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Treasury Increases Pressure on Iran’s Sanctions-Evading Shadow Fleet
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is placing further pressure on the Iranian shadow fleet, which exports Iranian petroleum and petroleum products through deceptive shipping practices. OFAC is targeting 29 shadow fleet vessels and their respective management firms that have transported hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petroleum products. Today’s action…
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Trump’s address; ACA Vote; Venezuela Oil Tankers : NPR
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Trump insisted that the U.S. is poised for an economic boom during a prime-time address to the nation yesterday. He said that high prices are decreasing…
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‘We want it back’: Trump asserts U.S. claims to Venezuelan oil and land
MEXICO CITY — President Trump’s order of a partial blockade on oil tankers going to and from Venezuela and his claim that Caracas stole “oil, land and other assets” from the United States mark a significant escalation of Washington’s unrelenting campaign against the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Asked about Venezuela on Wednesday, Trump said the United States will be “getting land,…
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More than 100,000 Xcel customers still without power Wednesday night amid high winds, unclear when power will return
Updated at 6:56 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. More than 115,000 Xcel customers were without power as the sun set Wednesday night due to high winds and extreme fire conditions. Many parts of the Front Range saw heavy winds, with gusts as strong as 85 miles per hour, that knocked down power lines and trees. The state’s largest power…
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Gifts with heart: 15 thoughtful US ideas that support causes in need | Life and style
Last year, when my daughter opened her axolotl stuffed animal from her grandmother, I admit I was slightly peeved. Did we really need yet another stuffy? But this one had a purpose: it came from World Wildlife Foundation, a conservation non-profit that sends 85% of proceeds toward conservation work and has a four-star rating on Charity Navigator. My daughter loved…
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Secretary Bessent Orders Sanctions Against Violent Mexican Cartel
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL), which derives the vast majority of its illicit revenue from fuel and oil theft in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The violent conflict between CSRL and the notorious Mexican terrorist Cartel Jalisco Nuevo Generacion (CJNG) for…
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Texas Democrats fill up every state and federal race in 2026
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. A Democrat is running in every state and federal race on the Texas ballot next year, the first time in modern state history that either party has fielded a full slate of candidates, according to the Texas Democratic Party. The…
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What we know so far about the Brown University shooting suspect
Authorities are strongly urging the public to search for and share any potential images of a gunman who opened fire inside a Brown University classroom on Saturday, while facing increased scrutiny for the lack of major breaks in the case. READ MORE: Students, community frustrated with official response after Brown University shooting Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez said in…
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Why the US is trying to tie the drug trade to terrorism
Will GrantBBC Central America correspondent Reuters The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, is among the ships which have been deployed to the Caribbean The escalating tension between the US and Venezuela has led to the biggest military build-up in the Caribbean since the end of the Cold War. The last time so many US warships and troops…
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GOP sues to block California’s new voting maps
By Maya C. Miller and Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters A “No on Prop 50” sign at the Kern County Republican Party booth at the Kern County Fair in Bakersfield on Sept. 26, 2025. Republicans are seeking to overturn the congressional maps voters approved last month. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for…
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