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28th US Boat Strike Notched, With New Attacks Killing 5

Strikes against 2 alleged drug-smuggling vessels were reportedly carried out in the eastern Pacific

(Newser) - The US military on Thursday said it had conducted two more strikes against boats it claimed were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people. US Southern Command posted on social media that "intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern...

Trump Makes Christmas Eve, Dec. 26 Federal Holidays

Move for this year gives many federal workers a 5-day Christmas weekend in 2025

(Newser) - Federal workers can look forward to an unusually long Christmas break this year. President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order giving federal employees Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 off, effectively shutting most government offices from Wednesday through Friday next week, with Christmas Day already a statutory holiday, per the...

Epstein Case Files Are Due by Midnight

Sources say there will be extensive redactions

(Newser) - The clock is ticking on the release of the Epstein files. By midnight Friday, the Trump administration is required by law to publish a trove of Jeffrey Epstein-related records that could expose new details about the sex offender's crimes and his links to prominent figures, including President Trump, the...

Trump Suspends Green Card Lottery Program After Shootings

Program allowed suspect in Brown, MIT shootings to stay in US

(Newser) - President Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States, the AP reports. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that at Trump's direction she...

Trump Moves to End Transgender Care for Minors

Health secretary Kennedy has called the treatments 'junk science'

(Newser) - The Trump administration is moving to sharply curb gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed two rules aimed at restricting such care, which can include puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries. One proposal would bar any hospital or clinic that provides gender-affirming...

Deaths in US 'Drug Boat' Strikes Hit 99

Latest lethal kinetic strike targets alleged narco-trafficking vessel in Pacific

(Newser) - The Pentagon says a suspected drug-trafficking boat moving through the eastern Pacific was the latest target in a string of lethal US strikes, NBC News reports. US Southern Command on Wednesday described the operation as "a lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel it says was run by a "...

China Likely to Be 'Infuriated' by US Move on Taiwan

US announces $10B package of arms sales

(Newser) - The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers, and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China, the AP reports. The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday during a nationally televised address...

Trump, a 'Student of History,' Writes 'Eloquent' Presidential Plaques

Bronze plaques added to West Wing feature partisan attacks and debunked claims

(Newser) - It's not just the Oval Office getting the Trump treatment—now the White House's Colonnade is talking, too. President Trump has added a new feature to the West Wing walkway he's dubbed the "Presidential Walk of Fame": bronze plaques beneath the portraits of his predecessors that...

Senators Block Nomination Over Swastika, Noose Policy

New language conflicts with Adm. Kevin Lunday's purported decree after backlash

(Newser) - Two Democratic senators have blocked a vote to promote Adm. Kevin Lunday to run the Coast Guard, citing a new harassment policy that no longer explicitly labels swastikas and nooses as hate symbols. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Jacky Rosen placed holds on Lunday's nomination after the Coast Guard implemented...

House Rejects Limiting US Military Actions in Caribbean

Measure would have required administration to seek congressional authorization

(Newser) - House Republicans voted down a pair of Democratic-backed resolutions on Wednesday that would have put a check on President Trump's power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela. Democrats forced the votes using war powers resolutions as Trump has stepped up his threats against...

Trump Dismantles a Key Climate Research Center

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says 'science is being attacked'

(Newser) - The Trump administration is breaking up one of the country's premier climate research hubs. Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said Tuesday night that the National Science Foundation will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), escalating the administration's effort to scale back government-funded climate...

Trump Defines Illicit Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Executive order targets traffickers' assets and aims to boost federal fentanyl prosecutions

(Newser) - Fentanyl just got bumped into the same legal category as chemical weapons. President Trump on Monday signed an executive order labeling illicit fentanyl and its main precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction, saying in the Oval Office that "no bomb does what this is doing." The move,...

US Offers Ukraine NATO-Like Guarantee

'We still have different positions' on turning over territory, Zelensky says

(Newser) - US negotiators said Monday they offered a NATO-style promise to shield Ukraine—without saying exactly how far it would go if Russia attacks again. American officials in Berlin for the talks said they presented Ukraine with a package of security guarantees meant to underpin a future peace deal with Russia,...

Filing: Completing Ballroom Is a National Security Issue

Administration argues against lawsuit to halt work until it receives approvals

(Newser) - Construction on a White House ballroom must continue for reasons of national security, the Trump administration contended Monday in a court filing. The argument was made in response to a lawsuit filed on Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation asking a federal judge to halt the project until...

California Hires Ousted CDC Director
California Hires
Ousted CDC Director
Dec 15, 2025 12:30 PM CST

California Hires Ousted CDC Director

Susan Monarez, Debra Houry to advise state's new public health initiative

(Newser) - California has hired two former CDC leaders who were fired or quit after clashes with the Trump administration. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that former CDC director Susan Monarez, who claimed she was fired after refusing to approve vaccine guidance not backed by science , and former chief medical officer Debra...

Belarus Opposition Figures Go Free After US Talks
Belarus Frees Opposition Icons
Dec 13, 2025 3:04 PM CST

Belarus Frees Opposition Icons

123 prisoners released after deal with US include Maria Kolesnikova and Ales Bialiatski, winner of Nobel Peace Prize

(Newser) - Maria Kolesnikova, a central figure in Belarus' 2020 protest movement, has been released along with 122 other prisoners after more than five years behind bars, the US embassy in Vilnius said Saturday. Onetime opposition candidate Viktar Babaryka and Ales Bialiatski, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while in jail...

TSA Provides Passenger Lists to Accelerate Deportations

Information had been used only for security screening, not for enforcement

(Newser) - Immigration officers have gained a powerful new tool at US airports: full access to lists of upcoming airline passengers. Under a program that began in March but had not been disclosed, the Transportation Security Administration regularly sends Immigration and Customs Enforcement the names of travelers who are scheduled to fly,...

Trump Team Nixes Slavery, Suffrage Anniversary Quarters

Instead, coins for America's 250th birthday to show Founding Fathers, may also include $1 Trump coin

(Newser) - A planned set of quarters marking America's 250th birthday will look different than originally envisioned. An earlier proposal to spotlight the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, and the Civil Rights Movement has been shelved by the Trump administration in favor of designs centered on the Mayflower Compact, the...

Trump Weighs Order to Reclassify Marijuana: Sources

Move could reclassify cannabis to lower-risk Schedule III category

(Newser) - President Trump is weighing what could be the most significant shift in federal cannabis policy in decades, according to six sources familiar with internal discussions who spoke to the Washington Post . The president is expected to issue an executive order directing federal agencies to seek a change in how the...

SZA Slams 'Rage Baiting' ICE Ad Featuring Her Song

Singer condemns ICE's use of 'Big Boys' to promote immigration enforcement video

(Newser) - SZA's viral "cuffing season" anthem just got pulled into an immigration fight she wants no part of. The singer denounced the White House after it used "Big Boys" —the spoof track she performed in a 2022 Saturday Night Live sketch—in a social media post praising...

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