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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree — UNSILENT NIGHT — The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported. — President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts …
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump rings in Christmas Day with a flurry of posts denouncing perceived foes and casting doubt on the 2020 election — The president posted on Truth Social over 100 times overnight, also touting his own economic policies and efforts to end foreign wars. — Christmas Eve found President Donald Trump …
Francesca Regalado / New York Times:
Kennedy Center's Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After Trump Name Added to Building — Chuck Redd, a jazz musician, said he canceled his annual concert after President Trump's name was affixed to the Washington building's facade. — An annual Christmas Eve jazz concert scheduled for Wednesday …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump fans blast musician who canceled holiday concert to protest Kennedy Center rebrand: ‘Super bad TDS’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump's supporters are attacking jazz musician Chuck Redd for abruptly canceling an annual Christmas Eve concert in protest of the recently rebranded Trump-Kennedy Center …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
19 states sue to block Kennedy's plan to curb trans care — Nineteen states and D.C. sued Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health department to block the Trump administration's plan to curb young people's gender-affirming care. … - He said the Department of Health and Human Services' move …
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The Guardian:
‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power — Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracy — Myanmar is preparing to go to the polls for the first time since …
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Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate — Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinformation, was among five Europeans the State Department had barred, claiming they promote censorship. — A federal judge in New York on Thursday temporarily blocked …
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Owen Tucker-Smith / Wall Street Journal:
The San Francisco Housing Wonk Trying to Become the Next Pelosi — Scott Wiener, the California Yimby crusader, says his affordable-housing mission is ready for the national stage — SAN FRANCISCO—Scott Wiener, the soft-spoken, 6-foot-7 ringleader of California's Yimby movement, really, really wants to be the next Nancy Pelosi.
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Pope Leo Makes Christmas Call for Dialogue to Address World's Conflicts — Leo XIV's Christmas address was his first since being elected pontiff and was scrutinized for comparisons with those of his predecessor, Francis. — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday used his first Christmas message as pontiff to call for …
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Joshua McElwee / Reuters:
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Trump rails against ‘the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein’ in latest Christmas message — President Trump predicted Thursday that documents related to Jeffrey Epstein will show that the “Sleazebags who loved” the notorious pedophile are all Democrats.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
U.S. forces strike ISIS targets in Nigeria, Trump says — U.S. forces “launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS” in Nigeria's northwest on Christmas Day, President Trump said Thursday. … - He continued: “I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
2 hospitalized after ICE officers shoot driver during operation in Maryland — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Wednesday shot a migrant who drove a van toward them while fleeing an immigration enforcement operation, resulting in a crash that injured his passenger …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
After 20 years of Florida's gift ban, some would like to make a return … A spokesperson for the commission did not acknowledge if legal concerns led to the decision to gather up the swag bags. — But the incident suggests that knowledge about the law known informally as the “gift ban” …
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Federal government's charity drive doing far worse under Trump — Donations are down by more than 40 percent after a year when federal workers faced major agency downsizing and a lengthy government shutdown. — The federal workers' charity drive, the largest of its kind in the country …
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NBC News:
All in the family: In 2026, a surge of politicians' kids are running for office — As voters clamor for change, a new generation of Pelosis, Kennedys, Kings and other powerful families are stepping up to keep their political legacies alive. — Listen to this article with a free account
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