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• Trump praises his crime crackdown and tariffs

  27-12-2025 23:52 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump touted his tariffs and crime rates as his first year back in office comes to a close.
  
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• 5 questions about the FBI headquarters move

  27-12-2025 19:44 via washingtontimes.com
  FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington is closing, with the bureau relocating to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on Pennsylvania Avenue.
  
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• Chilly Gaza braces for more winter rain and word of any progress in ceasefire talks

  27-12-2025 19:25 via washingtontimes.com
  Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza 's thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents on Saturday for another round of winter rain.
  
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• Kash Patel says FBI leaving Hoover Building, staying in D.C.

  27-12-2025 19:06 via washingtontimes.com
  FBI Director Kash Patel said the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington is closing, with the bureau moving to another D.C. site.
  
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• Kash Patel says FBI leaving Hoover Building, moving to another site in Washington

  27-12-2025 19:06 via washingtontimes.com
  FBI Director Kash Patel said the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington is closing, with the bureau moving to another D.C. site.
  
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• Fire in Portland's Old Port damages its historic waterfront and sinks at least one boat

  27-12-2025 18:36 via washingtontimes.com
  A fire tore through the historic Old Port waterfront in Portland, Maine, the day after Christmas, damaging aging buildings and several boats.
  
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• Brazilian judge puts coup plot convicts under house arrest after former police commander flees

  27-12-2025 18:23 via washingtontimes.com
  A Brazilian judge on Saturday issued house arrest orders for 10 people who have been convicted and sentenced for participating in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in power after he lost the 2022 election.
  
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• Trump on more Epstein files: 'NO MORE'

  27-12-2025 17:17 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump railed against the release of more documents relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the Justice Department said it had found more, but it would take weeks to release.
  
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• Hundreds mourn in Syria's Homs after deadly mosque bombing

  27-12-2025 16:59 via washingtontimes.com
  Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday in the rain and cold outside of a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs for the funeral of eight people killed in a bombing, as an imam warned that the attack could spark more sectarian violence.
  
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• Indonesian rescuers search for Spanish family after boat sinks near Komodo Island

  27-12-2025 16:13 via washingtontimes.com
  Indonesian rescuers searched for four members of a Spanish family on Saturday after a tour boat carrying 11 people sank overnight near Padar Island, a popular destination within Komodo National Park, officials said.
  
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• Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85

  27-12-2025 16:01 via washingtontimes.com
  Jeffrey R. Holland, a high-ranking official in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was next in line to become the faith's president, has died. He was 85.
  
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• Winter storm snarls U.S. holiday travel across Northeast, Great Lakes

  27-12-2025 15:52 via washingtontimes.com
  More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow as thousands took to U.S. roads and airports during the busy travel period between Christmas and New Year's.
  
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• Italian authorities arrest 9 for allegedly funding Hamas through charities

  27-12-2025 14:12 via washingtontimes.com
  Italian authorities arrested nine people linked to three charitable organizations on suspicion of raising millions of euros in funds for the Palestinian militant group Hamas, anti-terrorism prosecutors said in a statement Saturday.
  
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• Russia attacks Kyiv, killing 1 and wounding many ahead of Ukraine-U.S. talks

  27-12-2025 13:21 via washingtontimes.com
  Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones early Saturday morning, killing one person and wounding 27, a day before talks between Ukraine and the U.S., authorities said.
  
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• Libya holds funeral for military officials killed in plane crash in Turkey

  27-12-2025 12:46 via washingtontimes.com
  Libya on Saturday held a military funeral for the western Libya's military chief and four of his officers who died in a plane crash in Turkey.
  
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• Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting

  27-12-2025 11:45 via washingtontimes.com
  Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday to end weeks of fighting along their border over competing territorial claims.
  
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• Cypriot fishermen battle invasive lionfish and turn them into a tavern delicacy

  27-12-2025 06:19 via washingtontimes.com
  Photis Gaitanos' rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with other fish from the day's catch.
  
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• Millions of Afghans face hunger as aid cuts deepen a humanitarian crisis

  27-12-2025 06:11 via washingtontimes.com
  For 10 hours a day, Rahimullah sells socks from his cart in eastern Kabul, earning about $4.5 to $6 per day. It's a pittance, but it's all he has to feed his family of five.
  
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• Heritage Foundation restocks after wave of scholars defect to Pence-led group

  26-12-2025 23:29 via washingtontimes.com
  The Heritage Foundation wasted no time filling some of the vacancies left by its departing scholars and staffers, taking an upbeat tone despite the recent defections to a rival conservative organization led by former Vice President Mike Pence.
  
