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-		<title>Ukraine knocks countries that condemned alleged attempt to attack Putin compound</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5667587-ukraine-denies-putin-attack/</link>
+		<title>Roberts avoids clashes with Trump in end-of-year judiciary report </title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5668367-chief-justice-john-roberts-annual-report/</link>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach Schonfeld]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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+					<description><![CDATA[Chief Justice John Roberts used his previous two annual reports to condemn politicians for intimidating judges and warn about artificial intelligence.  This year,&#160;Roberts&#160;steered clear&#160;of&#160;current affairs.&#160; His 2025 Year End Report on the Judiciary, released Wednesday evening, makes no mention of the tensions that have grown in the judiciary over the Supreme Court’s emergency decisions implicating President Trump’s second-term agenda.  Instead,&#160;Roberts&#160;opted to&#160;fill&#160;his report&#160;with&#160;reflections&#160;on the Declaration of&#160;Independence.&#160;As&#160;the&#160;declaration’s&#160;250th&#160;anniversary approaches&#160;next year,&#160;Roberts&#160;detailed how the&#8230;]]></description>
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+		<title>Court allows Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding cuts in multiple states</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5668686-planned-parenthood-funding-law/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[attack on Putin residence]]></category>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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+					<description><![CDATA[A panel of federal judges on Tuesday lifted a ruling blocking Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood in multiple states. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a hold on an order from District Judge Indira Talwani that had prevented a law removing funds from Planned Parenthood from being enforced. The law in question&#8230;]]></description>
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+		<title>Nearly half of Americans don&#8217;t support Trump&#8217;s Russia-Ukraine efforts</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5668690-americans-disapprove-trump-russia/</link>
+		
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[russia]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Volodymyr Zelensky]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667587</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[The Economist/YouGov]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[ukraine]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668690</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha on Tuesday condemned statements alleging that Kyiv initiated an attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s compound.&#160; “We were disappointed and concerned to see the statements by Emirati, Indian, and Pakistani sides expressing their concerns regarding the attack that never happened,” Sybiha wrote in a post on X. “It&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of Americans do not support President Trump’s efforts surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a new poll. When asked in The Economist/YouGov poll about their support for “the way Donald Trump is handling the situation with Russia and Ukraine,” 49 percent of respondents said they “somewhat disapprove” or “strongly disapprove.”  Thirty percent of&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Eric Adams says he plans to attend Mamdani inauguration </title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667398-eric-adams-says-he-plans-to-attend-mamdani-inauguration/</link>
+		<title>Judge tosses racketeering charges against &#8216;Cop City&#8217; protesters</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5668578-georgia-judge-dismisses-cop-city-charges/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667398</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[Cop City]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Georgia judge]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) said he would attend the inauguration of Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani (D) despite a disparaging campaign season.&#160; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to swear in Mamdani, while Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is also set to introduce the newly elected mayor. “We communicated this afternoon, and he made it clear that&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[A Georgia judge dismissed dozens of racketeering charges Tuesday against protesters who rallied in 2022 and 2023 against a planned $115 million police and firefighter training site in Atlanta dubbed &#8220;Cop City.&#8221;  Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer determined that Republican Attorney General Chris Carr’s charges against demonstrators required permission from Republican Gov. Brian Kemp under&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Democrat wins Iowa state Senate race, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5666914-democrat-rene-hardman-wins/</link>
+		<title>Tom Steyer: &#8216;We need single-payer health care&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5668579-tom-steyer-single-payer-health/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Mueller]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666914</guid>
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-					<description><![CDATA[Democrat Renee Hardman won a special election for state Senate in Iowa on Tuesday, preventing Republicans from regaining a supermajority in the chamber, Decision Desk HQ projects. Hardman, the West Des Moines mayor pro tempore, defeated Republican Lucas Loftin to fill the seat that has been vacant since state Sen. Claire Celsi (D) died in&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Billionaire and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer (D) on Tuesday said the United States needs a single-payer health care system. &#8220;Bernie Sanders was right. We need single-payer health care,&#8221; Steyer said in a video shared on social media. &#8220;In 2019, I didn&#8217;t think we needed single-payer health care.&#8221; Steyer said he thought the U.S. could&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Trump’s CIA strike on Venezuela keeps options open, but carries risks</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5667497-trump-venezuela-covert-operation/</link>
+		<title>Strike on &#8216;narco-trafficking&#8217; boat convoy leaves survivors; Coast Guard notified</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5668638-us-military-strikes-drug-boats/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Filip Timotija]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
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+		<category><![CDATA[boat strikes]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Defense Department]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[The CIA&#8217;s recent drone strike on a Venezuelan port facility keeps President Trump’s options open in the country as he intensifies his pressure campaign, effectively expanding U.S. attacks onto land without committing the U.S. to an invasion of Venezuela. However, the commander in chief’s disclosure of the covert operations during a radio interview last week&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The U.S. military conducted strikes against a convoy of alleged drug-trafficking boats in the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) area of responsibility, killing three “narco-terrorists&#8221; and leaving multiple survivors after others jumped overboard.&#160;&#160; The U.S. military targeted three purported drug-smuggling vessels on Tuesday, which were operated by a designated terrorist organization and were transiting in international&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>What action has Trump administration taken in Minnesota since viral fraud video?</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5667449-trump-administration-fraud-minnesota/</link>
+		<title>Live updates: Trump ends some National Guard deployments; Minnesota fraud scandal takes center stage</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666930-live-updates-trump-minnesota-fraud-new-year/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has ramped up scrutiny of Minnesota’s social services programs amid allegations of fraud.  Independent journalist Nick Shirley released a video detailing his investigation into the issue on Friday, sparking a renewed interest into the allegations. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged 98 people in connection with its sweeping probe into the&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump announced Wednesday that he will end the National Guard deployments in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Ore., adding that it is possible the troops could return at a later date. &#8220;Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren’t for the Federal Government stepping in,&#8221; he wrote on Truth Social. &#8220;We will&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Who is Nick Shirley, YouTuber who made viral Minnesota fraud video?</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667426-minnesota-daycare-fraud-exposed/</link>
+		<title>Trump says National Guard deployments will end in Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5668540-federal-forces-pullback-cities/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667426</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Lee]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[YouTuber Nick Shirley became a viral sensation overnight after posting a 42-minute video documenting his hunt for fraudulent child care programs in Minnesota.  Shirley’s video has been viewed more than 100 million times on the social platform X and shows him visiting day care centers receiving public funds. The 23-year-old alleged that multiple local centers&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump said Wednesday that his administration will end its deployment of the National Guard in Chicago; Los Angeles; and Portland, Ore., vowing to return federal forces to the major, Democratic-led cities if crime spikes again. &#8220;Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren’t for the Federal Government stepping in,&#8221; Trump wrote on&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Trump renews Powell threats</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/newsletters/business-economy/5667436-trump-renews-powell-threats/</link>
+		<title>Epstein victim: Partial files release &#8216;incredibly frustrating&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5668493-epstein-files-release-frustration/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvan Lane]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667436</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[Welcome to The Hill&#8217;s Business &#038; Economy newsletter {beacon} Business &#038; Economy Business &#038; Economy &#8202; The Big Story&#160; Trump threatens to fight Powell as end of term nears 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&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[A victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Tuesday the partial release of the Department of Justice&#8217;s (DOJ) files on the disgraced financier and the lack of naming those accused of wrongdoing were &#8220;incredibly frustrating.&#8221; &#8220;This rollout — first of all, it was never meant to be a rollout,&#8221; Dani Bensky said on &#8220;The&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Judge links push for Abrego Garcia prosecution to top DOJ officials</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5667326-doj-officials-abrego-prosecution/</link>
+		<title>Trump administration ramps up sanctions targeting Venezuela oil trade</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5668526-trump-sanctions-venezuela-oil/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Lee]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[DOJ]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Kilmar Abrego Garcia]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Filip Timotija]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Energy & Environment]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[boat strikes]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[caribbean boat strikes]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[cia]]></category>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[Top Department of Justice (DOJ) officials may have been involved in the government&#8217;s push to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia, which only came after his wrongful deportation, a federal judge overseeing the Salvadoran migrant&#8217;s criminal case revealed in an order unsealed Tuesday. Though the government has previously said Robert McGuire, the acting U.S. attorney for the&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump’s administration is ramping up pressure against Venezuela’s oil trade, sanctioning four companies operating in the country&#8217;s oil industry along with four tankers connected to the firms. The Treasury Department said Wednesday it slapped sanctions on four companies with ties to Caracas’s oil sector: Aries Global Investment Ltd., Winky International Ltd., Krape Myrtle Co.&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>HHS freezes child care payments to Minnesota, requires photo evidence across country</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667412-federal-probe-minnesota-fraud/</link>
+		<title>Chicago mayor: Trump has failed to provide &#8216;hope for working people&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5668481-brandon-johnson-slams-trump-policies/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[immigration enforcement]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668481</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pausing all child care payments to Minnesota, amid a sweeping federal probe into allegations of fraud within the state’s social services programs.&#160; Citing a video released Friday by independent journalist Nick Shirley detailing his investigation into day care centers and other businesses, HHS Deputy Secretary Jim&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) on Tuesday slammed President Trump for not providing “hope” to working people in the Windy City or across the country. “We know that this president has failed in every single aspect to provide real opportunities and hope for working people. Whether it’s, you know, groceries, whether it’s health care, whether&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Dr. Oz calls flu vaccine &#8216;controversial of late&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5667218-flu-shot-effectiveness-debate/</link>
+		<title>Jack Smith deposition reveals plans for trial, possible charges against co-conspirators</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5668515-jack-smith-deposition-revelations/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[flu shot]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[vaccines]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667218</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Beitsch]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668515</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Tuesday called the seasonal flu vaccine &#8220;controversial of late&#8221; and advised various Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiatives as ways to &#8220;overcome&#8221; the virus. Appearing on Newsmax, Oz spoke on this year&#8217;s flu season, which has been marked by a more severe strain&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Former special counsel Jack Smith was still contemplating whether to charge President Trump’s co-conspirators in the Jan. 6, 2021, case when the president won the election, he revealed to the House in a closed-door deposition released Wednesday. Smith also told investigators he was preparing to rely on a number of Trump allies who agreed to&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>ICE accuses Politico reporter of &#8216;inciting violence against federal agents&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5667307-federal-agents-investigation-minnesota/</link>
+		<title>Kevin O&#8217;Leary: Tariff &#8216;fine-tuning will be coming soon&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/business/5668418-oleary-trump-tariff-policy-2026/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
