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

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 Lindell (R) in the Minnesota governor race on Saturday, throwing his coveted MAGA support behind his longtime ally. Lindell announced his intention to run for governor of Minnesota as a Republican in early December. But many figures within the state’s Republican Party ar ...

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

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 who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, those who are impoverished, such as in Yemen, and the many migrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea and the American continent for a better future. The first U.S. pontiff addressed some 26,000 people from the loggia ...

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

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 union regulation law and the 1947 National Security Act that created the modern U.S. military establishment. More than 75 years later, Truman would have a much easier time making the same argument against the 119th Congress. During President Donald Trump’s ...

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

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. “2025: REDACTED,” Newsom posted on his X account alongside the 20-second clip, which opened with a voiceover that said: “And with that, the 2025 season comes to an end. Goodnight.” The footage played over the 2009 Mumford & Sons hit White Blank Page. ...

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Some Republicans are fighting to end Trump administration's decision to cap loans for nursing students

Thursday 25 December 2025 10:05 EST A group of Republicans is fighting to end the Trump administration’s decision to cap loans for graduate nursing students, a move that sparked widespread anger across the profession. The provision was laid out in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and set lifetime borrowing caps on student loans for graduate and professional degrees. Nursing was left off the list of professional degrees deemed eligible to apply for the highest debt limits ...

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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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Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison

2 hrs ago - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 12:54 PM CST, December 25, 2025 Leer en español A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison ... (AP)

Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations

4 hrs ago - Updated 1:42 PM CST, December 25, 2025 Leer en español ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul police launched scores of simultaneous raids on Thursday, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group who were allegedly p ... (AP)

'We're being blindsided': Federal charity drive suffers historic losses under Trump

5 hrs ago - December 25, 2025 10:50AM ET A federal charity drive is reportedly facing hardship due to Trump's actions. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10927, which authorized the U.S. Civil Service Commission to authorize nonprofit sol ... (Raw Story)

As Trump pushed mines to increase production, protections for black lung victims stalled

6 hrs ago - Published December 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST During President Trump’s first year back in the Oval Office, mining has played a large role. In his quest to amass rare earth minerals, he’s pressed Ukraine for mining rights and, lately, is eyei ... (WFPL Louisville, KY/NPR)

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians

6 hrs ago - Updated 5:49 PM CST, December 25, 2025 Comments WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he’d launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after he spent week ... (AP)

Some Republicans are fighting to end Trump administration's decision to cap loans for nursing students

7 hrs ago - Thursday 25 December 2025 10:05 EST A group of Republicans is fighting to end the Trump administration’s decision to cap loans for graduate nursing students, a move that sparked widespread anger across the profession. The provision was laid out ... (The Independent)

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

8 hrs 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

9 hrs 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

10 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

12 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

12 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

13 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

14 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

14 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

16 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

16 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

17 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

17 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.

18 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

19 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)