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Obamacare Subsidy Fight Fuels New Shutdown Threat
The possibility of a government shutdown next month has become more likely after bipartisan talks failed to result in an extension of Obamacare subsidies. Senators in both parties are now openly bracing for another shutdown fight...
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:56:37 EDTUS Launches Campaign to Hire AI Engineers for Federal Roles
The Trump administration has launched a campaign to hire 1,000 engineers into federal government roles for two-year stints, according to a government website viewed by Reuters on Monday.
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:49:27 EDTFed's Miran Says Inflation Data Lags Stabilizing Prices
Current above-target inflation does not reflect underlying supply and demand dynamics that are generating price increases much closer to the central bank's 2% target, Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said Monday, asserting that "prices are now once again stable."
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:33:27 EDTBrown University Person of Interest Being Released, Shooter at Large; Mayor: 'Fresh Anxiety for Our Community'
In a Sunday late-night news conference in Providence, Rhode Island, a 24-year-old male person of interest was announced to be released, leaving "fresh anxiety" for the area that an armed Brown University mass shooter remains at large.
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:11:14 EDTUS Social Media Checks May Deter Foreign Travel
A group representing the U.S. travel and tourism industry warned Monday that a proposal to require millions of foreign visitors to provide social media handles used over the past five years could have a "chilling effect" on visits to the United States.
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:23:53 EDT'Hero' Who Disarmed Bondi Gunman Recovering After Surgery
Donations for a Sydney man who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach have surged past A$1.1 million ($744,000), as he recovers in hospital after surgery for bullet wounds.Forty-three-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim...
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:11:13 EDTWitkoff, Kushner Brief EU Foreign Ministers on Gaza
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on Monday briefed EU foreign ministers on Trump's Gaza peace plan via video conference, an EU official said.
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:16:59 EDTEurope Moves to Cement Support for Ukraine Amid US Peace Push
European leaders are expected to cement support for Ukraine Monday as it faces Washington's pressure to swiftly accept a U.S.-brokered peace deal. Peace talks between U.S. envoys and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 02:00:43 EDTGOP Student Leader Killed at Brown
A churchgoing, young Republican leader was among the victims killed during the shooting at Brown University on Saturday.
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:54:58 EDTWisconsin Judge Faces Trial for Stopping Courtroom Arrest of Migrant in Trump Crackdown
A Wisconsin judge will go on trial on Monday on charges of helping a migrant appearing in her courtroom evade an immigration arrest, a case that will test President Donald Trump's efforts to punish alleged obstructions of his mass deportation efforts.
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:20:37 EDTPolice Investigate Deaths of Filmmaker Rob Reiner and Wife as Apparent Homicide
Actor-director and political activist Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, and police detectives are investigating the circumstances as an apparent homicide, city officials said.
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:01:52 EDTRob Reiner, Wife Found Stabbed to Death in LA Home
The family of acclaimed film director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, has announced in a statement that the couple has been found stabbed to death Sunday afternoon inside the Brentwood home in Los Angeles.
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:26:58 EDTBeijing Critic Jimmy Lai Convicted in Landmark National Security Trial
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city's court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:00:43 EDTPresident Trump Wishes 'Happy Hanukkah' to World
President Donald Trump issued a Happy Hanukkah message to the world in a declaration Sunday night.
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:58:02 EDTEx-SKorea President Yoon Tried to Provoke Pyongyang Into Armed Aggression
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to provoke North Korea into mounting an armed aggression to create justification for the December 2024 martial law declaration and to eliminate political opponents, a special prosecutor said.
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:37:25 EDTRoomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, to Go Private After Buyout
Roomba vacuum cleaner maker iRobot said on Sunday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection, and would go private after being acquired by Picea, its primary manufacturer.
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:19:03 EDTReports: Brown Person of Interest Was Army Veteran
The person of interest detained by police in Rhode Island is reportedly a 24-year-old Army veteran from Wisconsin.
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:54:54 EDTBrown Sophomore Ella Cook ID'd as 1 Shooting Fatality
Brown University sophomore Ella Cook has been identified as one of the two students killed in a shooting on campus Saturday afternoon. Cook's death was announced during a service at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama.
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:28:49 EDTSouth Korean Police Raid Offices of Unification Church
South Korean police launched a raid Monday to search offices and buildings of the Unification Church in and near Seoul, police said.
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:33:37 EDTUK's New MI6 Spy Chief to Warn of 'Aggressive' Russia Threat
The head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6, will warn that Russia poses an "aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist" threat, in her first speech since taking office.
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