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+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668418</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claimed Tuesday that Politico reporter Josh Gerstein was “inciting violence against federal agents.” Gerstein, a senior legal affairs reporter at the outlet, said Monday on the social platform X, “At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws.” The post referred&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Businessman and &#8220;Shark Tank&#8221; judge Kevin O’Leary predicted Tuesday that President Trump will be “fine-tuning” his tariff policy in the new year.  “It needs to be fine-tuned,” O’Leary told host Batya Ungar-Sargon on NewsNation’s “On Balance,” specifically referencing policies toward Canada and India. The president has imposed levies of 35 percent and 50 percent, respectively,&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Luntz: Second shutdown over health care would be &#8216;very painful&#8217; for Republicans</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5667204-government-shutdown-republican-pain/</link>
+		<title>Lawler: Mamdani now the face of Democratic Party</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5668465-mamdani-mayor-elect-democratic-party/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[expiring ACA subsidies]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Frank Luntz]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Midterm elections]]></category>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[democratic socialist]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Mike Lawler]]></category>
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-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667204</guid>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668465</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Pollster Frank Luntz said Tuesday that Republicans would face an uphill battle with voters if the government shuts down in January over health care policy.  “The shutdown that we experienced, the longest ever in American history, started off hurting Democrats more than Republicans; ended up hurting President Trump more than anybody else,” Luntz said during&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) on Wednesday said New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani (D) is the face of the Democratic party and argued he would push other Democrats to the left.  “I think you&#8217;ve seen since Bernie Sanders ran for president and AOC [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)] won that congressional seat back in 2018&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T20:44:40+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Flu activity is surging across US: Here&#8217;s what to know</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5667271-cdc-reports-flu-activity-rising/</link>
+		<title>Pelosi hoping to be remembered for Affordable Care Act</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5668435-pelosi-remembered-aca-legacy/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathaniel Weixel]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Flu]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667271</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[ACA]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[House Democrats]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[ObamaCare]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Pelosi retirement]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668435</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Flu activity is rising sharply across the country, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with some areas seeing record-high numbers of illnesses.  The numbers come as experts brace for a particularly harsh season driven by a new, mutated variant of the virus that is circulating widely. According to&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she hopes to be remembered for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one of the most consequential pieces of health care legislation in American history. “How do you want to be remembered?” ABC News’s Jonathan Karl asked Pelosi in an interview that aired Tuesday. “Not so fast, I&#8217;m still&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Live updates: Trump administration halts Minnesota child care payments amid fraud scandal</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666357-live-updates-trump-venezuela-minnesota/</link>
+		<title>Colorado Democrats rip Trump over water bill veto: &#8216;Politics at its worst&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5668397-colorado-senators-criticize-trump-veto/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666357</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Arkansas Valley Conduit]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Colorado waterway project]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Southeastern Colorado]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668397</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday that it is halting all child care payments to Minnesota, as the Trump administration has put fresh attention on a years-long fraud scandal in the North Star State. &#8220;We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota,&#8221; HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O&#8217;Neill&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Colorado Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper on Wednesday slammed President Trump for vetoing a bill aiming to complete a water project in the Centennial State. The president issued the first two vetoes of his second term, one of which blocked a project that would have delivered water to southeastern Colorado. &#8220;Nothing says &#8216;Make&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T20:07:25+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>7 Kennedy Center acts that canceled amid Trump’s takeover</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5667236-trump-kennedy-center-changes/</link>
+		<title>Read: Jack Smith deposition transcript</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5668393-jack-smith-deposition-transcript-read-file/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Trump Kennedy Center]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667236</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[House GOP]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Jack Smith deposition]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668393</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[President Trump has overseen a series of dramatic changes at the Kennedy Center since taking office at the beginning of the year. The most significant shifts came in two waves, both of which resulted in artists canceling performances in protest of Trump’s takeover of the cultural institution. In February, Trump replaced multiple board members with&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Wednesday released the transcript of the panel&#8217;s deposition with former special counsel Jack Smith concerning his team&#8217;s investigations and prosecutions of President Trump. Earlier this month, Smith&#8217;s attorneys sent a letter to Jordan requesting that his&#160;closed-door deposition&#160;be made public. In the testimony, Smith defended his decision to bring charges against Trump&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Border Patrol commander: We&#8217;re going to be in Chicago &#8216;for years&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667158-bovino-cbp-chicago-operation/</link>
+		<title>CNN reporter grills YouTuber whose Minnesota day care video went viral</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5668221-cnn-reporter-confronts-youtuber-minnesota-daycares/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667158</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[CNN]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota fraud scandal]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668221</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino said Tuesday federal immigration enforcement officers would remain in Chicago &#8220;for years,&#8221; even after months of controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants in the Windy City.  “If you think we’re done with Chicago, you’d better check yourself before you wreck yourself,” Bovino wrote in a statement on&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[A CNN reporter pressed YouTuber Nick Shirley in a segment that aired Tuesday night over his viral video in which he visits Minnesota day care facilities run by the Somali community, which he accuses of fraud. In the video, shared by Elon Musk and Vice President Vance this week, Shirley knocks on doors at various&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T22:14:41+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T22:13:17+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>US measles cases surpass 2,000 this year</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5666810-measles-outbreak-texas-2025/</link>
+		<title>Trump rips Karen Bass after remarks on Hispanic Border Patrol agents</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5668232-bass-trump-feud-border/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[measles]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666810</guid>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668232</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[The number of recorded measles cases in the U.S. during 2025 has officially exceeded 2,000 just before the end of the year, a bleak punctuation on what has been the worst spread of measles the country has seen in decades. As of Dec. 23, the U.S. has reported 2,012 measles cases, with the vast majority&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump on Wednesday blasted Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for comments she made about U.S. Border Patrol agents of Hispanic heritage only taking the job because of their financial situations. &#8220;[National Border Patrol Council President] Paul Perez and the Border Patrol have done a fantastic job, and so proud that more than half are&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T20:09:32+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Russia vows tougher negotiating stance after blaming Ukraine for attack</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5667179-trump-zelensky-peace-deal/</link>
+		<title>Trump admin terminates lease with National Links Trust for DC golf courses</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5668310-trump-dc-golf-courses-national-links-trust/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Mitchell]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667179</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominick Mastrangelo]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668310</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Russia on Tuesday said it will take a tougher position in talks on ending its nearly four-year war in Ukraine after it claimed Kyiv attacked a Russian presidential residence, an accusation that Kyiv has denied. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha also on Tuesday said that Russia has not given any evidence of an alleged early&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump&#8217;s administration has terminated a lease agreement with the National Links Trust (NLT), the&#160;Washington, D.C.,&#160;public-private&#160;nonprofit&#160;that has overseen&#160;and operated the District&#8217;s three municipal golf courses for the last half decade. News of the lease termination, which was confirmed by The Hill on Wednesday, notifies the NLT that it is in breach of its contract with&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Live results: Democrats retain Iowa state Senate seat in special election</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5665438-special-election-iowa-senate/</link>
+		<title>DOJ still reviewing 5.2M pages of Epstein files: Report</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5668236-doj-epstein-files-5-million-pages-review/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Epstein files]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Epstein Files Transparency Act]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Justice Department]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Reuters]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Todd Blanche]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[Iowa Democrats have held onto a critical state Senate seat in a special election Tuesday. Democrat Renee Hardman and Republican Lucas Loftin are vying for the seat in the Des Moines-area 16th District. The seat was vacated after its previous occupant, state Sen. Claire Celsi (D), died in October. If Republicans had flipped the seat,&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice (DOJ) still has 5.2 million pages of files to review in the case of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Reuters reported Wednesday. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, set a Dec. 19 deadline for the DOJ to release all documents it&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Grand jury secures indictment against DC pipe bomb suspect, but judge hits pause</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5667142-dc-bomb-case-grand-jury/</link>
+		<title>Lockdown lifted at Kansas City International Airport after evacuations</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5668249-kansas-city-international-airport-on-lockdown-fbi-assisting-in-investigation/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Lee]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667142</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Mueller]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668249/</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[A federal magistrate judge said Tuesday a local grand jury has secured a federal indictment against the suspect in the D.C. pipe bomb case, but he has not yet accepted it. Judge Matthew Sharbaugh said at a hearing that a D.C. Superior Court grand jury approved an indictment against Brian Cole Jr. on the two federal charges already alleged in a complaint. The case stems from&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The FBI is assisting in the investigation.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T18:50:15+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Rove: Public &#8216;tiring&#8217; of Trump</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5667035-rove-trump-fatigue/</link>
+		<title>Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies at 92</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5668157-ben-nighthorse-campbell-dies-92/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Karl Rove]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[second Trump administration]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667035</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668157</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Republican strategist Karl Rove on Monday said Americans are tiring of President Trump’s whirlwind of retribution and offensive comments as his first year back in office draws to a close. “There are signs that the public is tiring of his hyperbole and insatiable desire for retribution. Increasingly, they may hear only the offensive or cruel&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), a longtime advocate for Native Americans and organized labor who switched parties late in his career, died Tuesday. He was 92. His daughter, Shanan Campbell, told The Colorado Sun her father died of natural causes. &#8220;Colorado lost a true legend in former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell,&#8221; Rep. Lauren&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Israel’s president denies telling Trump Netanyahu pardon &#8216;on its way&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5667009-israeli-president-trump-netanyahu-pardon/</link>
+		<title>Greene supports 2026 &#8216;tax revolt&#8217; by frustrated Trump voters</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5668184-marjorie-taylor-greene-tax-revolt/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Meyn]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667009</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668184</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Israeli President Isaac Herzog has issued a statement contradicting President Trump’s claim that the two had a conversation in which Herzog said a pardon for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “on its way.” Trump has derided the charges against the Israeli prime minister and asked Herzog in October, during a visit to Israel, to&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) backed a “tax revolt” among supporters of President Trump on Wednesday. “Almost every Trump voter I see on X is so fed up they are planning a 2026 tax revolt,” Greene wrote on the social platform X. “And rightfully so!” “It’s because Americans work their a‑‑es off, barely make&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Tatiana Schlossberg dies at age 35</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5667010-tatiana-schlossberg-dies-leukemia/</link>
