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EU agrees €90 billion loan to Ukraine, but squabbles over frozen Russian assets expose the bloc’s deep divisions

By agreeing to provide a loan of €90 billion (£79 billion) for the years 2026-2027, EU leaders have set the direction for the future of support for Ukraine.

The Conversation

Trump administration will appeal judge's order reversing federal funding cuts at Harvard

The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University

The Independent UK

The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that public pools and movie theaters closed. Parents canceled birthday parties, afraid their child might be the…

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Mystery surrounds a content creator’s livestream appearing on White House website

‘There’s no way this is real, right?’ Matt Farley posted online after the inexplicable incident

The Independent UK

First Thing: Brown University shooting suspect died from self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials say

Claudio Neves Valente, who was found dead in a storage facility, also killed an MIT professor. Plus, what will your life look like in 2035?

The Guardian - UK

Trump Begs Americans To 'Blame' Democrats For Rising Prices – Data Says Otherwise

Trump blamed Democrats for rising consumer prices in a primetime address, but independent data show inflation and affordability remain persistent challenges.

International Business Times UK

Trump Under Fire For New 'Tacky and Cheap' Plaques At Presidential Walk Of Fame

Controversy has erupted over newly installed plaques on Donald Trump's Presidential Walk of Fame at the White House, criticised as partisan, poorly executed and historically misleading.

International Business Times UK

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Fox News host Jesse Watters shrugs off Trump’s White House plaques mocking Biden and Obama: ‘It’s his own house’

Jesse Watters said that Donald Trump will live in the White House for the next three years and even implied he could serve a longer term

The Independent UK

Trump Unveils 'Hunger Games'-Style Patriot Games to Mark America's 250th Birthday Next Year — What's It All About?

Trump announces Patriot Games to celebrate America's 250th anniversary, part of nationwide semiquincentennial events.

International Business Times UK

Dispatches from a year of global conflict and uncertainty

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Why did Donald Trump Jr turn up in a tiny British enclave looking for money?

Meetings in Gibraltar are the latest twist in worldwide campaign that is enriching the US president’s family

The Guardian - UK

ByteDance Signs TikTok US Deal As Forced Sale Fears Peak — Creators Face Upheaval

TikTok's future in the States has been secured through a deal with Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. After several extensions by Donald Trump to avoid a ban, ByteDance agreed to sell a majority stake to this US-led group.

International Business Times UK

Kennedy Center board member claims she was forcibly muted during call on name change: ‘This was not unanimous’

Kennedy Center leadership insists it followed the law and attacked the late president’s family members who criticized the change

The Independent UK

Trump Puts His Name Beside JFK: 'We Saved the Kennedy Center' as Board Renamed Federal Arts Hub

The Kennedy Center board voted unanimously to rename the national arts hub the 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' citing President Trump's financial and structural efforts to save the facility.

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White House official whines that non-Fox networks didn’t show Trump’s slides during address: ‘We spent so much time’ on them

CNN’s Brian Stelter had reported that the mainstream TV networks didn’t take up the president’s PowerPoint presentation because they were concerned about the sourcing of the information.

The Mary Sue

Laura Loomer shrieks with excitement as she finally gets validation from Daddy Trump at the White House

Laura Loomer didn’t just attend the White House Christmas Party; she got what she’s been chasing for years. Yes, public validation from her lord and savior, Donald Trump himself. And judging by her reaction, it may have been the happiest moment of her political life.

The Guardian - US

Kennedy Center board votes to add Trump’s name to DC arts institution

Joe Kennedy III, JFK’s grandnephew, said he doubted the Trump-Kennedy Center name change was legal

The Independent UK

Did the Trump-Kennedy Center board violate federal law by renaming facility?

Donald Trump showed little interest in the Kennedy Center during his first term

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Deception and lies from the White House to justify a war in Venezuela? We’ve seen this movie before in run-ups to wars in Vietnam and Iraq

Are Americans about to be led again into a war based on misrepresentations and lies? It’s happened before, most recently with the wars in Iraq and Vietnam.

Axios

Trump's Venezuela blockade fuels Caribbean campaign confusion

Many unknowns remain — but it could mark a sharp escalation in Trump's pressure campaign.

Fortune

Trump says $1,776 'warrior dividends' were made possible partly by tariff revenue, which still lags $100 billion behind what the White House expected

The one-time check to military personnel will cost the administration $2.6 billion.

Euronews

All the president's men: Trump's White House portrait gallery decorations spark row over decorum

Donald Trump has added new features to his President Walk Of Fame portrait gallery of former leaders of the United States. But the decorative plaques in the West Wing of the White House have ripped up the rule book on protocol with language more akin to Trump's social media style.

The Independent UK

Majority of voters say Trump is going too far with presidential power, poll finds

After a year of tariffs, ICE raids, narco-boat bombings and the partial demolition of the White House, most Americans feel President Donald Trump has exceeded his authority, latest Quinnipiac survey finds

Roll Call

Navarro argues contempt of Congress conviction at appeals court - Roll Call

A panel of appellate judges expressed skepticism about Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s effort to toss his contempt of Congress conviction.

Roll Call

Trump bucked tradition with partisan end-of-year address - Roll Call

Donald Trump broke with past presidents with a prime-time address that some say was an attempt to upend the State of the Union tradition.

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