On social media, former US Senator Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, reveals he’s been "diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die.”
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A 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics medal is up for auction. https://historical.ha.com/c/search/results.zx?dept=2541&session_desc=3818&mode=live&auction_name=31179&type=session%25%25=v(@Session_No)=%25%25-hist-open-31179-Prize-tem122325
The US economy grew at an annualized rate of a robust 4.3 per cent in the third quarter, according to official data released today. https://www.wsj.com/economy/us-gdp-q3-2025-2026-6cbd079e?st=oE8z6h&reflink=article_copyURL_share
Three days after releasing a large tranche of Jeffrey Epstein documents that contained few mentions of President Trump, the DoJ disclosed thousands more files that included wide-ranging references to the president. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/22/epstein-trump-file-release/
FCC, citing national security, bans new foreign-made drones from entering the US. .pdf
At least three people killed and 12 others injured overnight in a massive Russian missile and drone attack on multiple oblasts of Ukraine. https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-heard-as-russia-launches-missiles-drones-towards-western-cities-hundreds-of-kilometers-from-front-line/
The CBS 60 Minutes CECOT segment showed up in Canada's Global TV app and then quickly disappeared. But a direct copy (not a screen recording) is now archived online: 
Internet Archive
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intend...
US FDA approves the first-ever GLP-1 pill for obesity from Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk. 
CNBC
FDA approves first GLP-1 pill for obesity from Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk
The approval gives Novo Nordisk a head start over chief rival Eli Lilly, which is racing to launch its own obesity pill.
Prime Minister Netanyahu supports the government move to silence Galei Tzahal (the IDF's Army Radio station), which has been viewed as a reputable independent media outlet in Israeli society for 75 years. 
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Israel approves closure of IDF-controlled Army Radio | The Jerusalem Post
Army Radio commander Tal Lev-Ram has said that he would fight the closure, which Defense Minister Israel Katz has pushed for, before the High Court...
NYT - President Trump will announce that the Navy is to build a new “Trump-class” battleship, which will become the centerpiece of the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.” 
President Trump Announces Plans for New ‘Trump Class’ Warships