+		<title>Drugmakers plan to raise US prices on at least 350 medications: Report</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5668053-us-drug-prices-rise-2026/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Tatiana Schlossberg]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667010</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[drug prices]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[pfizer]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668053</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Tatiana Schlossberg, an environmental journalist and granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy, died Tuesday morning, a month after announcing her terminal cancer diagnosis. She was 35. Her family announced her death in a post on social media, writing, “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.” The post&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The costs of at least 350 drugs in the U.S. are expected to rise in 2026, according to a new analysis, despite many of the drugmakers pledging to offer more favorable prices under new Trump administration policies. New data from the health care research firm 3 Axis Advisors, first reported by Reuters, found that a&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Top China panel members: Live-fire drills around Taiwan &#8216;deliberate escalation&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666985-china-threatens-regional-stability/</link>
+		<title>The 10 biggest political stories of 2025</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5667025-trump-first-year-political-news/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[China’s People’s Liberation Army]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[large scale military escalation drills]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[top China panel]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666985</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667025</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 escalation by Beijing,” Committee Chair John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and ranking&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump&#8217;s first year back in office brought a whirlwind of political news in 2025. There was a major legislative victory for the White House, wins for Democrats in elections and the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The ugly specter of political violence also surfaced. Here are the biggest political news stories of the&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Walz turned &#8216;blind eye&#8217; to fraud warnings in Minnesota: GOP state committee chair</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666976-walz-minnesota-fraud-somali-immigrants/</link>
+		<title>Top Minnesota Republican: GOP caucus steered YouTuber Nick Shirley to day care sites</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5668078-minnesota-welfare-fraud-walz/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
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+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668078</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R) said Monday that her caucus pointed conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley in the direction of day care facilities in the state amid concerns over fraud.  Demuth said at a virtual press conference that the state GOP has been “working with” Shirley to address fraud in the state. &#8220;Our caucus has&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Iran threatens &#8216;harsh&#8217; response after Trump warning</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666952-iran-threatens-harsh-response-trump/</link>
+		<title>Trump rips Colorado governor, DA over Tina Peters incarceration: &#8216;May they rot in hell&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667922-donald-trump-jared-polis-tina-peters-incarceration/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Mitchell]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666952</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[2020 election fraud claims]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Dan Rubinstein]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Jan. 6 Capitol attack]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[tina peters]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump pardons]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667922</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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” and threatened unspecified&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump said Wednesday that Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein should &#8220;rot in hell&#8221; for the incarceration of former election clerk Tina Peters. &#8220;God Bless Tina Peters, who is now, for two years out of nine, sitting in a Colorado Maximum Security Prison, at the age of 73,&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/Trump-Polis-Peters-12.31.png?w=900" type="image/png" length="1712381" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T20:02:36+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Boeing awarded $8.6B contract to build jets for Israel</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5666792-boeing-awarded-contract-jets-israel/</link>
+		<title>Boebert criticizes Trump veto, hopes it is not about &#8216;political retaliation&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5668061-boebert-trump-veto-colorado-water-epstein/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steph Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Boeing]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[F-15 fighter jets]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Israel-Hamas ceasefire]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Israel-Hamas war]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[House Republicans]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[tina peters]]></category>
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+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5668061</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[The company is being contracted to build 25 F-15 jets with an option for 25 more.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) voiced frustration with President Trump over his recent veto of legislation that intended to finish a project for sending water to southeastern Colorado. “This isn’t over,” Boebert posted on the social platform X late Tuesday in response to Trump’s veto, one of the first of his second term. In a statement&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T22:18:42+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Superbug hits 27 states: Here&#8217;s where the deadly fungus is spreading</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5666816-superbug-hits-27-states-heres-where-the-deadly-fungus-is-spreading/</link>
+		<title>Donald Trump’s year of Social Security sabotage</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5667459-trump-social-security-threat/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alix Martichoux]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Altman, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Finance]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Frank Bisignano]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Russell Vought]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Social Security Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is attempting to demolish the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, which contains the famous Social Security mural, while also enacting policies that threaten the Social Security system itself.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>DHS posts video of agents in Minneapolis</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666879-dhs-video-agents-minneapolis-fraud-probe/</link>
+		<title>Comer announces hearings on Minnesota fraud</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5667903-walz-minnesota-fraud-house-testimony/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; The video, which DHS shared to the social platform X, shows a pair of agents from its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) confirming that a person in a&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced Wednesday that the body will hold hearings on fraud concerns within Minnesota’s social services programs in the new year. The first hearing is set for Jan. 7, with state Reps. Kristin Robbins (R), Walter Hudson (R) and Marion Rarick (R)&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Trump administration agrees to reconsider cut or stalled DEI-related NIH grants</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5666876-trump-administration-nih-grants-agreement/</link>
+		<title>George Clooney rips CBS, ABC for settling Trump defamation suits</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5667986-george-clooney-trump-settlements-cbs-abc/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathaniel Weixel]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominick Mastrangelo]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[ABC News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[CBS News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[New York Post]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Paramount-Skydance merger]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump ABC settlement]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump CBS settlement]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump media settlements]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration&#160;on Monday&#160;reached an agreement&#160;to reevaluate&#160;thousands of&#160;National Institutes of Health (NIH)&#160;grant applications&#160;that were&#160;stalled or&#160;cut&#160;because of their perceived connection to diversity,&#160;equity&#160;and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.&#160; The agreement between the administration, unions and Democratic state attorneys general resolves part of a lawsuit filed against the administration for canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in research funds.   A federal judge in Boston&#160;previously ruled&#160;that the&#160;terminations were unlawful&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Actor George Clooney took a shot at CBS and ABC, two broadcast networks that have both settled high-profile lawsuits brought by President Trump in recent months. “If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, ‘Go f‑‑‑ yourself,’ we wouldn’t be where we are in the country,” Clooney, who recently became a citizen of&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Mamdani to be sworn in at abandoned NYC subway station</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666753-mamdani-inauguration-old-subway-station/</link>
+		<title>Book recommendations from members of Congress</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5665917-influential-books-congress-2025/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666753</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Congress Blog]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Congress Blog - Politics]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Elise Stefanik]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Rep. French Hill]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Jamie Raskin]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Rosa DeLauro]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Sharice Davids]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Susan Bonamici]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Tom Cole]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Ron Wyden]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665917</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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. &#8220;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&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Members of Congress have shared their favorite books of the year, ranging from biographies to children's books to books on art and intelligence, showing that books provide a bipartisan connection and that policymakers continue to rely on them for guidance.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs charged with strangulation, assault</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666854-patriots-receiver-stefon-diggs-charged-with-strangulation-assault/</link>
+		<title>Will banks be open on New Year&#8217;s Eve, New Year&#8217;s Day?</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/business/5667756-banks-open-new-years-eve-new-years-2026/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melanie DaSilva]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Bartiromo]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[2026]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[ATMs]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[New Year's Eve]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[new year's day]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing criminal charges after an alleged incident earlier this month.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Need to cash some checks, exchange some currency or grab a handful of complimentary lollipops before the New Year?]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Axelrod: Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Marie Antoinette thing&#8217; could cost Republicans in midterms</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5666858-axelrod-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-ballroom-2026-midterms/</link>
+		<title>Washington Monument light show planned for NYE in honor of America&#8217;s 250 birthday</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667954-washington-monument-light-show/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[white house ballroom]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liberty Simmons]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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-century French queen who became known for royal&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, the Washington Monument will be illuminated on all four sides with a large-scale projection light show beginning on New Year’s Eve.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Federal judge allows HHS to share Medicaid data with ICE</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5666596-medicaid-data-ice-hhs-lawsuit-ruling/</link>
+		<title>AI turns out to be the issue that could break Trump&#8217;s movement</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5666446-ai-turns-out-to-be-the-issue-that-could-break-trumps-movement/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Wehle, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Technology]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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 administration in July,&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[In a rare show of bipartisanship, the states have already begun to push back.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Greene pushes back on Jennings criticism: &#8216;He just fools people with hot takes&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5666699-greene-jennings-hot-takes/</link>
+		<title>Trump claims his &#8216;real&#8217; approval rating is 64 percent</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5667894-donald-trump-claims-approval-rating-higher/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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 closely aligned with the president’s&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump claimed Tuesday that his “real” approval rating is at 64 percent, despite polls showing it is below 50 percent. “The polls are rigged even more than the writers,&#8221; Trump said in a late-night Truth Social post. &#8220;The real number is 64%, and why not, our Country is ‘hotter’ than ever before.&#8221; He added,&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T15:36:22+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>US announces new sanctions targeting Venezuela, Iran</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666682-iran-venezuela-drone-sanctions/</link>
