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Flu cases are rising with a strain that makes older people sicker

By David Ovalle
Jan 01, 2026 4:21 pm - Cases of influenza in the United States are rising, driven by a new strain that public health officials worry current vaccines may not protect against as effectively.
Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes

By ALI SWENSON
Jan 01, 2026 4:05 pm - Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired Dec. 31, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year.
Capitol riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress

By ERIC TUCKER
Dec 31, 2025 6:46 pm - The Jan. 6., 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
US military strikes three more alleged drug boats, killing 3 and possibly leaving survivors

By BEN FINLEY
Dec 31, 2025 6:43 pm - The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck three more boats that were allegedly smuggling drugs, killing three people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. The statement by U.S. Southern Command, which oversees South America, did not reveal where the attacks occurred. Previous attacks have been in the Caribbean Sea and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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.
Drummers pound in the new year as others mark 2026 with defiance or hope

By ROD McGUIRK and SHEIKH SAALIQ
Dec 31, 2025 6:31 pm - The new year swept closer for the Middle East and parts of Europe and Africa after drummers in Asia pounded in 2026 and fireworks lit the skies.Russians celebrated in snowy Moscow, and a light show with somersaulting jet skis twinkled in Dubai. In Japan, temple bells rang and some climbed mountains to see the year's first sunrise.
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.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Native American senator, dies at 92

By Tom Hamburger
Dec 31, 2025 3:44 pm - Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, who overcame a hardscrabble childhood to become the first Native American chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and a leader of the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, died Dec. 30. He was 92.
What to know about the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as the search resumes

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and HARUKA NUGA
Dec 31, 2025 3:29 pm - More than a decade ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace, sparking one of aviation’s most baffling mysteries.Despite years of multinational searches, investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane or its 239 passengers and crew.

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