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<title>Brown University shooting suspect found dead</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The suspected gunman authorities believe to be responsible for the Brown University shooting was found dead on Thursday in a New Hampshire storage facility, according to officials. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local police said, according to The Associated Press. Investigators now believe that Valente, a&#8230;]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. military struck two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing five “narco-terrorists” and bringing the total number of people killed in the Pentagon&#8217;s ongoing campaign to over 100.  Three people were killed on the first boat and two people were killed in the strike on the second vessel, the U.S.&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Wisconsin judge found guilty of obstruction for helping immigrant shake federal authorities</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 03:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Wisconsin judge was found guilty late Thursday of obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities after learning of his imminent arrest but acquitted of concealing him.  After six hours of deliberation, dragging into the night, a jury returned a split verdict against&#160;Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan&#160;— an extraordinary blow to the&#8230;]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A potential deal to fund large swaths of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, collapsed on Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded that Congress stop President Trump’s efforts to dismantle a key climate agency. A Democratic senator involved in the negotiations over passing a five-bill package of appropriations&#8230;]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday greenlighted 97 lower-level nominees, marking the third tranche advanced by Republicans since they changed the chamber’s rules in September and one of their final acts of the year before departing for the holiday break. Senate Republicans voted 53-43&#160;to put in place dozens of Trump administration choices to fill vacancies across various&#8230;]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Former President Obama on Thursday shared his yearly favorites in books, movies and music with his followers online. “As 2025 comes to a close, I&#8217;m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music,” he wrote in a statement on the&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Massie: Epstein files&#8217; release will show whether Bondi, Patel were lying</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Thursday released a 14-minute video explaining what Americans can expect if the Department of Justice (DOJ) does or does not disclose all of its information on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on its Friday deadline. &#8220;Let&#8217;s start with how will you know if they have released all the materials,&#8221;&#8230;]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt (D) died Thursday at the age of 88.  “It is with deep sadness that I share the passing of my beloved daddy and hero, former Governor Jim Hunt,” his daughter, Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt (D), wrote in a statement on social platform X. “He devoted his life to serving&#8230;]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said on Thursday that he has seen “no evidence of war crimes” committed during the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 strikes against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, and he indicated that his panel does not plan to further probe the controversial operation.  “I have seen no&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Trump signs annual NDAA Defense bill with record military spending</title>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law Thursday, establishing spending at the Pentagon and other priorities for the coming year. The bill approves a record $901 billion in military spending for fiscal 2026, roughly $8 billion more than what the Trump administration requested. It includes a nearly 4 percent pay increase for&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Senate Dems introduce bill to reverse gun tax cuts, repurpose funding for Medicare</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A group of Democratic senators introduced legislation to reverse gun tax credits in the Republicans’ summer spending bill and use the repurposed funding for Medicare. The Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act aims to strike credits for silencers, shotguns and firearm transfers while in turn using the $1.7 billion in savings for Medicare over&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Live updates: Trump orders marijuana reclassified, is poised to sign NDAA into law</title>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to reclassify marijuana for &#8220;legitimate medical uses&#8221; and was set to sign the massive Defense funding bill passed by Congress in recent days. The Kennedy Center&#8217;s board, which is composed of Trump allies, voted Thursday to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center “because of the unbelievable work President&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>What will Trump&#8217;s response be to deadly ISIS attack?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Welcome to The Hill&#8217;s Defense &#038; NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &#038;National Security &#8202; The Big Story&#160; What will Trump&#8217;s response be to deadly ISIS attack? The deadly attack in Syria that left three Americans dead has complicated the nascent relationship between the United States and Damascus and sparked speculation over how the Trump administration might&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Trump order sets aside Christmas Eve, Dec. 26 as federal holidays</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump issued an executive order Thursday declaring Christmas Eve and Dec. 26 as federal holidays this year. The order will result in federal agencies being closed and employees excused from duty, next Wednesday through Friday, as Christmas Day is already a federal holiday. Trump noted, though, that agency heads “may determine that certain offices&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Ohio Dem on Kennedy Center board call says she was muted: Renaming &#8216;was not unanimous&#8217;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board of trustees, disputed the White House’s claim that the vote was “unanimous” to rename the performing arts center to the Trump-Kennedy Center. In a short video post on the social platform X, the Ohio Democrat said she tried to voice her opposition&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Kelly says he wishes someone would tell Trump &#8216;how math works&#8217;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said he wishes someone could have told President Trump &#8220;how math works&#8221; before touting his administration&#8217;s successes 11 months into his second term at the White House. &#8220;Somebody must have showed him some, like, abysmal poll numbers and said, &#8216;You better get out there in front of the American people and&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Grassley rejects Senate Judiciary Democrats&#8217; demand for boat strike hearing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[All Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have demanded a public hearing on the Trump administration’s boat strike campaign over “serious concerns” the strikes may violate U.S. criminal laws, a request the panel’s head has already denied. In a letter dated Wednesday and sent to committee Chair Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the lawmakers say&#8230;]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Minneapolis Police Department Chief Brian O’Hara criticized federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents this week after an attempted arrest on Monday led to a chaotic scene in which an officer dragged a woman through the street as agents fended off protesters. Video of the incident shows an agent kneeling on a woman’s back as&#8230;]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Andrea Lucas, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), called on white men to come forward with employment and workplace discrimination complaints.