+		<title>Trump&#8217;s Colorado veto draws Boebert&#8217;s ire</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5667913-trump-vetoes-colorado-water-boebert-florida-tribe/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Samuels]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Frazin]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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 the Treasury Department said oversees assembly of unmanned&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump issued two vetoes this week, the first two of his second term, rejecting a pair of bipartisan bills and drawing pushback from Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). Trump vetoed legislation that&#160;aimed to complete&#160;a project that would deliver water to southeastern Colorado and another that would&#160;give the Miccosukee tribe&#160;the authority to manage part of the&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T22:23:09+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Trump: New White House ballroom will have &#8216;drone-free roof&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666505-trump-white-house-ballroom-netanyahu-mar-a-lago/</link>
+		<title>Free speech needs a reset in America</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5665255-free-speech-needs-a-reset-in-america/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheldon Jacobson, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Civil Rights]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665255</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[President Trump said Monday the new White House ballroom he tore down the East Wing to build will have a &#8220;drone-free roof.&#8221; 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 Chair Jerome Powell when he started&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[All speech today is filtered.  The key difference is what the filters are.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T21:13:48+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Failure to fund consumer watchdog will violate court order, judge rules</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5666572-trump-administration-cfpb-funding/</link>
+		<title>Trump administration &#8216;looking at&#8217; revoking citizenship of Somali Americans caught up in fraud scheme: Leavitt</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5667727-trump-administration-denaturalization-somali-minnesota/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Lee]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
 				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[CFPB]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[DOGE]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Judge Amy Berman Jackson]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666572</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667727</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 Bureau (CFPB) must continue to request funding&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the Trump administration is reviewing cases for denaturalization of U.S. citizens who came to the country from Somalia and were convicted of fraud in the Minnesota social services controversy.&#160; Leavitt said on “Fox and Friends” that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the State Department&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T17:10:21+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T22:24:15+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>CIA conducted drone strike on Venezuela port facility</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666603-cia-venezuela-drone-strike/</link>
+		<title>Trump is ready to finish the job in Venezuela </title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5666683-maduro-losing-power-venezuela/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Filip Timotija]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[boat strikes]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[cia]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666603</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arturo McFields, opinion contributor ]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - National Security]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[alleged drug boat strikes]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[C.I.A.]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[María Corina Machado]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Maduro]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Nicolás Maduro]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Operation Southern Spear]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[President Trump]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[united states]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[US seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666683</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 on the coast of&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Nicolas Maduro's happy days are over.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T20:01:37+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/trump_donald_12292025_AP25363759498502-1.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="1157837" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T22:20:38+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Texas man faces terrorism charge over alleged ISIS support</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666662-texas-isis-terrorism-bomb-plot-doj/</link>
+		<title>NYPD ramping up security ahead of New Year&#8217;s Eve</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5667855-new-year-eve-nypd-safety/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Copeland]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666662/</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Johnson]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667855/</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[John Michael Garza, Jr. of Midlothian, Texas was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Revelers are preparing to pack Times Square ahead of tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations, but the NYPD says they're prepared to keep viewers safe.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
-		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/TexasAbortion_OConnellDomenech_AdobeStock.jpeg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="925708" />
-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T16:31:19+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/NYE-Times-Square-e1767189659688.jpg?w=800" type="image/jpeg" length="45189" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T14:30:10+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Democrats need the New Deal, not socialism</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5665419-new-dealism-future-democratic-party/</link>
+		<title>Jon Kyl announces dementia diagnosis</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5667790-jon-kyl-dementia-diagnosis/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brendan Frasier, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Campaign]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[democratic socialism]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Socialists of America]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[labor unions]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Neoliberalism]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Ohio Progressive Caucus]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Chuck Schumer]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[working class voters]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665419</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[dementia]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[senate republicans]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667790</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; What both sides consistently don’t see is that the&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), who served in Congress for more than 25 years, announced Tuesday that he has dementia. Kyl, 83, said in a statement that he will retreat from public life in the wake of his diagnosis, The Associated Press reported. “My family and I now head down a path filled with moments&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T14:05:50+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/AP25365026258088-e1767189730649.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="101459" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T18:16:53+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Top Chinese diplomat rips record US arms sale to Taiwan amid drills near island</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666571-china-taiwan-us-arms-sale/</link>
+		<title>Trump presides over America&#8217;s coming-apart</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5666723-trump-presides-over-americas-coming-apart/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666571</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Burns, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Campaign]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666723</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 provocations by pro-independence&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The aftershocks are simply too numerous to count.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T16:45:17+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/AP25339701000305.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="7953810" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T15:53:04+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Fear undermines public safety — naming it is not politics</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5665347-fear-undermines-public-safety-naming-it-is-not-politics/</link>
+		<title>The Hill&#8217;s 2025 Photos of the Year</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5661449-the-hill-2025-photos-of-the-year/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O’Hara, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Immigration]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665347</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5661449</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Public safety is undermined when fear eclipses trust.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T17:29:11+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/poy_2025_w.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="1142790" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T13:52:24+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Medvedev: Zelensky will &#8216;have to stay in hiding for the rest of his worthless life&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5666558-russia-threatens-ukraine-president/</link>
+		<title>Political winners and losers of 2025</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5662838-trump-return-power-2025/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niall Stanage]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[drone strikes]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[peace deal]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666558</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5662838</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 security council, accused the Ukrainian leader of “trying to derail the settlement&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump’s return to power dominated 2025. He began his second term with rapid moves aimed at shifting the nation’s political culture — and then just kept going. Trump’s approach cleaved the nation on visceral topics such as immigration. Unauthorized migration across the southern border slowed to a trickle, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T20:10:03+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/Winners-Losers_123025_Illo_CJ-GN-AP-Adobe.png?w=900" type="image/png" length="2122009" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T15:26:46+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>PETA: Kim Kardashian Christmas gift to children a &#8216;damn shame&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5665306-kim-kardashian-puppies-christmas-gifts-peta-condemnation/</link>
+		<title>In defense of Mamdani’s much maligned housing plan</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5662422-mamdani-affordable-housing-reform/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teddy Grant]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Kardashians]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[peta]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665306</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Upshaw, opinion contributor  ]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Campaign]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5662422</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Khloé Kardashian also posted pictures of a black Labrador retriever puppy that she got for Christmas.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani’s housing plan has been critiqued up, down and across the aisle since it was announced in February. These attacks seemingly come from people who have not read his plan, or do not understand its nuances enough to properly critique it.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T15:34:46+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/Progressive-Muslims_121525_AP_Alejandro-Grandillo.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="799385" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T16:48:22+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>A Congressional Trade Office could resolve all this tariff confusion</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/foreign-policy/5665526-congress-trade-policy-trump-tariffs/</link>
+		<title>Trump Derangement Syndrome changed definitions in 2025</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5667005-maga-voters-wait-see-fallout/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Ariel Aaronson, opinion contributor ]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Congress Blog - Foreign Policy]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[BRazil]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Jair Bolsonaro]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jos Joseph, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - White House]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[MAGA movement]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Middle-class Trump Voters]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Senate Finance Committee]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Senator Max Baucus]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Trump tariff agenda]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665526</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Tyson Foods]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Working-class Trump Voters]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667005</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Congress has the authority but not the infrastructure to monitor trade policy.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Middle-class and working-class Trump voters are beginning to question their support for the MAGA movement as they face economic hardship and the Trump administration's policies have not delivered the promised benefits.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T14:36:50+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/AP25356823830689.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="242579" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T15:36:00+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Judge temporarily stops DHS from ending deportation protections for South Sudanese </title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5666518-trump-administration-temporary-protective-status-south-sudanese/</link>
+		<title>Walz on frozen federal child care payments: &#8216;This is Trump&#8217;s long game&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667686-tim-walz-trump-administration-frozen-child-care-payments-minnesota/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach Schonfeld]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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+		<category><![CDATA[DOJ]]></category>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Jim O'Neill]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota fraud investigation]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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 remain in the country until the judge considers the case more fully.  “Because of the serious&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) slammed the Trump administration for pausing child care payments to his state amid increased federal scrutiny of alleged fraud within its social services programs.&#160; “This is Trump’s long game,” Walz wrote Tuesday in a post on the social platform X. &#8220;We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Chappell Roan walks back Brigitte Bardot tribute after criticism</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5666380-chappell-roan-brigitte-bardot-controversy-france/</link>
