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Trump Vows 'Truckloads' of Evidence the 2020 Election Was 'Rigged' Is Coming Out

Dec 14th, 2025, 2:14 pm President Donald Trump said his administration has “truckloads” of evidence to show Democrats “rigged” the 2020 election on Sunday. “We have all the ammunition, all the stuff, and you’ll see it come out,” Trump said. “It’s coming out in truckloads.” The president made the remark while hosting a Christmas reception at the White House. Trump said the Democrats are “professionals at cheating,” especially when it comes to elections, and said that was obvious in 2020 when ...

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Trump Is Already Weighing Pardons for His Inner Circle

Published Dec. 14 2025 2:30PM EST Donald Trump is reportedly planning to pardon advisers, policymakers, and others as his administration weathers piling criminal allegations. Three Trump insiders told the outlet Zeteo that Trump has said “they had to” pardon members of his inner circle and that it’s a “good idea” to do so before he leaves office. The conversations have been sporadic, they said, but have involved the president, senior aides, and federal appointees. It’s not clear how expansi ...

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Sen. Rand Paul says redistricting efforts could lead to political violence

Dec. 14, 2025, 10:25 AM EST WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Sunday that he believes mid-decade redistricting is a “mistake” by both parties that could eventually lead to more political violence. “I think that it’s going to lead to more civil tension and possibly more violence in our country,” he said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” casting blame on both parties for redrawing maps to boost their prospects in next year’s midterm elections. Paul pointed to how members of the minority pa ...

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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE

Updated on: December 14, 2025 / 1:31 PM EST / CBS Minnesota Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship. "Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents, and once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go," Omar said in an interview with Esme Murphy on WCCO Sunday Morning. WCCO has reached out to I ...

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JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids 'midair collision' with US Air Force tanker

Updated 2:44 PM EST, December 14, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path. “We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. ... They don’t have their transponder turned on, ...

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Two gunmen open fire at Bondi Chanukkah event, 10 confirmed dead in mass shooting

A gunman has been shot dead and another is being treated after opening fire on Bondi Beach, killing 10 people in what is believed to be a targeted attack on a Jewish event. It is understood a Chanukkah event was the target of the attack, which police sources believe had been planned for months. One gunman is understood to have been shot dead and another has been shot and is custody while being worked on by emergency services. NewsWire understands 10 people have been confirmed dead, including ...

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Trump unsure whether impact of economic policies will be felt in time for midterms, WSJ reports

December 14, 2025 1:15 AM EST Updated 3 hours ago Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty about whether Republicans would keep control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterm elections because some of his economic policies have yet to take full effect, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Trump, in an interview conducted on Friday, told the Journal, "I can’t tell you. I don’t know when all of this money is going to kick in," when ...

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Hunter Biden accuses ex-Overstock CEO of repeatedly defaming him on 'The Alex Jones Show'

Dec 13th, 2025, 3:30 pm As the yearslong legal battle between former presidential son Hunter Biden and onetime Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne limps toward a likely determinative – if not entirely final – hearing early next year, a recent filing aims to clarify matters for the judge overseeing the case. On Friday, in a 4-page supplement to his default motion, Biden accused Byrne of ongoing defamation. In the filing, Biden writes "to inform the Court of recent public statements" allege ...

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Hawaii board votes to change official name of Hawaii Island

12/13/25 8:08 PM ET HONOLULU (KHON2) — A simple name change, with statewide and national impact. At its Dec. 10 meeting, the Hawaii Board on Geographic Names voted to change the official name of the “Island of Hawaii” to simply “Hawaii,” bringing it in line with every other island in the state. The decision follows over a year of discussion — and public concern. When the proposal was first put forward, many people didn’t even know the board existed. The change was made to be consistent with ...

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Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $40M in Talcum Powder Verdict

Dec 13, 2025 at 04:27 PM EST A Los Angeles jury awarded $40 million on Friday to two women who claimed that talcum powder made by Johnson & Johnson caused their ovarian cancer. The jury awarded $18 million to Monica Kent and $22 million to Deborah Schultz and her husband. This verdict marks the latest development in ongoing litigation over claims that talc in Johnson's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower body powder was connected to ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, a cancer that strikes the lung ...

