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2025-12-30T19:47:16+00:00
Top China panel members: Live-fire drills around Taiwan ‘deliberate escalation’
Lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party railed against Beijing’s large-scale military display on Tuesday, which included live-fire shots near Taiwan. “As the world turns toward a new year, the People’s Liberation Army’s live-fire military exercises around Taiwan represent a deliberate esc...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666985-china-threatens-regional-stability/
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2025-12-30T19:36:42+00:00
Walz turned ‘blind eye’ to fraud warnings in Minnesota: GOP state committee chair
Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins (R) says she warned Gov. Tim Walz (D) about alleged fraud within the state’s social services programs, but to no avail. “He has turned a blind eye for so long that he cannot deny there were so many whistleblower reports, so many media reports,” Robbins told the New York Post…
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666976-walz-minnesota-fraud-somali-immigrants/
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2025-12-30T19:12:15+00:00
Iran threatens ‘harsh’ response after Trump warning
Iran on Monday threatened a “harsh and regrettable” response to any aggressive action from the U.S. following President Trump’s warning to Tehran and Hamas. Trump, who met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Monday to try to advance a ceasefire deal in Gaza, said Iran “may be behaving badly” an...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666952-iran-threatens-harsh-response-trump/
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2025-12-30T18:59:56+00:00
Boeing awarded $8.6B contract to build jets for Israel
The company is being contracted to build 25 F-15 jets with an option for 25 more.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5666792-boeing-awarded-contract-jets-israel/
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2025-12-30T18:54:38+00:00
Superbug hits 27 states: Here’s where the deadly fungus is spreading
Hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities are struggling to gain ground on a drug-resistant and deadly fungus that has infected at least 7,000 people in 2025, according to tracking by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5666816-superbug-hits-27-states-heres-where-the-deadly-fungus-is-spreading/
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2025-12-30T18:54:29+00:00
DHS posts video of agents in Minneapolis
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared a video Tuesday of its agents in Minnesota, amid a federal investigation into alleged fraud within the state’s social services programs.  The video, which DHS shared to the social platform X, shows a pair of agents from its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) con...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666879-dhs-video-agents-minneapolis-fraud-probe/
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2025-12-30T18:25:00+00:00
Trump administration agrees to reconsider cut or stalled DEI-related NIH grants
The Trump administration on Monday reached an agreement to reevaluate thousands of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications that were stalled or cut because of their perceived connection to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. ...
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5666876-trump-administration-nih-grants-agreement/
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2025-12-30T18:20:21+00:00
Mamdani to be sworn in at abandoned NYC subway station
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) will hold a private swearing-in ceremony late Wednesday night at an abandoned subway station built more than a century ago. “When Old City Hall Station first opened in 1904 — one of New York’s 28 original subway stations — it was a physical monument to a city that&#823...
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666753-mamdani-inauguration-old-subway-station/
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2025-12-30T18:17:36+00:00
Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs charged with strangulation, assault
New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing criminal charges after an alleged incident earlier this month.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666854-patriots-receiver-stefon-diggs-charged-with-strangulation-assault/
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2025-12-30T18:07:52+00:00
Axelrod: Trump’s ‘Marie Antoinette thing’ could cost Republicans in midterms
Democratic strategist David Axelrod says President Trump’s focus on lavish renovations at the White House and Kennedy Center could hurt Republicans on the ballot in the 2026 midterms. In an interview on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront,” the former Obama administration official compared Trump to Marie Antoinette, the 18th-...
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5666858-axelrod-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-ballroom-2026-midterms/
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2025-12-30T17:10:32+00:00
Federal judge allows HHS to share Medicaid data with ICE
A federal judge in California ruled Monday that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can share Medicaid data with immigration enforcement authorities, but he kept in place limits on what data the agencies can share and what can be used. A group of 20 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administrati...
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5666596-medicaid-data-ice-hhs-lawsuit-ruling/
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2025-12-30T17:00:54+00:00
Greene pushes back on Jennings criticism: ‘He just fools people with hot takes’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday fired back at conservative political commentator Scott Jennings after he accused her of becoming a “lib” in 2025. Greene, a former staunch MAGA loyalist who publicly split from President Trump on a number of high-profile issues this year, defended her voting record as close...
