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Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile’s presidential election

Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile’s presidential election

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Kast's victory is seen as part of a trend of right-wing victories across Latin America, including in Argentina.

Elections & PoliticsLatin AmericaRegional & State

Dec 14, 2025, 10:42 PM

What is the significance of Trump’s deal with Belarus?

What is the significance of Trump’s deal with Belarus?

Al Jazeera English

The US has eased sanctions on Belarus after the close Russian ally freed more than 100 prisoners.

Foreign Policy & InternationalRussiaSanctions

Dec 14, 2025, 10:24 PM

Trump, 79, Admits His Own Son Wouldn’t Want to Attend His Memorial

Trump, 79, Admits His Own Son Wouldn’t Want to Attend His Memorial

The Daily Beast, Daily Beast

Donald Trump shared his vision of what will happen when he “kicks the bucket,” and it doesn’t sound like he’s imagining a moving family reunion. The 79-year-...

Personal & FamilyDonald Trump

Dec 14, 2025, 10:07 PM

All Trump Wants for Christmas is a “Triumphal Arc”

All Trump Wants for Christmas is a “Triumphal Arc”

Rachel Kahn, The New Republic

At a White House Christmas reception on Sunday, President Donald Trump made clear what he wants from Santa this year. “We’re building an arc, like the Arc de Triomphe,” he said during a rambling speech, after spending 10 minutes talking about golf. “And we’re…

Personal & FamilyGovernment & Administration

Dec 14, 2025, 10:01 PM

WATCH: Video shows moment heroic bystander wrestles gun from alleged Bondi Beach shooter

WATCH: Video shows moment heroic bystander wrestles gun from alleged Bondi Beach shooter

ABC News

Video shared with ABC News shows the moment a heroic bystander wrestled a gun away from the hands of one of the alleged shooters at Australia's Bondi Beach on Sunday.

Security Incidents

Dec 14, 2025, 9:30 PM

“Professionals at cheating”: Trump claims “truckloads” of evidence that Dems rigged elections

“Professionals at cheating”: Trump claims “truckloads” of evidence that Dems rigged elections

Alex Galbraith, Salon

The president said overwhelming evidence would appear in coming weeks.

Elections & PoliticsLegal & JusticePresidential Security

Dec 14, 2025, 9:23 PM

MAGA and Silicon Valley Are Battling for Influence in the White House

MAGA and Silicon Valley Are Battling for Influence in the White House

Alexia Underwood, The New Republic

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday intended to stop states from regulating AI—an idea that had received a lot of pushback from members of his base.The order didn’t emerge out of a vacuum, of course. MAGA Republicans and Silicon Valley l…

Dec 14, 2025, 9:14 PM

CBS News faces questions after faith-forward town hall with Erika Kirk

CBS News faces questions after faith-forward town hall with Erika Kirk

CK Smith, Salon

Weiss' town hall of Kirk with faith-driven language and limited journalistic pushback leaves some unsettled

Media & CommunicationsPress RelationsStatements

Dec 14, 2025, 9:06 PM

Here's Why Elon Musk's Brother Unloaded $25 Million In Tesla Stock

Here's Why Elon Musk's Brother Unloaded $25 Million In Tesla Stock

Bibhu Pattnaik, Yahoo Entertainment

Kimbal Musk, brother of Elon Musk and a board member of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), has offloaded over $25 million worth of Tesla shares, as per a recent SEC...

Dec 14, 2025, 8:55 PM

Sweaty Trump Rambles About Snakes and Thirsts Over Ivanka Lookalike

Sweaty Trump Rambles About Snakes and Thirsts Over Ivanka Lookalike

The Daily Beast, Daily Beast

Donald Trump, 79, set aside talk of the holiday season on Sunday during a White House Christmas reception to ramble about snakes—and his daughter, Ivanka. In...

