Trump News for Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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Surprise! Saudi Arabia Will Own 93 Percent Of EA When The Deal Is Done
Ethan Gach, Kotaku
The Battlefield publisher is set to change hands in the summer of next year The post Surprise! Saudi Arabia Will Own 93 Percent Of EA When The Deal Is Done appeared first on Kotaku.
Dec 2, 2025, 11:39 PM

‘No compromise’ on territory after Ukraine talks with US: Russian official
Rory Sullivan, Al Jazeera English
Comments come after long meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and two senior US officials in Moscow.
Dec 2, 2025, 11:23 PM

Why did Trump pardon a Honduran drug lord?
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The former president of Honduras, who was serving a 45…
Dec 2, 2025, 10:49 PM
Netanyahu Just Admitted He Shouldn’t Be Israel’s Prime Minister
Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic
In attempting to call off his corruption trial, Netanyahu didn’t incriminate himself, but he did something just as damning.
Dec 2, 2025, 10:48 PM

Honduras election council member accuses colleague of ‘intimidation’
Allison Griner, Al Jazeera English
Cossette Lopez-Osorio, a member of the right-wing National Party, denounced her left-wing colleague Marlon Ochoa.
Dec 2, 2025, 10:47 PM
Trump Was Defensive Over Questions About His MRI — And Experts Say His Body Language Revealed His Go-To 'Tactic'
Katherine Speller, HuffPost
Body language analysts break down the president's telling response when asked about his test results on Air Force One.
Dec 2, 2025, 10:43 PM

Firm Tied To Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, and Alex Mierjeski, Techdirt
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. On Oct. 2, the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to shoot a television ad. Sitting on horseb…
Dec 2, 2025, 10:40 PM

Putin meets Trump negotiators in Moscow for Ukraine peace talks
BBC News
Kremlin officials described the five hours of negotiations as "productive".
Dec 2, 2025, 10:20 PM

Why is Trump suddenly so obsessed with Honduras?
Joshua Keating, Vox
The US may or may not be marching toward war with Venezuela, but at the moment, there’s another Latin American country that seems to be occupying President Donald Trump’s attention. Counting is currently underway in Honduras’s presidential election, which wa…
Dec 2, 2025, 10:02 PM

Can Marco Rubio end the war in Ukraine?
Kelli Wessinger, astead.herndon, Vox
President Donald Trump promised to stop the Ukraine-Russia war shortly after taking office, but it’s been almost a year since he was sworn in, and the war rages on. There have been several starts and stops in this latest round of peace talks, including allega…
Dec 2, 2025, 9:59 PM
Doodling, drowsiness and a conspicuous misspelling highlight Trump's last Cabinet meeting of 2025
WILL WEISSERT and MICHELLE L. PRICE, Yahoo Entertainment
With Tuesday's White House Cabinet meeting chugging past the two-hour mark, President Donald Trump 's eyes fluttered and closed. Defense Secretary Pete...
Dec 2, 2025, 9:54 PM
Kristi Noem thanked the president for keeping the hurricanes away.
The Daily Beast, Daily Beast
California Governor Gavin Newsom sarcastically alerted America that “Trump controls the weather” after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem thanked the president for a ...
Dec 2, 2025, 9:50 PM

Sources say President Trump's efforts to block state-level AI regulations through a preemption proposal are facing significant opposition on Capitol Hill (Axios)
Techmeme.com
Axios: Sources say President Trump's efforts to block state-level AI regulations through a preemption proposal are facing significant opposition on Capitol Hill — Pressure from President Trump to block state-level AI regulation is falling short on Capitol H…
Dec 2, 2025, 9:35 PM
Trump-backed stock halts multiple times after wild 51% crash in 30 minutes
Pooja Rajkumari, TheStreet
American Bitcoin Corp. (NASDAQ: ABTC), a Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm co-founded by Eric Trump, saw its shares crash more than 50% in less than 30 minutes on...
Dec 2, 2025, 9:13 PM

Costco sues the Trump administration over tariffs, joining a refund queue
Alina Selyukh, NPR
Costco is one of the largest companies to sue for possible refunds if the Supreme Court strikes down the new import duties.
Dec 2, 2025, 9:03 PM

Putin meets with Witkoff, Kushner to discuss Ukraine peace plan
Al Jazeera English
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the Ukraine peace effort.
Dec 2, 2025, 8:41 PM

