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Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts

By Meryl Kornfield and Hannah Natanson
Dec 17, 2025 4:08 pm - The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing this week that a decision to cut energy grants during the government shutdown was influenced by whether the money would go to a state that tended to elect Democrats statewide or nationally.
Trump pays respects to 2 Iowa National Guardsmen and interpreter killed in Syria as they return home

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Dec 17, 2025 3:30 pm - President Donald Trump on Wednesday paid his respects to two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter who were killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, joining their grieving families as their remains were brought back to the country they served.
Israel fires mortar into Gaza residential area, wounding at least 10

By JULIA FRANKEL
Dec 17, 2025 12:25 pm - Israel’s military on Wednesday said troops fired a mortar shell into a Palestinian residential area in the Gaza Strip, in the latest incident to rock the tenuous ceasefire with Hamas. Health officials said at least 10 people, were wounded, and the army said it was investigating.
Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video

By STEPHEN GROVES
Dec 17, 2025 11:52 am - The Senate gave final passage to an annual military policy bill Wednesday that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats in international water near Venezuela.
Why did we get so much snow, so fast this season? A polar vortex

Ben Noll
Dec 17, 2025 9:30 am - Snow season has gotten off to a fast start across swaths of the northern United States this year. Fueled in part by an unusually early disruption to the polar vortex — wh...
Worth a pretty penny: Last US cents sold at auction for sum of $16.76M

By OLIVIA DIAZ
Dec 17, 2025 9:21 am - To those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value, some coin collectors beg to differ. In fact, they doled out millions for the final pennies circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent's production back in November.
Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel

By JOSH BOAK
Dec 17, 2025 9:19 am - President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats while announcing he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas.
Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed ‘proof beyond a reasonable doubt’ against Trump

By ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO
Dec 17, 2025 9:14 am - Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith arrived on Capitol Hill for a closed-door interview with House Republicans on Wednesday after lawmakers rebuffed his offer to testify publicly about his investigations into President Donald Trump.
Putin warns that Russia will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if peace talks fail

By The Associated Press
Dec 17, 2025 9:10 am - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Moscow will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin's demands in peace talks.
Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump's crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Dec 17, 2025 9:08 am - Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino returned to the Chicago area on Tuesday, about a month after leaving to lead immigration enforcements in other cities, immigration advocates say.

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