Trump News for Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Trump axes Biden’s student loan plan

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 last vestiges of President Joe Biden’s student loa…

What are parents to do as doctors clash with Trump administration over vaccines?

LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE, Yahoo Entertainment

It’s normal for parents, or anyone, to have questions about vaccinations -- but what happens if your pediatrician urges a shot that’s under attack by the...

Zelenskyy meets Pope Leo XIV in Rome amid US pressure over peace plan

Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera English

Trump earlier on Tuesday warned that Kyiv must make concessions, saying Ukraine is 'losing' the war.

This Is the Funniest Possible Commentary on J6

Opheli Garcia Lawler, Cracked.com

Vince Staples stunned Ziwe into silence with his assessment of the infamous event

EPA eliminates mention of fossil fuels in website on warming's causes. Scientists call it misleading

SETH BORENSTEIN, Yahoo Entertainment

The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the...

Justice Department challenges court order limiting access to evidence in Comey investigation

ERIC TUCKER, Yahoo Entertainment

The Justice Department on Tuesday challenged a court order that complicated efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey by...

Kelsey Grammer’s Petty Feud With the ‘Frasier’ Dog Resurfaces Following Trump Praise

JM McNab, Cracked.com

Moose the dog was Grammer’s behind-the-scenes nemesis

The Wall Street Journal: ‘Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump’

John Gruber, The Wall Street Journal

Mexican president says Mexico will send more water to US but not immediately

Associated Press, Yahoo Entertainment

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday her country intends to send more water to the United States but not immediately despite threats by U.S...

WATCH: Creator of AI actress Tilly Norwood on future of AI in film

ABC News

Eline Van Der Velden, founder and CEO of Particle6 and creator of AI actress Tilly Norwood, addressed the pushback that AI actors are going to replace human ones.

WATCH: Australia bans social media for children under 16

ABC News

Children younger than 16 years old will be banned from using social media in Australia starting Wednesday.

WATCH: Officers use ‘grappler’ device to end police pursuit in Kansas

ABC News

Police in Kansas are sharing video of officers deploying a new "grappler" device that authorities say helped apprehend a stolen truck suspect earlier this month.

Trump slams Europe’s immigration policies, calls continent ‘weak’

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Donald Trump renews criticism of London's Mayor Khan, citing immigration and governance issues in controversial remarks.

Congress quietly strips right-to-repair provisions from US military spending bill

Brandon Vigliarolo, Theregister.com

A win for the contractors Congress has released the final version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and critics have been quick to point out that previously proposed rules giving the US military the right to repair its equipment without h…

Judge: Even If Trump’s DOJ Goes After Comey Again, It Won’t Have Access To Evidence It Illegally Obtained

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Lindsey Halligan — a former personal lawyer for Trump who specialized in insurance law — was suddenly propelled to the top of the DOJ heap after better, more qualified lawyers refused to engage in Trump’s revenge prosecutions. The exit of prosecutors unwillin…

What Venezuelans really want

Ariana Aspuru, Noel King, Vox

Across Venezuela, residents wonder how long they’ll be waiting.  Venezuela has experienced a severe decade of economic and political crisis, led by Nicolás Maduro. Now, as the threat of US intervention looms, Venezuelans are going through a cycle of anxiety a…

Thune says Senate GOP will bring up alternative health care bill for a vote

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News

Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote on a Republican-led measure alongside a Democratic bill to extend expiring tax credits.

Judge grants DOJ motion to release grand jury materials from Ghislaine Maxwell case

James Hill, ABC News

A judge has granted a motion to release grand jury materials from the case of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell to comply with the Epstein Transparency Act.

Glenn Beck Is Giving American History the Grokipedia Treatment

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

"This is not ChatGPT. This is not Wikipedia. This is verified, factual, memorized, first source truth."

