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Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump

December 8, 2025 at 3:12 p.m. EST LONDON -- Ukraine will not surrender territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on Monday, rejecting a central Russian demand that President Donald Trump had incorporated into his latest proposal to end the Kremlin's war. "Under our laws, under international law--and under moral law--we have no right to give anything away," Zelensky said, after meeting with top European leaders to discuss Trump's plan on Monday. "That is what we are fighti ...

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett enters Democratic primary for U.S. Senate

Dec. 8, 2025, 1:50 p.m. Central Updated Dec. 8, 2025, 2:23 p.m. Central U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, on Monday filed to run for U.S. Senate, scrambling the Democratic field after teasing her potential entry for months. Crockett, a second-term congresswoman, has skyrocketed to fame through viral spats with Republicans and as a frequent presence in the Democratic media ecosystem. The 44-year-old’s fiery clashes with Republicans have earned her legions of social media followers and dono ...

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Former Trump personal lawyer Alina Habba resigns as acting US attorney for New Jersey

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2025, 1:51 PM ET Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, resigned Monday as the acting US attorney for the district of New Jersey, following an appeals court ruling finding that she was serving in her position unlawfully. Habba, a staunch defender of Trump as his attorney and on the campaign trail, said she will step down to protect "the stability and integrity of the office which I love." "But do not mistake compliance for surrender,&quo ...

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12 FBI agents fired for kneeling during racial justice protest sue to get their jobs back

Updated 1:11 PM EST, December 8, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington sued Monday to get their jobs back, saying their action had been intended to de-escalate a volatile situation and was not meant as a political gesture. The agents say in their lawsuit that they were fired in September by Director Kash Patel because they were perceived as not being politically affiliated with President Donald Trump. But they ...

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ICE Barbie Sued Over Tear-Gas Stunt for MAGA Influencers

Updated Dec. 8 2025 8:19AM EST Published Dec. 8 2025 7:31AM EST The Trump administration has been sued over claims federal agents harmed families by firing chemical agents near an apartment building as part of an attempt by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to impress conservative influencers. Since the summer, the use of force by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has escalated around a federal facility in Portland, Oregon, with the deployment of tear gas, pepper balls, and c ...

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As affordability concerns mount, Hill Republicans are struggling to act

(Politico) Republicans want to put the economy at the center of their midterm message as they seek to protect their majorities in Congress. But as cost-of-living concerns mount across the political spectrum, the GOP is struggling to act decisively to address them. Already top Republicans acknowledge they haven’t done enough to sell the “one big, beautiful bill,” the party-line centerpiece of their economic agenda they enacted over the summer. Now internal divisions and the need for bipartisan support in the Senate are threatening any attempt to follow up on it.

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Democrats urge Pentagon to release video of strike on alleged drug boat

(The Guardian) US Democrats on Sunday pushed the Trump administration to release video of a second strike on an alleged drug boat incapacitated in the Caribbean, continuing to escalate pressure on the Pentagon amid accusations the attack was unlawful. Eleven people died in the 2 September attack, including two men killed in a follow-up strike as they reportedly clung to wreckage for an hour.

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Duckworth: Second boat strike 'was essentially murder'

(The Hill) Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a former Black Hawk helicopter pilot and combat veteran, said the military operation that killed 11 alleged drug traffickers, including two initial survivors, in the Caribbean in early September was “essentially murder.” In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Duckworth pushed back on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s comparison of the operation in the Caribbean to the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq, where both Duckworth and Hegseth deployed.

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Trump's Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

(ProPublica) In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a “Bermuda style” home in Palm Beach, Florida, pledging that it would be his principal residence. Just seven weeks later, he got another mortgage for a seven-bedroom, marble-floored neighboring property, attesting that it too would be his principal residence. In reality, Trump, then a New Yorker, does not appear to have ever lived in either home, let alone used them as a principal residence. Instead, the two houses, which are next to his historic Mar-a-Lago estate, were used as investment properties and rented out.

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Trump Is Coming for Veterans' Disability Benefits

(American Prospect) On October 29, a disabled Navy veteran and blogger named Theresa Aldrich, who keeps other former service members informed about developments at the Department of Veterans Affairs, tuned in to what seemed to be a routine session of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The hearing had an innocuous title, “Putting Veterans First,” and SVAC members invited a panel of witnesses to discuss the question “Is the Current VA Disability System Keeping Its Promise?” Instead, Aldrich discovered, it was a Republican response to a four-part series in The Washington Post, which accused veterans of bilking the taxpayer out of billions of dollars.

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Trump on Netflix, Paramount war: 'None of them are particularly good friends of mine'

4 min ago - 12/08/25 4:06 PM ET President Trump on Monday demurred when asked about an ongoing war between Netflix and Paramount for moviemaker Warner Bros. and said he has not spoken with his son-in-law Jared Kushner about his reported role in helping Paramount ... (The Hill)

Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president pardoned by Trump

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Florida governor declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization

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Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims

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Lawmakers move to compel Hegseth to release military video of Sept. 2 boat strike

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D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith to step down

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Clarence Thomas Sits Out Supreme Court Student Loan Case Decision

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Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy

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Justices address federal limitations of Louisiana health care provider shield

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Mike Johnson strips military IVF coverage from defense bill - report

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Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner is investor in Paramount's hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros

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Trump Allegedly Committed Same 'Mortgage Fraud' His Admin Prosecuted Letitia James For: Report

10 hrs ago - Dec 8th, 2025, 12:29 pm President Donald Trump allegedly committed the same kind of mortgage fraud his administration has prosecuted New York Attorney General Letitia James for according to a new ProPublica report. Trump has accused several of his p ... (MEDIAite)

Indiana Republicans threaten to thwart Trump's redistricting onslaught

10 hrs ago - 12/08/2025 05:01 AM EST President Donald Trump’s maximalist, command-and-control approach to the GOP faces one of its most significant tests yet, as a band of stubborn Indiana state Senate Republicans threatens his mid-cycle redistricting scheme ... (Politico)

Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump

10 hrs ago - December 8, 2025 at 3:12 p.m. EST LONDON -- Ukraine will not surrender territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on Monday, rejecting a central Russian demand that President Donald Trump had incorporated into his latest proposal to end the Kre ... (Washington Post)

Rep. Jasmine Crockett enters Democratic primary for U.S. Senate

11 hrs ago - Dec. 8, 2025, 1:50 p.m. Central Updated Dec. 8, 2025, 2:23 p.m. Central U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, on Monday filed to run for U.S. Senate, scrambling the Democratic field after teasing her potential entry for months. Crockett, a second-ter ... (Texas Tribune)

SEPTA and its largest workers union reach deal to avoid a strike in Philadelphia

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US Supreme Court turns away appeal of Texas library book ban

12 hrs ago - December 8, 2025 1:09 PM EST Updated 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court in a free speech case on Monday opted not to hear an appeal by a group of residents of a rural Texas county of a judicial decision allowing local off ... (Reuters)

Former Trump personal lawyer Alina Habba resigns as acting US attorney for New Jersey

12 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2025, 1:51 PM ET Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, resigned Monday as the acting US attorney for the district of New Jersey, following an appeals court ruling finding that she was serving in her position u ... (CNN Politics)

ICE Barbie Sued Over Tear-Gas Stunt for MAGA Influencers

12 hrs ago - Updated Dec. 8 2025 8:19AM EST Published Dec. 8 2025 7:31AM EST The Trump administration has been sued over claims federal agents harmed families by firing chemical agents near an apartment building as part of an attempt by Homeland Security Secret ... (Daily Beast)