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• Joe Rogan shocked by Trump's White House plaque disparaging Biden: 'It's all crazy'

  26-12-2025 22:55 via washingtontimes.com
  Joe Rogan, a popular podcaster, is questioning President Trump's recent decisions to post plaques in the White House criticizing his predecessors, replace former President Joseph R. Biden's portrait with an autopen and blame Hollywood director Rob Reiner's murder on his anti-Trump views.
  
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• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is pregnant with a baby girl

  26-12-2025 22:39 via washingtontimes.com
  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is having a baby.
  
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• Trump's media warfare 2.0: White House launches 'offenders' website, seizes control from press corps

  26-12-2025 22:04 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump's communications team entered his second term with a battle plan shaped by hard lessons from 2017: Stop playing by the legacy media's rules.
  
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• White House to share ballroom plans with commission in January

  26-12-2025 20:31 via washingtontimes.com
  The White House will present its ballroom plans to the National Capital Planning Commission at a meeting next month.
  
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• California's intense winter storms turned some roads into rivers of mud

  26-12-2025 20:03 via washingtontimes.com
  Heavy rains and strong winds from powerful winter storms this week brought the wettest Christmas season to Southern California in years, triggering widespread mudslides and debris flows and leaving homes halfway filled with mud.
  
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• California auditor finds millions in wasted dollars in state agencies

  26-12-2025 19:58 via washingtontimes.com
  The California State Auditor's office found that several agencies wasted, misused or failed to report over $5 million in funds.
  
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• Latin America shifts right as Honduras elects Trump-endorsed candidate Nasry Asfura

  26-12-2025 19:47 via washingtontimes.com
  Trump-backed conservative candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras' presidential election with 40.27% of the vote after a contentious weekslong count, continuing Latin America's rightward political shift and delivering a decisive defeat to the incumbent leftist government.
  
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• Lebanese Cabinet approves a draft law to return funds wiped out with the 2019 collapse of banks

  26-12-2025 19:42 via washingtontimes.com
  Lebanon's Cabinet on Friday approved a draft law to determine the extent of losses suffered by Lebanese banks during the country's financial meltdown in 2019 and provide a mechanism to return depositors' funds that were wiped out at the time.
  
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• Yemen separatists accuse Saudi Arabia of launching airstrikes against their forces

  26-12-2025 19:27 via washingtontimes.com
  Separatists in southern Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Friday of targeting their forces with airstrikes, something not formally acknowledged by the kingdom after it warned the forces to withdraw from governorates they recently took over.
  
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• A scrapyard worker injured in the UPS plane crash dies on Christmas, raising deaths to 15

  26-12-2025 19:22 via washingtontimes.com
  A Cuban immigrant who had built a new life working at a Kentucky scrapyard died on Christmas Day from severe burns suffered in last month's UPS cargo plane crash, raising the death toll to 15, officials said.
  
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• Delaware State Police say DMV gunman let customers leave, fired at approaching officers

  26-12-2025 18:53 via washingtontimes.com
  A man accused of fatally shooting a Delaware State Police trooper at a DMV office allowed customers to leave and then fired at approaching officers before being killed, investigators said Friday.
  
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• Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak sentenced to 15 years and hefty fine in 1MDB corruption trial

  26-12-2025 18:51 via washingtontimes.com
  Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was sentenced to 15 years and a hefty 13.5 billion ringgit ($3.3 billion) in fines and assets after being convicted Friday in his biggest corruption trial tied to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund.
  
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• Japan's Cabinet approves record defense budget, bets on drones for coastal defense

  26-12-2025 18:18 via washingtontimes.com
  Japan's Cabinet on Friday signed off on the largest defense budget in the country's history, with a drone-based coastal defense system and an arsenal of long-range strike munitions front and center.
  
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• 5 questions about the wave of Congressional comeback campaigns

  26-12-2025 18:18 via washingtontimes.com
  Former lawmakers across the country are attempting political comebacks, driven by what they describe as high stakes with President Trump in office and a sense they still have something to offer.
  
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• A beginner's guide to Kwanzaa

  26-12-2025 18:16 via washingtontimes.com
  Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966 and also is celebrated in countries with large African descendant populations.
  
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• Stalled spending bills put Congress in catch-up mode when lawmakers return in January

  26-12-2025 17:32 via washingtontimes.com
  Congress has not passed any spending bills since the 43-day government shutdown ended, and lawmakers won't have much time left to act when they return to session in January.
  
