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Today — 19 December 2025Main stream

Kennedy Center Board Moves to Rename It the Trump-Kennedy Center

19 December 2025 at 04:42
The performing arts center is by law designated the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and it has been generally understood that the power to change the center’s name lies with Congress.

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was so named by law.

A Lesson From the Abrego Garcia Saga

19 December 2025 at 02:35
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s release from immigration detention last week offers a useful model for how Democrats can successfully challenge the Trump administration, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues.

Zelensky Appeals to E.U. Leaders for Frozen Russian Funds to Fight War

19 December 2025 at 00:35
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Brussels, where the leaders had gathered, that without the money, his country would have to reduce its drone production significantly.

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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke during a news conference on Thursday as part of the European Council meeting in Brussels Thursday.

Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It

Proposed new rules would punish the hospitals by pulling all federal financing. Advocates say lawsuits will follow.

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with President Trump and Mehmet Oz, the Medicaid and Medicare services administrator, in the White House in September.
Yesterday — 18 December 2025Main stream

Trump Announces $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ for Military

18 December 2025 at 22:46
President Trump promised active duty troops a $1,776 check from revenue raised by tariffs, without acknowledging that the Supreme Court is weighing the legality of the powers used to impose the levies.

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U.S. service members at Fort Bragg, N.C., in June.

Trump Media to Merge With TAE Technologies, a Nuclear Fusion Firm, in a $6 Billion Deal

Trump Media & Technology Group, the social media and crypto company part owned by President Trump, said it would help develop a “utility-scale fusion power plant.”

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Trump Media & Technology Group is the parent company of Truth Social, a social media platform that has struggled to gain widespread traction.

6 Takeaways From Trump’s Address to the Nation

18 December 2025 at 20:21
In an 18-minute address, President Trump said the economy was booming despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices. Here are six takeaways from the speech.

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President Trump in an address from the White House on Wednesday argued that U.S. economy under his leadership is in better shape than many voters think.

Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy

By: Linda Qiu
18 December 2025 at 12:30
The president cited misleading statistics to insist, wrongly, that prices were coming down.

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President Trump used a prime-time address to praise what he cast as the economic gains under his administration.

Trump’s Combative Prime Time Speech, and the Growing Right-to-Die Movement

Plus, don’t blame the dogs in strollers.

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In an 18-minute address, President Trump said the economy was booming, despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices.

A Bellicose Trump Points Fingers in Defending His Record on the Economy

18 December 2025 at 16:42
In an 18-minute address, President Trump said the economy was booming despite the public’s consistent concerns about prices. Here are six takeaways from the speech.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump in an address from the White House on Wednesday argued that U.S. economy under his leadership is in better shape than many voters think.

Fact-Checking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on the Economy

By: Linda Qiu
18 December 2025 at 12:30
The president cited misleading statistics to insist, wrongly, that prices were coming down.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump used a prime-time address to praise what he cast as the economic gains under his administration.

Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech on the Economy

18 December 2025 at 11:49
The president sharply attacked his predecessor while insisting that his own record contained nothing but victories.

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“Over the past 11 months, we have brought more positive change to Washington than any administration in American history,” President Trump said in his address to the nation on Wednesday night from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

U.S. Military Announces 4 Killed in 26th Boat Strike

18 December 2025 at 12:54
The attack on Wednesday brings the total number killed to at least 99 since the Trump administration began bombing boats suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

U.S. attacks on boats off South America have drawn the ire of legal experts and many members of Congress, who contend that the strikes amount to extrajudicial killings and, potentially, war crimes.
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