big year for the right to repair, the movement of advocates pushing for people to be able to fix their own electronics and equipment without manufacturer approval. The issue has gathered broad support from technologists, farmers, military leaders, and politicians on both sides of the aisle. It is popular with just about everyone-except the companies who stand to gain if the parts, instructions, and tools necessary to fix their products remain under lock and key.
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fromIrish Independent
1 day ago

US Department of Justice says it is reviewing 'one million more' potential Epstein files

The Justice Department said in a social media post that federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the FBI "have uncovered over a million more documents" that could be related to the Epstein case - a stunning 11th hour development after department officials suggested months ago that they had undertaken a comprehensive review that accounted for the vast universe of Epstein-related materials.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
22 hours ago

House Republicans Declare Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Definitely a Republican'

The committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), included in its post a list of qualities it determined prove that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is indeed definitely a Republican. Doubted by the elites, reads the list. Pulled himself up by his bootstraps. Faced adversity. Carried the team when others couldn't. Definitely a Republican. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: -Doubted by the elites. -Pulled himself up by his bootstraps. -Faced adversity. -Carried the team when others couldn't. Definitely a Republican.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Tiny Pacific nation of Palau to take migrants from US in return for aid

US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau spoke to Palau president Surangel Whipps in a call on Tuesday about transferring third-country nationals to Palau, the two sides said in separate statements, after Palau's lawmakers rejected a previous request from Washington on the matter earlier this year. President Donald Trump's immigration policies, including his administration's deportation drive, have been broadly condemned by human rights advocates over concerns about due process.
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fromThe Nation
1 day ago

Biden

In this time of unrelenting, often unprecedented cruelty and lawlessness, I'm grateful for readers like you. So many of you have taken to the streets, organized in your neighborhood and with your union, and showed up at the ballot box to vote for progressive candidates. You're proving that it is possible-to paraphrase the legendary Patti Smith-to redeem the work of the fools running our government.
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fromBusiness Insider
20 hours ago

America's minimum wage workers are about to hit a historic milestone - here's what's changing in 2026

The 19 states hiking wages will impact over 8 million workers, an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, found. Women, Black, and Hispanic workers are set to be disproportionately affected by the new increases, per EPI's analysis, and workers in states like Missouri and Nebraska will see their annual wages increase by nearly $1,000 on average.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 day ago

Student-loan borrowers in public service risk losing access to a major loan forgiveness program in the new year

Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility will be narrowed by a Department of Education rule redefining qualifying employers, taking effect July 2026.
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fromTruthout
1 day ago

Japanese American National Museum Is Standing Up to Trump's Attacks on History

The Japanese American National Museum refused to abandon DEI commitments, sacrificing federal funding to uphold its mission to truthfully present Japanese American WWII incarceration.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Two injured after ICE agents fire at Maryland vehicle amid crackdown

ICE agents fired at a van in Glen Burnie after it allegedly struck ICE vehicles; two men were injured, no agents were hurt.
fromwww.mediaite.com
23 hours ago

Senator Offers Holiday Wishes While Sitting Next to Taxidermied Alligator: You Can Find God's Love Everywhere'

I believe you can find God's love everywhere, but it really shines in Louisiana. The Pelican State is home to the country's largest alligator population, with an estimated population of more than two million. God blessed our taste buds with Cajun flavors, he continued, shouting out a staple of his home state. God blessed our eardrums with Jazz music. God blessed our coasts with fish to catch, and our skies with ducks to hunt.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

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

Republican strategists worry Trump's endorsement of far-right Mike Lindell could damage GOP prospects and lead to a likely loss in Minnesota's 2026 gubernatorial general election.
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fromFortune
1 day ago

The Fed may have reassured Powell that it's safe to leave the board early when a new chair takes over. 'I think he's done with this job' | Fortune

Jerome Powell appears ready to leave the Fed board after regional presidents' reappointments eased concerns about FOMC stability amid political pressure.
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fromAdvocate.com
1 day ago

Daily newsletter 12/24

Heritage plans to continue Project 2025 amid internal conflict; Democrats sue RFK Jr. over trans youth care limits; NYC names first openly gay fire commissioner.
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fromABA Journal
3 days ago

Mentions of Justice Scalia surge at conservative-dominated court during oral arguments

References to Justice Antonin Scalia surged during the current Supreme Court term, with justices and attorneys invoking his name nearly three dozen times since October.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Tim Walz's Daughter Slams ICE With Merry Christmas' Message to Terrorized' Neighbors

Hope Walz used TikTok to condemn ICE, express solidarity with marginalized and unhoused people, and referenced prior threats and a deleted video attacking Trump.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Not an enabler'? A glimpse behind the curtain at Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles

In a 9,500-word Vanity Fair magazine profile based on 11 interviews conducted over Trump's first year back in office, Wiles described the president as having an alcoholic's personality and an eye for vengeance against perceived enemies. The first woman to serve as White House chief of staff also called the vice-president, JD Vance, a conspiracy theorist, branded tech tycoon Elon Musk an odd, odd duck while criticising his dismantling of USAID, and gave juicy opinions on other Trump administration figures.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Archbishop of York intimidated by Israeli militias' during visit to West Bank

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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#kennedy-center
fromFortune
1 day ago
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Drummer cancels Christmas Eve 'Jazz Jams' at Kennedy Center after name change, ending 20-year tradition | Fortune

fromFortune
1 day ago
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Drummer cancels Christmas Eve 'Jazz Jams' at Kennedy Center after name change, ending 20-year tradition | Fortune

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fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Pope Leo, Donald Trump differ on course of United States DW 12/25/2025

Pope Leo XIV criticized remarks seen as undermining Europe's alliances and clashed publicly with President Trump, who welcomed having an American pope.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Fox's Mark Levin Fires Back at Jack Posobiec Over Faith Feud

Mark Levin accused Jack Posobiec of associating with an anti‑Semitic influencer and called him a grifter while Posobiec and Megyn Kelly defended him.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

Netflix vs. Paramount

Warner Bros. Discovery's strong 2025 film slate couldn't offset its heavy debt and an auction that raised political concerns about control of CNN.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 day ago

How migrants in the United States are spending Christmas: There is no reason to celebrate'

An eight-year-old boy asked Santa for political asylum for his father to avoid deportation and persecution by the Cuban military.
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fromBusiness Insider
22 hours ago

Donald Trump is spending Christmas at Mar-a-Lago. Photos show his lavish holiday celebrations.

President Trump and Melania spent Christmas at Mar-a-Lago, golfing, announcing a new Navy ship class, calling service members, and hosting a Christmas Eve dinner.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years | Jimmy Kimmel

You may have read in your colourful newspapers that my country's president would like to shut me up because I don't adore him in the way he likes to be adored. The American government made a threat against me and the company I work for, and all of a sudden we were off the air. But then, you know what happened? A Christmas miracle happened. Well, it was September. It was a September miracle.
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