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Dec. 12, 2025 — A House Oversight Committee review of material from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate produced 19 publicly released images today, drawn from a broader cache the panel says totals more than 95,000 photographs. The committee says it has examined roughly 25,000 of those files so far; the newly published pictures include recognizable figures such … Read more

Lead: The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a federal lawsuit on 12 December 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to halt work on President Donald Trump’s $300 million White House ballroom. The suit asks the court for a temporary restraining order to stop construction on a planned 90,000-square-foot … Read more

Lead Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, left hiding in Venezuela this week and reached Norway after a clandestine multi-modal evacuation that combined land, sea and air. The operation — coordinated by a U.S. private firm run by veterans — routed her via small boats to a Caribbean island … Read more

Lead On Dec. 13, 2025, the Vancouver Canucks traded captain and 2023-24 Norris Trophy winner Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild, receiving forwards Marco Rossi and Liam Ohgren, defenseman Zeev Buium and a first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. The move came after Vancouver missed the 2025 playoffs and amid signs Hughes might not … Read more

Lead On Dec. 12, 2025 in Charlotte, the Chicago Bulls erased a 13-point second-half deficit to defeat the Charlotte Hornets 129-126, ending a seven-game losing streak. Josh Giddey led the comeback with 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds while Zach Collins added 16 points off the bench. Kon Knueppel paced the Hornets with a … Read more

Lead Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from immigration detention on Thursday after a federal judge in Maryland found a procedural defect that currently prevents his removal. A 2019 immigration ruling had determined he had a well‑founded fear of persecution in El Salvador, but the Trump administration sought to remove him to several African countries this … Read more

Lead Google has expanded live speech-to-speech translations in its Translate app so users can get real-time interpretation through virtually any headset. The feature is rolling out in beta in the United States, Mexico and India and supports more than 70 languages. Previously this live-headset capability was limited to Pixel Buds; Google says it plans broader … Read more

Lead: Who: Residents of Skagit County and emergency officials. When: Overnight into Friday following a multiday atmospheric-river storm. Where: Mount Vernon, Burlington and other low-lying communities along the Skagit River in Western Washington. What: The Skagit crested at a new high in places but did not overtop floodwalls or produce reported fatalities. Result: Major damage … Read more

Lead The Department of Justice has sued Fulton County, Georgia, seeking access to ballots and related 2020 election materials after local officials said the records were sealed and unavailable without a court order. The federal filing (which follows an October subpoena) asks for “all used and void ballots, stubs of all ballots, signature envelopes, and … Read more

On Dec. 12, 2025, a small Pensacola restaurant and its staff found themselves central to a lifesaving story after a longtime customer stopped appearing. For 10 years, 78-year-old Charlie Hicks ate at the Shrimp Basket twice a day — a cup of gumbo, light on rice, and no cracker — until he vanished one September … Read more

Lead Comedian and actor Amy Schumer announced on Instagram on Friday that she and husband Chris Fischer have decided to end their marriage after seven years. She described the split as amicable and asked for privacy while emphasizing that both parents will continue to focus on raising their son, Gene. Schumer’s post mixed a direct … Read more

Lead: On Dec. 12, 2025 in Memphis, Tenn., Keyonte George scored a career-high 39 points and sank the decisive basket and free throws in the closing seconds as the Utah Jazz edged the Memphis Grizzlies 130-126. Ja Morant returned to the Grizzlies’ lineup after a 10-game absence with a right calf sprain and finished with … Read more

Lead Steve Witkoff, the White House envoy tasked with mediating between Kyiv and Moscow, will travel to Germany this weekend to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders for fresh negotiations on ending the war. The talks in Berlin will focus on the latest draft of a proposed peace agreement, the … Read more

Lead: The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit seeking access to 2020 voting materials in Fulton County, Georgia, amid continuing claims from former President Donald Trump that the election was stolen. The complaint asks state and local officials to produce used and void ballots, ballot stubs, signature envelopes and corresponding digital envelope files from … Read more

Lead: The United States has accused Rwanda of violating a US-brokered peace accord after the M23 rebel movement seized the strategic Congolese port city of Uvira in eastern South Kivu. US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz made the charge on 12 December 2025 as Congolese officials and regional monitors reported that more than 400 … Read more