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Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro

3:51 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro

FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

Former NIH scientist sues Trump administration, claims illegal firing over research cuts

2:25 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

A former leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health has sued the Trump administration, saying she was illegally fired for warning that research cuts were endangering patients and public health

FILE - Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Israel blocks a Canadian delegation from visiting the occupied West Bank

1:57 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Israel has barred a private Canadian delegation that included six members of Parliament from entering the occupied West Bank

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as Republicans struggle with a plan to address growing health care costs, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker Johnson rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies, pushing ahead with GOP plan

1:48 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums for Affordable Care Act recipients

FILE - Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during a news conference, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Maryland to consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore's veto is overridden

1:37 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Maryland will create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state, after lawmakers overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Wes Moore

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles looks up surrounded by Christmas Trees at the White House, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Takeaways: Susie Wiles pulls back the curtain on the Trump administration in revealing interviews

1:20 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has offered an unusually candid look inside an ongoing presidency

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

16 states sue Trump administration again over billions in withheld electric vehicle charging funds

12:29 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say is unlawfully withholding billions of dollars in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs

President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The US labels another Latin American cartel a terrorist group as the anti-drug war escalates

12:16 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

The Trump administration has designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist group, increasing financial pressure on its members and opening the door to potential military action against them

Trump administration expands travel ban to include 5 more countries and imposes new limits on others

12:00 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Trump administration expands travel ban to include 5 more countries and imposes new limits on others

People attend a public protest against government's announced consolidation measures for next year organised by the opposition parties in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Tuesday Dec. 16, 2025. (Dano Veselsky/TASR via AP)

Thousands protest Slovak leader Fico over whistleblower office closure and penal code changes

11:39 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Thousands have rallied across Slovakia to protest Prime Minister Robert Fico's latest controversial moves to dismantle an independent office that protects whistleblowers and amend the penal code

This undated combo photo created with images released by the Iowa National Guard shows Sgts. William Nathaniel Howard, left, and Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar. (Iowa National Guard via AP)

Trump will go to Delaware for the dignified transfer of the 2 National Guard members killed in Syria

11:19 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

President Donald Trump will go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert

Trump will travel to Delaware on Wednesday for the return of National Guard members killed in Syria, White House says

11:14 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Trump will travel to Delaware on Wednesday for the return of National Guard members killed in Syria, White House says

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz, speaks to reporters near the Senate Subway stakeout, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent

11:05 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military

FILE - A luxury Audi car is surrounded by exhaust gases as it is parked with a running engine in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

EU moves to ease 2035 ban on internal combustion cars as auto industry faces headwinds

10:52 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

The European Union is moving to dial back its total ban on cars with gas or diesel engines by 2035

FILE - Ultra Health president and chief executive officer Duke Rodriguez discusses the medical marijuana industry during a tour of the company's greenhouse in Bernalillo, N.M., April 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Cannabis entrepreneur Duke Rodriguez joins the race for New Mexico governor

10:40 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

One of New Mexico’s most successful cannabis entrepreneurs is entering the race for governor

This courtroom sketch depicts Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan in court, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wis. (Adela Tesnow via AP)

Fellow Wisconsin judge 'shocked' by Hannah Dugan's response to immigration officers

10:39 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

A colleague of the Milwaukee judge accused of helping an immigrant evade arrest is testifying at her criminal trial that she was shocked by her fellow judge’s behavior

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, Aug. 12, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Muslim rights group sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over 'foreign terrorist' label

8:04 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U_S_ has sued Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis over his order labeling it a “foreign terrorist organization.”

FILE - White House chief of staff Susie Wiles listens as President Donald Trump meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump in Vanity Fair

7:00 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is criticizing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defending Donald Trump's second presidency in a series of interviews published Tuesday

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, right, welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Zelenskyy says proposals to end the war in Ukraine could be presented to Russia within days

1:37 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says peace proposals for U.S. officials to present to Russia could be finalized within days

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