+		<title>How the US could lose its Diego Garcia military base to China </title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5666569-diego-garcia-chagossians-future/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon G. Chang, opinion contributor  ]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - National Security]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Chagos Archipelago]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Congress of Micronesia]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Diego Garcia]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Mauritius]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Sen. John Kennedy]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[united states]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[US-China tensions]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Xi Jinping]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s political views. &#8220;Holy s‑‑‑ I did not know all that insane s‑‑‑ Ms. Bardot stood for,” Roan wrote on her Instagram story after deleting a post dedicated to the late&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[After the loss of Bagram air base in Afghanistan, Diego Garcia is a critical lifeline for the American military in the region. ]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Trump betrays America&#8217;s values siding with the Russian aggressor over Ukraine</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5665270-trump-betrays-americas-values-siding-with-the-russian-aggressor-over-ukraine/</link>
+		<title>Michele and Rob Reiner&#8217;s autopsy reports blocked from release</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5667591-michele-rob-reiners-autopsy-reports-blocked/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Bosco, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - International]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665270</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teddy Grant]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Jake Reiner]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[LAPD]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Michele Singer Reiner]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Mount Sinai Mortuary]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Nick Reiner]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Rob Reiner death]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667591</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Europe's aid should be enough for Ukraine to hold off Russia until its people come to their senses and rid themselves of Putin.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The Reiners’ bodies were cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Top Republican calling for deportation of &#8216;every Somali engaged in fraud in Minnesota&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5666432-tom-emmer-somali-deportations-minnesota/</link>
+		<title>Saving for a down payment now takes 7 years, double prepandemic pace</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/business/5667589-saving-housing-down-payment-seven-years/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Dorn]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[somali community]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666432</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[housing prices]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Realtor.com]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667589</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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. The lawmaker added&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[In some California cities, a median-income household would need more than 30 years to save for a down payment.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Study shows boiling drinking water can remove microplastics</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5665698-boiling-water-microplastics-study/</link>
+		<title>Prince William, Kate&#8217;s annual salary revealed in financial report</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5667087-prince-william-kates-annual-salary-revealed/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Perkins]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Energy & Environment]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teddy Grant]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665698</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[annual salary]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Duchy of Cornwall]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Prince William and Kate]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Royal Family]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[Scientists have found a way to get rid of microplastics that have been found in our food and drinks by boiling it.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The income covers the public, private and charitable expenses for Kate, William and their children.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>The Supreme Court’s Christmas switch on national guard deployment </title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5665143-national-guard-deployment-ruling/</link>
+		<title>Public employee unions facing final showdown</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5661143-public-employee-unions-facing-final-showdown/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James D. Zirin, opinion contributor ]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Withe, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Campaign]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5661143</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Is the “Trump Vibe Shift” now dead on the Supreme Court? ]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[This year, my organization helped over 50,000 public employees across America exercise their First Amendment rights to opt out of union membership and dues. That single number represents something much bigger than a milestone for us. It means $47.5 million will stay in the pockets of the workers who earned it, rather than funding a political machine&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>DOJ sues Virginia over tuition aid for migrants</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666381-doj-lawsuit-virginia-migrants-tuition/</link>
+		<title>5 takeaways from the 2025 elections</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5662518-redistricting-war-congress-2025/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach Schonfeld]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Mueller]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[College tuition]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
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+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5662518</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department (DOJ) is challenging a Virginia&#160;law that&#160;that makes some migrants&#160;illegally&#160;in the country&#160;eligible for in-state tuition, filing a lawsuit against the state Monday.&#160; Virginia law&#160;extends eligibility to people who&#160;established&#160;residence in the state&#160;at least a year prior, and a student may not be disqualified&#160;based on their immigration status.&#160;&#160; “This is not only wrong but illegal.&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[This year’s elections offered early signs of what to expect in next year’s midterms. After much of the country shifted rightward last year, Democrats got a much-needed shot in the arm with a string of impressive victories. The elections have also underscored some of President Trump’s weaknesses as his party looks to retain its majorities&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T15:59:41+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>New Year&#8217;s Eve concerts among latest Kennedy Center cancellations</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5666299-new-years-eve-concerts-kennedy-center-cancellations/</link>
+		<title>New state laws in 2026 target climate change, drunken driving</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666678-new-laws-effective-2026/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Energy & Environment]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[New Year's Eve]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[The Cookers]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666299</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666678</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[A longtime New York jazz group said Monday it will not perform at The Kennedy Center on New Year&#8217;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&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[A slate of new laws will go into effect in states across the country beginning Jan. 1. From Hawaii imposing a tax on tourists to address conservation, to California raising its minimum wage by $0.40 per hour, 2026 will bring a host of policy changes. Here is what to know about four state laws that&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Quiz-Travel_070714_AP_Marco-Garcia.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="1215786" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T15:25:37+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Commutes are contributing to the gender wage gap</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5661383-the-commute-penalty-behind-the-gender-wage-gap/</link>
+		<title>Ukraine knocks countries that condemned alleged attempt to attack Putin compound</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5667587-ukraine-denies-putin-attack/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gleb Tsipursky, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Technology]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5661383</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[attack on Putin residence]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Volodymyr Zelensky]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667587</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[A shorter commute strengthens pay equity efforts.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha on Tuesday condemned statements alleging Kyiv initiated an attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s compound.  “We were disappointed and concerned to see the statements by Emirati, Indian, and Pakistani sides expressing their concerns regarding the attack that never happened,” Sybiha wrote in a post on the social platform&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-23T23:14:20+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Ukraine_flag_getty_ck.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="1180106" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T16:11:45+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Zelensky: Drone strike on Putin residence accusation &#8216;complete fabrication&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5666317-zelensky-putin-drone-strike/</link>
+		<title>Eric Adams says he plans to attend Mamdani inauguration</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667398-eric-adams-says-he-plans-to-attend-mamdani-inauguration/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Eric Adams]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[New York City mayoral race]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667398</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 to justify future attacks against Ukraine. “Russia is at&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said he would attend the inauguration of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) despite a disparaging campaign season.  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to swear in Mamdani, while Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is also set to introduce the newly elected mayor. “We communicated this afternoon, and he made it&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>After a year of chaos, a season of love may be emerging</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5665364-season-love-quiet-protests/</link>
+		<title>Democrat wins Iowa state Senate race, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5666914-democrat-rene-hardman-wins/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Kenneth White, opinion contributor ]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Rep. James Talarico]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665364</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Mueller]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666914</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[What unites these quiet protests is a commitment to love one another.  ]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Democrat Renee Hardman won a special election for state Senate in Iowa on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, preventing Republicans from regaining a supermajority in the chamber. Hardman, the West Des Moines mayor pro tempore, defeated Republican Lucas Loftin to fill the seat that has been vacant since state Sen. Claire Celsi (D) died&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Chevy Chase reveals heart failure led to coma and memory loss</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5665495-chevy-chase-heart-failure-coma-memory-loss/</link>
+		<title>Trump’s CIA strike on Venezuela keeps options open, but carries risks</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5667497-trump-venezuela-covert-operation/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teddy Grant]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[heart failure]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[memory loss]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665495</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Filip Timotija]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667497</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Chevy Chase said that he plays cards and chess to better his “cognitive disability.”]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The CIA&#8217;s recent drone strike on a Venezuelan port facility keeps President Trump’s options open in the country as he intensifies his pressure campaign, effectively expanding U.S. attacks onto land without committing the U.S. to an invasion of Venezuela. However, the commander in chief’s disclosure of the covert operations during a radio interview last week&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T17:01:17+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Why patients don’t care about health care prices</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5665964-transparent-health-prices-needed/</link>
+		<title>What action has Trump administration taken in Minnesota since viral fraud video?</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5667449-trump-administration-fraud-minnesota/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Merrill Matthews, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Columnists]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Healthcare]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Employers]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Insured patients]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[pharmacy]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Uninsured patients]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665964</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667449</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has ramped up scrutiny of Minnesota’s social services programs amid allegations of fraud.  Independent journalist Nick Shirley released a video detailing his investigation into the issue on Friday, sparking a renewed interest into the allegations. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged 98 people in connection with its sweeping probe into the&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T16:19:40+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Prince Harry, Meghan’s adviser quits job amid charity changes: Report</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5665733-prince-harry-meghan-adviser-charity-changes/</link>
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-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teddy Grant]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Archewell Philanthropies]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[James Holt]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[Holt's departure comes at a time when Prince Harry and Meghan confirmed they had to let some charity staff go.]]></description>