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5666699-greene-jennings-hot-takes/
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2025-12-30T16:49:07+00:00
US announces new sanctions targeting Venezuela, Iran
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, targeting companies that have been involved in the production and sale of drones. The U.S. is sanctioning 10 entities and people based in the two countries. Among those targeted are Venezuela-based Empresa Aeronáutica Nacional SA, which...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666682-iran-venezuela-drone-sanctions/
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2025-12-30T16:44:45+00:00
Trump: New White House ballroom will have ‘drone-free roof’
President Trump said Monday the new White House ballroom he tore down the East Wing to build will have a “drone-free roof.” The president made the remarks while at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump was criticizing Federal Reserve Cha...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666505-trump-white-house-ballroom-netanyahu-mar-a-lago/
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2025-12-30T16:33:01+00:00
Failure to fund consumer watchdog will violate court order, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration must secure funding for a consumer watchdog agency or risk violating an existing court order barring its shuttering, rejecting a novel legal argument from the government. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection ...
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5666572-trump-administration-cfpb-funding/
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2025-12-30T16:31:34+00:00
CIA conducted drone strike on Venezuela port facility
The CIA reportedly conducted a drone strike on a Venezuelan port facility last week, an attack President Trump revealed during a Dec. 26 radio interview, marking the U.S.’s first known land strike inside the country amid its mounting pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The CIA struck a remote dock...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666603-cia-venezuela-drone-strike/
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2025-12-30T16:31:16+00:00
Texas man faces terrorism charge over alleged ISIS support
John Michael Garza, Jr. of Midlothian, Texas was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666662-texas-isis-terrorism-bomb-plot-doj/
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2025-12-30T16:30:00+00:00
Democrats need the New Deal, not socialism
For years, there has been a debate about where the Democratic Party should go. One side is the wants the party to embrace democratic socialism; the other side supports the neoliberal framework that helped destroy America’s middle class, weakened unions and left rural America feeling abandoned.  What both sides con...
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5665419-new-dealism-future-democratic-party/
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2025-12-30T16:14:32+00:00
Top Chinese diplomat rips record US arms sale to Taiwan amid drills near island
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi criticized a record U.S. arms sale to Taiwan on Tuesday, as his country conducts military drills around the island. The Trump administration on Dec. 17 announced the sale of more than $11 billion in weapons to Taiwan, which the State Department approved. “In response to the continuous p...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666571-china-taiwan-us-arms-sale/
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2025-12-30T16:00:00+00:00
Fear undermines public safety — naming it is not politics
Public safety is undermined when fear eclipses trust.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5665347-fear-undermines-public-safety-naming-it-is-not-politics/
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2025-12-30T15:42:42+00:00
Medvedev: Zelensky will ‘have to stay in hiding for the rest of his worthless life’
A high-ranking Russian official issued a thinly veiled threat against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, doubling down on unsubstantiated accusations that Ukraine tried to target Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in a drone strike. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who now sits on Russia’s secur...
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5666558-russia-threatens-ukraine-president/
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2025-12-30T15:34:44+00:00
PETA: Kim Kardashian Christmas gift to children a ‘damn shame’
Khloé Kardashian also posted pictures of a black Labrador retriever puppy that she got for Christmas.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5665306-kim-kardashian-puppies-christmas-gifts-peta-condemnation/
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2025-12-30T15:30:00+00:00
A Congressional Trade Office could resolve all this tariff confusion
Congress has the authority but not the infrastructure to monitor trade policy.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/foreign-policy/5665526-congress-trade-policy-trump-tariffs/
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2025-12-30T15:29:46+00:00
Judge temporarily stops DHS from ending deportation protections for South Sudanese
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for roughly 200 South Sudanese nationals until the next stage of a legal challenge. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley’s order does not reflect the underlying legal merits. It is intended to ensure the migrants can...
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5666518-trump-administration-temporary-protective-status-south-sudanese/
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2025-12-30T15:09:06+00:00
Chappell Roan walks back Brigitte Bardot tribute after criticism
Pop singer Chappell Roan on Monday walked back her previous praise for French actress and model Brigitte Bardot following her death after learning about Bardot’s political views. “Holy s‑‑‑ I did not know all that insane s‑‑‑ Ms. Bardot stood for,” Roan wrote on her Instagram story after deleting a post ded...