Personal & FamilyMedia & Communications

Dec 14, 2025, 8:44 PM

‘Like The Monkees’: GOP Rep Attacks Crockett With Bizarre Analogy

‘Like The Monkees’: GOP Rep Attacks Crockett With Bizarre Analogy

Chris capper Liebenthal, Crooksandliars.com

Given the atrocious track record for Republicans this year and the popularity of Rep Jasmine Crockett, naturally, the GOP and Fox had to team up to attack her. Ironically, they chose the inept Rep Tim Burchett and the even more inept Kayeigh McAninny to launc…

Elections & PoliticsRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyMedia & Communications

Dec 14, 2025, 8:28 PM

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

Leigh Beadon, Techdirt

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is drew repeating an important point about how ICE keeps deporting people while blowing off court rulings: Nothing will change Until the courts charge some people with contempt and issue some prison tim…

ImmigrationLegal & Justice

Dec 14, 2025, 8:00 PM

Warby Parker (WRBY) Climbs 46% Ahead of 2026 AI Development

Warby Parker (WRBY) Climbs 46% Ahead of 2026 AI Development

Angelica Ballesteros, Yahoo Entertainment

We recently published 10 Stocks Delivering Explosive 18-190% Gains. Warby Parker Inc. (NYSE:WRBY) is one of the last week’s heavy gainers. Warby Parker grew ...

Economy & FinanceStock Market

Dec 14, 2025, 7:41 PM

Wave Life (WVE) Shares Nearly Triple on Encouraging Obesity Drug Trial

Wave Life (WVE) Shares Nearly Triple on Encouraging Obesity Drug Trial

Angelica Ballesteros, Yahoo Entertainment

We recently published 10 Stocks Delivering Explosive 18-190% Gains. Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (NASDAQ:WVE) is one of the last week’s heavy gainers. Wave Life...

Economy & FinanceStock Market

Dec 14, 2025, 7:40 PM

Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN) Climbs 53% on Stellar Leukemia Treatment Trial

Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN) Climbs 53% on Stellar Leukemia Treatment Trial

Angelica Ballesteros, Yahoo Entertainment

We recently published 10 Stocks Delivering Explosive 18-190% Gains. Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:TERN) is one of the last week’s heavy gainers. Terns ...

Economy & FinanceStock Market

Dec 14, 2025, 7:40 PM

Jimmy Lai supporters queue outside Hong Kong court ahead of verdict

Jimmy Lai supporters queue outside Hong Kong court ahead of verdict

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Media mogul Lai was arrested in 2020 under a national security law imposed by China.

ChinaLegal & JusticeSecurity & IntelligenceForeign Policy & International

Dec 14, 2025, 7:40 PM

BofA Says Nvidia (NVDA) GPUs Remain a Full Generation Ahead of Rivals

BofA Says Nvidia (NVDA) GPUs Remain a Full Generation Ahead of Rivals

Ghazal Ahmed, Yahoo Entertainment

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is one of the AI Stocks in the Spotlight for Investors. On December 11, BofA Securities analyst Vivek Arya reiterated a Buy ...

Dec 14, 2025, 6:51 PM

Piper Sandler Reiterates Overweight on META, Names It Top Large-Cap Pick

Piper Sandler Reiterates Overweight on META, Names It Top Large-Cap Pick

Ghazal Ahmed, Yahoo Entertainment

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is one of the AI Stocks in the Spotlight for Investors. On December 11, Piper Sandler analyst Thomas Champion reiterated...

Dec 14, 2025, 6:49 PM

Alphabet (GOOGL) Gets PT Boost From Piper Sandler on AI Ad Momentum

Alphabet (GOOGL) Gets PT Boost From Piper Sandler on AI Ad Momentum

Ghazal Ahmed, Yahoo Entertainment

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the AI Stocks in the Spotlight for Investors. On December 11, Piper Sandler raised its price target on the stock to...

Dec 14, 2025, 6:49 PM

Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO aspirations, remains against ceding territory to Russia

Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO aspirations, remains against ceding territory to Russia

CBC News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country's bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with U.S. envoys on ending the wa…

Foreign Policy & InternationalUkraineNATORussia

Dec 14, 2025, 6:48 PM

Barclays Says Tesla (TSLA) Deliveries ‘Likely Won’t Matter’ for the Stock

Barclays Says Tesla (TSLA) Deliveries ‘Likely Won’t Matter’ for the Stock

Ghazal Ahmed, Yahoo Entertainment

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is one of the AI Stocks in the Spotlight for Investors. On December 11, Barclays reiterated the stock as “Equal Weight” with a $350...

Economy & FinanceAutomotive

Dec 14, 2025, 6:47 PM

AppLovin (APP) Positioned for Ad Growth Beyond Gaming, Says Jefferies

AppLovin (APP) Positioned for Ad Growth Beyond Gaming, Says Jefferies

Ghazal Ahmed, Yahoo Entertainment

AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ:APP) is one of the AI Stocks in the Spotlight for Investors. On December 11, Jefferies raised its price target on the stock to $...

