If US Attorney General Pam Bondi doesn’t release the “Epstein Files” tomorrow, as ordered by the federal judiciary, she will be subject to prosecution for obstruction of justice, says Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability image
Axios - TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors. https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-sale
WCVB - Police have identified a person they believe is connected to the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor in Brookline earlier this week.
WCVB
As multi-state manhunt ends, questions linger over Brown and MIT shootings
Law enforcement officials identified the gunman in the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
For America's 250th anniversary next year, the "Patriot Games" will feature “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory,” announces President Trump in a video.
(AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted on Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center.
AP News
Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center.
Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family among those killed when a Cessna Citation crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina. https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/video-plane-crashes-at-statesville-regional-airport-officials-investigating/
"The Attorney General shall take all necessary steps to complete the rulemaking process related to rescheduling marijuana to Schedule III of the CSA in the most expeditious manner..." - Executive order signed by President Trump
The White House
INCREASING MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND CANNABIDIOL RESEARCH
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Pur...
When does a conversation with someone who holds extreme views illuminate their beliefs, which could serve the public interest, and when might it risk being interpreted as validation?
The Conversation
Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform
Should all points of view be heard from? Defending certain values and ideas makes it a bit more complicated than simply listening to all sides.
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