Texas officials had asked the Supreme Court to revive the map, which was designed to help Trump's party keep control of Congress in midterm elections.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 05.12.2025.
It displays 253 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
05.12.2025 ⇢ The Day SCOTUS Agreed to Hear Birthright Citizenship Case
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On December 5th, US media prominently featured the Supreme Court's decision to review President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, a development that gained increasing attention throughout the day. Earlier, the Supreme Court allowed Texas to use its new GOP-favored congressional map. The ongoing controversy surrounding military boat strikes also continued, with lawmakers revealing video evidence of survivors being killed. Separately, Netflix announced its acquisition of Warner Bros. and HBO Max. Later, a CDC advisory panel voted to roll back the universal recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. The day concluded with continued focus on the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship review and the arrest and alleged confession of the Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect, Brian Cole Jr.
05.12.2025
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New York Post
The Democratic Socialist flatly told reporters at an unrelated press conference in Manhattan that he would stop all sweeps of makeshift settlements come the new year when he is sworn in as mayor.
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The latest U.S. push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine has unleashed a frenzy of diplomatic activity.
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Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin.
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Associated Press
A U.S. operation in Syria last month mistakenly killed a man who had been working undercover against the Islamic State group, according to his family, a war monitor and officials.
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
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The Defense Secretary reacted after Southern Command announced a new strike on an alleged drug boat amid mounting legal scrutiny.
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A newly released survey from over 3,000 Americans indicates that people 45 years old and over are becoming increasingly lonely.
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Associated Press
A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean, but the video of survivors being killed has alarmed lawmakers, That disclosure Thursday comes as Congress scrutinizes an attack on an alleged drug boat i
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FIFA is about to determine which teams all 48 participating countries in the FIFA World Cup 2026 will face in the group phase of the tournament, which the U.S., Canada and Mexico are co-hosting.
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New records show toxic 'forever chemicals' have recently tested above EPA limits in hundreds of cities and towns. Check your local water on our map.
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“What I saw in that room is one of the most troubling scenes I’ve ever seen in my time in public service.”
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The New York Times
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06:24⇢Boat Strike Video Horror
⌨US media continues to focus on the controversial military boat strikes, with lawmakers revealing video of survivors being killed, leading to questions about a "kill them all" order and Defense Secretary Hegseth's future (AP News, Newsweek, The Intercept, The Hill, Washington Times). Separately, the Supreme Court's dissenting opinion in a Trump case is noted (The Daily Beast), and an expanded US travel ban is reported (The Epoch Times).
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The Washington Post
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Joe Biden’s FBI was guilty of “sheer incompetence or complete intentional negligence” in allowing the DC pipe bomb case to languish for nearly five years before the arrest of a suspect Thursday morning, FBI Director Kash Patel has charged.
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The Daily Beast
Insiders say the president spends days obsessing over reports comparing him to “Sleepy Joe.”
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National Review
The debate should be about whether the ‘war on drugs’ is literal or not.
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If approved by Trump administration regulators, the deal would lead to a new entertainment and technology behemoth.
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If approved by Trump administration regulators, the deal would lead to a new entertainment and technology behemoth.
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Bogotá’s radical experiment in caregiving is going global.
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The Washington Post
The Supreme Court said Thursday that Texas can go back to using its new, Republican-friendly congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections, putting on hold a lower court ruling that found the map to be an illegal attempt to strip minorities of voting power.
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The Atlantic
Sam Kirchner wants to save the world from artificial superintelligence. He’s been missing for two weeks.
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The Washington Post
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The Federalist
‘And for their next act? – They want him tried for war crimes …They intend to prosecute another political opponent,’ said Sen. Schmitt.
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Netflix on Friday said it will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.
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The New York Times
The deal to acquire the Hollywood giant’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.
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The deal to acquire the Hollywood giant’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.
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Polling shows that 45 percent of people who voted for Trump in 2024 do not want him to serve another term in office.
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FBI Director Kash Patel told Newsmax on Thursday that the arrest in the 2021 pipe bomb case shows the Biden administration left key evidence untouched for years, forcing the incoming Trump team to rebuild the investigation from scratch.
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Mamdani and Trump Getting Chummy Is America's 'Horseshoe Theory' Nightmare
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UK gov follows up attacking Magna Carta by announcing it is postponing elections and inroducing a nationwide facial camera recognition system.
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08:41⇢Netflix acquires Warner Bros.