Economy & FinanceStock Market

Dec 14, 2025, 6:42 PM

UBS Lifts Micron (MU) EPS Forecasts on Stronger DRAM and NAND Pricing

UBS Lifts Micron (MU) EPS Forecasts on Stronger DRAM and NAND Pricing

Ghazal Ahmed, Yahoo Entertainment

Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) is one of the AI Stocks in the Spotlight for Investors. On December 11, UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri raised the price...

Economy & FinanceStock Market

Dec 14, 2025, 6:42 PM

Bank of America Calls Synopsys (SNPS) a Lower-Beta AI Play With Catch-Up Potential

Bank of America Calls Synopsys (SNPS) a Lower-Beta AI Play With Catch-Up Potential

Ghazal Ahmed, Yahoo Entertainment

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) is one of the AI Stocks in the Spotlight for Investors. On December 11, Bank of America upgraded the stock to “Buy” from neutral...

Dec 14, 2025, 6:41 PM

Why the US is targeting Venezuela

Why the US is targeting Venezuela

Al Jazeera English

Historian Alan McPherson tells Marc Lamont Hill how the US is carrying out a regime change campaign in Venezuela.

Foreign Policy & International

Dec 14, 2025, 6:09 PM

Deadly shooting at Brown University prompts campus lockdown

Deadly shooting at Brown University prompts campus lockdown

CK Smith, Salon

Providence police say a person of interest is in custody as authorities investigate the deadly campus attack

Dec 14, 2025, 6:00 PM

The Real Numbers Behind Trump’s Economy

The Real Numbers Behind Trump’s Economy

Jillian Wolf, Al Jazeera English

The US president says the economy and investment is booming, but data and living costs tell a different story.

Dec 14, 2025, 5:55 PM

Climate Change Is Coming for Your Favorite Holiday Foods

Climate Change Is Coming for Your Favorite Holiday Foods

Rachel Kahn, The New Republic

Chocolate, vanilla, coffee, cinnamon: The ingredients for your favorite holiday foods are becoming increasingly harder to grow because of climate change.For example, cocoa beans are grown in West Africa, which has been facing more days of extreme heat and dro…

Dec 14, 2025, 5:51 PM

WATCH: Providence Mayor Smiley on visiting Brown shooting survivors

WATCH: Providence Mayor Smiley on visiting Brown shooting survivors

ABC News

"We're all saddened and scared and tired, but what they've been through is something entirely different."

Security & IntelligencePublic Health Emergency

Dec 14, 2025, 5:42 PM

WATCH: Brown University student details experience during campus shooting

WATCH: Brown University student details experience during campus shooting

ABC News

A Brown University student describes his experience during the deadly campus shooting to ABC News' Whit Johnson.

Security & Intelligence

Dec 14, 2025, 5:41 PM

America Adds 11.7 GW of New Solar Capacity in Q3 - Third Largest Quarter on Record

America Adds 11.7 GW of New Solar Capacity in Q3 - Third Largest Quarter on Record

EditorDavid, Slashdot.org

America's solar industry "just delivered another huge quarter," reports Electrek, "installing 11.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in Q3 2025. That makes it the third-largest quarter on record and pushes total solar additions this year past 30 GW..." Accordi…

Dec 14, 2025, 5:34 PM

Sen. Murphy: Trump on ‘dizzying campaign to increase violence’ in US

Sen. Murphy: Trump on ‘dizzying campaign to increase violence’ in US

Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a leading gun reform advocate, on Sunday accused President Trump of engaging in a campaign to increase violence in the country...

Gun PolicySocial Issues & CultureElections & Politics

Dec 14, 2025, 5:32 PM

Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says

Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says

ABBY SEWELL, Yahoo Entertainment

A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months...

Security & IntelligenceForeign Policy & InternationalMilitary

Dec 14, 2025, 5:28 PM

Microsoft snubbed: TIME's "Person of the Year" ignores Microsoft and Nadella in AI spotlight

Microsoft snubbed: TIME's "Person of the Year" ignores Microsoft and Nadella in AI spotlight

jez@windowscentral.com (Jez Corden) , Jez Corden, Windows Central

Time Magazine's famed "Person of the Year" was dedicated to the architects of AI this year, and the lack of representation for Microsoft betrays how far the company has fallen behind.

