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Washington Monument to be illuminated on New Year’s Eve to mark country’s 250th

By Olivia George
Dec 31, 2025 3:17 pm - A gigantic birthday candle will be projected onto the Washington Monument this New Year’s Eve as fireworks dazzle the night sky, part of a six-day art installation to salute the country’s upcoming celebration of its 250th year.
Russian drone attack injures 3 Ukrainian children as Putin expresses confidence in victory

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Dec 31, 2025 1:44 pm - Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, officials said Wednesday.
These bipartisan bills were noncontroversial — until Trump vetoed them

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MEG KINNARD
Dec 31, 2025 1:41 pm - President Donald Trump issued the first vetoes of his second term on Tuesday, rejecting two low-profile bipartisan bills, a move that had the effect of punishing backers who had opposed the president's positions on other issues.
Trump administration says it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

By Allen Cone
Dec 30, 2025 7:43 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Tuesday that it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years. Deputy Sec...
Rain could be an unwelcome entry at the Rose Parade on New Year's Day. Bundle up for NYC ball drop

By ED WHITE
Dec 30, 2025 3:16 pm - For the first time in 20 years, rain could be an intruder at the Rose Parade in Southern California, a venerable New Year's Day event that attracts thousands of spectator...
Midwest hit with more extreme cold after winter storm

By HOLLY RAMER AND JULIE WALKER
Dec 30, 2025 3:11 pm - Now comes even more frigid weather in the U.S. Midwest. Extreme cold with near-zero degree wind chills descended upon parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin, fo...
Russia's nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles have entered active service, Moscow says

By The Associated Press
Dec 30, 2025 3:08 pm - Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service in Belarus, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, as the U.S. efforts to broker a deal to en...
Escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and create wider tensions in Gulf region

By SAMY MAGDY
Dec 30, 2025 3:04 pm - DOHA, Qatar — Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla on Tuesday, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces — a signifi...
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026

By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAM MEDNICK
Dec 30, 2025 3:01 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and CARE, from operating in the Gaza...
Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and PAUL WISEMAN
Dec 30, 2025 3:01 pm - 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.

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