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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center  —  President Donald Trump's handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington's leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said.
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him  —  The performing arts center is by law designated the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and it has been generally understood that the power to change the center's name lies with Congress.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Salon
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Kennedy Center renamed the ‘Trump-Kennedy Center,’ White House says  —  WASHINGTON ‒ The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington is now known as the the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” according to the White House.  —  The Kennedy Center's board of trustees voted unanimously …
Washington Post:
Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
Associated Press:
Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire, AP source says  —  A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, a law enforcement official and a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
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Emily Mae / CBS News:
Authorities searching for car they believe Brown shooting suspect rented, sources say.  Here's what we know.  —  Law enforcement are investigating possible connections between the mass shooting at Brown University and the targeted killing of an MIT professor two days later, sources told CBS News.
New York Times:
Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It  —  Proposed new rules would punish the hospitals by pulling all federal financing.  Advocates say lawsuits will follow.  —  The federal government on Thursday acted to put an end to gender-related care …
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
GlobeNewswire News Room:
Trump Media & Technology Group to Merge with TAE Technologies, a Premier Fusion Power Company, in All-Stock Transaction Valued at More Than $6 Billion  —  Source: Trump Media & Technology Group; TAE Technologies, Inc. Follow … SARASOTA, Fla. and FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., Dec. 18, 2025 …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Media Targets Nuclear Fusion Through Merger With TAE  —  Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the company behind Truth Social, is getting into nuclear fusion.  —  The company said Thursday it will merge with TAE Technologies Inc., a closely held fusion developer founded in 1998, in a transaction valued at more than $6 billion.
Axios:
Trump will sign order to ease marijuana restrictions  —  President Trump said Thursday he'll sign an executive order to relax federal restrictions on cannabis, instructing agencies to reclassify it as a less dangerous drug. … But the Wall Street Journal reported in August that Trump …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
INCREASING MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND CANNABIDIOL RESEARCH
Politico:
Trump claims credit for military bonus that Congress already approved … The payouts — which will cost roughly $2.6 billion — will be a “one-time basic allowance for housing supplement to all eligible service members,” said the official, who like others, was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue.
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Thomas Novelly / Defense One:
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus  —  President Donald Trump's $1,776 checks for more than a million troops, announced Wednesday, come from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize housing allowances for service members …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024  —  In a move that should unleash harsh criticism and recriminations, the Democratic National Committee has decided against publicly releasing its long-awaited report on the 2024 election, which could end up protecting key actors inside …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:   DNC will not release its report on what went wrong for Democrats in 2024
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Judge Convicted of Obstructing Agents as They Sought Undocumented Immigrant  —  The Wisconsin state judge, Hannah C. Dugan, was accused of ushering a man to a side door as federal agents waited outside a courtroom.  —  Hannah C. Dugan, a Wisconsin state judge, was found guilty on Thursday …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after years-long saga  —  TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors, per an internal memo seen by Axios. … - Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi-based MGX will collectively own 45% of the U.S. entity.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president in 2028  —  The widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk threw the organization's support behind the vice president, who has not yet announced his 2028 plans.  —  PHOENIX — Erika Kirk, widow of assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Frustration mounts at Justice Department as it races to redact some Epstein files, sources say  —  Frustration is mounting inside the Justice Department as it races to redact thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein before they must be released Friday, multiple sources familiar with the process told CNN.
New York Times:
'Don's Best Friend': How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women  —  The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship.  Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance.  Female bodies were currency.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bari Weiss' Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism  —  The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the ‘Things That Matter’ series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.
Lisa Miller / New York Times:
The Woman in the Coldplay Concert Kiss Cam Video Is Ready to Talk … Kristin Cabot has come to believe that her silence no longer serves her.  It made sense in the beginning, after she appeared on the Jumbotron, aghast, in the arms of her boss at a Coldplay concert on July 16, 2025, a moment that caused an international furor.
The Committee on Oversight …:
Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement After Oversight Democrats Release Additional New Photos Received from Epstein Estate  —  Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement …
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Bloomberg:
US Approves $11 Billion Arms Sale to Taiwan, Drawing China's Ire  —  The US has approved a package of arms sales to Taiwan worth up to $11 billion — one of its biggest ever — a move that drew criticism from Beijing.  —  The approvals announced late Wednesday by the State Department cover …
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Sues Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and DC, Expanding Campaign of Voter Data Lawsuits to 22  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Thursday for unfettered access to the states' voter registration records.
Washington Post:
Stephen Miller's hard-line Mexico strategy morphed into deadly boat strikes  —  The Trump administration originally planned to go after Mexican drug cartels, but pivoted to Venezuela, according to current and former officials.  A trio of legal documents and directives have subsequently authorized an unorthodox lethal campaign.
Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal:
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine.  It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.  —  Anthropic's Claude ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom.  It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI agents. … You'd toss Claudius's résumé in the trash immediately.
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Sean Conlon / CNBC:
Trust these numbers?  Economists see a lot of flaws in delayed CPI report showing downward inflation … Thursday saw the release of a much lighter-than-expected consumer price report for November, breaking from the recent trend of sticky inflation.  —  Stocks jumped.  Yields fell.
Washington Post:
Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks  —  The Justice Department's program to root out violent “antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns. … The Trump administration is embarking on an expansive effort to root out what it sees …
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Attacks on Rob Reiner and Others Characterize an Uninhibited 2nd Term  —  Many of President Trump's supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership.  But some of his recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies.  —  It all might make more sense if he actually were drinking.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
It's Time to Kick Trump, 79, Out of the White House—and Into a Padded Cell  —  THE CUCKOO'S NEST  —  The president's latest speech to the nation had all the demented energy of one of Hitler's Nuremberg rallies.  —  President Donald Trump had a manic episode on national television Wednesday night during …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Bloomberg:
EU to Use Joint Bonds to Give Ukraine a €90 Billion Loan
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Merry Christmas, America! The Checks Are in the Mail!
Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Man sues Tennessee county after he was jailed over meme related to Charlie Kirk killing
Discussion: Reason
Oriana González / NOTUS:
Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill
Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump admin probes Colorado after 221 dead people received federal housing assistance
Discussion: RedState, NewsMax.com, IJR and Blaze Media
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Republican eyes rogue vote to expel Ilhan Omar from Congress
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) agree to buy WildBrain's 41% stake in Peanuts Holdings for ~$457M, raising Sony's slice to 80%

Financial Times:
Trump Media agrees to merge with Google-backed fusion energy company TAE in a $6B deal and build the “world's first utility-scale fusion power plant” in 2026

Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Universal Music Group partners with music creation platform Splice to build “advanced commercial AI tools” for musical artists
 
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