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Dec 17, 2025 - Health

House passes GOP health bill without subsidies

Speaker Mike Johnson Dec. 16

Dan Bongino announces FBI exit

Bongino wearing a dark blue suit jacket, light blue shirt and red tie speaking at a podium
Dec 17, 2025 - Business

Oscars heading for YouTube after more than 50 years on ABC

Illustration of a play icon pushing an Oscar statuette off the screen.

GOP centrists help Dems defy Mike Johnson on ACA in stunning revolt

A man with short gray hair and glasses, wearing a dark suit, checkered shirt, and striped tie, speaks into a microphone against a dark brown wood-paneled background.

FCC chair suggests agency isn't independent, word cut from mission statement

Brendan Carr during Senate testimony

Trump's executive order avalanche buries his first term

Dec 17, 2025 - World

Ukraine's defense minister warns Europe: Act now

Two flags waving on flagpoles against a clear blue sky and bare trees: the Ukraine flag on the left with blue and yellow horizontal stripes, and the European Union flag on the right with yellow stars in a circle on blue.

Scoop: Charlie Kirk's radio slot filled by Scott Jennings, Alex Marlow

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings attends the "A Revolution of Common Sense" Book Launch at the Rainey Center on Dec. 2.

Off-cycle elections send Republicans a clear midterms warning

Updated Dec 17, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels it a "terrorist" regime

A stern-looking President Trump, wearing a navy jacket with a US flag pin at the top of his left lapel, white shirt and red tie with blue dots, stares to his right in the Oval Office of the White House.

CDC drops hepatitis B shot recommendation for some infants

Illustration of a red flag on the needle of a syringe.

Police launch homicide investigation into MIT professor shot at home

The MIT building dome on the school's lawn
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