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Ukraine peace; Abrego Garcia; Indiana redistricting : 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 A federal judge freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention yesterday. Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador in March due to what Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Trump administration replaces America 250 quarters honoring abolition and women’s suffrage with Mayflower and Gettysburg designs
The culture wars have arrived at the U.S. Mint. Commemorative coins aimed at celebrating America’s 250th anniversary in 2026 were unveiled by the mint on Dec. 10, 2025, and they reflect the country’s currently divided politics and views of history. In an unexpected move, most of the original designs for the “America 250” coins that were approved by two official…
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Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism
As the Trump administration has targeted the Somali immigrant community and increased operations in Minnesota, demonstrators rally outside a Target location in Minneapolis on December 4, 2025. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) IS DONALD TRUMP A FASCIST? Americans who brush off that idea sometimes imagine that a real fascist regime, unlike Trump’s, would persecute ethnic minorities. But that’s exactly what…
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Pentagon did not conduct routine investigation into whether Hegseth damaged national security by sharing Yemen strike plans on Signal
The Pentagon did not conduct a routine investigation into the impact of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s disclosure of sensitive military information in a group chat on Signal earlier this year and whether it damaged national security – in part because Hegseth never authorized it, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. A classification review and damage assessment would typically…
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The Supreme Court showed rare signs of restraint in a death penalty case
From the moment the Republican Party gained a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court, in late 2020, the Court has often acted as if it is going down a checklist — identifying landmark precedents that are out of favor with the GOP, and overruling those decisions in party-line votes. Among other things, the Court eliminated the constitutional right to an…
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Trump’s FEMA council to recommend dramatic downsizing and overhaul – but not elimination – of the agency
A task force created by President Donald Trump plans to recommend the most sweeping overhaul of FEMA in decades, dramatically reducing the federal agency’s role in disaster response by cutting its workforce in half and rolling out a new block grant system designed to get aid to communities faster and with less bureaucratic hassle. The recommendations from the FEMA Review…
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Trump’s speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants : NPR
President Donald Trump dances to music after speaking at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP MOUNT POCONO, Pa. — On the road in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, President Donald Trump tried to emphasize his focus on combating inflation, yet the issue that has damaged his popularity…
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The Trump administration’s real goal in Venezuela
The U.S. is ready for war with Venezuela with more than a dozen warships and 15,000 troops now in the region. The Trump Administration says it’s about drugs, but some experts say that’s a cover for something else. Guests Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at the Price Futures Group. Fox Business Network contributor. Col. Mark Cancian, senior adviser in the…
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The Supreme Court is using Trump to grab more power for itself, in Trump v. Slaughter
If you’ve followed the Supreme Court’s recent presidential power cases, you know there’s no mystery surrounding the Court’s eventual decision in Trump v. Slaughter, a case asking if President Donald Trump may fire several high-ranking federal officials who are protected from being terminated by federal law. All six members of the Court’s Republican majority are devout acolytes of the “unitary…
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Luigi Mangione was arrested one year ago today. Inside how it went down
One year ago today, the manager of a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, reluctantly called 911 at the urging of perceptive and perturbed customers. “What’s the address of your emergency?” the dispatch operator asked when she answered the 9:14 a.m. call. “It’s not really an emergency,” the manager said immediately before introducing herself. “I have a customer here that some…
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