&#160; Lucas said Wednesday in a video on the social platform X that white men may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws, and should contact the EEOC&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Jelly Roll pardoned by Tennessee governor</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on Thursday issued a pardon for famed country music star Jason DeFord, whose stage name is Jelly Roll. DeFord was previously convicted of robbery as a juvenile but was granted parole in 2005. While on parole, he was found in possession of cocaine and was charged with the intent to&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Watch live: Trump to sign mammoth defense spending bill into law</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump on Thursday evening will sign the mammoth defense policy bill for fiscal 2026 into law. The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday, sending the $900 billion policy bill to Trump&#8217;s desk, a week after the House overwhelmingly advanced the legislation. Headlining the NDAA is a pay bump of nearly&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Jeffries: Dems expect DOJ to comply with law to release Epstein files </title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5655934-democrats-expect-epstein-files/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Lillis]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats are expecting the Trump administration to release the full files on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, as required by law. &#8220;Based on my conversations with some of the top Democrats who&#8217;ve been working on this matter related to the full and complete disclosure of the Epstein&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Trump Media merging with nuclear fusion startup in $6B deal</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/business/5655815-trump-media-fusion-power-plant/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, announced a merger Thursday with TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion startup, in a deal valued at $6 billion. Together, the two companies are planning to create the “world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant.” The unprecedented project is intended to create electricity through fusion at 50 million watts&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Navarro’s bid to toss conviction gets frosty reception from appeals court  </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Peter Navarro’s&#160;bid to overturn his conviction&#160;for evading a congressional subpoena&#160;appeared to receive little&#160;backing&#160;from a federal appeals court Thursday.&#160; A&#160;three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit&#160;grilled Navarro lawyer&#160;Stanley Brand&#160;during an unusual&#160;oral argument&#160;where only&#160;the White House trade adviser’s counsel laid out a case,&#160;after the Justice Department dropped its defense of&#160;the&#160;prosecution earlier this&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Senate nears &#8216;minibus&#8217; deal to largely fund government, thwarting shutdown threat</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5655795-appropriations-bill-package-2026/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Bolton]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Senate leaders are nearing a deal to pass a package of five appropriations bills that would fund most of the federal government through fiscal 2026, which has the potential to largely take the threat of a government shutdown off the table early next year. Senators were waiting Thursday afternoon for a deal to set up&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Noem says Coast Guard will remove divisive language on hate symbols from policy</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5655770-noem-coast-guard-removes-hate-symbol-language/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Mitchell]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard will remove divisive language from its new workplace harassment policy that downgraded the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday.&#160; Noem’s announcement, made over social media, comes after the military branch allowed the more lenient language to quietly take effect Monday,&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Hogg slams DNC over not releasing 2024 analysis</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5655739-david-hogg-blasts-dnc-2024/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Activist David Hogg blasted the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Thursday for choosing to not release its postmortem of Democrats’ 2024 election losses. “I ran for DNC vice chair after massive losses in 2024 because I believed we needed to change our party,” Hogg said in a post on the social platform X. “Leadership disagreed&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Kennedy family members slam move to rename Kennedy Center</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5655708-kennedy-family-opposes-trump-kennedy-center/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Members of the Kennedy family publicly rebuked the decision to rename the Kennedy Center — a living tribute to former President John F. Kennedy — as the Trump-Kennedy Center. The center’s board — whose members President Trump hand-selected earlier this year —voted unanimously Thursday to rename the building to honor both U.S. presidents, drawing fierce&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>DOJ charges 6 more in growing Minnesota fraud scandal</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5655370-doj-charges-minnesota-fraud/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged more individuals Thursday as part of its ongoing and expanding probe into fraud in Minnesota. Joseph Thompson, the assistant U.S. attorney for Minnesota, announced charges against people accused of defrauding the state’s Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) and Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) programs, which offer Medicaid-funded housing&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>North Carolina rep &#8216;devastated&#8217; by deaths of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, family</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5655604-richard-hudson-mourns-biffle/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) on Thursday mourned the loss of famed NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family after they died in a plane crash. “I am devastated by the loss of Greg, Cristina, and their children, and my heart is with all who loved them,” Hudson wrote in a post on the social platform&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Hakeem Jeffries says renaming of Kennedy Center is illegal</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5655571-hakeem-jeffries-kennedy-center-name-change/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday signaled it is illegal for the Trump administration to rename the Kennedy Center without “legislative action.” “The Kennedy Center Board has no authority to actually rename the Kennedy Center in the absence of legislative action,” Jeffries told reporters.