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-		<title>George Clooney, family get French citizenship</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5666267-george-clooney-french-citizenship/</link>
+		<title>Who is Nick Shirley, YouTuber who made viral Minnesota fraud video?</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667426-minnesota-daycare-fraud-exposed/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[naturalization]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666267</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[child care center]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[daycare programs]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Minneapolis]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Nick Shirley]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Somali-American]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667426</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 three were listed as Clooneys. George Clooney, in an&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[YouTuber Nick Shirley became a viral sensation overnight after posting a 42-minute video documenting his hunt for fraudulent child care programs in Minnesota.  Shirley’s video has been viewed more than 100 million times on the social platform X and shows him visiting day care centers receiving public funds. The 23-year-old alleged that multiple local centers&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Lessons learned in the Lone Star State</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5665412-cost-living-crisis-democrats/</link>
+		<title>Trump renews Powell threats</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/newsletters/business-economy/5667436-trump-renews-powell-threats/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Bardella, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Campaign]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[David Jolly]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[James Talarico]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Zohran Momdani]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665412</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvan Lane]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667436</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Welcome to The Hill&#8217;s Business &#038; Economy newsletter {beacon} Business &#038; Economy Business &#038; Economy &#8202; The Big Story&#160; Trump threatens to fight Powell as end of term nears 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&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Beyoncé hits a new high note as she officially becomes a billionaire</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5665979-beyonce-billionaire-music-empire/</link>
+		<title>Judge links push for Abrego Garcia prosecution to top DOJ officials</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5667326-doj-officials-abrego-prosecution/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teddy Grant]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665979/</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Lee]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[DOJ]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Kilmar Abrego Garcia]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667326</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Beyoncé now becomes the fifth musician to hold that title, joining husband Jay-Z, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Top Department of Justice (DOJ) officials may have been involved in the government&#8217;s push to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia, which only came after his wrongful deportation, a federal judge overseeing the Salvadoran migrant&#8217;s criminal case revealed in an order unsealed Tuesday. Though the government has previously said Robert McGuire, the acting U.S. attorney for the&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>National Guard to patrol New Orleans for New Year&#8217;s a year after deadly attack</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666109-national-guard-to-patrol-new-orleans-for-new-years-a-year-after-deadly-attack/</link>
+		<title>HHS freezes child care payments to Minnesota, requires photo evidence across country</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667412-federal-probe-minnesota-fraud/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667412</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pausing all child care payments to Minnesota, amid a sweeping federal probe into allegations of fraud within the state’s social services programs.&#160; Citing a video released Friday by independent journalist Nick Shirley detailing his investigation into day care centers and other businesses, HHS Deputy Secretary Jim&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>The double standard on executive power is impossible to ignore</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5663325-the-double-standard-on-executive-power-is-impossible-to-ignore/</link>
+		<title>Dr. Oz calls flu vaccine &#8216;controversial of late&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5667218-flu-shot-effectiveness-debate/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erick Chomskis, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - White House]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5663325</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Flu]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[flu shot]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[vaccines]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667218</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[The presidency itself is subject not to the written Constitution, but to the preferences of the political class. ]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Tuesday called the seasonal flu vaccine &#8220;controversial of late&#8221; and advised various Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiatives as ways to &#8220;overcome&#8221; the virus. Appearing on Newsmax, Oz spoke on this year&#8217;s flu season, which has been marked by a more severe strain&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>What to know about Iowa&#8217;s state Senate special election</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5665596-iowa-special-election-senate/</link>
+		<title>ICE accuses Politico reporter of &#8216;inciting violence against federal agents&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5667307-federal-agents-investigation-minnesota/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Mueller]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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&#160;broke it&#160;in an August special election, adding to Democratic optimism ahead of the midterms.&#160;&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claimed Tuesday that Politico reporter Josh Gerstein was “inciting violence against federal agents.” Gerstein, a senior legal affairs reporter at the outlet, said Monday on the social platform X, “At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws.” The post referred&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Trump fills end of 2025 with foreign policy</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5665946-trump-foreign-policy-focus/</link>
+		<title>Luntz: Second shutdown over health care would be &#8216;very painful&#8217; for Republicans</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5667204-government-shutdown-republican-pain/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Samuels]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665946</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[expiring ACA subsidies]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Frank Luntz]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Midterm elections]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667204</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 President&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Pollster Frank Luntz said Tuesday that Republicans would face an uphill battle with voters if the government shuts down in January over health care policy.&#160; “The shutdown that we experienced, the longest ever in American history, started off hurting Democrats more than Republicans; ended up hurting President Trump more than anybody else,” Luntz said during&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Zelensky agrees relationship with Trump has ‘evolved’ over time</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5666140-zelensky-trump-ukraine-russia/</link>
+		<title>Flu activity is surging across US: Here&#8217;s what to know</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5667271-cdc-reports-flu-activity-rising/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[ukraine]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666140</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathaniel Weixel]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Flu]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667271</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 the meeting with President Trump about&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Flu activity is rising sharply across the country, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with some areas seeing record-high numbers of illnesses.  The numbers come as experts brace for a particularly harsh season driven by a new, mutated variant of the virus that is circulating widely. According to&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Zelensky says Putin ‘doesn’t want success for Ukraine,’ contradicting Trump</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666105-zelensky-putin-ukraine-success/</link>
+		<title>Live updates: Trump administration halts Minnesota child care payments amid fraud scandal</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666357-live-updates-trump-venezuela-minnesota/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[ukraine]]></category>
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+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666357</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t want success for Ukraine,” contradicting an earlier statement from President Trump. “I don&#8217;t trust Putin. And he doesn&#8217;t want success for Ukraine, really, he doesn&#8217;t want — he can say it. I believe that he can say such words to President Trump. I believe in&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday that it is halting all child care payments to Minnesota, as the Trump administration has put fresh attention on a years-long fraud scandal in the North Star State. &#8220;We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota,&#8221; HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O&#8217;Neill&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>US military says it killed 2 &#8216;narco-terrorists&#8217; in eastern Pacific</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5665995-us-military-targets-drug-boat/</link>
+		<title>7 Kennedy Center acts that canceled amid Trump’s takeover</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5667236-trump-kennedy-center-changes/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Filip Timotija]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
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+		<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump Kennedy Center]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667236</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 international waters and no U.S. service members were&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump has overseen a series of dramatic changes at the Kennedy Center since taking office at the beginning of the year. The most significant shifts came in two waves, both of which resulted in artists canceling performances in protest of Trump’s takeover of the cultural institution. In February, Trump replaced multiple board members with&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>5 takeaways from Trump-Netanyahu meeting at Mar-a-Lago</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5665998-trump-netanyahu-press-hamas-iran/</link>
+		<title>Border Patrol commander: We&#8217;re going to be in Chicago &#8216;for years&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667158-bovino-cbp-chicago-operation/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Filip Timotija]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665998</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667158</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; Trump said Israel had lived up to its&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino said Tuesday federal immigration enforcement officers would remain in Chicago &#8220;for years,&#8221; even after months of controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants in the Windy City.  “If you think we’re done with Chicago, you’d better check yourself before you wreck yourself,” Bovino wrote in a statement on&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Pompeo: Putin has &#8216;conceded literally nothing&#8217; in Ukraine peace talks</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5665962-pompeo-putin-ukraine-concessions/</link>
+		<title>US measles cases surpass 2,000 this year</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5666810-measles-outbreak-texas-2025/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[First Trump administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[russia]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine-Russia talks]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665962</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[measles]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666810</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s 90 percent agreement, I doubt that Vladimir Putin&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The number of recorded measles cases in the U.S. during 2025 has officially exceeded 2,000 just before the end of the year, a bleak punctuation on what has been the worst spread of measles the country has seen in decades. As of Dec. 23, the U.S. has reported 2,012 measles cases, with the vast majority&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T21:56:25+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Trump: US made Christmas Eve strike on Venezuela facility</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense-national-security/5665919-trump-christmas-eve-strike-venezuela-facility/</link>
+		<title>Russia vows tougher negotiating stance after blaming Ukraine for attack</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5667179-trump-zelensky-peace-deal/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Mitchell]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela strikes]]></category>
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+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667179</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Welcome to The Hill&#8217;s Defense &#038; NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &#038;National Security &#8202; The Big Story&#160; 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 about Venezuela during a Friday appearance on the&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Russia on Tuesday said it will take a tougher position in talks on ending its nearly four-year war in Ukraine after it claimed Kyiv attacked a Russian presidential residence, an accusation that Kyiv has denied. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha also on Tuesday said that Russia has not given any evidence of an alleged early&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>SBA halts grants to Minnesota in wake of fraud scandal</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5665860-sba-halts-grants-minnesota-fraud/</link>
+		<title>Live results: Democrats retain Iowa state Senate seat in special election</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5665438-special-election-iowa-senate/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; Loeffler said on the social platform X that the SBA is pausing yearly funding to Minnesota “while we investigate $430 million in suspected [Paycheck Protection Program] fraud&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Iowa Democrats have held onto a critical state Senate seat in a special election Tuesday. Democrat Renee Hardman and Republican Lucas Loftin are vying for the seat in the Des Moines-area 16th District. The seat was vacated after its previous occupant, state Sen. Claire Celsi (D), died in October. If Republicans had flipped the seat,&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Greene claims Trump said his &#8216;friends will get hurt&#8217; on Epstein files</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665887-trump-greene-epstein-coverup-claims/</link>