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5666380-chappell-roan-brigitte-bardot-controversy-france/
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2025-12-30T15:00:00+00:00
Trump betrays America’s values siding with the Russian aggressor over Ukraine
Europe's aid should be enough for Ukraine to hold off Russia until its people come to their senses and rid themselves of Putin.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5665270-trump-betrays-americas-values-siding-with-the-russian-aggressor-over-ukraine/
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2025-12-30T14:44:57+00:00
Top Republican calling for deportation of ‘every Somali engaged in fraud in Minnesota’
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Wis.) called for the deportation of all Somalis linked to fraud in Minnesota, amid heightened scrutiny of the state’s handling of the illegal activity. In a post on the social platform X, Emmer said even naturalized citizens should have their citizenship revoked so they can be deported....
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5666432-tom-emmer-somali-deportations-minnesota/
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2025-12-30T14:32:05+00:00
Study shows boiling drinking water can remove microplastics
Scientists have found a way to get rid of microplastics that have been found in our food and drinks by boiling it.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5665698-boiling-water-microplastics-study/
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2025-12-30T14:30:00+00:00
The Supreme Court’s Christmas switch on national guard deployment
Is the “Trump Vibe Shift” now dead on the Supreme Court?
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5665143-national-guard-deployment-ruling/
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2025-12-30T14:25:51+00:00
DOJ sues Virginia over tuition aid for migrants
The Justice Department (DOJ) is challenging a Virginia law that that makes some migrants illegally in the country eligible for in-state tuition, filing a lawsuit against the state Monday.  Virginia law extends eligibility to people who established residence in the state&#160...
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666381-doj-lawsuit-virginia-migrants-tuition/
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2025-12-30T14:20:01+00:00
New Year’s Eve concerts among latest Kennedy Center cancellations
A longtime New York jazz group said Monday it will not perform at The Kennedy Center on New Year’s Eve, one of multiple cancellations after President Trump‘s name was added to the performing arts center. The Cookers were scheduled to perform two shows at the venue Wednesday. They told fans in a statement on their...
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5666299-new-years-eve-concerts-kennedy-center-cancellations/
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2025-12-30T14:00:00+00:00
Commutes are contributing to the gender wage gap
A shorter commute strengthens pay equity efforts.
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5661383-the-commute-penalty-behind-the-gender-wage-gap/
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2025-12-30T13:39:45+00:00
Zelensky: Drone strike on Putin residence accusation ‘complete fabrication’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied claims that Kyiv tried to attack Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence, calling the accusation “complete fabrication” intended to undermine progress toward peace. In a Monday post on social platform X, Zelensky warned that the accusation could be a false pretext used...
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5666317-zelensky-putin-drone-strike/
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2025-12-30T13:30:00+00:00
After a year of chaos, a season of love may be emerging
What unites these quiet protests is a commitment to love one another.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5665364-season-love-quiet-protests/
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2025-12-30T13:24:23+00:00
Chevy Chase reveals heart failure led to coma and memory loss
Chevy Chase said that he plays cards and chess to better his “cognitive disability.”
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5665495-chevy-chase-heart-failure-coma-memory-loss/
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2025-12-30T13:00:00+00:00
Why patients don’t care about health care prices
The U.S. health care system is unable to progress in pricing transparency due to the fact that most patients do not have a financial incentive to care about prices, as someone else is paying the bill.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5665964-transparent-health-prices-needed/
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2025-12-30T12:56:48+00:00
Prince Harry, Meghan’s adviser quits job amid charity changes: Report
Holt's departure comes at a time when Prince Harry and Meghan confirmed they had to let some charity staff go.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5665733-prince-harry-meghan-adviser-charity-changes/
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2025-12-30T12:50:16+00:00
George Clooney, family get French citizenship
George and Amal Clooney, along with their twin daughters, Ella and Alexander, were awarded French citizenship Friday. The French government listed their names in the naturalization decree published Saturday. Amal Clooney, a prominent human rights lawyer, was listed under her maiden name, Alamuddin, while the other thre...