⌨US media continues to prioritize the Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. and HBO Max for over $80 billion, creating a streaming giant (NYTimes, NBC News, CBS, HuffPost). Separately, the arrest in the 2021 DC pipe bomb case remains a key topic, with some outlets reporting claims that the Biden administration ignored evidence (NY Post, Newsmax, The Blaze). Discussions also continue regarding the controversial boat strikes.
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New York Post
“Career politicians” are the biggest obstacle in the way of eliminating congressional pensions, one expert believes.
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‘Denying Beijing access to these AI chips is essential to our national security,’ Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) said.
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The launch of a new party was meant to reenergize the British left. But Your Party’s founding conference showed a Left that had forgotten the outward-facing mass politics of the Corbyn-era Labour Party.
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If it seems like traffic is getting worse where you live, that's because it probably is. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion climbed to record levels in 2024, researchers say.
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The Washington Post
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Frustrated with the state of America, some on the Right have come to embrace postliberalism, an ideology that seeks to invigorate conservative politics by rejecting equality.
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With the majority of the field confirmed, the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw will set the matchups for the global soccer tournament.
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Molly Olmstead
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The Washington Post
The border saw another record month of calm in November, with Border Patrol agents apprehending about 7,350 illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico boundary, according to data shared first with The Washington Times.
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With the majority of the field confirmed, the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw will set the matchups for the global soccer tournament.
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Molly Olmstead
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The Daily Beast
“This Court’s precedents and our Constitution demand better,” Elena Kagan wrote.
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Molly Olmstead
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Molly Olmstead
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The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will no longer recommend infants receive a hepatitis B vaccination at birth, instead delaying the first dose for two months.
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The change upends decades of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance and goes against widespread public health consensus.
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US Attorney General Pam Bondi ripped Minnesota for allowing a convicted serial rapist and Somalian immigrant to walk free just months before he committed another horrific kidnapping and rape. Abdimahat Bille Mohamed, who legally entered the US…
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10:43⇢Boat Strike Video Horror Persists
⌨US media continues to focus on the controversial boat strikes, with lawmakers revealing video of survivors being killed, prompting questions about a "kill them all" order and Defense Secretary Hegseth's future (AP News, Newsweek, The Intercept, The Hill, Washington Times). Separately, the Supreme Court's dissenting opinion in a Trump case is noted (The Daily Beast), and an expanded US travel ban is reported (The Epoch Times). The Trump administration's stance on Europe facing 'civilizational erasure' is also highlighted (NYTimes).
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The split vote means the vaccine schedule may be altered again soon.
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The influential advisory panel voted to no longer universally recommend the first dose of the hep B vaccine for newborns within 24 hours of birth.
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CNN
WORLD CUP 2026 DRAW
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The panel voted to eliminate a long-standing recommendation for every newborn to receive a hepatitis B shot, excluding those born to mothers testing negative.
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Abdimahat Bille Mohamed, who legally entered the US during the Obama administration, is charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman over several days in a hotel room in September.
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Time and again, New York City’s dependence on the rich and private corporations has led it into fiscal crisis. As mayor, Zohran Mamdani has the opportunity to start building an economic base that better serves the needs of the city’s working class.
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Beast
Brian Cole Jr., 30, is expected to make his first court appearance Friday.
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Associated Press
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Dec. 5, 2025
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The Washington Post
Tucked inside the tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted out of Kabul in 2021 were some ticking time bombs. Suddenly, they are starting to explode.
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It’s more than a little ironic to see FBI deputy director Dan Bongino taking a victory lap about the arrest of the suspect.
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Several high-profile Minnesota Democrats allegedly received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from those behind what is the largest welfare scam in history.
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In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
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One America News
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Texas Republicans’ newly redrawn congressional maps, which may give the GOP five additional seats in the House of Representatives.
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Breitbart News
Several high-profile Minnesota Democrats allegedly received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from those behind what is the largest welfare scam in history.
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The influential advisory panel voted to no longer universally recommend the first dose of the hep B vaccine for newborns within 24 hours of birth.
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11:48⇢Hepatitis B Vaccine Shift
⌨US media is predominantly focused on the controversial decision by RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel to no longer universally recommend the hepatitis B shot for newborns, a significant shift in decades-long policy (USA Today, AP News, NPR, Boston Globe, The Epoch Times, Washington Post, NBC News, CBS). This move has sparked widespread discussion across various outlets.
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The Daily Beast
The president made the unsubstantiated claim as he frets about the midterms.
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With the majority of the field confirmed, the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw will set the matchups for the global soccer tournament.