+		<title>Grand jury secures indictment against DC pipe bomb suspect, but judge hits pause</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5667142-dc-bomb-case-grand-jury/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Lee]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; According to the story told by Greene, she received a call from Trump after she said at a news conference that she would expose&#8230;]]></description>
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-		<title>House to reconvene Jan. 6 panel for 5-year anniversary hearing</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665865-democrats-jan6-anniversary-hearing/</link>
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-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Beitsch]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665865</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667142</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 otherwise slated to&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[A federal magistrate judge said Tuesday a local grand jury has secured a federal indictment against the suspect in the D.C. pipe bomb case, but he has not yet accepted it. Judge Matthew Sharbaugh said at a hearing that a D.C. Superior Court grand jury approved an indictment against Brian Cole Jr. on the two federal charges already alleged in a complaint. The case stems from&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T22:04:31+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/1__0705.jpeg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="623966" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T21:36:31+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Trump revives threat to sue Powell for &#8216;gross incompetence&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/business/5665840-trump-powell-lawsuit-fed-buildings/</link>
+		<title>Rove: Public &#8216;tiring&#8217; of Trump</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5667035-rove-trump-fatigue/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Samuels]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665840</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[GOP strategist]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Karl Rove]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[second Trump administration]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667035</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[President Trump told reporters he was considering bringing a lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for &#8220;gross incompetence&#8221; as he complained about renovations to the central bank&#8217;s headquarters. &#8220;We&#8217;re thinking about bringing a suit against Powell for incompetence. Because think of it, these aren&#8217;t outstanding buildings. These are small buildings,&#8221; Trump said during a&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Republican strategist Karl Rove on Monday said Americans are tiring of President Trump’s whirlwind of retribution and offensive comments as his first year back in office draws to a close. “There are signs that the public is tiring of his hyperbole and insatiable desire for retribution. Increasingly, they may hear only the offensive or cruel&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T13:59:28+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/Karl-Rove-Donald-Trump.png?w=900" type="image/png" length="1430040" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T21:45:03+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Trump gives Hamas vague deadline to disarm or be &#8216;wiped out&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5665832-trump-demands-hamas-disarm/</link>
+		<title>Israel’s president denies telling Trump Netanyahu pardon &#8216;on its way&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5667009-israeli-president-trump-netanyahu-pardon/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Samuels]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665832</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Meyn]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667009</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[President Trump said Monday that Hamas must disarm within a &#8220;very short period of time&#8221; as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, warning of deadly consequences if the group does not follow through. &#8220;They&#8217;re going to be given a very short period of time to disarm. And we&#8217;ll see how that works out,&#8221; Trump&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Israeli President Isaac Herzog has issued a statement contradicting President Trump’s claim that the two had a conversation in which Herzog said a pardon for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “on its way.” Trump has derided the charges against the Israeli prime minister and asked Herzog in October, during a visit to Israel, to&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T22:03:47+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T20:27:50+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Live updates: Trump praises Israel, calls on Hamas to disarm after Netanyahu meeting</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5664625-live-updates-donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-gaza/</link>
+		<title>Tatiana Schlossberg dies at age 35</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5667010-tatiana-schlossberg-dies-leukemia/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
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-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5664625</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Tatiana Schlossberg]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5667010</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[President Trump said Israel has &#8220;lived up to the plan&#8221; 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 before the two&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Tatiana Schlossberg, an environmental journalist and granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy, died Tuesday morning, a month after announcing her terminal cancer diagnosis. She was 35. Her family announced her death in a post on social media, writing, “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.” The post&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T22:39:01+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T20:33:15+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Swalwell: Democrats should &#8216;telegraph&#8217; impeaching, defunding Trump officials</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665723-swalwell-threatens-trump-officials-epstein/</link>
+		<title>Top China panel members: Live-fire drills around Taiwan &#8216;deliberate escalation&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666985-china-threatens-regional-stability/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665723</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[China’s People’s Liberation Army]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[large scale military escalation drills]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[top China panel]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666985</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;re saying that inherent contempt, holding these officials in inherent contempt, or even the possible — a&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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 escalation by Beijing,” Committee Chair John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and ranking&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T04:18:28+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/06/china_military_05092025_AP25129413248800.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="1184691" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T19:54:24+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Top college basketball coach: &#8216;It’s probably time to get some help from Congress&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5665662-ncaa-nil-transfers-mark-few-congress/</link>
+		<title>Walz turned &#8216;blind eye&#8217; to fraud warnings in Minnesota: GOP state committee chair</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666976-walz-minnesota-fraud-somali-immigrants/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665662</guid>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666976</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 altered the industry. Concern from coaches in men&#8217;s&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T21:52:15+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/Leading-Walz_120425_AP_Steve-Karnowski.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="688248" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T20:18:45+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>GOP Rep. Bacon criticizes Trump for remarks about alleged Ukraine attack on Putin residence</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665741-trump-sides-russia-ukraine-drone/</link>
+		<title>Iran threatens &#8216;harsh&#8217; response after Trump warning</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666952-iran-threatens-harsh-response-trump/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Mitchell]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665741</guid>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666952</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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. Putin is a well known&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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” and threatened unspecified&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T21:31:28+00:00</dcterms:modified>
+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/AP25137338860192-1.jpg?w=900" type="image/jpeg" length="143811" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T20:49:29+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Trump backs Israeli strikes on Iran if ballistic missile tests continue</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5665731-trump-supports-israel-iran/</link>
+		<title>Boeing awarded $8.6B contract to build jets for Israel</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5666792-boeing-awarded-contract-jets-israel/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Filip Timotija]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[iran nuclear deal]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Iran nuclear facilities]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steph Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Boeing]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[F-15 fighter jets]]></category>
 		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Israel-Hamas ceasefire]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Israel-Hamas war]]></category>
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-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665731</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[white house]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666792</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[President Trump expressed support on Monday for Israel’s potential attack against Iran if Tehran continues the purported expansion of its ballistic missile program.&#160; “Yes, the nuclear fast, OK, one will be yes, absolutely,” the president said at his Mar-a-Lago resort, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The other was, we&#8217;ll do it immediately,” Trump&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The company is being contracted to build 25 F-15 jets with an option for 25 more.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T19:01:17+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Sanders: AI &#8216;most consequential technology in the history of humanity&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5665503-sanders-ai-data-centers/</link>
+		<title>Superbug hits 27 states: Here&#8217;s where the deadly fungus is spreading</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5666816-superbug-hits-27-states-heres-where-the-deadly-fungus-is-spreading/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Shapero]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[artificial intellgience]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[data centers]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665503</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alix Martichoux]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666816</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suggested Sunday that&#160;AI is the “most consequential technology in the history of humanity,” as he reiterated his call for a moratorium on data center construction.&#160; “It will transform our country. It will transform the world,” Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”&#160;“And we have not had in Congress, in the&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T19:51:30+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T16:48:50+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Judge rules redacted transcript of hearing with alleged Kirk assassin can be released</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5665529-charlie-kirk-case-hearing-transcript/</link>
+		<title>DHS posts video of agents in Minneapolis</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666879-dhs-video-agents-minneapolis-fraud-probe/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Lee]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Death penalty]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Tyler Robinson]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Utah]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665529</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[DHS]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[DOJ]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Minneapolis]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[minnesota fraud]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Somali Americans in Minnesota]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666879</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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&#160;said during a remote hearing that he expected the redacted transcript to be available by the end&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; The video, which DHS shared to the social platform X, shows a pair of agents from its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) confirming that a person in a&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T19:39:39+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-31T00:57:18+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Trump sides with Russia on claims that Ukraine targeted Putin residence</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5665629-russia-ukraine-putin-drone-attack-trump/</link>
+		<title>Trump administration agrees to reconsider cut or stalled DEI-related NIH grants</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5666876-trump-administration-nih-grants-agreement/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Mitchell]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathaniel Weixel]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[DEI]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[NIH]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s residence in northern Russia, which President Trump said he was “very angry” about,&#160;even as Kyiv has denied it happened. The Kremlin’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow&#8217;s negotiating position to end its war in Ukraine was under review after it claimed Kyiv tried&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration&#160;on Monday&#160;reached an agreement&#160;to reevaluate&#160;thousands of&#160;National Institutes of Health (NIH)&#160;grant applications&#160;that were&#160;stalled or&#160;cut&#160;because of their perceived connection to diversity,&#160;equity&#160;and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.&#160; The agreement between the administration, unions and Democratic state attorneys general resolves part of a lawsuit filed against the administration for canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in research funds.   A federal judge in Boston&#160;previously ruled&#160;that the&#160;terminations were unlawful&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Luna hopeful GOP Congress will codify Trump executive order on prescription prices</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665539-luna-hopes-congress-action/</link>