Technology RegulationArtificial Intelligence

Dec 14, 2025, 5:12 PM

Don't Blame Lindsey. It's Hard To Talk While Giving Trump A Public BJ

Don't Blame Lindsey. It's Hard To Talk While Giving Trump A Public BJ

Conover Kennard, Crooksandliars.com

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham appeared on Maria Bartiromo's Fox News show to spin out the usual Republican talking points: Everything is Joe Biden's fault. However, Linds has other problems: over 600,000 South Carolinians on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…

Elections & PoliticsHealthcare

Dec 14, 2025, 5:12 PM

Billionaire Trump, 79, Admits Voters Aren’t Buying Any More of His BS on the Economy

Billionaire Trump, 79, Admits Voters Aren’t Buying Any More of His BS on the Economy

Will Neal, Daily Beast

In a rare moment of candidness, the president has admitted the vast majority of Americans don’t quite share his rosy view of the nation’s economic prospects....

Dec 14, 2025, 4:51 PM

A Decalogue for the Dignity of Growing Old: Eva Perón’s Revolutionary Rights of the Elderly

A Decalogue for the Dignity of Growing Old: Eva Perón’s Revolutionary Rights of the Elderly

Maria Popova, Themarginalian.org

In modern society, Simone de Beauvoir observed in her later years, “it is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life” — it is something upon which the vast majority of humanity looks upon “with sorrow and rebellion,” dreading it more than …

Dec 14, 2025, 4:44 PM

'Nonstop Lying': Scalise, Johnson Face Backlash Over Health Care Lies

'Nonstop Lying': Scalise, Johnson Face Backlash Over Health Care Lies

Conover Kennard, Crooksandliars.com

Louisiana GOP Rep. Steve Scalise has apparently gotten his talking points in order regarding the health care crisis his party created by not extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year. On Friday,…

HealthcarePolicy & Legislation

Dec 14, 2025, 4:01 PM

Did Karoline Leavitt Help Sic ICE On Her Nephew’s Mother?

Did Karoline Leavitt Help Sic ICE On Her Nephew’s Mother?

NewsHound Ellen, Crooksandliars.com

It sure looks like Karoline Leavitt had something to do with the ICE arrest and detention of Bruna-Caroline Ferreira, the Brazilian-born DACA recipient who is the mother of a child with the Trump press secretary’s brother. Leavitt is also the child’s godmothe…

ImmigrationLegal & JusticePersonal & Family

Dec 14, 2025, 3:58 PM

Gaslighting Bartiromo Parrots Trump, Calls Affordability A 'Hoax'

Gaslighting Bartiromo Parrots Trump, Calls Affordability A 'Hoax'

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

Dear Leader put out his talking points on the economy, and the propagandists on Fox "news" are more than happy to repeat them. Trump's numbers on the economy are in the toilet, and no amount of gaslighting by Trump and his enablers is going to change what peo…

Economy & FinanceLegal & JusticeMedia & Communications

Dec 14, 2025, 3:57 PM

Zelenskyy says willing to drop NATO membership bid ahead of peace talks

Zelenskyy says willing to drop NATO membership bid ahead of peace talks

Elis Gjevori, Al Jazeera English

The Ukrainian president says Kyiv could drop its long-held ambition of joining NATO in exchange for security guarantees.

Foreign Policy & InternationalNATOUkraine

Dec 14, 2025, 3:56 PM

Repeal Section 230 and Its Platform Protections, Urges New Bipartisan US Bill

Repeal Section 230 and Its Platform Protections, Urges New Bipartisan US Bill

EditorDavid, Slashdot.org

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said Friday he was moving to file a bipartisan bill to repeal Section 230 of America's Communications Decency Act. "The law prevents most civil suits against users or services that are based on what others say," explains an …

Legal & JusticeTechnology Regulation

Dec 14, 2025, 3:34 PM

“You nasty, horrible witch”: Trump attacks Kaitlan Collins, strikes Santa’s sleigh on “SNL”

“You nasty, horrible witch”: Trump attacks Kaitlan Collins, strikes Santa’s sleigh on “SNL”

Alex Galbraith, Salon

The president lashed out at reporters and launched an airstrike on the spirit of Christmas in a cold open.

Media & CommunicationsPersonal & Family

Dec 14, 2025, 3:32 PM

Trump’s Unposted Truth Social Draft Leaks From Oval Office

Trump’s Unposted Truth Social Draft Leaks From Oval Office

Wiktoria Gucia, Daily Beast

President Donald Trump drafted a social media post on paper but never shared it online. In an Instagram story posted Friday, Eric Trump, 41, shared a photo...

