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Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs

By Aaron Gregg and Jaclyn Peiser
Dec 27, 2025 4:37 pm - Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, as import-dependent businesses absorbed the highest tariffs in decades.
Trump warns against infiltration by a ‘bad Santa,’ defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 25, 2025 6:27 pm - President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a “bad Santa” infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a stocking full of coal may not be so bad.
Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Dec 25, 2025 4:13 pm - 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 spotlight to victims whose allegations helped land her behind bars.The disclosure of the transcripts as part of the Justice Department’s ongoing release of its investigative files on Maxwell and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exposed how an FBI agent told grand jurors about Maxwell's critical role in Epstein’s decades-long sexual abuse of girls and young women.
States sue HHS over move to dramatically limit gender transition care

By Trisha Thadani
Dec 24, 2025 7:34 pm - A consortium of 19 states including Illinois, and Washington, D.C., filed a complaint this week against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services and its inspector general over plans that could dramatically limit medical professionals from providing gender transition care to children and teenagers.
With more than a million pages to go, Justice struggles with Epstein files

By Perry Stein
Dec 24, 2025 7:23 pm - On Dec. 22 — three days past the congressionally mandated deadline for the Justice Department to release the entire trove of Epstein files — a top prosecutor in Florida sent an emergency request to employees in the Miami U.S. attorneys office.
EU warns of possible action after the US bars 5 Europeans accused of censorship

By LORNE COOK
Dec 24, 2025 7:05 pm - France, Germany, the European Union and the United Kingdom on Wednesday hit out at a U.S. decision to impose travel bans on five Europeans the Trump administration accuses of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American views.
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 24, 2025 5:29 pm - A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show's host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Trump's name would be added to the facility.
Trump’s newly appointed envoy to Greenland says US not looking to ‘conquer’ the Danish territory

By AAMER MADHANI
Dec 23, 2025 6:32 pm - President Donald Trump's newly appointed envoy to Greenland said Tuesday that the Republican administration is looking to begin a conversation with residents of the semi-autonomous Danish territory about the best way forward for the strategically important island.
Lawmaker sues to stop Trump from adding name to Kennedy Center

By Leo Sands and Kelsey Able
Dec 23, 2025 6:28 pm - A Democratic congresswoman sued the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees Monday to stop it from adding the president’s name to the institution, arguing that only Congress has the power to do so.
DOJ sues Illinois' governor over laws protecting immigrants at courthouses and hospitals

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Dec 23, 2025 2:41 pm - The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday against Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over new state laws aimed at protecting immigrants at courthouses, hospitals and day cares.

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