Human Missions to Mars Must Search for Alien Life, New Report Finds

Lee Billings, Scientific American

A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority

Jon Stewart Laments That Dick Cheney Didn’t Live To See The Newest GOP War of Choice

Keegan Kelly, Cracked.com

The GOP is using the late Cheney's Iraq playbook for their Venezuela plans

You Can’t Please a Madman

John Gruber, Truthsocial.com

Fiat Will Sell Tiny EV in the U.S. With a 28 MPH Top Speed

Zac Estrada, Gizmodo.com

It's morning in America for cute little cars that Americans have historically rejected.

Congressional lawmakers hear from retiring Navy admiral overseeing boat strikes

STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO, Yahoo Entertainment

The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela spoke to key lawmakers...

WATCH: Judge grants Justice Dept. motion to release Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials

ABC News

A federal judge in Florida has granted the Trump administration’s motion to unseal grand jury transcripts from the initial federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in the mid-2000s.

Paramount Skydance Makes Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

John Gruber, The Wall Street Journal

What to know about the massive defense bill that seeks release of boat strike videos and more

BEN FINLEY and STEPHEN GROVES, Yahoo Entertainment

The House is expected to vote this week on a bill authorizing $900 billion for military programs, including boosting pay for service members, cutting...

Fani Willis to face Georgia Senate questions about Trump prosecution, despite legal disputes

JEFF AMY, Yahoo Entertainment

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is finally scheduled to appear on Dec. 17 to testify before a special state Senate committee examining her...

Do We Have Donald Trump To Blame For One More Year of Jimmy Kimmel?

Matt Solomon, Cracked.com

By Matt Solomon Published: December 09th, 2025

Trump says his farm bailout 'would not be possible without tariffs.' His critics agree.

Yahoo Entertainment

WATCH: Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire at year's end

ABC News

ACA tax subsidies are set to expire for more than 20 million Americans at the end of the year.

Trump backtracks on releasing boat strike video, distances himself from controversy

Hannah Demissie, Justin Gomez, ABC News

President Trump, after initially saying he had "no problem" with releasing the video of the Sept. 2 boat strike that killed two survivors, is now reversing course.

WATCH: NOAA forecasts strong geomagnetic storm

ABC News

ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee discusses the effects and impact of the geomagnetic storm expected for Tuesday.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Asks, Am I the Next Charlie Kirk? Urges End to Death Threats

TMZ Staff, TMZ

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s over the flood of death threats she’s been getting ever since Donald Trump branded her a "traitor" ... even asking if she’s supposed to meet the same fate as Charlie Kirk for all this to finally stop.…

New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism

Peter Beaumont, Yahoo Entertainment

A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945

Citizenship Ceremonies Are Being Disrupted By Trump’s Latest Wave Of Bigoted Cruelty

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

The president, who drapes himself in the flag so inappropriately you’d think it would be filing HR complaints on a daily basis, is now preventing some the best potential US citizens from becoming US citizens. Ever since Trump’s unexpected second appearance in…

The US shut down a chip-smuggling ring that involved swapping Nvidia labels with a fake company name

Thibault Spirlet, Business Insider

Prosecutors alleged the network hid Nvidia hardware behind bogus paperwork and fake companies to bypass export rules and ship them to China.

Activist groups urge Congress to pause US datacenter buildouts

Dan Robinson, Theregister.com

Bad for consumers, bad for the environment, 230+ groups say More than 230 organizations across America have signed a letter calling for a moratorium on the construction of datacenters, claiming the current building boom represents a huge environmental and soc…

Trump to speak in Pennsylvania to start selling his economic agenda ahead of midterms

Hannah Demissie, ABC News

Trump will push back against criticism of the economy and preview his upcoming economic plans in a speech in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy improvises mid-flight to get his message out on a whirlwind European trip

DEREK GATOPOULOS and ILLIA NOVIKOV, Yahoo Entertainment

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had no time to hold a traditional news conference during a whirlwind, 36-hour trip across Europe this week, so he...