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Republicans pitch second, smaller partisan bill to address affordability

36 min ago - Sun, December 14, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. EST Some Republicans are hoping to pursue another partisan legislative package to boost the party ahead of the midterm elections, but President Trump and GOP leaders are signaling that nothing will come close to th ... (Yahoo! News/The Hill)

Democrats Remember Sandy Hook Shooting and Renew Calls for Gun Reform

1 hr ago - Dec 14, 2025 at 04:32 PM EST As many remember the tragic 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, in which a shooter killed 20 children and six adults on scene, as well as himself and his mother, Democrats are renewing calls for gun reform. The posts com ... (Newsweek)

Gang of Eight member unsure about US goal in Venezuela: 'I do not know'

1 hr ago - 12/14/25 4:03 PM ET Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is unsure about what President Trump’s endgame is in Venezuela, but he certainly does not want troops on the ground. “I do not know what this president’s goal vis-a-vis Venezuela is,” W ... (The Hill)

Hassett says Federal Reserve can reject Trump's views if he is chair

2 hrs ago - Updated 3:53 PM EST, December 14, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading candidate to be President Donald Trump’s choice for Federal Reserve chair said that he would present the president’s views to Fed officials for their consideration but ... (AP)

Police to release person of interest in Brown University shooting

3 hrs ago - PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The manhunt continues for a suspect in Saturday’s shooting at Brown University. The person of interest in police custody will be released, said Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said Sunday night. . . Earlier Sunday, the FBI h ... (Wall Street Journal via MSN)

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial

5 hrs ago - HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of hi ... (Associated Press)

Trump says building DC triumphal arch is domestic policy chief's 'primary thing'

7 hrs ago - Trump praises Vince Haley, his ex-speechwriter tasked with creating Arc de Triomphe knockoff amid affordability crisis Robert Mackey Sun 14 Dec 2025 17.46 EST Amid concerns that he has failed to address a worsening affordability crisis, with healt ... (the guardian)

Major win for ultra-conservative gives Chile its most right-wing president in decades

7 hrs ago - SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast secured a stunning victory in the presidential election Sunday, defeating the candidate of the center-left governing coalition and setting the stage ... (AP)

Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son (Exclusive Sources)

7 hrs ago - Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE. On Sunday, Dec. 14, at about 3:30 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) was called to a home to provide medical aid, the LAFD t ... (PEOPLE)

Person of interest in Brown University shooting is 24-year-old from Wisconsin, officials say

8 hrs ago - snip 8:20 p.m. Person of interest planned transfer to Brown, online profile says 7:41 p.m. Brown University person of interest was on high school wrestling team snip ... (Washington Post)

Fifth La Nina in Six Years to Disrupt Crops and Supply Chains

9 hrs ago - December 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM EST Deadly flooding in Asia and early snowstorms across the US are signaling the return of a weather-roiling La Nia, a cooling of Pacific waters that can disrupt economies and trigger disasters worldwide. In recent La Nia ... (Bloomberg)

Murphy: Trump on 'deliberate campaign to make violence more likely'

10 hrs ago - 12/14/2025 10:26 AM EST Updated: 12/14/2025 12:22 PM EST Sen. Chris Murphy on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of a “deliberate campaign” to make violence more common across the country, just hours after a gunman was taken into custody ... (Politico)

Tennessee religious charter school fight could tee up next Supreme Court showdown

10 hrs ago - 12h A new religious charter school fight is brewing in Tennessee that has the potential to challenge a deadlock vote at the Supreme Court earlier this year that denied the creation of a similar institution in Oklahoma. A lawsuit was recently filed i ... (msn/The Hill)

Trump Vows 'Truckloads' of Evidence the 2020 Election Was 'Rigged' Is Coming Out

11 hrs ago - Dec 14th, 2025, 2:14 pm President Donald Trump said his administration has “truckloads” of evidence to show Democrats “rigged” the 2020 election on Sunday. “We have all the ammunition, all the stuff, and you’ll see it ... (MEDIAite)

Trump Is Already Weighing Pardons for His Inner Circle

11 hrs ago - Published Dec. 14 2025 2:30PM EST Donald Trump is reportedly planning to pardon advisers, policymakers, and others as his administration weathers piling criminal allegations. Three Trump insiders told the outlet Zeteo that Trump has said “they ... (Daily Beast)

5 Michigan health systems defy federal vaccine panel's advice

12 hrs ago - Some of Michigan's largest health systems say they will not follow the recommendations of a federal vaccine advisory panel handpicked by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which voted in early December to change longstand ... (Detroit Free Press)

Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting

12 hrs ago - Grok’s track record is spotty at best. But even by the very low standards of xAI, its failure in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia is shocking. The AI chatbot has repeatedly misidentified 43-year-old Ahmed al ... (The Verge)

Sen. Rand Paul says redistricting efforts could lead to political violence

12 hrs ago - Dec. 14, 2025, 10:25 AM EST WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Sunday that he believes mid-decade redistricting is a “mistake” by both parties that could eventually lead to more political violence. “I think that it’s go ... (NBC News)

JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids 'midair collision' with US Air Force tanker

13 hrs ago - Updated 2:44 PM EST, December 14, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military ... (AP)

Experts urge caution as Trump's big bill incentivizes AI in healthcare

14 hrs ago - Sun 14 Dec 2025 07.00 EST Last modified on Sun 14 Dec 2025 07.02 EST For states to receive certain funding stipulated in the Trump administration’s “big, beautiful” bill, they must meet three of 10 criteria – including integrating ... (The Guardian)