CNN - The pilots of a private jet narrowly avoided a collision with a USAF refueling tanker near Venezuela on Saturday – one day after a similar incident nearby. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/americas/venezuela-near-collision-intl-latam

USA Today - Trump administration to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.

Trump moves to dismantle National Center for Atmospheric Research lab

President Trump, on social media, announces he’s ordering “A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela.”

Spartanburg County is the epicenter center of a growing measles outbreak in South Carolina.

WSOC TV

South Carolina county at epicenter of growing measles outbreak with 135 cases

The outbreak was confirmed on Oct. 2, 2025 and is defined as three or more linked cases of the same infectious disease.

Trump administration announces it’s “slamming the door shut on the foreign invaders who have undermined our national security.”

The White House

Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States

During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States to prevent national security and public ...

Jared Kushner's firm Affinity Partners has dropped out of Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

CNBC

Kushner's Affinity Partners exits Paramount bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

WBD agreed to sell its film studio and streaming service HBO Max to Netflix, and plans to spin out Discovery Global, with its TV networks such as ...

Is it prudent for any international news organization to maintain a bureau in Hong Kong?

SPJ condemns Jimmy Lai conviction as press freedom in Hong Kong continues to decline | NewsLab

“Hong Kong was promised 50 years of press freedom and civil rights following its handover to China in 1997,” says SPJ National President Chris ...

Chief of Staff Susan Wiles says this Vanity Fair profile is “a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history.”

Vanity Fair

Susie Wiles Talks About the First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)

In the first half of Vanity Fair’s interview with Susie Wiles, the chief of staff discusses Elon Musk’s DOGE disaster, the FBI’s “incredibl...

EU eases a 2035 zero-emission target to allow some internal-combustion cars to be sold after that date.

EU alters 2035 zero-emission target, extending life of combustion engines

The EU's new proposal reduces tailpipe CO2 emissions by 90 percent versus 2021. The remaining 10 percent of emissions will have to be offset by sus...

Announcement: You can now pre-order the paperback edition of 'Behind the White House Curtain' with an updated preface. It’ll be released on March 3. https://bookshop.org/p/books/behind-the-white-house-curtain-a-senior-journalist-s-story-of-covering-the-president-and-why-it-matters-steven-l-herman/17f8150fa426901f?ean=9781606355091&next=t