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Ohio Dem Sues to Undo Trump Renaming of Kennedy Center

Rep. Joyce Beatty's suit argues that board's Trump rebrand violates Congress' authority

(Newser) - A Democratic lawmaker is asking a federal court to strip Donald Trump's name from one of Washington's most prominent cultural landmarks. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio filed suit on Monday against Trump and members of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board, arguing that last...

Apparent Epstein Letter to Nassar Jokes About 'Our President'

Justice Department cautions against 'sensationalist claims' against president

(Newser) - A new letter released by the Justice Department from the Jeffrey Epstein files appears to lump President Trump into some very unwanted company—but the department is warning people about "untrue and sensationalist" claims against Trump. The letter also might make an implicit reference to Epstein's future suicide....

No Christmas Pause in Migrant Arrests, Says White House

Trump team's reply to Florida Catholic bishops' request: President is keeping his deportation vows

(Newser) - Florida's Catholic bishops appealed to President Trump on Monday to pause immigration enforcement activities during the Christmas holidays. The White House, in response, said it would be business as usual. The appeal was issued by Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference...

New Epstein Files Document Trump Flights With Him

But all occurred before their falling out in the early 2000s

(Newser) - Another batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents has been released by the Justice Department, and President Trump's name comes up more often than in the first two. As the BBC reports, one document is a January 2020 email that references Trump's travels with Epstein in the 1990s. The names...

The Public Figure With Highest Approval May Be a Surprise

Jerome Powell at 44% is ahead of all other political, economic, judicial leaders in Gallup poll

(Newser) - A year-end poll by Gallup finds that the nation is in a "gloomy" mood, as the polling outfit puts it. Worries about finances are driving that, and people apparently aren't too confident leaders will make things right. Nobody on a list of 13 political, economic, or judicial figures...

Trump Issues Warning to Maduro
Trump Has a
Warning for Maduro
Dec 23, 2025 1:00 AM CST

Trump Has a Warning for Maduro

'If he plays tough, it'll be the last time he'll ever be able to play tough'

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as the US Coast Guard steps up efforts to interdict oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Republican administration's escalating pressure campaign on the government in Caracas. Trump was surrounded by his...

Trump: New Class of Battleship Will Be Named After Me

President says he will help design ships 'by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built'

(Newser) - President Trump announced plans Monday for a new class of battleships to be named after him. "They'll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built," he said during the announcement at Mar-a-Lago, per the AP . The Trump-class warships...

Coming in 2026: Increased ICE Raids in Workplaces

New funding boosts ICE, Border Patrol raids as public backlash grows

(Newser) - President Trump is preparing to widen his immigration crackdown in 2026 with a major funding boost and an increased focus on workplace raids, even as public resistance grows and Republicans head into a risky midterm election year, Reuters reports. Under a July spending package approved by the GOP-led Congress, Immigration...

Ezra Klein: Trump's 'Vibe Shift' Is Done
Ezra Klein:
Trump's
'Vibe Shift'
Is Done
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Dec 22, 2025 8:31 AM CST

Ezra Klein: Trump's 'Vibe Shift' Is Done

Columnist argues that there's a correction underway to the president's hard-right policies

(Newser) - New York Times columnist and podcaster Ezra Klein is calling it: "The Trump vibe shift is over." He ticks off his evidence: low polls, Democratic victories, a tariff policy that "has raised prices, confused companies and alienated allies but has accomplished very little," criticism from...

Denmark Isn't Happy With New US Move on Greenland

President picks Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy, who wants territory to be part of US

(Newser) - Denmark plans to haul in the US ambassador for an explanation after President Trump appointed a special envoy to Greenland—and that envoy immediately talked about making the Arctic island American. As the Guardian reports, the controversy began Sunday, when Trump announced that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry would take the...

CBS Chief Pulls 60 Minutes Segment on Deportations

CBS reporter slams Bari Weiss' decision as 'political'

(Newser) - CBS News' new boss has yanked a 60 Minutes investigation off the air at the last minute, and the show's own correspondent is calling it a political move. Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled a segment examining alleged mistreatment of Venezuelan migrants held at a high-security prison in El Salvador just...

Blanche Says Epstein Files Weren't Pulled to Protect Trump

Justice Department says it restored photo as lawmakers threaten to hold Bondi in contempt

(Newser) - With the Justice Department facing criticism over the initial, incomplete release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that references to the president are not being excluded. "We are not redacting information around President Trump," Blanche said on NBC's...

Report: Trump Used Primary Mortgages for Rentals

Records show Trump claimed 2 Palm Beach rentals as primary residences, per ProPublica

(Newser) - The Trump administration has aggressively gone after political rivals over alleged mortgage games. Newly unearthed paperwork, however, suggests he once played a similar game himself. ProPublica reports that Trump signed two mortgages in Palm Beach in late 1993 and early 1994, each time listing the property as his main home....

Recipients of Trump's Pardons Also Off the Hook for Restitution

President's clemency wipes out tens of millions of dollars owed to victims

(Newser) - President Trump's latest wave of clemency isn't just slashing prison terms—it's erasing debts owed to people who were told the law would help make them whole. A Washington Post review found that at least 20 people granted pardons or commutations by Trump this year also had...

Workers Begin Adding Trump Name to Kennedy Center

Kennedy family ridicules the move

(Newser) - Members of the Kennedy family are strongly objecting to a move to rebrand the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the "Trump-Kennedy Center." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the name change Thursday , saying a board appointed by Trump earlier this year had unanimously...

Death Toll in US Boat Strikes Blows Past 100

US military says 5 were killed in 2 new boat strikes against alleged drug smugglers in eastern Pacific

(Newser) - The US military on Thursday said it had conducted two more strikes against boats it claimed were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people. US Southern Command posted on social media that "intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern...

Trump Makes Christmas Eve, Dec. 26 Federal Holidays

Move for this year gives many federal workers a 5-day Christmas weekend in 2025

(Newser) - Federal workers can look forward to an unusually long Christmas break this year. President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order giving federal employees Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 off, effectively shutting most government offices from Wednesday through Friday next week, with Christmas Day already a statutory holiday, per the...

Trump Unveils 'Patriot Games' for Nation's 250th Birthday
Trump Announces
'Patriot Games'
Dec 19, 2025 4:57 AM CST

Trump Announces 'Patriot Games'

Critics quickly compared Freedom 250 event to Hunger Games

(Newser) - President Trump on Thursday unveiled the "Patriot Games," a four-day athletic competition for top high school athletes from every US state and territory, to be hosted by the White House next fall as part of the nation's 250th birthday celebrations. In a video released by Freedom 250,...

Trump Suspends Green Card Lottery Program After Shootings

Program allowed suspect in Brown, MIT shootings to stay in US

(Newser) - President Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States, the AP reports. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that at Trump's direction she...

Erika Kirk Backs JD Vance for 2028 Presidential Run

Turning Point USA leader signals influential youth backing for Vance

(Newser) - Erika Kirk used the opening night of Turning Point USA's flagship conference to make a 2028 call: She wants JD Vance in the Oval Office. Speaking to thousands of conservative activists at the group's America Fest gathering in Phoenix Thursday night, Kirk, widow of Turning Point co-founder Charlie...

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