+		<title>Mamdani to be sworn in at abandoned NYC subway station</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666753-mamdani-inauguration-old-subway-station/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666753</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) is “hopeful” Congress will codify President Trump’s executive order on capping prescription drug prices next year.&#160; “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 order on capping prescription prices,&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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. &#8220;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&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Federal authorities in Minneapolis for &#8216;massive&#8217; investigation into &#8216;rampant fraud&#8217;: Noem</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/immigration/5665578-homeland-security-fraud-investigation-minneapolis/</link>
+		<title>Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs charged with strangulation, assault</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666854-patriots-receiver-stefon-diggs-charged-with-strangulation-assault/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[police hsi]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665578</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melanie DaSilva]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666854/</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 fraud,” Noem wrote on the social platform X, adding,&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing criminal charges after an alleged incident earlier this month.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T20:30:20+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Trump on Putin call: &#8216;We have a few very thorny issues&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5665540-trump-putin-talk-thorny-issues/</link>
+		<title>Axelrod: Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Marie Antoinette thing&#8217; could cost Republicans in midterms</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5666858-axelrod-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-ballroom-2026-midterms/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Samuels]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665540</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[2026 midterms]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[kennedy center]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Marie Antoinette]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[white house ballroom]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666858</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[President Trump said Monday he had a &#8220;very good talk&#8221; with Russian President Vladimir Putin following an in-person meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but he acknowledged there were still some &#8220;thorny issues.&#8221; “We had a very good talk. We spoke at 8 o’clock in the morning our time. And it was a very productive&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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-century French queen who became known for royal&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T20:42:58+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Trump administration launches rollout of $50B Rural Health Fund</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5665432-rural-health-transformation-program/</link>
+		<title>Federal judge allows HHS to share Medicaid data with ICE</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5666596-medicaid-data-ice-hhs-lawsuit-ruling/</link>
 		
 		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[rural health]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Rural Health Transformation Program]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665432</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[DHS]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666596</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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 administration in July,&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>McIver files appeal after judge rejects effort to dismiss charges against her </title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5665543-congresswoman-mciver-fights-charges/</link>
+		<title>Greene pushes back on Jennings criticism: &#8216;He just fools people with hot takes&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5666699-greene-jennings-hot-takes/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach Schonfeld]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[LaMonica McIver]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665543</guid>
+		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act subsidies]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[america first]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Epstein files]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[hot takes]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[MAGA]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[neocon]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump-Greene feud]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666699</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) on Monday appealed a judge’s order allowing her criminal prosecution to&#160;proceed.&#160; 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&#160;congresswoman’s&#160;arguments in the coming months.&#160; “This appeal is for everyone who is&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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 closely aligned with the president’s&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+		<enclosure url="https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/MTG-Jennings-12.30.png?w=900" type="image/png" length="1700313" />
+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T20:57:43+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>New York City subway switching to tap-and-go fares</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5665439-nyc-omny-metrocards-switch/</link>
+		<title>US announces new sanctions targeting Venezuela, Iran</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666682-iran-venezuela-drone-sanctions/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Samuels]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666682</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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 the Treasury Department said oversees assembly of unmanned&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Scott Jennings: Greene went &#8216;off the deep end&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665491-greene-trump-feud-2025/</link>
+		<title>Trump: New White House ballroom will have &#8216;drone-free roof&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5666505-trump-white-house-ballroom-netanyahu-mar-a-lago/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Trump-Greene feud]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666505</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 he joined on&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[President Trump said Monday the new White House ballroom he tore down the East Wing to build will have a &#8220;drone-free roof.&#8221; 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 Chair Jerome Powell when he started&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>&#8216;Super flu&#8217; cases rising across US: What to know</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5665501-super-flu-variant-alarming-rise/</link>
+		<title>Failure to fund consumer watchdog will violate court order, judge rules</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5666572-trump-administration-cfpb-funding/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Taub]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665501/</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Lee]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Court Battles]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[CFPB]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[DOGE]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Judge Amy Berman Jackson]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666572</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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 Bureau (CFPB) must continue to request funding&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T17:10:21+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Wall Street Journal: Latest stolen election conspiracy theory &#8216;nonsense&#8217;</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5665452-wall-street-journal-trump-2020-election-fraud-georgia/</link>
+		<title>CIA conducted drone strike on Venezuela port facility</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666603-cia-venezuela-drone-strike/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominick Mastrangelo]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Filip Timotija]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[boat strikes]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[cia]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
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-					<description><![CDATA[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. &#8220;The nation’s MAGA minds are still looking back at 2020 and stretching to justify President Trump’s delusion of a stolen election,&#8221; the Journal wrote in an&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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 on the coast of&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>California drops lawsuit over Trump pulling high-speed rail funding </title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5665459-high-speed-rail-proceeds-without-trump/</link>
+		<title>Texas man faces terrorism charge over alleged ISIS support</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5666662-texas-isis-terrorism-bomb-plot-doj/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach Schonfeld]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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-		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Copeland]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666662/</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[California has dropped its&#160;legal fight&#160;to restore $4 billion in federal funding for the state&#8217;s high-speed rail project pulled by the Trump administration, saying the project will proceed without federal assistance. In a&#160;filing last week, the&#160;California High-Speed Rail Authority&#160;voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit that asked a judge to restore the funding.&#160; An authority spokesperson&#160;said&#160;in&#160;a statement that&#160;“the federal&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[John Michael Garza, Jr. of Midlothian, Texas was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-		<title>Ground beef recalled in 6 states over E. coli concerns</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5665428-grass-fed-beef-recall-ecoli/</link>
+		<title>Democrats need the New Deal, not socialism</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5665419-new-dealism-future-democratic-party/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Shannon]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[State Watch]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665428/</guid>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brendan Frasier, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Campaign]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[democratic socialism]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Socialists of America]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[labor unions]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Neoliberalism]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Ohio Progressive Caucus]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Chuck Schumer]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[working class voters]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665419</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; What both sides consistently don’t see is that the&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
-		      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Bartiromo]]></dc:creator>
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T15:10:11+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T14:05:50+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid amid Trump funding cuts</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5665376-us-un-humanitarian-assistance/</link>
+		<title>Top Chinese diplomat rips record US arms sale to Taiwan amid drills near island</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5666571-china-taiwan-us-arms-sale/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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+		<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[foreign aid]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[international aid]]></category>
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-		<category><![CDATA[state department]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[UN]]></category>
-		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665376</guid>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666571</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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, creating a new umbrella fund from which&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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 provocations by pro-independence&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T17:24:33+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-30T16:45:17+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Watch: Trump, Netanyahu meet at Mar-a-Lago</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5665223-watch-live-donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-gaza/</link>
+		<title>Fear undermines public safety — naming it is not politics</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5665347-fear-undermines-public-safety-naming-it-is-not-politics/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill staff]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
-		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
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+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O’Hara, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Immigration]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5665347</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[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 discuss next steps. Watch the&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[Public safety is undermined when fear eclipses trust.]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T20:50:11+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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+<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T17:29:11+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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-		<title>Greene: Speaker Mike Johnson ‘is not our Speaker&#8217; and is controlled by White House</title>
-		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5665354-johnson-trump-congress-power/</link>
+		<title>Medvedev: Zelensky will &#8216;have to stay in hiding for the rest of his worthless life&#8217;</title>
+		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5666558-russia-threatens-ukraine-president/</link>
 		
-		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sudiksha Kochi]]></dc:creator>
-		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
-				<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
+		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
+		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
+				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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+		<category><![CDATA[drone strikes]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[peace deal]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine war]]></category>
+		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5666558</guid>
 
-					<description><![CDATA[Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in a newly published interview argues Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is &#8220;100 percent&#8221; 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 from members of the House that it is&#8230;]]></description>
+					<description><![CDATA[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 security council, accused the Ukrainian leader of “trying to derail the settlement&#8230;]]></description>
 		
 		
 		
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-<dcterms:modified>2025-12-29T20:31:09+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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