National Guard shooting suspect charged with murder
BBC News
According to a criminal complaint, Rahmanullah Lakanwal shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he fired and was reloading when a Guard member shot him.
Dec 2, 2025, 8:39 PM

The alt-right won
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Late on Thanksgiving Day, a holiday whose central fable is about the American value of welcoming strangers in need, President Donald Trump announced an intent to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the US system to fully recov…
Dec 2, 2025, 8:25 PM

Rahmanullah Lakanwal pleads not guilty in US National Guard shooting
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Judge orders Rahmanullah Lakanwal held without bond after fatal shooting in Washington, DC caused 'sheer terror'.
Dec 2, 2025, 7:57 PM

OECD warns tariffs, AI will test resilience of the global economy
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The organisation warns that President Donald Trump has put US fiscal policy on an unsustainable trajectory.
Dec 2, 2025, 7:40 PM
Sabrina Carpenter slams White House for using music in 'evil' video...
The-sun.com
Sabrina Carpenter slams White House for using music in 'evil' video... (First column, 17th story, link) Related stories:Melania Trump Could Be Impacted by New Citizenship Bill... COLD AS ICE: Agents arrest military spouses at green card…
Dec 2, 2025, 7:28 PM

Michael and Susan Dell Donate $6.25 Billion To Encourage Families To Claim 'Trump Accounts'
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to boost participation in the new "Trump Accounts" child investment program. "The historic gift has little precedent, with few single charitable commitments in the past 25 years exceeding $1 billion, much less mult…
Dec 2, 2025, 7:19 PM

Nvidia GPUs: Here's Who Makes Them And Where They're Manufactured
staff@bgr.com (Ben Smith), BGR
Nvidia designs chips, but TSMC (Taiwan) and Samsung (Korea) manufacture them. Learn how the global network produces the GPUs powering the AI boom.
Dec 2, 2025, 7:17 PM

Tight special election race in deep-red Tennessee concerns US Republicans
Brian Osgood, Al Jazeera English
Polls show Democratic candidate within striking distance of Republican rival in district Trump carried by 22 points.
Dec 2, 2025, 7:13 PM

Europe passes record-breaking space budget while NASA hit with deep cuts
tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova) , Tereza Pultarova, Space.com
The European Space Agency member states have approved a record-breaking budget for the next three years, including increased funding for science exploration.
Dec 2, 2025, 7:00 PM

Trump Follows Up Murdering Dozens In ‘Drug’ Boat Strikes By Pardoning Ex-President Involved In Drug Trafficking
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
For weeks, we’ve been told the threat posed by the trafficking of illegal drugs is indistinguishable from an outright declaration of war on the United States by foreign drug cartels. Trump and his toadies insist traffickers are bringing drugs across the borde…
Dec 2, 2025, 6:51 PM
Michael Dell's journey to a $148 billion fortune began with a $1,000 investment
Bryan Metzger, Business Insider
Dell founded his computer company in 1984 while a student at University of Texas. He had just $1,000 to start with.
Dec 2, 2025, 6:50 PM

Sabrina Carpenter Just Showed Halo And Pokémon How Easy It Is To Stand Up To Fascists
Kenneth Shepard, Kotaku
The Trump Administration continues to use memes to try to recruit people to ICE The post Sabrina Carpenter Just Showed Halo And Pokémon How Easy It Is To Stand Up To Fascists appeared first on Kotaku.
Dec 2, 2025, 6:47 PM

Costco sues Trump administration for US tariff refund
Andy Hirschfeld, Al Jazeera English
The lawsuit comes ahead of a looming Supreme Court decision about the legality of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Dec 2, 2025, 6:43 PM

WATCH: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: 'We've only just begun' striking alleged drug boats
ABC News
During Tuesday's Trump cabinet meeting, Hegseth said that "we've only just begun" striking alleged drug boats, adding that narco-terrorists will be put "at the bottom of the ocean."
Dec 2, 2025, 6:35 PM

What is Honduras ex-president accused of and why has Trump pardoned him?
BBC News
Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that flooded America with over 400 tonnes of cocaine, walks free after the pardon.
Dec 2, 2025, 6:34 PM