Japan warns of possible megaquake, potential 98-foot tsunami

CBSNews, CBS News

Officials said the megaquake advisory is not a prediction and the probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake is only about 1%, but there's hope it will...

Trump deals a final blow to a key student-loan repayment plan. Millions of borrowers may soon have to resume repaying their debt.

Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider

Trump announced a proposed settlement to end the SAVE student-loan repayment plan. Borrowers would resume payments "in the coming weeks."

27-Year-Old Misogynist Podcaster Who Loves Hitler Complains Women Are ‘Very Difficult to Be Around'

Danielle Han, Jezebel

Nick Fuentes also told Piers Morgan that yes, he's still a virgin. Color me shocked.

Judge: Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revocation

LEAH WILLINGHAM and KATHY McCORMACK, Yahoo Entertainment

A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she deals with the consequences of having her visa...

Feds bust nefarious plot to ship Nvidia H200s to China and hurt US

Paul Kunert, Theregister.com

As Trump gives green light to ship Nvidia H200s to China and boost US Three US-based businessmen face potential prison sentences after authorities dismantled a smuggling network accused of funneling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Nvidia GPUs to Chin…

Trump criticises 'weak' European leaders over Ukraine and immigration

BBC News

US president Donald Trump claims European leaders are weak and have failed to control migration.

Apple's Slow AI Pace Becomes a Strength as Market Grows Weary of Spending

Ryan Vlastelica and Felice Maranz, Yahoo Entertainment

Through the first six months of 2025, Apple was the second-worst performer among the Magnificent Seven tech giants, as its shares tumbled 18% through the end...

White House AI Czar says Trump isn't trying to force data centers on communities that don't want them

Bryan Metzger, Business Insider

David Sacks said the Trump administration's effort to restrict state AI regulation won't "force communities to host data centers they don't want."

Trump Aides Beg Him to Stop Blaming Biden for His Own Mess

Ewan Palmer, Daily Beast

Weary aides to President Donald Trump want him to stop making fantastical claims about the economy and pinning woes on his predecessor, according to a new...

Israeli army takes journalists into a tunnel in a Gaza city it seized and largely flattened

SAM MEDNICK, Yahoo Entertainment

On Monday, Israel's military took journalists into Rafah — the city at Gaza's southernmost point that troops seized last year and largely flattened — as the ...

Grammy-nominated musician killed by driver with over 100 arrests

Kerry Breen, CBS News

Roderick Macleod, 70, was walking his dogs when he was allegedly struck by a driver with dozens of prior arrests.

Sacked agents sue FBI, saying they were punished for taking the knee

BBC News

The group say adopting a gesture used by protesters helped to defuse tensions during a 2020 demonstration.

Dave Portnoy Is America’s Crisis of Masculinity

Jacob Weindling, Jezebel

It is tough being a man these days, but if you’re ever confused about where to go, doing the opposite of everything Dave Portnoy does is a great start.

Fed leaning toward hawkish rate cut. What's to come in 2026?

Yahoo Finance Video, Yahoo Entertainment

The Federal Reserve's December FOMC meeting will conclude on Wednesday, December 10, with US central bank officials voting on their last interest rate...

NASA nominee Isaacman moves to full Senate vote amid budget carnage

Richard Speed, Theregister.com

Billionaire's bid progresses while agency braces for sweeping reductions and program uncertainty Jared Isaacman has cleared another hurdle on his way to becoming the next NASA Administrator after the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportatio…

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College, Yahoo Entertainment

What’s better – many small space missions, or a few large, sweeping ones? Space scientists are asking this question as they face budget uncertainties.

Young, undocumented immigrants are finding it increasingly hard to attend college as South Carolina and other states restrict in-state tuition or ban them altogether

William McCorkle, College of Charleston, Yahoo Entertainment

Not letting undocumented students pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities can make the cost of a college education prohibitive.

