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 …

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 …

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 …

‘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 …

Turkey says it arrested 115 suspected ISIS militants  —  Turkish police on Thursday said they arrested 115 ISIS suspects allegedly tied to plots related to Christmas and New Year celebrations.  —  The Istanbul Prosecutor's Office said the “ISIS Armed Terrorist Organization was planning …

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.

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 …

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.

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” …