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Top News Stories for Tuesday, December 9th 2025
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Justice Brett Kavanaugh used an interesting choice of phrase when describing the constitutional issues in Trump v. Slaughter , the vividly named case on the president's ability to remove certain federal officials that Congress stipulated could only be fired for cause. "How do you answer the accountability theme, which I think is the theme of the other side, is that independent agencies are not accountable to the ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
With each side blaming the other for starting Monday's renewed clashes, it was unclear how or if a fragile ceasefire brokered by Trump in July could be salvaged. Fighting between Cambodia and Thailand escalated along their contested border on Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian neighbors both said they would not back down in defending their sovereignty. With each side blaming the other for starting Monday's renewed ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump's administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president. they would overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting the president's power to fire independent agency heads, the court on Tuesday is revisiting a 2001 decision that ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will visit Pennsylvania on Tuesday to defend his economic record and try to counter voter anxiety over rising costs, as Republicans brace for a tough fight to hold Congress in next year's midterms. Trump plans a campaign-style rally at a Mount Pocono casino in northeastern Pennsylvania to spotlight lower gasoline and egg prices and tax cuts passed ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump said Monday he had reached an agreement with President Xi Jinping to allow US chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. The announcement marked a significant shift in US export policy for advanced AI chips, which Joe Biden's administration had heavily restricted over national security concerns about Chinese military applications. Democrats in Congress ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Although tech companies often don't directly manufacture these toys, their absolutist ideological opposition to any legal safeguards on AI is making kids emotionally, mentally, and physically vulnerable. Julie Scelfo is a journalist and the founder and executive director of Mothers Against Media Addiction. Tim Wu is a professor of law, science, and technology at Columbia Law School and author of "The Age of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
i10X.ai Unveils Agent Index: Mapping the Future of AI-Powered Work The comprehensive knowledge platform helps businesses navigate the emerging agentic AI landscape , the unified AI platform consolidating leading LLMs, image, video models and specialized agents under one subscription, announced the launch of its Agent Index – an ambitious knowledge ecosystem designed to map the rapidly evolving world of AI ...
Source: aithority.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Residents along Japan's northeast coast were warned to stay alert, as aftershocks continued Tuesday in the aftermath of a major earthquake that has left at least 33 people injured. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 6.6 and later a 5.1 quake in the hours after the initial temblor late Monday night local time. The USGS measured the main quake at 7.6 magnitude just off the coast of the city of Misawa in ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
The Federal Reserve has one more decision in 2025 — and it will set the tone for where interest rates will go in the new year. On Wednesday, leaders at the central bank will decide whether to continue cutting rates or put a pause on loosening monetary policy. The call will have ripple effects across consumer prices, the job market , and Corporate America. CME FedWatch predicted the Fed had a roughly 90% ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett is associate professor of family medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, vice chair of primary care innovation & transformation at Boston Medical Center, and communications fellow at Primary Care Collaborative. As a family medicine physician, I have the privilege of caring for patients from the earliest days of pregnancy contemplation through pregnancy ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
met with in Rome on Tuesday, as Kyiv said it was preparing to send updated proposals to the United States for ending the war with Russia . Less than 24 hours after he reiterated that Ukraine would not cede land to Russia , Zelenskyy met with the pontiff before holding talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a day after he met with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany in London. Thanking Leo for the ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Florida's governor has designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a "foreign terrorist organisation". Ron DeSantis posted his executive order to list the United States-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy group on social media on Monday. The move follows a similar declaration by the Republican governor of Texas last month. CAIR has rejected the labelling by both states and mounted legal ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
OpenAI says it's boosting productivity . On Monday, OpenAI published its first report on the state of enterprise AI, and based on the 9,000 surveyed workers across 100 companies, three-quarters said that AI has improved the speed and quality of their work. Here are the survey results: 87% of IT workers said they can solve IT issues faster, 85% of marketing and product say they can execute campaigns faster, 75% of ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
The European Commission said it was probing whether Google had breached EU competition rules by using the content of web publishers for AI purposes. The bloc said it would investigate to what extent the generation of AI Overviews and AI Mode by Google is based on web publishers' content without appropriate compensation. The move follows a slew of actions the bloc has taken against U.S big tech companies in recent ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
( The Hill ) – More American newborns are not receiving vitamin K shots, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study found that from January 2017 to December 2024, 3.92 percent of the more than 5 million newborns in a U.S.-based electronic database did not receive a vitamin K shot. The share of newborns who did not receive the shot rose from 2.92 ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A federal judge has ordered two senior Justice Department attorneys, including one fired by the Trump administration, to testify before the court in its inquiry into a March deportation flight that proceeded in defiance of court orders. Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday ordered Erez Reuveni, a former Justice Department attorney-turned-whistleblower, ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
'We believe the WBD Board of Directors is pursuing an inferior proposal,' CEO David Ellison says Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, announced Monday it has launched an all-cash tender offer to acquire the outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery for $30.00 per share in cash, with the company suggesting it's a "superior" offer than the recently announced Netflix deal. ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Dec 8 (Reuters) - The developer of the most popular app used to share information about sightings of federal immigration agents sued the Trump administration on Monday, alleging free speech violations after Apple (AAPL.O) removed ICEBlock from its online store. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by Joshua Aaron, the developer of the ICEBlock app that had over 1 million users before it was removed by Apple in ...