Dec 14, 2025, 3:24 PM

Trump Spread False Information About Brown Shooting. That’s a Problem

Trump Spread False Information About Brown Shooting. That’s a Problem

Rachel Kahn, The New Republic

President Donald Trump spread unconfirmed information about an active shooter at Brown University,  potentially putting students’ lives in danger as they sheltered in place during the event. On Saturday evening at around 4 p.m., a man entered a classroom with…

Legal & JusticeMedia & CommunicationsElections & Politics

Dec 14, 2025, 3:19 PM

Deja vu? Trump accused of economic denial, physical decline...

Deja vu? Trump accused of economic denial, physical decline...

Aurélia END, Yahoo Entertainment

Deja vu? Trump accused of economic denial, physical decline... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Leans into isolation as challenges mount at home... Takes first step to seize DC public golf courses... SURVEY: 2025 Was A '…

Elections & PoliticsPersonal & FamilyHealth

Dec 14, 2025, 2:58 PM

The Real Roots Of America’s Affordability Problem

The Real Roots Of America’s Affordability Problem

James Broughel, Contributor, James Broughel, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesbroughel/, Forbes

Political constraints mean solutions to America's "affordability problem" remain limited.

Dec 14, 2025, 2:12 PM

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

driftglass, Crooksandliars.com

On this day in 1990, Captain America burst onto the big screen...well, VHS...and flopped. If all you've ever known about Marvel superheroes is from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) which began with the release of Iron Man on May 2, 2008 (and, face it, Wiki…

Personal & Family

Dec 14, 2025, 2:02 PM

Mike Johnson’s speakership is in trouble

Mike Johnson’s speakership is in trouble

Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Like his GOP predecessors, the House speaker is having trouble corralling his unpredictable caucus

Dec 14, 2025, 2:00 PM

The EPA was considering a massive lead cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump shifted guidance.

The EPA was considering a massive lead cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump shifted guidance.

Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press, Flatwaterfreepress.org

Tens of thousands of Omahans have lead in their yards at levels that experts say is dangerous, especially for kids. Growing momentum to do more cleanup in what’s already the nation’s largest residential lead Superfund site now may stall.

Dec 14, 2025, 2:00 PM

'Nebraska Walz's for Trump' T-shirts photo truly shows Tim Walz's relatives

'Nebraska Walz's for Trump' T-shirts photo truly shows Tim Walz's relatives

Jordan Liles, Snopes.com

A picture of eight people wearing the shirts that spread online ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election recirculated in late 2025.

Elections & Politics2024 PresidentialMedia & Communications

Dec 14, 2025, 2:00 PM

Trump vows to retaliate after US citizens killed in Syria

Trump vows to retaliate after US citizens killed in Syria

Al Jazeera English

Donald Trump has vowed retaliation against ISIL after an ambush near Palmyra in central Syria killed three US citizens.

Foreign Policy & InternationalTerrorismCrisis & Emergency

Dec 14, 2025, 1:40 PM

Person of Interest Taken Into Custody in Brown University Mass Shooting

Person of Interest Taken Into Custody in Brown University Mass Shooting

TMZ Staff, TMZ

A person of interest was taken into custody Sunday morning in connection with Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University that left 2 students dead and many others injured, according to police. Cops have not released the man's name or details…

Security & Intelligence

Dec 14, 2025, 1:19 PM

Why the Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire is failing

Why the Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire is failing

Ronny P Sasmita, Al Jazeera English

The truce did not address the root cause of the conflict. A new initiative with a clear enforcement mechanism is needed.

Dec 14, 2025, 1:15 PM

As gerrymandering battles sweep country, supporters say partisan dominance is 'fair'

As gerrymandering battles sweep country, supporters say partisan dominance is 'fair'

DAVID A. LIEB, Yahoo Entertainment

When Indiana adopted new U.S. House districts four years ago, Republican legislative leaders lauded them as “fair maps” that reflected the state's...

RedistrictingElections & Politics

Dec 14, 2025, 1:10 PM

Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’

Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’

Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic

For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it.