Her Book About Her RFK Jr. Affair Was Always Going to Be Self-Serving. It’s So Much Worse Than That.
Scaachi Koul, Slate Magazine
God, everyone sucks so much in American Canto.
Dec 2, 2025, 6:28 PM
Trump says he's rebuilding Dulles airport while his administration is fixing the 'people movers'
SEUNG MIN KIM, Yahoo Entertainment
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will embark on a reconstruction of Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia. “We’re...
Dec 2, 2025, 6:22 PM
Sabrina Carpenter and Franklin the Turtle publisher condemn Trump administration's use of their work
FATIMA HUSSEIN, Yahoo Entertainment
Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter and the publisher of the beloved children’s character Franklin the Turtle are disavowing the Trump administration’s use of their...
Dec 2, 2025, 5:53 PM

Honduras election: Why has Trump threatened to cut off aid?
Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera English
US president backs right-wing presidential candidate Nasry Asfura; electoral council says vote a 'technical tie' so far.
Dec 2, 2025, 5:39 PM
Trump Wanders Through New Riff On 'Tough Questions' In Cognitive Test As He Lashes Out During Cabinet Meeting
Mediaite, Yahoo Entertainment
President Donald Trump wandered through an augmented version of his riff about his cognitive test as he lashed out at the press during a cabinet meeting.
Dec 2, 2025, 5:38 PM
Bitcoin's recent lows: How a new Fed chair could catalyze gains
Yahoo Finance Video, Yahoo Entertainment
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) fell as low as $84,000 on Monday, recording its worst day since March. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Ines Ferré and JonesTrading chief...
Dec 2, 2025, 5:30 PM

Congress Is Finally Going To Look Into Trump’s Boat Strike Killing Spree
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
It was never enough to simply expel migrants as quickly as possible for the Trump administration. A massive conglomerate of federal officers was incapable of hitting Trump advisor Stephen Miller’s 3,000 arrests per day quota, no matter how many rights it viol…
Dec 2, 2025, 5:29 PM

Sabrina Carpenter Slams ‘Evil and Disgusting’ White House Video That Sets ‘Juno’ to ICE Raids
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone
Sabrina Carpenter called out the 'inhumane agenda' of the Donald Trump White House after it posted a video of ICE raids set to her song 'Juno.'
Dec 2, 2025, 5:21 PM

Sony Wants to Launch a Stablecoin and So Does Everyone Else
Kyle Torpey, Gizmodo.com
Corporations are in a hurry to pivot to the blockchain, but they're turning up their nose at bitcoin.
Dec 2, 2025, 5:20 PM
What to watch for in Tennessee's special election today
Kaia Hubbard, CBS News
Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday in central Tennessee for 2025's final election showdown in a race that could be a referendum on President Trump.
Dec 2, 2025, 5:16 PM

WATCH: V
ABC News
The Pentagon is facing questions about potential war crimes after launching an additional strike on an alleged drug boat that killed survivors from an initial strike.
Dec 2, 2025, 5:08 PM

Round 2: Watch Senate hearing for Jared Isaacman's re-nomination as NASA chief on Dec. 3
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) , Mike Wall, Space.com
The U.S. Senate will hold its second hearing to consider billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA chief on Wednesday (Dec. 3), and you can watch the action live.
Dec 2, 2025, 5:00 PM

Trump’s Military Moves & Claims on Venezuela
Jillian Wolf, Al Jazeera English
Conflicting US claims on Venezuela are escalating fast - from “closed” airspace to defending deadly vessel strikes.
Dec 2, 2025, 4:57 PM

'Franklin' publisher slams Hegseth for his post of the turtle firing on drug boats
Rachel Treisman, NPR
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces growing scrutiny over an attack on an alleged drug boat. His response included a parody of the kids' book character Franklin, showing the turtle firing at boats.
Dec 2, 2025, 4:57 PM

3 key questions about the US boat strikes that killed survivors
Anne Flaherty, ABC News
Hegseth and a top military commander are facing serious questions about why the U.S. on Sept. 2 killed survivors of a military strike against a suspected drug boat.
Dec 2, 2025, 4:32 PM

Juan Orlando Hernandez freed after Trump’s ‘full and complete’ pardon
Ali Harb, Al Jazeera English
US President Trump defends the pardon, calling Hernandez's treatment 'harsh' and backing his political ally's party.
Dec 2, 2025, 4:27 PM