Source: reuters.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
795,212 22,085 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + Article Summary ICE Mortgage Technology's December 2025 report highlights a 3.5-year high in refinance retention due to falling interest rates. Mortgage performance improved, with a drop in delinquency rates, while foreclosure activity ticked up. AI Summary ICE Mortgage Technology said in its ...
Source: housingwire.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Former Rep. Colin Allred is ending his U.S. Senate campaign in Texas and instead will attempt a House comeback bid, potentially paving the way for Rep. Jasmine Crockett to become the early favorite for the Democrats' nomination in a state that is critical for the party's long shot hopes to reclaim a Senate majority in next year's elections. Subscribe to Here's the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? This story was originally published by ProPublica . For months, the Trump administration has been accusing its political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pamela Smith, who was catapulted into national attention after President Donald Trump moved to federalize Washington's police force and who worked to confront rising violence in the nation's capital, is stepping down as the city's police chief, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday. Smith, appointed in 2023, had been brought in to stabilize a department facing staffing shortages and a city shaken ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
IBM said it is acquiring Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion. The addition of Confluent will strengthen IBM's artificial intelligence portfolio. IBM will pay $31 per share in cash for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the company. In this article IBM announced Monday it is acquiring data streaming platform Confluent in a deal valued at $11 billion. Shares of Confluent soared 29%. IBM's stock ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
This year, the holidays don't feel celebratory for many Americans who've been negatively affected by the Trump administration's decisions. We're here to make sure those people do not go unheard. Help us hold the administration accountable. Already a member? Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
All the nominees for the awards ceremony due to take place on 11 January, the 83rd edition of the film and television gongs Film Best film – drama Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just an Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Best film – musical or comedy Blue Moon Bugonia Marty Supreme No Other Choice Nouvelle Vague One Battle After Another Best female actor in a film – drama Jessie ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Two senior military officials taken hostage during Sunday's attempted coup in Benin have been freed, a government source has told the BBC. It remains unclear how they were released or if other hostages are still being held. Security forces are continuing a manhunt for those involved in the plot, who remain at large. A group of soldiers appeared on state TV early in the morning to announce they had taken over in the ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Trump claimed Zelenskyy had not read the latest U.S.-backed peace plan yet. It's uncertain which version of the plan for Ukraine Trump was referring to. Trump's comments came a day after talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials ended in Miami without an agreement. Zelenskyy is meeting European allies in London and Brussels this week. (L/R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Health officials in the United Kingdom have identified a new recombinant strain of mpox in an individual who recently returned from abroad, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The case was identified in England in an individual who had recently traveled to Asia, according to a statement from UKHSA on Monday. Genomic sequencing showed that the mpox genome contained elements of clade Ib and clade IIb. ...
Source: bnonews.com
Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 -
Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite's momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid Netflix's acquisition deal. In nominations announced from Beverly Hills, California, "One Battle After Another" landed nods for its cast — Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn and Chase Infiniti ...
Source: huffpost.com