EducationPolicy & LegislationSocial Issues & Culture

Dec 14, 2025, 1:00 PM

Trump Officials Keep Comparing the U.S.’s Vaccine Schedule to Denmark’s. They’re Missing the Point

Trump Officials Keep Comparing the U.S.’s Vaccine Schedule to Denmark’s. They’re Missing the Point

Tanya Lewis, Scientific American

The U.S.’s and Denmark’s health systems are starkly different, so it makes sense that their vaccination schedules would differ, too

Dec 14, 2025, 1:00 PM

Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year': the Architects of AI

Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year': the Architects of AI

EditorDavid, Slashdot.org

Time magazine used its 98th annual "Person of the Year" cover to "recognize a force that has dominated the year's headlines, for better or for worse. For delivering the age of thinking machines, for wowing and worrying humanity, for transforming the present a…

Dec 14, 2025, 12:34 PM

Another blue wave? Meet the Democrat trying to make it happen and the Republican trying to stop her

Another blue wave? Meet the Democrat trying to make it happen and the Republican trying to stop her

BILL BARROW, Yahoo Entertainment

Even though Republican Brian Jack is only a first-term congressman, he has become a regular in the Oval Office these days. As the top recruiter for his...

Dec 14, 2025, 12:33 PM

Kast vs Jara: Chile votes in polarising presidential run-off

Kast vs Jara: Chile votes in polarising presidential run-off

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Chileans gear up to cast their ballots in run-off election, with far-right candidate Jose Kast gaining ground in polls.

Foreign Policy & InternationalElections & Politics

Dec 14, 2025, 12:18 PM

More redistricting bad news for Republicans: Texas may not net five GOP seats like they planned

More redistricting bad news for Republicans: Texas may not net five GOP seats like they planned

Edward Wu, Molly English, CNN, CNN

The Republican plans to pick off five Democratic-held congressional seats in Texas once seemed like a sure thing. Not anymore.

Elections & PoliticsRedistricting

Dec 14, 2025, 12:00 PM

An Absurdist Film About the American Dream

An Absurdist Film About the American Dream

Álex Maroño Porto, The Atlantic

The genius of Problemista, folktronica music, and more culture and entertainment recommendations

Social Issues & Culture

Dec 14, 2025, 12:00 PM

How Rising Food Prices Will Steal America’s Holiday Cheer

How Rising Food Prices Will Steal America’s Holiday Cheer

Errol Schweizer, Contributor, Errol Schweizer, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/errolschweizer/, Forbes

Grocery prices continue to climb amidst Trump-era tariff and supply chain pressures. New survey data shows that Americans will be buying less food this holiday season.

Dec 14, 2025, 12:00 PM

Links 12/14/2025

Links 12/14/2025

Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com

Our strategic daily links: Mechanical bird, drunken raccoon, pirates of the Caribbean, self-parking car, Africa's resources, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess

Personal & FamilySocial Issues & CultureTechnology RegulationMedia & Communications

Dec 14, 2025, 11:55 AM

10 Sunday Reads

10 Sunday Reads

Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • As Netflix Swallows Warner Bros., Hollywood Is in Full-Blown Panic Mode: “Everyone’s just like, ‘How is David Zaslav going to make so much money when he ran the company…

Dec 14, 2025, 11:30 AM

Trump’s politically motivated prosecutions keep crumbling

Trump’s politically motivated prosecutions keep crumbling

Garrett Owen, Salon

The president's grand legal strategy targeting his perceived enemies isn't working

Dec 14, 2025, 11:30 AM

Killing Of U.S. Troops In Syria Shows Danger Of Rushed SDF Integration

Killing Of U.S. Troops In Syria Shows Danger Of Rushed SDF Integration

Paul Iddon, Senior Contributor, Paul Iddon, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauliddon/, Forbes

A smooth integration of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces could build a stronger, more professional Syrian military capable of providing security throughout Syria.

Dec 14, 2025, 11:27 AM

Trump’s demolition of East Wing of White House challenged by National Trust for Historic Preservation

Trump’s demolition of East Wing of White House challenged by National Trust for Historic Preservation

fortune.com, Biztoc.com

President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a p…

Dec 14, 2025, 11:18 AM

‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead

‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead

theguardian.com, Biztoc.com

group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the …

Foreign Policy & InternationalGaza

Dec 14, 2025, 11:18 AM

‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump

‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump

theguardian.com, Biztoc.com

National Labor Relations Board, the federal watchdog for workers’ rights, has been rendered toothless as employees grapple with corporations On a cold January day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, workers at a Whole Foods Market store in the heart of the city ma…

LaborPolicy & LegislationSocial Issues & Culture

Dec 14, 2025, 11:18 AM

Rep. Ilhan Omar: Trump is weaponizing fear against me and other immigrants

Rep. Ilhan Omar: Trump is weaponizing fear against me and other immigrants

ms.now, Biztoc.com

The newest phase of militarized racial terror in Donald Trump’s America is playing out on the streets of Minnesota. Masked and armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are stopping people of color and demanding identification. As media reports have do…

ImmigrationSocial Issues & CultureSecurity & Intelligence

Dec 14, 2025, 11:07 AM

German far-right lawmaker calls for US-German nationalist alliance at MAGA gala

German far-right lawmaker calls for US-German nationalist alliance at MAGA gala

By Hussein Waaile and Sarah Marsh, Yahoo Entertainment

By Hussein Waaile and Sarah Marsh NEW YORK/BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A senior German far-right lawmaker called for an alliance between U.S. and German...