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Los Angeles Times
Dana Stevens
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Malcolm Gladwell and Liliana Segura unpack how the death penalty is administered in America.
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One America News
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has sworn in Representative Matt Van Epps after he won a special election in Tennessee.
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The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, has become a Trump favorite appearing at major diplomatic and White House events ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
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America’s vaccine playbook is being rewritten by people who don’t believe in them.
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday said President Donald Trump had the power to fire Democrat members of two federal labor boards, a major victory in the Republican president's bid to rein in agencies meant to be independent from the White House.
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New York Post
The crazed son who allegedly knifed his parents to death inside their family-owned Long Island deli was sitting in the parking lot covered in blood when cops arrived at the grisly scene, police said.
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With the majority of the field confirmed, the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw will set the matchups for the global soccer tournament.
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One America News
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, proclaiming Moscow’s readiness to provide India with “uninterrupted shipments of fuel” as President Donald Trump pressures Modi to forgo purchasing Russian oil.
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Watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw live now to find out groups for USMNT, Mexico, Canada. President Trump at star-studded Kennedy Center soccer event.
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Donald Trump was awarded a new peace prize from FIFA on Thursday during the 2026 World Cup draw.
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President Donald Trump on Friday accepted the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize during the 2026 World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
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13:04⇢Trump Awarded FIFA Peace Prize Amid World Cup Draw
⌨US media is predominantly focused on the 2026 World Cup draw and the controversial award of the first FIFA Peace Prize to President Trump during the event (USA Today, Newsweek, Newsmax, CNN). Concurrently, the CDC vaccine panel's ongoing discussions about the hepatitis B birth dose recommendation continue to draw attention (Vox, ABC News, AP News, Washington Post, NPR, NBC News, The Epoch Times, CBS, Boston Globe).
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Associated Press
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | Dec. 5, 2025
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A federal judge granted a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts from a federal investigation in Florida into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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President Donald Trump was awarded the FIFA Peace Prize during the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
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Federal advisers voted to abandon the long-standing hepatitis B vaccines for newborns — a milestone in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s challenge to vaccines.
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The Trump administration is seeking to roll back the historical understanding that birthright citizenship extends to almost anyone born in the United States.
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The Trump administration is seeking to roll back the historical understanding that birthright citizenship extends to almost anyone born in the United States.
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Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
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The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide the legality of President Trump's executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship.
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National Review
What will become of us if given a financial incentive to avoid reconciling political disputes?
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The Daily Beast
The public will finally see insight into an abandoned probe of Jeffrey Epstein from nearly two decades ago.
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14:21⇢Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Review
⌨US media continues to prioritize the Supreme Court's decision to review President Trump's birthright citizenship order (AP News, Boston Globe, NBC News, CBS, Slate). Concurrently, the controversial award of the FIFA Peace Prize to Trump during the World Cup draw remains a significant topic (Washington Examiner, One America News Network, Fox News, Newsweek, Newsmax, USA Today). The unsealing of new Epstein grand jury documents is also gaining attention (The Daily Beast).
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Watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw live now to find out groups for USMNT, Mexico, Canada. President Trump at star-studded Kennedy Center soccer event.
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<i>Reason</i> Webathon Woodchips Through $400,000 Goal Before the Halfway Point!
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The Washington Post
The Trump administration asked the justices to take up the case on an expedited basis in September after lower courts found the policy unconstitutional and blocked it.
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The Daily Beast
The public will finally see insight into an abandoned probe of Jeffrey Epstein from nearly two decades ago.
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The Epoch Times
The president’s executive order from January says the Constitution does not extend citizenship ’to everyone born within the United States.’
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The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
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LATEST UPDATES: Reports – Jan 6. Suspect Believed 'Big Lie,' W.H. Flames Euro Allies, MORE…
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Netflix announced on Friday of their purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a major deal that rocks Hollywood and the media landscape.
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The Washington Post
The Supreme Court said it will hear a case involving President Trump’s attempt to rewrite the rules on birthright citizenship, adding a monumental battle over immigration and constitutional rights to its docket.
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“Our community is heartbroken over the tragic and unimaginable loss of Tony and Angela — two of the kindest, most hardworking people we have ever known.”
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The New York Times
America’s goal should be “to help Europe correct its current trajectory,” the administration said in its new National Security Strategy.
