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Exclusive: Zelensky "ready" to call referendum on Trump plan with ceasefire

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Dec 26, 2025 - World

Trump and Zelensky to meet Sunday, try to close out peace plan

Men sit in chairs with flags
Dec 26, 2025 - World

Netanyahu's Mar-a-Lago visit "crucial" for future of Gaza deal

Men stand and smile

The great unchurching of America

Illustration of a series of empty church pews in red, set against a white and blue carpet, making up a flag.
Updated Dec 25, 2025 - Energy & Climate

Deadly storm pummels drenched Southern California

A view of flooded street near a Chevron gas station during heavy Christmas Eve rain in Menlo Park, California, with a white sedan stopped just before the floodwaters
Updated Dec 25, 2025 - World

U.S. forces strike ISIS targets in Nigeria, Trump says

A gray-haired, fair-skinned but orange-tanned, graying President Trump, wearing a navy jacket with a US flag pin at the top of his left lapel, white shirt and gold tie with black polka dots, looks to his left as he speaks.

Zelensky says he had "very good" Christmas Day call with U.S. envoys

A fair-skinned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has short, dark hair and is wearing a black fleece top and black pants, looks intently with his dark brown eyes into the camera in front of lit white candles (R) and a Christmas tree that's decorated with yellow lights and a few red baubles.

Kimmel slams Trump in U.K. Christmas message: "Tyranny is booming"

A fair-skinned, graying, dark-haired and bearded, dark brown-eyed talk show host Jimmy Kimmel looks into the camera while wearing a black buttoned-up cardigan, white shirt and red tie, hands clasped, and sitting in a red armchair beside cookies, a tea cup in front of a Christmas tree with lights.
Dec 25, 2025 - Health

19 states sue to block Kennedy's plan to curb trans care

A fair-skinned, gray-haired, bespectacled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wearing a gray suit jacket, white shirt and blue tie, speaks at a blue podium.
Dec 25, 2025 - Business

The Christmas gifts no one actually wants will be returned

Illustration of a gift-wrapped boomerang flying through the air.
Dec 25, 2025 - World

What Pope Leo said in his first Christmas message

Pope Leo XIV at 2026 Christmas Eve Mass addressing congregants

How not to use AI

Illustration of a robot buried under a pile of snow, with it's legs poking out.
Dec 25, 2025 - Business

How weight-loss drugs are reshaping fitness gyms

Illustration of a semaglutide auto injector pen as a set of barbells
Dec 25, 2025 - Technology

Why hackers love the holidays

Illustration of a computer wearing a santa hat and fake beard with the words "ho. ho. ho." on the screen
Updated Dec 25, 2025 - Business

A $1.82 billion Powerball Christmas Eve miracle lands in Arkansas

Illustration of a stack of money tied up with a red bow.
Updated Dec 24, 2025 - Politics & Policy

DOJ: It may take "a few more weeks" to finish releasing Epstein files

Trump tells child he wants to ensure "bad Santa" isn't "infiltrating" U.S.

A fair, tan-skinned, graying President Trump, wearing a navy suit jacket, white shirt and gold tie with black polka dots on it smiles as he holds a 1980s-style black telephone with a coil cord while sitting on a chair with gold trim in front of a heavily decorated Christmas tree.
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