Dec 14, 2025, 11:06 AM

Israel kills senior Hamas commander Raed Saad as Gaza ceasefire strains

Israel kills senior Hamas commander Raed Saad as Gaza ceasefire strains

Al Jazeera English

Hamas has confirmed that Israel killed its senior commander Raed Saad in a strike which killed at least four others.

Foreign Policy & InternationalIsraelGazaSecurity & Intelligence

Dec 14, 2025, 11:02 AM

Alabama Begs Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Execute People With Intellectual Disabilities

Alabama Begs Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Execute People With Intellectual Disabilities

Liliana Segura, The Intercept

The bizarre oral argument in Hamm v. Smith shows how decades of case law rooted in science is now under siege at the high court. The post Alabama Begs Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Execute People With Intellectual Disabilities appeared first on The Inter…

Dec 14, 2025, 11:00 AM

Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance

Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance

Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic

Lucy says she starts early because ICE starts early. It’s around eight o’clock one Thursday morning in late October, at a coffee shop in Back of the Yards, a neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Taped inside the shop’s glass door, a sign warns ICE not to…

Dec 14, 2025, 11:00 AM

US envoys arrive in Berlin for latest round of Ukraine peace talks with Zelenskyy

US envoys arrive in Berlin for latest round of Ukraine peace talks with Zelenskyy

The Associated Press, NPR

U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, as Trump grows increasingly exasperated by delays.

Dec 14, 2025, 10:48 AM

What we know so far about the Brown University shooting

What we know so far about the Brown University shooting

BBC News

Police are searching for the suspect after a gunman opened fire in a classroom, killing two and injuring nine others in Providence, Rhode Island.

Dec 14, 2025, 10:08 AM

The Netflix-Warner Deal Faces Increasingly Plausible-Sounding Government Opposition

The Netflix-Warner Deal Faces Increasingly Plausible-Sounding Government Opposition

Mike Pearl, Gizmodo.com

Wait, is the government actually going to do something about this?

Policy & LegislationEconomy & FinanceMedia & Communications

Dec 14, 2025, 10:00 AM

With federal relief on the horizon, Black farmers worry it won't come soon enough

With federal relief on the horizon, Black farmers worry it won't come soon enough

Drew Hawkins, NPR

At the National Black Growers Council meeting in New Orleans, Black farmers respond to the $12 billion in tariff relief announced by the Trump administration and outline challenges farms are facing.

Dec 14, 2025, 10:00 AM

Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory

Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory

STEFANIE DAZIO and CLAUDIA CIOBANU, Yahoo Entertainment

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but...

Dec 14, 2025, 9:38 AM

A year of 'dramatic highs and lows': 2025's 'roller-coaster ride' for the Royals

A year of 'dramatic highs and lows': 2025's 'roller-coaster ride' for the Royals

CBC News

In the annals of Royal Family history, 2025 will be remembered as the year the monarch took the virtually unprecedented step of stripping his younger brother of his titles and honours. But as much as the scandal surrounding the former prince now known only as…

Personal & Family

Dec 14, 2025, 9:00 AM

Brown University shooting: What we know so far

Brown University shooting: What we know so far

Tim Hume, Al Jazeera English

A massive police operation is under way following the latest deadly attack at a US educational institution.

Dec 14, 2025, 8:32 AM

Josh O’Connor May Be An Internet-Favorite “Soft Boy,” But ‘SNL’ Doesn’t Know How To Harness His Charms

Josh O’Connor May Be An Internet-Favorite “Soft Boy,” But ‘SNL’ Doesn’t Know How To Harness His Charms

Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline

For someone whose nerves were at a self-described 10 out of 10 in the week leading up to his Saturday Night Live debut, first-time host Josh O’Connor began his Studio 8H debut about as smoothly as possible: In his monologue, the Wake Up Dead Man star glided e…

Media & CommunicationsPersonal & Family

Dec 14, 2025, 7:26 AM

Chile holds an election that could deliver its most right-wing president since dictatorship

Chile holds an election that could deliver its most right-wing president since dictatorship

ISABEL DEBRE, Yahoo Entertainment

As Chileans head to vote on Sunday, even detractors of ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast say the candidate whose radical ideas lost him...