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5666267-george-clooney-french-citizenship/
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2025-12-30T12:30:00+00:00
Lessons learned in the Lone Star State
Democrats need to reconnect with everyday Americans and focus on the issues that really matter to them, such as the cost of living, in order to win the 2026 midterms.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5665412-cost-living-crisis-democrats/
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2025-12-30T12:15:50+00:00
Beyoncé hits a new high note as she officially becomes a billionaire
Beyoncé now becomes the fifth musician to hold that title, joining husband Jay-Z, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5665979-beyonce-billionaire-music-empire/
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2025-12-30T12:15:41+00:00
National Guard to patrol New Orleans for New Year’s a year after deadly attack
A National Guard deployment in New Orleans authorized by President Donald Trump will begin Tuesday as part of a heavy security presence for New Year’s celebrations a year after an attack on revelers on Bourbon Street killed 14 people, officials said Monday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666109-national-guard-to-patrol-new-orleans-for-new-years-a-year-after-deadly-attack/
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2025-12-30T12:00:00+00:00
The double standard on executive power is impossible to ignore
The presidency itself is subject not to the written Constitution, but to the preferences of the political class.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5663325-the-double-standard-on-executive-power-is-impossible-to-ignore/
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2025-12-30T11:00:00+00:00
What to know about Iowa’s state Senate special election
Voters in Iowa will head to the polls Tuesday to pick a new state senator in a special election that could allow Republicans to regain a supermajority in the upper chamber. The GOP held a supermajority in the 50-member state Senate until Democrats broke it in an August special election, adding to Democratic o...
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5665596-iowa-special-election-senate/
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2025-12-30T11:00:00+00:00
Trump fills end of 2025 with foreign policy
President Trump is consuming himself with foreign policy matters as the first year of his second term comes to a close, even as concerns about the U.S. economy are set to consume the Republican Party in 2026. Trump is spending the final weeks of the year at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where he hosted Ukrainian Pr...
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2025-12-30T04:09:52+00:00
Zelensky agrees relationship with Trump has ‘evolved’ over time
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed his relationship with President Trump has “evolved” over time. During an interview that aired Monday on Fox News’s “Special Report,” the network’s Bret Baier asked Zelensky about his recent meeting with the president. “So, just take us behind the scenes in this meeting. Was...
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5666140-zelensky-trump-ukraine-russia/
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2025-12-30T02:45:17+00:00
Zelensky says Putin ‘doesn’t want success for Ukraine,’ contradicting Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t want success for Ukraine,” contradicting an earlier statement from President Trump. “I don’t trust Putin. And he doesn’t want success for Ukraine, really, he doesn’t want — he can say it. I believe that he can say su...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666105-zelensky-putin-ukraine-success/
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2025-12-29T23:43:07+00:00
US military says it killed 2 ‘narco-terrorists’ in eastern Pacific
The U.S. military said Monday it had targeted another alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two “narco-terrorists” as it continued its counternarcotics campaign off the coast of South America. The U.S. forces blew up the vessel, which was operated by a designated terrorist organization, in interna...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5665995-us-military-targets-drug-boat/
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2025-12-29T23:39:10+00:00
5 takeaways from Trump-Netanyahu meeting at Mar-a-Lago
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were in lockstep during a press conference following their lunch meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, ramping up pressure on Hamas to disarm and threatening to renew attacks on Iran if it seeks to build up its ballistic missile program.  Trump said Israel h...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5665998-trump-netanyahu-press-hamas-iran/
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2025-12-29T23:20:52+00:00
Pompeo: Putin has ‘conceded literally nothing’ in Ukraine peace talks
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “conceded literally nothing” in talks to end the war in Ukraine. “The adversary here, Vladimir Putin, has — to best I can tell — conceded literally nothing to date. And while they say there’s 90 percent agreement, I doubt that Vl...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5665962-pompeo-putin-ukraine-concessions/
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2025-12-29T22:58:02+00:00
Trump: US made Christmas Eve strike on Venezuela facility
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Trump: US made Xmas Eve strike on Venezuela facility President Trump during a recent radio interview revealed that the U.S. “knocked out” a “big” facility in Venezuela. © Photo Credit Asked ...