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15:26⇢Supreme Court Considers Birthright
⌨US media continues to prioritize the Supreme Court's decision to review President Trump's birthright citizenship order (AP News, Washington Times, HuffPost, Newsmax, The Epoch Times, Washington Post, NBC News, CBS, Boston Globe). Separately, the controversial Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. for $83 billion is a significant topic (Slate, The Blaze, One America News Network). The World Cup draw and Trump's comments on soccer also garner attention (USA Today, The Daily Beast, CNN, Washington Examiner, Newsweek).
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One America News
A 30-year-old man in Virginia, arrested on Wednesday, confessed Thursday to planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican National Committees on the night before the January 6, 2021, protests at the U.S. Capitol, law enforcement sources confirmed.
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Breitbart News
Thursday on Real America’s Voice’s “Stinchfield Tonight,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow detailed the British government’s anti-speech campaign to silence Breitbart and other American news outlets.
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Breitbart News
Thursday on Real America’s Voice’s “Stinchfield Tonight,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow detailed the British government’s anti-speech campaign to silence Breitbart and other American news outlets.
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The U.S. State Department approved a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Canada for air strike weapons and related equipment, with an estimated total value of $2.68 billion.
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Breitbart News
Thursday on Real America’s Voice’s “Stinchfield Tonight,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow detailed the British government’s anti-speech campaign to silence Breitbart and other American news outlets.
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The Washington Post
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The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has concluded.
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There is no plausible argument that Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship is constitutional.
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The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
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One America News
The United States Supreme Court has announced that it will hear arguments in the case, which would decide if President Donald Trump can end birthright citizenship for some children born in the United States.
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Nitish Pahwa
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President Donald Trump held talks Friday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Washington to discuss thorny differences over migration and trade. It was his first time meeting his Mexico counterpart.
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The New York Times
He burst onto the scene with an attention-getting renovation of his Southern California home before going on to design some of the world’s most recognizable buildings.
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The Supreme Court will review Trump's claim that not all children born in the United States are entitled to citizenship.
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One America News
First Lady Melania Trump visited Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Friday, where she read a Christmas book to young patients, chatted with them each individually, distributed "Be Best" ornaments as gifts, and shared messages of strength, love, and holiday joy.
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16:47⇢Birthright Citizenship Battle Looms
⌨US media continues to prioritize the Supreme Court's decision to review President Trump's birthright citizenship order (USA Today, NPR, MSNBC, The Daily Wire, Vox, AP News, Boston Globe, NBC News, Washington Times, CBS, HuffPost, The Epoch Times, Washington Post). This development escalates the discussion surrounding immigration and constitutional rights. Separately, Trump received an inaugural FIFA award at the World Cup draw (Washington Examiner, Newsmax, Newsweek).
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The Washington Post
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More results-driven hackery from Planned Parenthood’s favorite judge.
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The Daily Beast
The conservative panel agreed to hear the case on Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship.
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The Washington Post
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Several House Republicans have expressed disappointment in Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for missing every vote this week. Her absence follows her public feud with President Donald Trump and is ahead of her imminent resignation from Congress.
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President Donald Trump was awarded the first ever FIFA Peace Prize on Dec. 5. It comes after he didn't win the Nobel, but he has been nominated.
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The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow.
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Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announced new findings in the department's nationwide effort to clean up voter rolls — revealing vulnerabilities in states' election systems. According to Dhillon, federal investigators have identified 260,000 dead individuals still listed on voter rolls across the country, along with thousands of registered noncitizens.
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New York Post
Witnesses heard someone yell, “Get off me!” in the moments before Texas A&M cheerleader Brianna Aguilera plunged to her death — and the “suicide note” cops found was in fact a creative writing essay, her mother’s lawyer said Friday.
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One America News
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) — a panel of experts that advises on vaccine recommendations — voted 8-3 to end the universal recommendation for administering the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
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New York Post
Witnesses heard someone yell, “Get off me!” in the moments before Texas A&M cheerleader Brianna Aguilera plunged to her death — and the “suicide note” cops found was in fact a creative writing essay, her mother’s lawyer said Friday.
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The administration asked the justices to uphold an executive order ending birthright citizenship after lower courts ruled it violated the Constitution.
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The Washington Post
Most universities are ignoring the Trump administration’s insistence that diversity-themed essays in student applications violate the Supreme Court’s prohibition on race-based admissions.
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Ask Us Anything: Libertarians Answer Your Questions
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Los Angeles Times
Rebecca Onion
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18:17⇢Birthright Citizenship Battle Deepens
⌨US media continues to heavily focus on the Supreme Court's agreement to review President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship (NYTimes, AP News, NPR, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, NBC News, CBS, The Daily Wire, Vox, HuffPost, The Epoch Times, Boston Globe). This sustained attention underscores the constitutional and immigration implications. Concurrently, Trump was awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize (USA Today, Newsweek).