Elections & PoliticsForeign Policy & InternationalLatin America

Dec 14, 2025, 5:15 AM

‘Saturday Night Live’ Opens With An Adderall-Ambien Using Donald Trump Trying To Take Press Questions On Netflix-WBD, Jeffrey Epstein & Santa

‘Saturday Night Live’ Opens With An Adderall-Ambien Using Donald Trump Trying To Take Press Questions On Netflix-WBD, Jeffrey Epstein & Santa

Ted Johnson, Deadline

Saturday Night Live opened again with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), this time trying to make it through an Air Force One press gaggle having used Adderall and Ambien. “Could you comment on the latest batch of Epstein photos released by House Democrats?…

Media & CommunicationsSocial Issues & CulturePersonal & Family

Dec 14, 2025, 4:46 AM

Elon Musk’s SpaceX valued at $800 billion, as it prepares to go public

Elon Musk’s SpaceX valued at $800 billion, as it prepares to go public

New York Times, The Indian Express

SpaceX has amassed billions of dollars in funding over the years from investors including Founders Fund and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, but Musk maintains the largest individual stake.

Dec 14, 2025, 4:40 AM

Thailand launches new offensive as Cambodia halts all border crossings

Thailand launches new offensive as Cambodia halts all border crossings

Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera English

A Royal Thai Navy spokesman says its military launched an operation to reclaim border 'territories' in Trat province.

Dec 14, 2025, 3:32 AM

Josh O'Connor recedes pleasantly in his Saturday Night Live debut

Josh O'Connor recedes pleasantly in his Saturday Night Live debut

Jesse Hassenger, Jezebel

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

Media & Communications

Dec 14, 2025, 2:52 AM

Trump Attacks Reporter Asking About Soaring Health Ins Costs

Trump Attacks Reporter Asking About Soaring Health Ins Costs

NewsHound Ellen, Crooksandliars.com

Donald Trump could not be more out of touch. He just demolished the East Wing of the White House to build a $350 million, grotesquely gaudy golden ballroom. Every day, there seems to be more gold gilt on what’s left of the White House. And, of course, in less…

Personal & FamilyMedia & CommunicationsLegal & Justice

Dec 14, 2025, 2:30 AM

Trump, 79, Stuns With Inability to Flip a Coin: ‘Worst in History’

Trump, 79, Stuns With Inability to Flip a Coin: ‘Worst in History’

Jack Revell, Daily Beast

Is there nothing he can’t do? President Donald Trump has astounded viewers of the 126th Army-Navy football game with his unique approach to flipping a coin. ...

Personal & FamilyLeadership

Dec 14, 2025, 2:21 AM

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,389

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,389

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

These are the key developments from day 1,389 of Russia's war on Ukraine.

RussiaUkraineForeign Policy & InternationalInternational Crisis

Dec 14, 2025, 1:18 AM

He was an Uber driver in the US. Now he's scared of jihadists after deportation to Somalia

He was an Uber driver in the US. Now he's scared of jihadists after deportation to Somalia

BBC News

As some Somali migrants fear what might happen next, the BBC speaks to one deportee in Mogadishu.

ImmigrationForeign Policy & InternationalSecurity & Intelligence

Dec 14, 2025, 1:05 AM

Jessica Tarlov Takes Charlie Hurt To Task For Lying About Inflation Rate Trump Inherited

Jessica Tarlov Takes Charlie Hurt To Task For Lying About Inflation Rate Trump Inherited

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

These liars on Fox just repeat this stuff ad nauseam. It's about time one of them was finally corrected. During a discussion on this Friday's The Five about James Carville's ridiculous rant saying that Trump is "done," and calling him a "loser," as though hi…

Economy & FinanceInflation

Dec 14, 2025, 1:00 AM

Trump, 79, Brags About Tacky White House Signs During Army-Navy Game

Trump, 79, Brags About Tacky White House Signs During Army-Navy Game

The Daily Beast, Daily Beast

President Donald Trump was in Baltimore on Saturday to attend the Army-Navy football game, but his attention seemed elsewhere. Soon after arriving at the M&T...

Personal & FamilyDonald Trump

Dec 14, 2025, 12:18 AM

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