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2025-12-29T22:37:28+00:00
SBA halts grants to Minnesota in wake of fraud scandal
Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Monday that her department is halting annual grants to Minnesota, amid an investigation into alleged fraud in COVID-era lending programs.  Loeffler said on the social platform X that the SBA is pausing yearly funding to Minnesota “while we investigate $4...
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5665860-sba-halts-grants-minnesota-fraud/
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2025-12-29T22:27:19+00:00
Greene claims Trump said his ‘friends will get hurt’ on Epstein files
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) claimed in a New York Times profile that President Trump said his “friends will get hurt” by exposing abusers connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  According to the story told by Greene, she received a call from Trump after she said at a news conference that she ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665887-trump-greene-epstein-coverup-claims/
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2025-12-29T21:56:04+00:00
House to reconvene Jan. 6 panel for 5-year anniversary hearing
Democrats plan to hold a fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot by reconvening the House select committee that investigated the matter. In a “Dear Colleague” letter, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) asked members of the House if they would like to provide testimony at a hearing that is otherw...
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665865-democrats-jan6-anniversary-hearing/
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2025-12-29T21:45:52+00:00
Trump revives threat to sue Powell for ‘gross incompetence’
President Trump told reporters he was considering bringing a lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for “gross incompetence” as he complained about renovations to the central bank’s headquarters. “We’re thinking about bringing a suit against Powell for incompetence. Because th...
https://thehill.com/business/5665840-trump-powell-lawsuit-fed-buildings/
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2025-12-29T21:37:36+00:00
Trump gives Hamas vague deadline to disarm or be ‘wiped out’
President Trump said Monday that Hamas must disarm within a “very short period of time” as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, warning of deadly consequences if the group does not follow through. “They’re going to be given a very short period of time to disarm. And we’ll see how tha...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5665832-trump-demands-hamas-disarm/
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2025-12-29T21:07:22+00:00
Live updates: Trump praises Israel, calls on Hamas to disarm after Netanyahu meeting
President Trump said Israel has “lived up to the plan” for a ceasefire with Hamas, praising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Palm Beach, Fla., after the two met for several hours. Iran, Syria and the ceasefire in Gaza were all discussed. Trump said Hamas needs to disarm bef...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5664625-live-updates-donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-gaza/
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2025-12-29T20:48:49+00:00
Swalwell: Democrats should ‘telegraph’ impeaching, defunding Trump officials
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) said Sunday that his party should “telegraph” impeaching and defunding Trump administration officials over files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, if Democrats win back the House in 2026. “Congressman, it sounds like you’re saying that inherent contempt, holding these...
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665723-swalwell-threatens-trump-officials-epstein/
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2025-12-29T20:45:20+00:00
Top college basketball coach: ‘It’s probably time to get some help from Congress’
Count Gonzaga University men’s basketball head coach Mark Few among those frustrated with the direction of his sport. Coaches across college sports have taken issue with recent changes, as student-athletes being able to receive name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation and transfer multiple times without penalty have...
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5665662-ncaa-nil-transfers-mark-few-congress/
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2025-12-29T20:40:36+00:00
GOP Rep. Bacon criticizes Trump for remarks about alleged Ukraine attack on Putin residence
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized President Trump on Monday for appearing to side with Russia in its claims that Ukraine attempted a drone attack on a residence of President Vladimir Putin, accusing Moscow’s leader of frequently lying. “President Trump and his team should get the facts first before assuming blame. Put...
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665741-trump-sides-russia-ukraine-drone/
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2025-12-29T20:40:19+00:00
Trump backs Israeli strikes on Iran if ballistic missile tests continue
President Trump expressed support on Monday for Israel’s potential attack against Iran if Tehran continues the purported expansion of its ballistic missile program.  “Yes, the nuclear fast, OK, one will be yes, absolutely,” the president said at his Mar-a-Lago resort, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benj...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5665731-trump-supports-israel-iran/
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2025-12-29T19:43:53+00:00
Sanders: AI ‘most consequential technology in the history of humanity’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suggested Sunday that AI is the “most consequential technology in the history of humanity,” as he reiterated his call for a moratorium on data center construction.  “It will transform our country. It will transform the world,” Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “And w...