"It Honestly Seems Exhausting": 17 Honest Things Foreigners Think About The US — And Whew, It's Kinda Brutal

Savannah Ip, Buzzfeed

"America is either the promised land or the evil empire."View Entire Post ›

Long Island Republican Bruce Blakeman is running for New York governor

ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and PHILIP MARCELO, Yahoo Entertainment

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a firebrand Long Island Republican, announced a run for governor of New York on Tuesday, setting up a primary clash...

Weird King Trump Pretends He’ll Be Objective In Deciding If His Son In Law And Rich Friends Can Buy Warner Brothers

Karl Bode, Techdirt

Last week Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, after elbowing out rival acquisition bids (for now) by Comcast/NBC and Paramount/CBS. But as we noted then, the deal still needs regulatory approval from Trump, who has already stated…

Ukraine's last eastern strongholds hang on as Russia fights to take Donbas

Joanna Kakissis, NPR

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

The Latest: Trump approves sale of more advanced Nvidia computer chips used in AI to China

The Associated Press, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump said Monday that he would allow Nvidia to sell an advanced type of computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to...

WATCH: Wingsuit flyers perform daring crossing between towers

ABC News

Wingsuit athletes performed a perfectly synchronized, head-on crossing between the Bahrain World Trade Center towers.

WATCH: Truck flies off overpass in dramatic freeway crash

ABC News

Dashcam footage captured the moment a truck plunged off an overpass in Rialto, California.

A hostile streaming showdown for the future of Hollywood

Dan DeFrancesco, Business Insider

Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros. hit a major roadblock in the form of Paramount Skydance. Here's how the offers from both companies compare.

Somehow, Both Owners of Miss Universe Have Warrants Out for Their Arrest

Jim Vorel, Jezebel

The fate of Miss Universe is now tied up in cases involving fraud, trafficking, arrest warrants and allegations of pageant rigging.

Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis is bringing tiny cars to the US after Trump said he was a fan

Tom Carter, Business Insider

The auto conglomerate, which owns Jeep and Ram, confirmed that it would bring the Fiat Topolino — a 2.5-meter-long electric tiny car — to the US.

America Has Become a Digital Narco-State

Paul Krugman, Substack.com

Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe

The war on disinformation is a losing battle

James Ball, The Verge

As he called the House Judiciary Committee into session on a cold and snowy February day in Washington, DC, Chairman Jim Jordan was ready to take a victory lap. American free speech had been critically threatened, and now it was saved - in large part thanks t…

The Most Egregious Double Standard in Sports

Jemele Hill, The Atlantic

For college coaches, greed is just business.

‘Sudan Is a Good Place to Wage Peace’

The Atlantic

Readers respond to our September 2025 cover story and more.

Bring Back the Neocons

David Brooks, The Atlantic

They could be an antidote to Trumpism.

National Guardsman kills 3 fellow service members in Mexico

CBSNews, CBS News

The shooting occurred hours after a car bomb exploded in Coahuayana, Michoacan, killing five people outside a local police station.

Trump to address affordability. And, the significance of Indiana's redistricting fight

Brittney Melton, NPR

Trump travels to Pennsylvania to discuss America's affordability. And, Indiana lawmakers to vote on a congressional map that may eliminate the state's last two Democratic seats.

WATCH: The banjo is gaining popularity after viral video

ABC News

The banjo is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, due in part to one epic player who's now going viral for her unique take on the country music staple.

Mom of Karoline Leavitt's Nephew Calls Out White House's 'Disgusting' Narrative

Lauren Tousignant, Jezebel

“I asked Karoline to be godmother over my only sister,” Bruna Ferreira told the Washington Post from an ICE Processing Center in Louisiana.

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz

Spencer Ackerman, Forever-wars.com

Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

Trump approval rating rises as Republicans back cost-of-living efforts

By Jason Lange, Yahoo Entertainment

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's approval rating edged up to 41% in the past week as Republicans warmed to his handling ...

