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Lead The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed suit on Friday in federal court in Washington, D.C., asking a judge to halt construction of President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom on White House grounds. The group says the White House demolished the East Wing in October and began work without required reviews, public comment or filings … Read more

Lead: President Trump on Friday said he had helped broker a return to an October peace framework between Thailand and Cambodia after a fresh spike in border fighting killed at least 20 people and displaced more than 500,000. House Democrats released 19 photographs drawn from a larger trove tied to Jeffrey Epstein, prompting renewed calls … Read more

On Dec. 12, 2025, Federal Reserve policymakers delivered a third consecutive quarter-point interest-rate reduction, but the vote exposed sharp divisions over inflation risk and a softening labor market. The Federal Open Market Committee’s decision was not unanimous: two officials voted against any cut and four registered ‘‘soft dissents,’’ signaling forecasts that rates should be higher … Read more

Iranian human rights defender and Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, 53, was detained Friday in Mashhad, about 680 kilometers (420 miles) northeast of Tehran, supporters said. The foundation bearing her name said she was seized while attending a memorial for a recently deceased human rights lawyer, Khosrow Alikordi. Local officials acknowledged arrests at the gathering but … Read more

Lead: Crave has officially ordered a second season of the LGBTQ+ ice-hockey drama Heated Rivalry, with HBO Max returning as a rights partner in the U.S. and Australia and expanding its territory deals via distributor Sphere Abacus. Season 1 premiered on Friday, November 28, and the series has already generated a surge in viewing and … Read more

Lead A growing group of House Republicans has joined bipartisan discharge petitions trying to force a floor vote to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the month. The move — led by members from swing districts and coordinated with Democrats — seeks to bypass GOP … Read more

Lead: The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast, hosted by Darragh McDonald with guest Anthony Franco, is live now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other platforms. The episode recaps key moves from the December 2025 Winter Meetings, including Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso signing five-year deals and Edwin Díaz agreeing to a three-year … Read more

Lead On December 12, 2025, House Democrats released a large batch of photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate that include images showing President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and others in social settings. The documents — described by committee Democrats as containing more than 95,000 images — were produced after the committee … Read more

Lead: Former US president Donald Trump announced he has pardoned Tina Peters, a former Colorado elections clerk serving a nine-year state sentence for allowing unauthorized access to voting machines after the 2020 election. The announcement came via his Truth Social account after he returned to office in January 2025. Colorado officials, including Attorney General Phil … Read more

Lead On Friday in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Lindsey Vonn — the 2010 Olympic downhill champion — won the season-opening women’s World Cup downhill, her first major victory since retiring in 2018. At 41 she became the oldest Alpine skier to win a World Cup race, signaling a striking competitive return after partial knee-replacement surgery last … Read more

Lead A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean on Friday at 11:44 a.m. Japan Standard Time, located about 71 miles (115 kilometers) northeast of Hachinohe, Japan, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor followed a larger quake in the same region days earlier and occurred while parts of Japan’s coastline … Read more

Lead: Iranian authorities detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Friday in Mashhad, her Paris-based foundation said, citing her brother Mehdi and verified reports. The foundation said security and police forces removed her from a memorial for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who was recently found dead in his office. Mohammadi, awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace … Read more

Lead María Corina Machado left Venezuela in a covert nighttime sea crossing, according to Bryan Stern, a US special forces veteran who says he led the extraction. Stern told CBS the voyage was a long, wet and “scary” 13–14 hour trip by boat under no lights, after Machado had been in hiding since August 2024 … Read more

On Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, families across Skagit County remained in emergency shelters after the Skagit River rose to a new near-record high late Thursday. Evacuations focused on upriver communities along Highway 20, while the downtown Mount Vernon flood wall held and water began to fall by Friday morning. Local organizers set up shelters at … Read more

Lead On August 14, a Japanese hiker was fatally attacked in Hokkaido; investigators later recovered his satellite-enabled GPS watch, which logged abrupt deviations from the trail and biometric data that pinpointed his likely time and place of death. The device recorded a night-long pause near dense brush and movement the following morning, suggesting a bear … Read more