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What We Know About the US Airstrikes in Nigeria
What We Know About
the US Airstrikes in Nigeria
the rundown
Dec 26, 2025 9:59 AM CST

What We Know About the US Airstrikes in Nigeria

Nigerian official disagrees with Trump that Christians are being targeted

(Newser) - President Trump authorized US airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Nigeria on Thursday under the rationale that they were attacking Christians. "MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues," Trump wrote on social media. Coverage:...

Zelensky Is Headed to Mar-a-Lago
Zelensky
Is Headed
to Mar-a-Lago
Dec 26, 2025 6:18 AM CST

Zelensky Is Headed to Mar-a-Lago

'A lot can be decided before the new year,' says Ukraine leader before expected Trump meeting

(Newser) - Ukraine's leader says he's about to sit down with President Trump again as talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war intensify. "We have agreed on a meeting at the highest level—with President Trump in the near future," wrote Volodymyr Zelensky on social media. "A lot...

Trump: US Forces Launched Fatal Strikes on ISIS in Nigeria

The government worked with Pentagon to plan the attack, US official says

(Newser) - President Trump said on Thursday evening that US forces carried out airstrikes on Islamic State targets in northwestern Nigeria, framing the operation as a response to attacks on Christians. In a Truth Social post, Trump said he ordered a "powerful and deadly" strike on ISIS militants in the Soboto...

Trump Includes 'Scum' in Christmas Message

President talks border, economy as past presidents strike a different tone

(Newser) - President Trump used his Christmas greeting this year to again attack his political opponents, delivering a message that was heavier on his customary political talking points than it was peace on Earth. In a post Wednesday on X, the president wrote, "Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left...

Trump Gets in a Coal Joke in Holiday Call With Kids

"Coal is clean and beautiful,' he tells young caller. 'Please remember that at all costs'

(Newser) - President Trump and first lady Melania Trump fielded Christmas Eve calls from kids, and the president took a jokey detour into politics. When a girl from Kansas voiced the age-old wish to avoid getting coal, Trump responded:
  • "Not coal, no you don't want coal—you mean clean, beautiful
...

Analysts Call Trump's Policy 'Resource Nationalism'

President is following a similar playbook as previous administrations, but he's more open about it

(Newser) - President Trump's latest idea for Venezuelan oil isn't a one-off, experts say, but part of a years-long pattern of treating foreign resources as prizes for the taking. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has stepped up its campaign against President Nicolás Maduro, using drug-trafficking accusations to justify...

Father-Son Ellison Duo Are Aiming to Reshape the Media

Oracle founder Larry Ellison backs son David Ellison's bold moves

(Newser) - Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, 42, is leading a $108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, but it's his 81-year-old father—Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest men—who's anchoring the effort. On Monday, David Ellison told Warner Bros. that his father personally...

Man Went From Hosting Palm Beach Elite to 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Community pressure, media spotlight help secure Jose Gonzalez's release in Southern Florida

(Newser) - A popular restaurant host who books Palm Beach's power tables is back home this week after almost two weeks in the remote South Florida detention center nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz." The New York Times reports on the story of Jose Gonzalez, longtime manager and public face of Bice...

Ohio Dem Sues to Undo Trump Renaming of Kennedy Center

Rep. Joyce Beatty's suit argues that board's Trump rebrand violates Congress' authority

(Newser) - A Democratic lawmaker is asking a federal court to strip Donald Trump's name from one of Washington's most prominent cultural landmarks. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio filed suit on Monday against Trump and members of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board, arguing that last...

Apparent Epstein Letter to Nassar Jokes About 'Our President'

Justice Department cautions against 'sensationalist claims' against president

(Newser) - A new letter released by the Justice Department from the Jeffrey Epstein files appears to lump President Trump into some very unwanted company—but the department is warning people about "untrue and sensationalist" claims against Trump. The letter also might make an implicit reference to Epstein's future suicide....

No Christmas Pause in Migrant Arrests, Says White House

Trump team's reply to Florida Catholic bishops' request: President is keeping his deportation vows

(Newser) - Florida's Catholic bishops appealed to President Trump on Monday to pause immigration enforcement activities during the Christmas holidays. The White House, in response, said it would be business as usual. The appeal was issued by Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference...

New Epstein Files Document Trump Flights With Him

But all occurred before their falling out in the early 2000s

(Newser) - Another batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents has been released by the Justice Department, and President Trump's name comes up more often than in the first two. As the BBC reports, one document is a January 2020 email that references Trump's travels with Epstein in the 1990s. The names...

The Public Figure With Highest Approval May Be a Surprise

Jerome Powell at 44% is ahead of all other political, economic, judicial leaders in Gallup poll

(Newser) - A year-end poll by Gallup finds that the nation is in a "gloomy" mood, as the polling outfit puts it. Worries about finances are driving that, and people apparently aren't too confident leaders will make things right. Nobody on a list of 13 political, economic, or judicial figures...

Trump Issues Warning to Maduro
Trump Has a
Warning for Maduro
Dec 23, 2025 1:00 AM CST

Trump Has a Warning for Maduro

'If he plays tough, it'll be the last time he'll ever be able to play tough'

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as the US Coast Guard steps up efforts to interdict oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Republican administration's escalating pressure campaign on the government in Caracas. Trump was surrounded by his...

Trump: New Class of Battleship Will Be Named After Me

President says he will help design ships 'by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built'

(Newser) - President Trump announced plans Monday for a new class of battleships to be named after him. "They'll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built," he said during the announcement at Mar-a-Lago, per the AP . The Trump-class warships...

Coming in 2026: Increased ICE Raids in Workplaces

New funding boosts ICE, Border Patrol raids as public backlash grows

(Newser) - President Trump is preparing to widen his immigration crackdown in 2026 with a major funding boost and an increased focus on workplace raids, even as public resistance grows and Republicans head into a risky midterm election year, Reuters reports. Under a July spending package approved by the GOP-led Congress, Immigration...

Ezra Klein: Trump's 'Vibe Shift' Is Done
Ezra Klein:
Trump's
'Vibe Shift'
Is Done
OPINION
Dec 22, 2025 8:31 AM CST

Ezra Klein: Trump's 'Vibe Shift' Is Done

Columnist argues that there's a correction underway to the president's hard-right policies

(Newser) - New York Times columnist and podcaster Ezra Klein is calling it: "The Trump vibe shift is over." He ticks off his evidence: low polls, Democratic victories, a tariff policy that "has raised prices, confused companies and alienated allies but has accomplished very little," criticism from...

Denmark Isn't Happy With New US Move on Greenland

President picks Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy, who wants territory to be part of US

(Newser) - Denmark plans to haul in the US ambassador for an explanation after President Trump appointed a special envoy to Greenland—and that envoy immediately talked about making the Arctic island American. As the Guardian reports, the controversy began Sunday, when Trump announced that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry would take the...

CBS Chief Pulls 60 Minutes Segment on Deportations

CBS reporter slams Bari Weiss' decision as 'political'

(Newser) - CBS News' new boss has yanked a 60 Minutes investigation off the air at the last minute, and the show's own correspondent is calling it a political move. Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled a segment examining alleged mistreatment of Venezuelan migrants held at a high-security prison in El Salvador just...

Blanche Says Epstein Files Weren't Pulled to Protect Trump

Justice Department says it restored photo as lawmakers threaten to hold Bondi in contempt

(Newser) - With the Justice Department facing criticism over the initial, incomplete release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that references to the president are not being excluded. "We are not redacting information around President Trump," Blanche said on NBC's...

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