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These bipartisan bills were noncontroversial — until Trump vetoed them

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MEG KINNARD
Dec 31, 2025 6:39 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.
Department of Justice is reviewing more than 5.2 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

By STEPHEN GROVES and SEUNG MIN KIM
Dec 31, 2025 6:36 pm - The Department of Justice has expanded its review of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to 5.2 million as it also increases the number of attorneys trying to comply with a law mandating release of the files, according to a person briefed on a letter sent to U.S. Attorneys.
Trump says he’s dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Dec 31, 2025 4:30 pm - President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.
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...
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.
Escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and create wider tensions in Gulf region

By SAMY MAGDY
Dec 30, 2025 10:34 am - 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 signif...
China flexes blockade capabilities near Taiwan on second day of military drills

By JOHNSON LAI and KANIS LEUNG
Dec 30, 2025 8:54 am - China's People's Liberation Army staged a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, unleashing a live-fire show of force as part of what it called “Justice Mission 2025" to demonstrate its ability to deter any external support for the island it claims as part of its sovereign territory.
From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact

By BERNARD McGHEE
Dec 29, 2025 8:00 pm - The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal s...

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