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The Daily Beast
FIFA gave out its inaugural “peace prize” ahead of group selections for next year’s World Cup.
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The New York Times
President Trump’s new strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.
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One America News
A transgender-identifying graduate instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been placed on administrative leave after giving a student a failing grade on a psychology assignment. The student's essay quoted the Bible to argue that there are only two genders, male and female, while describing the idea of multiple genders as a "lie."
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The Court’s Texas decision is a victory for Republicans, and it is a terrible blow to all gerrymandering plaintiffs.
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Donald Trump says he has ended eight wars since he took office in January 2025. But the US has only been involved in 6 peace agreements or ceasefires.
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President Donald Trump’s White House has established a hall of shame for journalists it finds guilty of media bias as it looks for new avenues of attack against legacy news outlets.
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Trump took center stage at the 2026 World Cup draw, receiving FIFA’s Peace Prize, orchestrated by his leader Gianni Infantino.
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New York Post
The boy has been sent to live with relatives to avoid the “risk of any danger” to the other children in family home, their attorney said.
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Associated Press
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship.
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The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
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LATEST UPDATES: White House Sabrina Carpenter Clash Continues, Olivia Nuzzi Reportedly Out At Vanity Fair, MORE…
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Heavily armed tactical teams fired crowd suppression munitions at the Arizona lawmaker and protesters, claiming she was leading “a mob.”
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The Washington Post
The ongoing criminal trial of Linda Sun, a former aide to two New York governors, on illegal foreign agent charges highlights what prosecutors say is China’s large-scale operations to influence the U.S. government and the public at large to back Chinese Communist Party policies.
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One America News
The FBI issued a public service announcement (PSA) warning about a new variation of "virtual kidnapping" scams where criminals use artificial intelligence (AI) to alter publicly available photos, often from social media, as fake "proof-of-life" evidence to extort ransoms from victims.
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The president’s approval rating fell to 42% while his disapproval rating rose. A greater share of respondents disapproved of Trump’s handling of the economy.
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The Daily Beast
The president said American football needs a different name to make way for soccer.
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In a document on national security strategy released early Friday, the president portrays Europe as an over-regulated, increasingly censorious bloc that has lost “self-confidence” and is facing “civilizational erasure” because of years of uncontrolled immigration.
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19:43⇢Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Review Continues
⌨US media continues to heavily feature the Supreme Court's agreement to review President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship (AP News, HuffPost, NPR, The Daily Wire, NBC News, CBS, The Epoch Times, Washington Post). This ongoing discussion highlights the constitutional implications of immigration policy. Separately, Trump's approval rating has reportedly fallen amid economic concerns (USA Today).
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to more than 30 countries.
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The U.S. men’s national team will kick off its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign against Paraguay on June 12th at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood — a matchup confirmed during Friday’s official tournament draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
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The Daily Beast
Americans will be able to visit national parks for free on the president’s birthday next year.
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The Washington Post
Republican leaders have neither ruled out nor committed to launching a fuller investigation after revelations that U.S. forces killed two survivors of the attack.
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On Dec. 5, the Supreme Court said that it would hear an appeal that could allow Trump to end birthright citizenship for some children born in the U.S.
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Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
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The Washington Post
The panel voted to eliminate a long-standing recommendation for every newborn to receive a hepatitis B shot, excluding those born to mothers testing negative.
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Drivers in the U.S. are getting some relief, just in time for the holidays, as the national average for regular gas has dropped to $2.99 a gallon — the first time prices have dipped below $3 in over four years.
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The trio met privately, with no staff in the room, for about 50 minutes after the draw.
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On Dec. 5, the Supreme Court said that it would hear an appeal that could allow Trump to end birthright citizenship for some children born in the U.S.
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Two people who survived a U.S. attack on an alleged drug boat were waving overhead before they were killed in a now-controversial second strike, according to two sources.
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The Daily Beast
The Navy admiral who oversaw the strikes testified differently, according to a report.
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If the deal goes through, an algorithm-powered streaming titan would gobble up a 102-year-old movie studio synonymous with old Hollywood.
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The Daily Beast
Both the Oval Office and the West Wing have been labeled for the president’s convenience.
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The Epoch Times
The meeting marked the sixth round of U.S.–Ukraine discussions in two weeks.
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