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Zelenskyy says US-led peace talks wrestling with Russian demands for Ukrainian territory

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Dec 11, 2025 7:59 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to hold urgent talks Thursday with leaders and officials from about 30 countries that support Kyiv’s efforts to obtain fair terms for halting nearly four years of war following Russia's full-scale invasion.
US plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history

By Frances Vinall
Dec 10, 2025 6:58 pm - The United States could begin requiring visitors from countries on the visa waiver program to provide up to five years of their social media history, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection proposal posted to the Federal Register to be officially published Wednesday.
House passes Pentagon bill pressuring Hegseth to release boat strike evidence

By Noah Robertson
Dec 10, 2025 6:47 pm - The House on Wednesday approved a must-pass defense policy bill, advancing lawmakers’ effort to force the release of a video showing the controversial military strike that killed two men who survived an initial attack on their alleged drug smuggling vessel.
Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

By AAMER MADHANI and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Dec 10, 2025 5:24 pm - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.Using U.S. forces to seize an oil tanker is incredibly unusual and marks the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the United States.
Second federal judge in New York orders release of Epstein files

By Shayna Jacobs
Dec 10, 2025 4:15 pm - A second federal district judge in New York has ordered the release of grand jury material and other investigative records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ruling that public access is required by a law Congress passed last month.
Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett leads in the race to be Fed chair

By Andrew Ackerman
Dec 10, 2025 4:08 pm - Kevin Hassett, a top economic adviser to President Donald Trump, is emerging in the pole position to replace Jerome H. Powell as head of the Federal Reserve, as the succession race enters a final phase.
Krishnamoorthi donates campaign cash from Trump adviser Shyam Sankar to immigrant rights groups

By Tina Sfondeles
Dec 10, 2025 3:28 pm - U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has donated $29,300 — the entirety of campaign contributions from Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar — to immigrant rights groups, his Senate campaign said Wednesday.
Foreigners allowed to travel to the US without a visa could soon face new social media screening

By REBECCA SANTANA
Dec 10, 2025 1:28 pm - Foreigners who are allowed to come to the United States without a visa could soon be required to submit information about their social media, email accounts and extensive family history to the Department of Homeland Security before being approved for travel.
Judge orders Trump to end California National Guard troop deployment in Los Angeles

By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Dec 10, 2025 9:43 am - The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge grants Justice Department request to unseal records from Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case

By Associated Press
Dec 10, 2025 9:08 am - Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests to unseal material from investigations into the late financier’s sexual abuse.

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