Monday, December 22, 2025
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Jack Smith, Grappling With an Emerging Republican Onslaught, Demands a Megaphone To Denounce Trump in Public
The special counsel reiterates his request that any future encounters with congressional inquisitors be broadcast.
Bill Clinton Urges Trump To Release All Epstein Documents Referencing the Former President, Citing Use of ‘Insinuation’ by DOJ
Photos of Clinton have featured prominently on Republicans’ social media pages since the first tranche of files were released Friday.
Predictions Mixed for 3rd Quarter GDP Growth as Administration Tries To Get a Handle on Public’s Expectations
With congressional midterm races just around the corner, the White House is looking to spike the sauce with lower prices and interest rates plus a jolt to incomes and tax returns.
Pennsylvania School District That Fired Bus Driver for ‘No Speaking Spanish’ Sign Draws Scrutiny From Trump DOJ
Senate Democrats Try Again To Require Federal Firearms Licensing
Columnists
Would Disraeli, With Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Rising, Support a Realignment of the British Right?
Trump’s Approval Average of 43.6 Percent Is Better Rating Than Presidents Obama or George W. Bush Had at This Stage
‘A Fantastic Person’: Trump Praises Stefanik as She Drops Bid for Governor, Refuses To Run for Seventh Term in House
Editorials
Opinion
Beware of Overambitious New Year’s Resolutions
‘Never Mind’: Liberals Increasingly Walking Back From Apocalyptic Predictions Over Climate Change
Italy’s Meloni Helps Forge Compromise EU Loan To Keep Kyiv’s War Machine Running
City Council Push To Give Nonprofits First Option on Distressed Buildings Would Worsen New York’s ‘Affordable’ Housing Crisis
National
D.C. Police Chief Steps Down Blasting ‘Haters’ Who Say She Incentivized False Crime Statistics
The chief, who served less than three years, declared she would never ‘compromise my integrity for a few crime numbers.’
Retired Cop Sues After Being Thrown in Jail for 37 Days for ‘Simply Speaking His Mind’ About Charlie Kirk’s Murder
‘In America, we do not jail people for political speech,’ an attorney for the plaintiff says.
Show Me the Money: Quarterbacks Are Driving Transfer Portal Frenzy
One player, T.J. Finley, hopes to play for a seventh school.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper, an Outspoken Trump Critic, Reportedly Re-Signs With Network but Did He Take a Pay Cut?
CNN’s highest-paid star will not be leaving despite speculation that his giant salary was being eyed as a major cost-cutting target.
Touting Deal on Drug Prices, Trump Pivots to Pressing for Lower Health Insurance Premiums
The president hopes to replicate his success in negotiating lower drug prices at a future meeting with health insurance executives.
Texas Sets Up Tipline To Report Incidents of Transgender Individuals Using Bathrooms Based on Identity
Texas’s attorney says it will ‘bring justice’ to any state agency that ‘opens the door for men to violate women’s privacy, dignity, and safety.’
Foreign
With Incentives Aplenty, Maduro’s Inner Circle Hasn’t Cracked — Even Under Trump’s Pressure
Despite indictments, sanctions, extradition deals, and a massive military buildup, Venezuela’s power clique refuses to budge.
South Korean Democrats Push for Access to Demilitarized Zone in Move To Undermine Korean-American Alliance, Woo North Korea’s Leader
The American general in charge of U.N. Command in the DMZ says civilian access will weaken South Korea’s security.
Talks Ongoing, but Timelines and Borders Are Elusive in Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal
All sides say weekend meeting in Miami was ‘constructive’ though sticking points are tacky.
Another High-Profile Heist at Paris Mimics the Antics of a Pink Panther Film
A second adventurous theft this year gives France the title as home to the most imaginative scoundrels.
Nigeria To Receive $2.1 Billion in U.S. Aid for Christian Health Care Providers
“America First Global Health Strategy” signs up a fourth African nation for essential care programs amid crushing terror attacks on Christian populations in Nigeria’s northern states.
United States Intercepts Chinese-Owned Tanker Following Trump’s Venezuela Blockade Order
The second such seizure follows a Trump administration directive imposing a strict blockade on sanctioned oil vessels traveling to and from the country.
Politics
JD Vance, After Days of Backbiting and Infighting, Plays Peacemaker at Turning Point Conference
The vice president is rallying the troops headed into what could be a difficult year for the GOP.
Massie, Khanna Announce Push To Impose Rare Congressional Punishment on Bondi for Withholding Epstein Files
The attorney general would be charged with ‘inherent contempt’ for not releasing the entirety of the case files on Jeffrey Epstein despite a law signed by President Trump mandating she do so.
Hot Tub Bubba: Clinton Emerges as Main Star in Latest Trove of DOJ Epstein Files
But questions remain about what was not included in the release, and about a set of files that disappeared from the public website between Friday evening and Saturday.
Justice Department Releases Many — But Not All — Epstein Files
The troves of documents appear to be heavily redacted and don’t meet congressional demands.
Conservative Civil War Erupts at Turning Point USA as Ben Shapiro Denounces Tucker Carlson and Allies as ‘Frauds and Grifters’
The Daily Wire founder warns that the conservative movement is in ‘grave danger.’
Editorials
Opinion
Beware of Overambitious New Year’s Resolutions
‘Never Mind’: Liberals Increasingly Walking Back From Apocalyptic Predictions Over Climate Change
Italy’s Meloni Helps Forge Compromise EU Loan To Keep Kyiv’s War Machine Running
City Council Push To Give Nonprofits First Option on Distressed Buildings Would Worsen New York’s ‘Affordable’ Housing Crisis
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