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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 02.12.2025.
It displays 33 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
02.12.2025
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One America News
First Lady Melania Trump cheerfully welcomed Americans into the White House on Monday, revealing this year's extravagant 2025 White House holiday decorations, themed “Home Is Where the Heart Is.”
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Amid talk of war crimes, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack issued by Pete Hegseth on a boat in the Caribbean are facing intensifying scrutiny.
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The Washington Post
President Trump huddled with his national security team Monday evening at the White House amid a growing firestorm about a deadly “follow-on strike” by U.S. forces on a Venezuelan boat suspected of carrying drugs through international waters on Sept. 2.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) can issue subpoenas and refer potential crimes to the Department of Justice as part of the investigation.
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The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guardsmen in Washington served for years in top-secret, CIA-led units known for their brutality.
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The Washington Post
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Associated Press
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Hegseth's Alleged 'Kill Everybody' Order Complicates Trump's Anti-Drug Campaign
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One America News
First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance participated in a heartfelt holiday event at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland at the start of the Christmas season, where they helped assemble holiday care packages for U.S. service members.
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As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — who directed the engagement.
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The Washington Post
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — who directed the engagement.
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Breitbart News
A left-wing church in Illinois put out a Nativity scene with a zip-tied baby Jesus, Roman soldiers depicted as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and Mary and Joseph wearing gas masks.
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02:08⇢Hegseth's Orders Under Scrutiny
⌨US media continues to intensely scrutinize the September 2nd Caribbean boat strike, focusing on Defense Secretary Hegseth's role and alleged orders, with discussions of potential war crimes and White House efforts to shift blame to an admiral (NYTimes, The Hill, Washington Post, Reason, AP News, Washington Times, ABC News, CBS, CNN, HuffPost, Newsmax). Additionally, conservative outlets highlight a controversial nativity display and new immigration policies (Breitbart, Fox News, The Blaze).
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The Washington Post
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — who directed the engagement.
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02:12
The Trump administration has been weighing options to combat what it has portrayed as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's role in supplying illegal drugs that have killed Americans.
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The Washington Post
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — who directed the engagement.
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02:25
One America News
President Donald Trump has signed the “Medal of Honor Act” into law, thereby significantly increasing the rate of the special monthly pension payable to living Medal of Honor recipients.
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A group often forgotten about in the discussion of HIV – despite research pointing to an ongoing crisis – is Black women in the South. Why?
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Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe wiggled his toes and responded to a nurse's request for a thumbs-up, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.
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Associated Press
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The Daily Beast
Democratic strategist James Carville is already writing President Trump’s political obituary.
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Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guardsmen in Washington, served for years in top-secret, CIA-led units.
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President Trump huddled with his national security team Monday evening at the White House amid a growing firestorm about a deadly “follow-on strike” by U.S. forces on a Venezuelan boat suspected of carrying drugs through international waters on Sept. 2.
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Associated Press
The White House says a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists the September attack that has come under bipartisan scrutiny was lawful.
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