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5665503-sanders-ai-data-centers/
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2025-12-29T19:31:34+00:00
Judge rules redacted transcript of hearing with alleged Kirk assassin can be released
A Utah judge on Monday ruled that the transcript and audio recording of a closed-door hearing in the criminal case against the 22-year-old accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk must be made public with some redactions. Judge Tony Graf said during a remote hearing that he expected the redacted trans...
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2025-12-29T19:18:45+00:00
Trump sides with Russia on claims that Ukraine targeted Putin residence
Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in northern Russia, which President Trump said he was “very angry” about, even as Kyiv has denied it happened. The Kremlin’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow’s negotiating position to end its war in Ukra...
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2025-12-29T19:12:05+00:00
Luna hopeful GOP Congress will codify Trump executive order on prescription prices
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) is “hopeful” Congress will codify President Trump’s executive order on capping prescription drug prices next year.  “There’s a ton that we’re still going to do, and I think one of the biggest winning issues will be if a Republican Congress can codify President Trump’s executive orde...
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2025-12-29T19:10:44+00:00
Federal authorities in Minneapolis for ‘massive’ investigation into ‘rampant fraud’: Noem
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that federal authorities were on the ground in Minneapolis as part of the broad investigation into “rampant fraud.” “Homeland Security Investigations @ICEGov are on the ground in Minneapolis right now conducting a massive investigation on childcare and other rampant f...
https://thehill.com/immigration/5665578-homeland-security-fraud-investigation-minneapolis/
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2025-12-29T19:01:42+00:00
Trump on Putin call: ‘We have a few very thorny issues’
President Trump said Monday he had a “very good talk” with Russian President Vladimir Putin following an in-person meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but he acknowledged there were still some “thorny issues.” “We had a very good talk. We spoke at 8 o’clock in the morning our ti...
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2025-12-29T18:57:01+00:00
Trump administration launches rollout of $50B Rural Health Fund
The Trump administration on Monday announced the formal launch of its $50 billion rural health fund created through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Beginning next year, states will receive money from the Rural Health Transformation Program averaging around $200 million and ranging between $145 million to $281 million. ...
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5665432-rural-health-transformation-program/
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2025-12-29T18:50:01+00:00
McIver files appeal after judge rejects effort to dismiss charges against her
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) on Monday appealed a judge’s order allowing her criminal prosecution to proceed.  McIver’s notice of appeal begins her fight at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, which hears federal cases arising from New Jersey and will consider the congresswoman’s argumen...
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2025-12-29T18:37:48+00:00
New York City subway switching to tap-and-go fares
The New York City subway is set to switch from the MetroCard to OMNY, a contactless payment system, at the start of the new year. The last day to buy or refill a MetroCard, which launched in 1994, is Wednesday, but the cards will be accepted into mid-2026. The final acceptance date is yet to…
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2025-12-29T18:13:40+00:00
Scott Jennings: Greene went ‘off the deep end’
Conservative commentator Scott Jennings said Sunday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) went “off the deep end” in 2025, accusing her of becoming a “lib.” “MTG became a lib. I mean that’s what happened this year,” Jennings, a CNN senior political commentator, said in an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” which h...
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2025-12-29T18:10:40+00:00
‘Super flu’ cases rising across US: What to know
The "super flu" is a variant of influenza A H3N2 called subclade K. Historically, similar variants have caused more severe disease and taken longer to recover from.
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2025-12-29T17:47:57+00:00
Wall Street Journal: Latest stolen election conspiracy theory ‘nonsense’
The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal is dismissing a conspiracy theory about 2020 election integrity in Georgia that has gained more traction among Republicans in recent days. “The nation’s MAGA minds are still looking back at 2020 and stretching to justify President Trump’s delusion of a stolen electio...
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2025-12-29T17:40:13+00:00
California drops lawsuit over Trump pulling high-speed rail funding
California has dropped its legal fight to restore $4 billion in federal funding for the state’s high-speed rail project pulled by the Trump administration, saying the project will proceed without federal assistance. In a filing last week, the California High-Speed Rail Authority voluntari...
