The verdict in the national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is set to be handed down next Monday.
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HK: Jimmy Lai verdict to be handed down Monday
The verdict in the national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is set to be delivered next Monday, according to the judiciary.
WaPo - President Trump is expected to push the government to dramatically loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, reducing oversight of the plant and its derivatives to the same level as some common prescription painkillers and other drugs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/11/trump-marijuana-reclassification-executive-order/
Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison in New York for the multibillion-dollar fraud that fueled the 2022 collapse of his crypto empire.
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Do Kwon sentence: 15 years for multibillion-dollar fraud
Kwon's troubles aren't exclusive to the U.S. Following his 15-year sentence, the Terra founder still faces prosecution in South Korea.
Europe must prepare for a conflict with Russia “on the scale our grandparents endured," warns NATO's general secretary.
The Independent
Europe should prepare for war ‘like our grandparents endured’, warns Nato chief
Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte said Europe is already Russia’s next target and ‘we are already in harm’s way’
NewsGuard - As the US retreats from its foreign media efforts, Russia sets its propaganda sights on the world’s most populous nation. https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguardtech/p/russias-rt-expands-to-india
Republican lawmakers in Indiana reject President Trump’s demand for a more GOP-friendly congressional district map.
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Indiana Senate rejects Trump-backed redrawing of congressional maps
Indiana voters will not face new congressional districts in 2026 as the state Senate rejects GOP-friendly maps. Trump's pressure fails.
Record-breaking flooding in Washington State could compel evacuation orders for areas that are home to 100,000 people.
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Pinpoint Alert: Light rain into Friday; landslide risk still high for several days
Major flooding has happened or is still happening on the Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Stillaguamish, Tolt, Puyallup, Cowlitz, Nisqually, Nooksack, and Is...
NYT - A grand jury in Virginia rejects the Trump administration’s effort to bring new charges against the New York attorney general.
A Grand Jury Again Declines to Reindict Letitia James
It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.
US Treasury OFAC sanctions three nephews of the wife of the Venezuelan president; a Maduro-affiliated businessman; and six shipping companies operating in Venezuela’s oil sector. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0332
A federal judge in Maryland rules that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant wrongfully deported to El Salvador and then brought back to face criminal charges, should immediately be released from ICE custody.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention on judge’s order and returns home - WTOP News
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention.