NYT - President Trump has tried to minimize his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women

The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women wa...

Trump Media announces $6 billion merger with a nuclear fusion company. 📄.pdf

Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, destroying what they describe as an entire Russian regiment. https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-forces-carry-out-assault-near-lyman-destroy-russian-regiment-military-says/

Australia’s opposition leaders calls for the prime minister to recall parliament to address the issue of antisemitism in the community in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

Sussan Ley calls on Albanese to recall parliament — as it happened

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley calls on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to recall parliament to address the issue of antisemitism in the community, i...

Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.

In a nationwide address that major US TV networks are carrying live, President Trump announces 1,450,000 military members will receive a “warrior dividend” of $1776 before Christmas.

“I will be leaving my position with the FBI in January,” announces Deputy Director Dan Bongino.

NYT - The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship.

Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship

An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”

(AP) — Months after President Trump refashioned a West Wing walkway into what he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame, he has added partisan and subjective plaques to the display.

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Sleepy. Divisive. A fan of young Trump: A look at the new plaques on the Presidential Walk of Fame

President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame.

Politico - Former special counsel tells a House committee his team found evidence “beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.” https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/jack-smith-trump-deposition-congress-00694730