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• Times Square to feature patriotic crystal ball for New Year's Eve, kicking off U.S.'s 250th birthday

  26-12-2025 17:24 via washingtontimes.com
  After the crystal ball drops on New Year's Eve in New York City, it will rise again, sparkling in red, white and blue to usher in 2026 and kick off months of celebrations for the nation's upcoming 250th birthday.
  
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• Volunteering with children can build character and create lasting family memories

  26-12-2025 17:14 via washingtontimes.com
  When Cami Teacoach's son turned three she set out to find volunteer opportunities they could do together. He made Valentine cards for senior citizens. They hiked and picked up trash. He helped harvest produce at community gardens and made seed balls out of mud, throwing them into the forest to promote wildflower growth.
  
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• Virginia offshore wind developer sues over Trump administration order halting projects

  26-12-2025 17:13 via washingtontimes.com
  The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order that halted construction of their project, along with four others, over national security concerns.
  
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• Palestinian man kills 2 in car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel, police say

  26-12-2025 17:10 via washingtontimes.com
  A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel Friday, killing both, police said, as the Israeli defense minister quickly ordered military retaliation on what he said was the assailant's West Bank hometown.
  
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• Iran seizes oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz for alleged smuggling

  26-12-2025 17:03 via washingtontimes.com
  Iran on Friday said it seized a foreign-owned oil tanker traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East.
  
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• Mosque bombing in Syria leaves 8 dead and 18 wounded

  26-12-2025 16:42 via washingtontimes.com
  A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said, as long-standing sectarian, ethnic and political fault lines continue to destabilize the country, even as large-scale fighting has subsided.
  
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• Nigerian villagers are rattled by U.S. airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky glow red

  26-12-2025 16:22 via washingtontimes.com
  Sanusi Madabo, a 40-year-old farmer in the Nigerian village of Jabo, was preparing for bed Thursday night when he heard a loud noise that sounded like a plane crashing. He rushed outside his mud house with his wife to see the sky glowing a bright red.
  
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• Zelenskyy says he's meeting with Trump in Florida Sunday

  26-12-2025 16:17 via washingtontimes.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will meet with President Trump over the weekend in Florida to try to find an end to the four-year war with Russia.
  
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• U.S. stocks open mixed at the end of a holiday-shortened week

  26-12-2025 15:46 via washingtontimes.com
  Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as traders return from the Christmas holiday. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% in the early going Friday. The index is holding on to a modest gain for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%, helped by gains in several Big Tech stocks like Nvidia. Crude oil fell, while gold and silver continued to rise. Trading was expected to be light at the end of the holiday-shortened week. European markets w
  
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• Rejected and running again: A comeback wave hits the 2026 midterms

  26-12-2025 15:41 via washingtontimes.com
  Voters are feeling a sense of deja vu in Missouri's 1st Congressional District, where Cori Bush is mounting a comeback to reclaim the House seat she lost less than two years ago in the Democratic primary.
  
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• Thailand bombs a village in Cambodia even as both nations hold border talks to end armed clashes

  26-12-2025 15:37 via washingtontimes.com
  Thailand and Cambodia were engaged in combat along their border on Friday, even as the two countries held talks to try to put an end to armed clashes that erupted in early December, breaking a ceasefire that had been reached five months earlier.
  
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• Chinese turtle smuggler sentenced to two years behind bars and fined $2,300

  26-12-2025 15:21 via washingtontimes.com
  A Chinese national will spend two years in prison for a scheme to smuggle more than $1.4 million worth of protected box turtles to Hong Kong.
  
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• Damascus: Military integration talks with Syrian Democratic Force stall as deadline approaches

  26-12-2025 14:39 via washingtontimes.com
  Talks between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have stalled, a Syrian government official said Friday, raising concerns that the organization will not be integrated into the Syrian military by the end-of-the-year deadline.
  
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• How the White House drew a new battle plan to take on the Washington press corps

  26-12-2025 14:32 via washingtontimes.com
  Immediately upon his return to the White House for a second term, President Trump and his team adopted an aggressive new press strategy to avoid constantly playing defense, as they had during his first term.
  
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• Proposed legislation would add refined fuels to the U.S. emergency crude oil supply

  26-12-2025 14:23 via washingtontimes.com
  Sen. John Curtis has introduced legislation to establish a dedicated stockpile of refined fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel and locate it west of the Rocky Mountains.
  
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