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What the Federal Reserve rate cut means for you

By CORA LEWIS
Dec 12, 2025 12:01 pm - The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the third time since September, bringing its key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years. Before September, it had gone nine months without a cut. Here's what to know.
House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein's estate

By STEPHEN GROVES
Dec 12, 2025 10:41 am - House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew.
Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve his country's ties with the West

By YURAS KARMANAU
Dec 12, 2025 8:34 am - Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader's effort ...
A meeting meant to launch FEMA reforms is abruptly canceled

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
Dec 11, 2025 7:05 pm - A meeting by a council appointed by President Donald Trump that was meant to announce recommended reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency was abruptly canceled...
Kristi Noem defends Trump’s immigration policies before departing early from hearing

Dec 11, 2025 6:59 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem’s appearance before the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday morning was billed as a discussion about global threats the United States faces, but her role in the Trump administration’s immigration policies is in the spotlight.
Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president

By ISABELLA VOLMERT and OBED LAMY
Dec 11, 2025 4:19 pm - Indiana's Republican-led senate voted against a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party in the 2026 elections, despite months of pressure by President Donald Trump for a rare mid-cycle redistricting.
Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks

By DEVI SHASTRI
Dec 11, 2025 3:41 pm - Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.Between Friday and Tuesday, South Carolina health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an outbreak in and around northwestern Spartanburg County. In two months, 111 people have been sickened by the vaccine-preventable virus.
Wildlife group sues to remove Trump photo from 2026 national parks pass

By Leo Sands and Emmanuel Felton
Dec 11, 2025 3:36 pm - An environmental conservation group filed a lawsuit to halt federal plans to decorate next year’s national parks pass with an image of President Donald Trump’s face, arguing that federal law requires the pass to feature the winner of an annual nature photography competition instead.
Washington state under emergency as torrential rain triggers floods, mudslides and evacuations

By CEDAR ATTANASIO and CLAIRE RUSH
Dec 11, 2025 3:27 pm - Washington was under a state of emergency Thursday from a barrage of torrential rain that has sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused mudslides to crash down on highways and trapped people in floodwaters. Tens of thousands of residents were under evacuation orders.
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Dec 11, 2025 11:47 am - The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

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