Trump Administration To Take Equity Stake In Former Intel CEO's Chip Startup
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: The Trump administration has agreed to inject up to $150 million into a startup (source paywalled; alternative source) trying to develop more advanced semiconductor manufacturing techniques in …
Dec 2, 2025, 4:16 PM

Supreme Court Seems Likely to Side With Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers
Susan Rinkunas, Jezebel
The conservative justices appear like they'll help anti-abortion fake clinics avoid a subpoena—and any modicum of accountability.
Dec 2, 2025, 4:01 PM
Inside the tax that incentivizes boomers to die in their homes, rather than selling — because it's better for their kids
Eliza Relman, Business Insider
Some baby boomers say they're holding onto their homes so their kids can inherit them tax-free.
Dec 2, 2025, 4:01 PM
Trump administration is ‘selling out’ admiral to shield Hegseth over boat strikes, officials say
Joseph Gedeon and agencies, Yahoo Entertainment
White House names Adm Frank M Bradley as officer who ‘directed the engagement’, distancing Hegseth from accountability
Dec 2, 2025, 4:00 PM

Europe should seize Russia’s frozen assets now
Maximilian Hess, Al Jazeera English
With US aid stalled, only Moscow’s immobilised billions can keep Ukraine fighting.
Dec 2, 2025, 3:48 PM
Michael Dell unveils $6 billion gift to 'Trump accounts' at White House
Ben Werschkul, Yahoo Entertainment
President Trump was joined by Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell on Tuesday at the White House to unveil an approximately $6.25 billion gift to...
Dec 2, 2025, 3:42 PM
The message behind Putin’s camouflage-clad claim of victory in a key Ukrainian city
Ivana Kottasová, CNN, CNN
Dressed head to toe in army fatigues, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday received the news he had been awaiting for more than a year: Russia had...
Dec 2, 2025, 3:41 PM

Behold! The I-Hate-My-MAGA-Husband Club
Danielle Han, Jezebel
Cheryl Hines made a rare appearance alongside Melania Trump and Usha Vance on Monday.
Dec 2, 2025, 3:38 PM
Former Air Force secretary: Bradley ‘would be court-martialed’ under ‘normal circumstances’
Ashleigh Fields, The Hill
Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Monday rejected Navy Adm. Frank Bradley’s reasoning for launching a second strike on a vessel in the Caribbean as...
Dec 2, 2025, 3:18 PM

Israel’s Netanyahu says deal with Syria possible but demands buffer zone
Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera English
US is pushing for a non-aggression pact between Israel, Syria, but Netanyahu has shown little appetite for compromise.
Dec 2, 2025, 3:18 PM

It’s their job to keep AI from destroying everything
Hayden Field, The Verge
One night in May 2020, during the height of lockdown, Deep Ganguli was worried. Ganguli, then research director at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, had just been alerted to OpenAI's new paper on GPT-3, its latest large language model. This new AI…
Dec 2, 2025, 3:16 PM

Sabrina Carpenter to White House: Keep My Songs Out of Your Mouth
Jim Vorel, Jezebel
Sabrina Carpenter didn't mince words, calling the use of her music by the White House's ICE-glorifying video "evil and disgusting."
Dec 2, 2025, 3:12 PM

Crypto Won Big in 2024. AI Is Angling to Do the Same in 2026
Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone
The AI industry appears to be working to influence the 2026 midterms by replicating how the cryptocurrency industry influenced the 2024 elections.
Dec 2, 2025, 3:00 PM

Israel’s genocide in Gaza has not stopped, despite the ceasefire: Analysts
Justin Salhani, Al Jazeera English
Analysts and a human rights group say Israel's genocide in Gaza has not stopped, despite the ceasefire.
Dec 2, 2025, 2:48 PM

Was ex-Honduras leader Hernandez victim of Biden ‘set-up’, as Trump claims?
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Trump's plan to pardon ex-Honduran President Hernandez, convicted in a drug case, raises concerns over US credibility.
Dec 2, 2025, 2:47 PM

Costco Joins Revlon and Others Suing Trump for Tariff Refunds
Jacob Weindling, Jezebel
Roberts and his cronies must decide whether to try to continue their Weekend at Bernie’s ass coup through saving Trump and the economy from his most unpopular policy--risking enraging the mad King who will destroy the GOP himself if that’s what it takes to ke…
Dec 2, 2025, 2:36 PM

