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11:55 AM ET, December 26, 2025

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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians  —  President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government …
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New York Times:
U.S. Strikes ISIS in Nigeria After Trump Warned of Attacks on Christians  —  The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.  —  The United States launched a number …
Washington Post:
U.S. strikes ISIS in Nigeria after Trump warnings on Christian killings  —  The U.S. military said it attacked Islamic State militants with the approval of Nigerian authorities.  The number of casualties is unknown.  —  U.S. forces struck Islamic State targets in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday evening …
Ben Ezeamalu / Reuters:
Nigeria averts unilateral US action by cooperating on airstrikes  —  By publicly cooperating with the United States on Christmas Day airstrikes, Nigeria's government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago by President Donald Trump.
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
US forces launch Christmas strike on ISIS in Nigeria, Trump says
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
U.S. forces strike ISIS targets in Nigeria, Trump says
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Ali Bianco / Politico:
How Dems break through in 2026  —  Good Friday morning.  This is Ali Bianco writing in from Miami, hoping everyone enjoyed a lovely holiday yesterday.  As is tradition for many Latino families, your author celebrated on the 24th for nochebuena.  Any fun Christmas traditions?  Send me your favorites.
Associated Press:
Zelenskyy says a meeting with Trump over the war in Ukraine will happen ‘in the near future’  —  A meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump will happen “in the near future,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, signaling progress in talks to end the nearly four-year Russia-Ukraine war.
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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Justin Glawe / Public Notice:   Trumpers are *still* scheming to overturn the 2020 election
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Northern California Conservatives Are Frustrated They Could Get a Democratic Representative  —  The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California's congressional map, means that all of the state's conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
Trump Administration Emphasizes Religion in Official Christmas Messages  —  Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.  —  The Trump administration celebrated Christmas …
Jessica Priest / The Texas Tribune:
Texas A&M System declines to reinstate fired lecturer despite faculty panel's findings  —  A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
Discussion: New York Times
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Politics of Plunder  —  Trump's domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.  —  Will Saletan, Cathy Young, Andrew Egger, and 2 others  —  MAGA Christmas was a choose-your-own-adventure affair this year.  Did you want to hear Donald Trump wax eloquent …
Cory Doctorow / Wired:
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack  —  Savvy countries will discover there's a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump's tariffs—and it'll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.  —  In 2026, the leaders of America's (former) trading partners are going to have to grapple …
Associated Press:
Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025.  See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts  —  Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy.
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Seven in 10 ICE arrests under Trump have criminal histories  —  EXCLUSIVE — The large majority of illegal immigrant arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are criminals who have been convicted or those with pending charges for criminal offenses, according to new data provided to the Washington Examiner.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Washington Times
Alfred Ng / Politico:
ICE's interest in high-tech gear raises new questions: ‘What is it for?’ … The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is buying millions of dollars' worth of new surveillance tools at the same time President Donald Trump has scaled back protections for use of civilian data …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press:
Japan's Cabinet OKs record defense budget that aims to deter China  —  Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense with cruise missiles and unmanned arsenals as tensions rise in the region.
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Trump's farmer bailout caps tough year for loyal constituency  —  Red-state farmers continue to struggle under damaging inflation and the fallout of President Donald Trump's tariff policies, especially with China.  —  Just now  —  Mike Phillips has spent the past year reconciling his vote …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger  —  It has been a gruesome year for those who see Donald Trump's kakistocracy clearly.  He returned to office newly emboldened, surrounded by obsequious tech barons, seemingly in command of not just the country but also the zeitgeist.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Alex Ritman / Variety:
In Channel 4's 2025 Alternative Christmas Message, Jimmy Kimmel said “tyranny is booming” in the US and, on his ABC suspension, “We won, the president lost”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump says Stephen Colbert is a “pathetic trainwreck” and “CBS should, ‘put him to sleep,’ NOW”, after CBS aired a Late Show rerun in which Colbert mocked Trump

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