End of an Epoch: Understanding the Global Crisis with William I. Robinson

Tiernan Cannon, Jezebel

The biosphere itself cannot endure yet another round of capitalist expansion, he argues, so the capitalist system itself must instead be dismantled.

Democratic governors present as leaders against Trump ahead of midterms, 2028

Isabella Murray, ABC News

At the Democratic Governors Association’s annual Winter meeting in Arizona, some of the brightest leaders of the party touted the "affordability" message.

Supreme Court hears major challenge to campaign spending limits

Devin Dwyer, ABC News

As the midterm election campaign nears, the Supreme Court is deciding if legal limits on coordinated spending between parties and candidates violates the Constitution.

The GOP has allowed Trump to expand his authority. Here's where they're pushing back

Sam Gringlas, NPR

Republicans in Congress have shown some willingness to push back on President Trump, but it is not clear how far they are willing to push back against the leader of their own party.

After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left

Martha Bebinger, NPR

Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.

What to expect from the last Fed meeting of 2025 — and what a rate cut could mean for your wallet

Allie Kelly,Madison Hoff, Business Insider

Jerome Powell will soon announce the next Fed decision on a potential interest rate cut. The Fed is missing key economic data on jobs and inflation.

UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says

BBC News

The US and other governments derailed agreement on a global environment study, it's co-chair says.

WATCH: Waymo cars in apparent ‘standoff’ cause traffic jam in San Francisco

ABC News

Three Waymo self-driving cars caused a traffic jam on a San Francisco street after they became involved in an apparent "standoff."

Cambodia vows fierce fight against Thailand in escalating border conflict

JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and SOPHENG CHEANG, Yahoo Entertainment

Cambodia’s powerful Senate President Hun Sen on Tuesday vowed a fierce fight against Thailand as a second day of widespread renewed combat between the...

Trump says he's fixing affordability problems. He'll test out that message at a rally

JOSH BOAK and MARC LEVY, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump will road-test his claims that he's tackling Americans' affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania — shifting...

Trump clears way for sale of powerful Nvidia H200 chips to China

John Power, Al Jazeera English

Trump says chipmaker will be allowed to export to 'approved customers', in shift away from Washington's export controls.

Gavin Newsom Sums Up Stephen Miller in Two Brutal Words

The Daily Beast, Daily Beast

California Governor Gavin Newsom has summed up the divisive White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller in just two words. “He’s about cruelty and chaos...

US deports second group of Iranian nationals, officials say

BBC News

A chartered plane carrying more than 50 Iranians flew out of Mesa, Arizona, on Sunday.

WATCH: Made in America: David Muir tries one of Oprah's Favorite Things at Rubirosa in NYC

ABC News

David Muir stops by Rubirosa's in New York City's Nolita neighborhood for a behind the scenes look at the America-made products.

Trump says Nvidia can sell H200s to China – if Washington gets a 25 percent cut

Simon Sharwood, Theregister.com

Blackwell and Rubin kit remain off limits US President Donald Trump has signalled he will allow Nvidia to resume sales of its H200 accelerators to China.…

WATCH: Magnitude 7.5 earthquake triggers tsunami warnings, mass evacuations in Japan

ABC News

Nearly 100,000 people in northern Japan were urged by authorities to seek higher ground.

WATCH: Commuter train slams into SUV in suburban Chicago

ABC News

The driver and one passenger suffered minor injuries.

Dan Bongino Admits to Lying During His Pundit Days

David A. Graham, The Atlantic

Before he joined the FBI, Bongino spread bogus claims about the January 6 pipe bomber—and now says he did it because he was getting paid.

Mexican National Guardsman kills 3 fellow service members in Michoacan state

FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ, Yahoo Entertainment

A Mexican National Guardsmen shot and killed three fellow service members at a barracks over the weekend in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, where the...

US Justice Department sues Virginia school board over transgender use of locker rooms

By Brad Brooks, Yahoo Entertainment

By Brad Brooks Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S.