White House Launches Worthless And Whiny Taxpayer-Funded ‘Media Bias’ Tracker
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Not content with just filing baseless lawsuits against media companies who say mean things about our historically unpopular president, the Trump administration has unveiled a new lazy wrinkle in its war on journalism and free speech. The White House unveiled …
Dec 2, 2025, 1:30 PM

Megyn Kelly Appears to Fantasize About People Being Tortured to Death
Danielle Han, Jezebel
"I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so that they lose a limb and bleed out a little," Kelly said of the unarmed fishermen while discussing the administration's unauthorized boat strikes.
Dec 2, 2025, 1:15 PM

WATCH: Before and after videos show devastation in Ukraine
ABC News
Intense fighting has been happening for weeks in the city of Pokrovsk.
Dec 2, 2025, 1:05 PM

WATCH: Pope Leo prays at site of deadly 2020 Beirut port blast
ABC News
The Pope also met with families of people who were killed in the explosion.
Dec 2, 2025, 1:04 PM

WATCH: Woman attempts to pet and feed bear in Tennessee
ABC News
A woman in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, demonstrated exactly what not to do when encountering a bear in the wild.
Dec 2, 2025, 1:04 PM

WATCH: Rescuers save men clinging to trees amid deadly flooding in Indonesia
ABC News
Search and rescue crews saved two men found clinging to trees amid deadly flooding on Indonesia's Sumatra island.
Dec 2, 2025, 1:04 PM

Tennessee special election stirs Dem hopes and Republican fears of upset...
Kathryn Squyres, CNN
Tennessee’s 7th congressional district is usually an easy win for Republicans. But Tuesday’s special election gives Democrats hope for an upset as they test just how far their recently successful message of affordability can take them.
Dec 2, 2025, 12:40 PM

Trump cries foul over ‘technical tie’ in Honduras presidential race
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The latest vote count has Trump's favoured right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura just 515 ballots ahead of his rival.
Dec 2, 2025, 12:35 PM

'Trump Accounts' Are the President's Latest Promise to Hand Americans Cash, But This Time It Might Actually Happen (for Some)
Jim Vorel, Jezebel
Lest we forget, Trump's history is littered with numerous other "plans" to cut checks for Americans that somehow never get across the finish line.
Dec 2, 2025, 12:18 PM

A Total Breakdown of All the Easter Eggs
A. S. Hamrah, The New York Review of Books
In December 2019, three months before the pandemic, I was standing on a subway platform in Brooklyn when I recognized a prominent older film critic also waiting for the train. I had been reading his work for many years, so I decided I would introduce myself. …
Dec 2, 2025, 12:00 PM

How will the latest sacking of a top aide affect Ukraine amid Russia war?
Mansur Mirovalev, Al Jazeera English
Although Yermak was Zelenskyy's right-hand man, observers say his downfall could benefit the president in short term.
Dec 2, 2025, 11:42 AM
Melania Trump was once the one making controversial White House design choices. Now, it's Donald Trump.
Talia Lakritz, Business Insider
The 2025 White House Christmas decorations reflect Melania Trump's shift to a more low-key role while Donald Trump opts for bold design changes.
Dec 2, 2025, 11:34 AM
Trump promised a San Francisco crime crackdown. His administration did the opposite
By Brad Heath, Yahoo Entertainment
By Brad Heath SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump vowed this year to flood San Francisco with federal agents – and even soldiers...
Dec 2, 2025, 11:16 AM
Olivia Nuzzi’s Tell-Nothing Memoir
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic
Can American Canto turn scandal into literature?
Dec 2, 2025, 11:00 AM

Trump pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman pledges to move space shuttle Discovery to Houston, lawmaker says
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) , Mike Wall, Space.com
Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick to lead NASA, is on board with moving the space shuttle Discovery to Houston, according to one of the senators behind the controversial plan.
Dec 2, 2025, 11:00 AM
Ukraine in maps: Tracking the war with Russia
the Visual Journalism team - BBC News, BBC News
How Russia's gradual gains in the face of fierce Ukrainian opposition have affected the front line in recent months.
Dec 2, 2025, 10:42 AM

Democrats and Republicans are pouring money into a special election in Tennessee. Here's why
Stephen Fowler, NPR
Tuesday's special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District between Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps has attracted outsize attention and spending from both parties.
Dec 2, 2025, 10:00 AM

