US Drivers Are Seeing Lower Gas Prices This Holiday

US Drivers Are Seeing Lower Gas Prices This Holiday

This holiday season, many U.S. drivers are getting the gift of lower gas prices.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:01:47 EDT
UK Police: Comedian Russell Brand Charged With 2 More Sex Offenses

UK Police: Comedian Russell Brand Charged With 2 More Sex Offenses

British ⁠police said Tuesday that comedian Russell Brand had been charged with a new count of rape and another of sexual ⁠assault.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:55:00 EDT
Trump Promotes 'Trump Kennedy Center Honors' Telecast

Trump Promotes 'Trump Kennedy Center Honors' Telecast

President Donald Trump playfully asked whether he should "leave the Presidency in order to make 'hosting' a full time job" in a social media post promoting Tuesday night's broadcast of The Trump Kennedy Center Honors.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:55:46 EDT
Greta Thunberg Released After UK Arrest for Supporting Terrorist Group

Greta Thunberg Released After UK Arrest for Supporting Terrorist Group

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was released from custody after being arrested Tuesday in London at an anti-Israel protest, police said.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:16:43 EDT
Former GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer

Former GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer

Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with terminal, stage-four pancreatic cancer. Ben Sasse, 53, shared the news in a post on X, calling the diagnosis a "death sentence."

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:38:50 EDT
Lawsuit Seeks to Stop 'Trump-Kennedy Center' Renaming

Lawsuit Seeks to Stop 'Trump-Kennedy Center' Renaming

A Democrat member of Congress filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the Trump administration from renaming the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the "Trump-Kennedy Center."

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:21:11 EDT
Trump: 'Tariffs Responsible' for Strong Economic Numbers

Trump: 'Tariffs Responsible' for Strong Economic Numbers

President Donald Trump on Tuesday credited his tariffs with producing better-than-expected economic numbers in the third quarter and added that the "Trump Economic Golden Age is FULL steam ahead."

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:05:08 EDT
ICE Shares AI Santa Video, Warns Illegal Aliens of 'Naughty List'

ICE Shares AI Santa Video, Warns Illegal Aliens of 'Naughty List'

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted a holiday-themed message on its official X account late Monday urging illegal aliens to "self-deport" using the government's CBP Home app or face enforcement action.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:01:23 EDT
Hunter Slams Biden Border, Kabul Debacles

Hunter Slams Biden Border, Kabul Debacles

Hunter Biden ripped two infamous decisions that occurred under his father, former President Joe Biden - a wide-open southern border policy and the U.S. military's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:10:03 EDT
NY Times Reporter Sues Google, XAI, OpenAI Over Chatbot Training

NY Times Reporter Sues Google, XAI, OpenAI Over Chatbot Training

An investigative ⁠reporter best known for exposing fraud at Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos sued Elon Musk's xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta Platforms and Perplexity on Monday for using copyrighted books without permission...

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:46:52 EDT
2 Men Guilty of UK Plot to Kill Hundreds of Jews

2 Men Guilty of UK Plot to Kill Hundreds of Jews

Two men were found guilty Tuesday of plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State-inspired gun rampage against the Jewish community in England, a planned attack investigators ⁠say demonstrates the resurgent risk posed by the terrorist group.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:57:02 EDT
Families Divided as Camp Mystic Plans Reopening After Deadly Floods

Families Divided as Camp Mystic Plans Reopening After Deadly Floods

Patrick Hotze's three daughters made it home safe from Camp Mystic after July's catastrophic floods that killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors. He attended some of the funerals and says he understands the outrage over the Texas camp's plan to partially reopen...

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:57:26 EDT
Cautious Shoppers Step up Holiday Season Spending

Cautious Shoppers Step up Holiday Season Spending

Consumers stepped up gift giving during the first seven weeks of the holiday shopping season, according to new data released Tuesday.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:35:49 EDT
US Economy Expands a Surprising 4.3% in Q3

US Economy Expands a Surprising 4.3% in Q3

The U.S. economy expanded at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter as consumer spending, exports and government spending all grew.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:43:24 EDT
New Law Aims to Curb $200M in Improper Medicaid Payments to Dead People

New Law Aims to Curb $200M in Improper Medicaid Payments to Dead People

Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to healthcare providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:45:58 EDT
Netanyahu Warns of 'Very Severe' Response if Iran Attacks Israel

Netanyahu Warns of 'Very Severe' Response if Iran Attacks Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday of a "very severe response" should Iran take action against Israel, while emphasizing that the Jewish state is "not seeking confrontation.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:11:44 EDT
1 Killed as US Hits Suspected Drug Vessel in Pacific

1 Killed as US Hits Suspected Drug Vessel in Pacific

The ⁠U.S. military said it killed one person in a strike on a "low-profile vessel" suspected of carrying drugs ⁠in international waters in the eastern ​Pacific Ocean on Monday.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:41:45 EDT
J&J Vows Appeal After Jury Hits It With $1.5B Talc Cancer Award

J&J Vows Appeal After Jury Hits It With $1.5B Talc Cancer Award

A Baltimore jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries to pay over $1.5 billion to a woman who claimed decades of exposure to asbestos in the company's talc-based products caused her peritoneal mesothelioma, a form of cancer. Jurors in the Circuit Court for...

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:48:21 EDT
Toyota to Recall More Than 55,000 US Vehicles

Toyota to Recall More Than 55,000 US Vehicles

Toyota is recalling 55,405 vehicles in the U.S. as bolt inside ⁠the inverter might not have been ​tightened properly, causing incomplete contact at the inverter ⁠terminal, the U.S. National Highway ⁠Traffic ​Safety Administration ⁠said Tuesday.The remedy is currently under...

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:38:42 EDT
Economic Growth Likely Remained Strong at 3.3 Percent in Q3

Economic Growth Likely Remained Strong at 3.3 Percent in Q3

The U.S. economy likely grew at a brisk clip in the third ⁠quarter, driven by solid consumer spending and business investment, but momentum appears to have since faded amid the rising cost of living and recent government shutdown.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:04:43 EDT