December 17, 2025

Trump orders oil tanker blockade; Wiles interview puts White House on defense

President Donald Trump announced what he calls a “total and complete” blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers. It’s a move Caracas is calling illegal and dangerous. Plus, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles broke her usual silence, and it quickly turned into a cleanup operation. Why a two-part Vanity Fair interview has sparked pushback from the […]

December 17, 2025

Susie Wiles’ Vanity Fair interview prompts White House claims of media bias

Susie Wiles rarely seeks the spotlight. But a rare, two-part interview with Vanity Fair magazine has suddenly placed President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, and the White House itself, at the center of a fast-moving political response. The interview, conducted over several months and published this week, features Wiles offering candid assessments of Trump and key […]

December 17, 2025

NORAD Celebrates 70 Years of Tracking Santa

This Christmas season marks seven decades of the North American Aerospace Defense Command tracking Santa Claus on radar as he flies his reindeer-powered sleigh around the globe.

December 17, 2025

Pentagon considers major overhaul to merge military commands, cut generals: Report

Senior Pentagon officials are preparing a plan that would downgrade several major U.S. military headquarters and shift power among top commanders, according to The Washington Post, which cited people familiar with the matter. If adopted, the proposal would reduce the number of combatant commands and cut the number of four-star generals and admirals reporting directly […]

December 17, 2025

Hegseth won’t let public see full video of second strike on alleged drug boat

The American public will not see a full video of a controversial second strike that killed survivors on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday. Hegseth announced the decision as he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to congressional leaders about recent military actions in the eastern Pacific.  […]

December 17, 2025

Arkansas TV CEO said PBS content now unaffordable: ‘Change is always difficult’

Arkansas has become the first state to end its affiliation with PBS following cuts to public television by the Trump administration, citing an unaffordable multi-million annual fee for the national content. That $2.5 million fee was typically paid by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Without CPB money, Arkansas will no longer be able to […]

December 17, 2025

Prosecutors to charge Nick Reiner, son of Rob Reiner, with parents’ murder

California prosecutors said Rob Reiner’s son, Nick Reiner, will be charged with the murder of his parents. Authorities discovered Rob and Michele Singer Reiner’s bodies on Sunday evening at their Los Angeles home. Police arrested Nick Reiner on Sunday, shortly after they discovered the bodies. District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced at a news conference that […]

December 16, 2025

Trump sues BBC for $10B over edited Jan. 6 speech

President Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion over a documentary that edited his Jan. 6, 2021, speech at the Capitol Ellipse. The lawsuit claims the broadcast removed portions of his remarks in which he urged supporters to protest the 2020 election results peacefully. Details of the lawsuit Filed in Miami, the lawsuit alleges that the […]

December 16, 2025

White House ballroom may not be complete until the end of Trump’s term

White House ballroom construction is not expected to be finished until summer 2028, just months before President Donald Trump leaves office. The project’s timetable came from a report in which the National Park Service said the size and location of the ballroom will “disrupt the historical continuity of the White House grounds and alter the […]