National Guard member in DC shooting shows 'positive sign' West Virginia governor says
Juliana Kim, NPR
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday said he received word from Andrew Wolfe's family that the 24-year-old was responsive to a nurse and wiggled his toes.
Dec 2, 2025, 10:00 AM

This company charges disabled vets millions, even after VA said it's likely illegal
Chris Arnold, NPR
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it.
Dec 2, 2025, 10:00 AM

Hegseth or Admiral Bradley: Who approved the second Venezuela boat strike?
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The US defence secretary and White House have defended the second strike, but Trump said he would not have wanted it.
Dec 2, 2025, 9:01 AM

US envoys headed to Moscow to discuss Ukraine peace plan with Putin
Stephen Quillen, Al Jazeera English
White House 'optimistic' about a deal, but Ukraine still wary that plan is based on Russian demands.
Dec 2, 2025, 8:43 AM

As Putin and Witkoff prepare to meet, White House is 'very optimistic'
Kevin Shalvey, ABC News
Special envoy Steve Witkoff is scheduled to meet Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
Dec 2, 2025, 7:12 AM

White House Uses Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Juno’ Song for ICE Deportation Video
Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone
The White House used Sabrina Carpenter's "Juno" to soundtrack a TikTok video of ICE agents appearing to detain and arrest undocumented immigrants.
Dec 2, 2025, 6:13 AM
The US is taking a stake in a chip startup led by Intel's ousted CEO
Lee Chong Ming, Business Insider
The US is investing up to $150 million in xLight, a chip startup chaired by former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, to boost domestic chipmaking.
Dec 2, 2025, 5:28 AM
White House releases details from Trump's October physical
Darryl Coote, UPI.com
The White House on Monday released details from President Donald Trump's October physical amid growing scrutiny over the commander in chief's mental and...
Dec 2, 2025, 5:05 AM

Maduro rejects a ‘slave’s peace’ for Venezuela as US ramps up pressure
Zaheena Rasheed, Al Jazeera English
Thousands rally in Caracas in support of President Nicolas Maduro as concerns grow over potential US military action.
Dec 2, 2025, 4:17 AM

Canada joins key EU defence programme as PM Carney pivots away from US
Kevin Doyle, Al Jazeera English
Canada joins EU's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) rearmament initiative, giving access to $170bn in loans for defence.
Dec 2, 2025, 4:08 AM
White House says admiral ordered follow-up strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful
Associated Press, Yahoo Entertainment
The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral acted “within his authority and the law” when he ordered a second, follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat...
Dec 2, 2025, 3:52 AM

U.S. ski resorts are bracing for a steep drop in international travel due to politics
Kirk Siegler, NPR
Canadians usually head south for the skiing, shopping and nightlife in American ski towns. But due to cross-border politics, tourism to the U.S. is down, and some resorts are worried.
Dec 2, 2025, 3:01 AM

Judge to review Maurene Comey's wrongful termination case against Trump admin
Aaron Katersky, ABC News
Comey is suing over her firing, arguing she was “abruptly and wrongfully terminated” because her father is former FBI director James Comey.
Dec 2, 2025, 2:44 AM

'12-YEAR-OLD PLAYING ARMY'
Molly Parks, Washington Examiner
'12-YEAR-OLD PLAYING ARMY' (Main headline, 3rd story, link) Related stories:WAR CRIME? HEGSETH BLOODLUST Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron
Dec 2, 2025, 2:34 AM

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,377
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
These are the key developments from day 1,377 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Dec 2, 2025, 1:54 AM

The Game Wants Diddy, R. Kelly Freed From Prison
TMZ Staff, TMZ
The Game got on his soap box at his birthday party ... grabbing the mic and telling the world to free Diddy and R. Kelly ... and then he started talking baby oil and urination ... and it's all on video. TMZ obtained footage from The Game's Friday…
Dec 2, 2025, 1:38 AM
Costco sues Trump's tariff in bid to secure refund before Supreme Court ruling
Katherine Li, Business Insider
In a complaint submitted Friday, the retailer said it is seeking a "full refund" of duties it paid after Trump levied tariffs.
Dec 2, 2025, 12:47 AM
Trump Seizes Back the Spotlight
David A. Graham, The Atlantic
That may not be the boon he thinks it is.
Dec 2, 2025, 12:34 AM