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5665459-high-speed-rail-proceeds-without-trump/
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2025-12-29T17:22:52+00:00
Ground beef recalled in 6 states over E. coli concerns
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall on more than 2,800 pounds of raw 90/10 ground beef processed by Mountain West Food Group, LLC, from Idaho.
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2025-12-29T17:06:42+00:00
US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid amid Trump funding cuts
The United States pledged $2 billion in United Nations humanitarian assistance Monday, as part of a deal aimed at streamlining the way international aid is distributed. In Geneva, the U.S. State Department and the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) signed a memorandum of understanding, crea...
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2025-12-29T17:00:00+00:00
Watch: Trump, Netanyahu meet at Mar-a-Lago
President Trump is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon as leaders look to advance the second phase of the U.S.-brokered peace plan between Israel and Hamas. Trump will host Netanyahu at his residence at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where the two men are expected to d...
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2025-12-29T16:50:46+00:00
Greene: Speaker Mike Johnson ‘is not our Speaker’ and is controlled by White House
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in a newly published interview argues Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is “100 percent” following orders from President Trump, and as a result relinquishing the power of Congress. The remarks from Greene, who will resign from Congress effective Jan. 5, come amid complaints fr...
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2025-12-31T02:00:43+00:00
2025 AAS Town Hall Schedule
247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting
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2025-12-31T01:35:42+00:00
2025 AAS Hyperwall Schedule
247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #401 for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below.
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2025-12-30T18:20:49+00:00
Curiosity Sends Holiday Postcard from Mars
Team members working with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover created this “postcard” by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning periods that occurred on both the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission. The panoramas were captured at 4:15 p.m. on Sol 4,722 and 8:20 ...
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/curiosity-sends-holiday-postcard-from-mars/
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2025-12-30T17:11:30+00:00
Microbiology
Spaceflight poses a risk of adverse health effects due to the interactions between microorganisms, their hosts, and their environment. The JSC Microbiology team addresses the benefits and risks related to microorganisms, including infectious disease, allergens, environmental and food contamination, and the impacts of c...
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2025-12-30T16:45:09+00:00
NASA’s Chandra Rings in New Year With Champagne Cluster
Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes. Astronomers discovered this galaxy cluster Dec. 31, 2020. The date, combined with the bubble-like appearance of the galaxies and the superheated gas seen with Chandr...
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2025-12-29T23:52:34+00:00
The Earth Observer: Offering Perspectives from Space through Time
An Intertwined History: The Earth Observer and EOS The Earth Observer, a newsletter issued for more than 36 years, will release its last online content at the close of 2025. This newsletter evolved in parallel with NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS). It is almost impossible to speak of this newsletter without mentioni...
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2025-12-29T22:20:01+00:00
Terra: The End of An Era
Introduction Launched into the night sky nearly 26 years ago, on Dec. 19, 1999, from Vandenberg Air Force Base (now Space Force Base), Terra was NASA’s first Earth Observing System (EOS) flagship mission to study Earth’s land surface from space via a coordinated series of polar-orbiting and low-inclination satellites t...
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2025-12-29T22:08:25+00:00
The Final Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: October–December 2025
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth Observer to conduct an orderly shutdown of the publication. No new content will be published after Dec. 31, 2025. While the sunset of The Earth Observer is bittersweet for our team, the good news is that all of the ri...
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/the-final-earth-observer-editors-corner-october-december-2025/
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2025-12-29T22:02:37+00:00
The State of CERES: Updates and Highlights
Introduction The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) was initially designed in the late-1980s and early-1990s as a facility instrument for NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS). Since its inception, NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) has led this effort. CERES has a long history with seven different i...
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/the-state-of-ceres-updates-and-highlights/
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2025-12-29T19:00:00+00:00
2025 Space Station Science Snapshots
2025 marks another year pushing the boundaries of scientific research aboard the International Space Station. This past year, over 750 investigations were conducted aboard the space station, supported by crewed missions and resupply vehicles delivering essential cargo and experiments to the orbiting laboratory. This ye...
