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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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” …