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/2025-space-station-science-snapshots/
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2025-12-30T13:30:03
Image: Ball bearings as tools for studying physics in microgravity
In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, conducted inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-image-ball-tools-physics-microgravity.html
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2025-12-30T09:00:01
Hunting for dark matter axions with a quantum-powered haloscope
Axions are hypothetical light particles that could solve two different physics problems, as they could explain why some nuclear interactions don't violate time symmetry and are also promising dark matter candidates. Dark matter is a type of matter that does not emit, reflect or absorb light, and has never been directly...
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-dark-axions-quantum-powered-haloscope.html
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2025-12-29T23:00:02
Dual-cation strategy boosts upconversion efficiency in stable oxide perovskites
Researchers at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new way to significantly enhance upconversion luminescence in oxide perovskites, a class of materials known for their thermal and chemical stability but limited optical efficiency.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-dual-cation-strategy-boosts-upconversion.html
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2025-12-29T12:20:02
How do I make clear ice at home? A food scientist shares easy tips
When you splurge on a cocktail in a bar, the drink often comes with a slab of aesthetically pleasing, perfectly clear ice. The stuff looks much fancier than the slightly cloudy ice you get from your home freezer. How do they do this?
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ice-home-food-scientist-easy.html
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2025-12-29T11:45:33
New optical method reveals micellar structure changes under extensional stress
Complex fluids, such as polymer melts and concentrated suspensions, are foundational materials for industrial products, including high-strength plastics and optical components. The final performance of these materials depends on their composition and internal microscopic structure. During manufacturing processes, howev...
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-optical-method-reveals-micellar-extensional.html
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2025-12-29T11:43:36
Josephson junction behavior observed with only one superconductor and iron barrier
Separate two superconductors with a thin layer of material and something strange happens.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-josephson-junction-behavior-superconductor-iron.html
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2025-12-29T11:20:09
New materials, old physics—the science behind how your winter jacket keeps you warm
As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one of the many Americans pulling their winter jackets out of the closet. Not only can this extra layer keep you warm on a chilly day, but modern winter jackets are also a testament to centuries-old physics and cutting-edge materials science.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-materials-physics-science-winter-jacket.html
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2025-12-29T11:20:03
Twisted light-matter systems unlock unusual topological phenomena
Properties that remain unchanged when materials are stretched or bent, which are broadly referred to as topological properties, can contribute to the emergence of unusual physical effects in specific systems.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-unusual-topological-phenomena.html
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2025-12-29T11:00:06
New model showcases microbubble behavior in viscoelastic fluid under ultrasound forcing
Encapsulated microbubbles (EMBs), tiny gas-filled bubbles coated in lipid or protein shells, play a central role in biomedical ultrasound. When exposed to ultrasound waves, EMBs contract, resulting in oscillations that enhance image contrast or deliver drugs directly by creating pores in cell membranes via sonoporation...
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-showcases-microbubble-behavior-viscoelastic-fluid.html
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2025-12-29T08:30:02
New method uses spin motion to control heat flow in magnetic materials
NIMS, in joint research with the University of Tokyo, AIST, the University of Osaka, and Tohoku University, have proposed a novel method for actively controlling heat flow in solids by utilizing the transport of magnons—quasiparticles corresponding to the collective motion of spins in a magnetic material—and demonstrat...
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-method-motion-magnetic-materials.html
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2025-12-29T07:50:04
Using microwave pulses to plug leaks in quantum computers makes them more reliable
Scientists have developed a new approach to correcting common quantum computing errors, which could pave the way for more reliable systems.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-microwave-pulses-leaks-quantum-reliable.html
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2025-12-29T07:18:03
Researchers discover a new superfluid phase in non-Hermitian quantum systems
A stable "exceptional fermionic superfluid," a new quantum phase that intrinsically hosts singularities known as exceptional points, has been discovered by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-superfluid-phase-hermitian-quantum.html
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2025-12-27T10:00:01
Evidence of a quantum spin liquid ground state in a kagome material
Quantum spin liquids are exotic states of matter in which spins (i.e., the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons) do not settle into an ordered pattern and continue to fluctuate, even at extremely low temperatures. This state is characterized by high entanglement, a quantum effect that causes particles to become link...
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-evidence-quantum-liquid-ground-state.html
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