&#160; The creation of the Kennedy Center is outlined in&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>GOP senators balk at Trump’s plan to relax marijuana rules, warn it will hurt economy</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5655637-republicans-letter-trump-marijuana-threats/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Bolton]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nearly half the Senate Republican Conference has sent a sternly worded letter to President Trump warning that his executive order to downgrade marijuana — or cannabis — from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug akin to ketamine poses serious health and economic threats to the nation. Trump signed an executive order Thursday to&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Puka Nacua apologizes for antisemitic gesture on livestream</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5655584-puka-nacua-apology-antisemitic-gesture/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominick Mastrangelo]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua issued an apology on Thursday in response to backlash he sparked by appearing on a livestream during which he made a gesture widely viewed as having antisemitic undertones. &#8220;At the time, I had no idea this act was antisemitic in nature and perpetuated harmful stereotypes against Jewish people,&#8221;&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Amtrak, Union Station board approve agreement restoring federal control of facility</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5655591-amtrak-union-station-agreement/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Samuels]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Amtrak and a key panel of Union Station leaders on Thursday approved a renegotiated agreement that will officially restore federal control of the Washington transportation hub amid efforts to overhaul the facility. Leaders from Amtrak and the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation&#8217;s (USRC) board of directors voted unanimously to approve the agreement, which will hand over&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Ex-InfoWars host pardoned by Trump: President&#8217;s &#8216;swagger&#8217; is gone</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5655460-trump-address-slammed-infowars/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A former InfoWars host who President Trump pardoned after he was convicted for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol slammed the president&#8217;s national address on Wednesday and said his &#8220;swagger&#8221; is gone. Owen Shroyer started off his commentary on Trump&#8217;s address by calling it the president&#8217;s &#8220;worst speech yet&#8221;&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Trump announces &#8216;Patriot Games,&#8217; with 2 high school athletes from each state</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5655553-trump-patriot-games-2026/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Samuels]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump on Thursday announced plans for a “Patriot Games” next year that will pit top high school athletes from across the country against one another as part of a series of events to mark 250 years since the nation’s founding. Trump announced the launch of Freedom 250, an organization that will lead the administration’s&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Former GOP candidate for NC schools enters Senate primary against Whatley</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5655573-michele-morrow-republican-candidate-nc/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Vakil]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Michele Morrow, who was the Republican nominee for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction last cycle, is challenging former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley for the state’s open Senate seat next year. “[North Carolina] cannot afford four more years of Roy Cooper,” Morrow said in a statement upon announcing her candidacy.&#160; “I plan&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Newsom summarizes Trump speech: &#8216;F‑‑‑ your health care and your grocery bills&#8217;</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5655498-newsom-attacks-trump-speech/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) slammed President Trump’s Wednesday national address as a deflection from rising health care costs and grocery bills. “All those words when he could’ve just said: f‑‑‑ your health care and your grocery bills. Get a third job, peasant,” Newsom’s press office wrote in a Wednesday night post on the social&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Crypto industry presses Senate Banking panel to reject efforts to expand limits on stablecoin rewards</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5655563-crypto-industry-presses-senate-banking-panel-to-reject-efforts-to-expand-limits-on-stablecoin-rewards/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Shapero]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Several leading cryptocurrency companies and trade groups urged lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday to reject efforts to add new limits on stablecoin rewards in upcoming legislation.  In a letter led by&#160;the Blockchain Association, more than 125 crypto industry players argued against a push to “reinterpret and expand” an existing prohibition on&#160;stablecoin interest&#160;in the GENIUS Act.&#160;&#160; Among the&#160;signatories are the Bitcoin Policy Institute,&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>House approves bill to speed up energy projects — with anti-wind amendment</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5655328-house-bill-to-speed-act-energy-projects/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Frazin]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The House on Thursday passed a bill that aims to speed up infrastructure and energy projects — with a new anti-wind amendment in order to get GOP hard-liners on board. The vote was 221-196. The SPEED Act aims to bolster infrastructure projects by decreasing the amount of scrutiny their environmental impacts face. It would create&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>UK names replacement for US ambassador sacked over Epstein scandal</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5655463-replacement-peter-mandelson-epstein/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom has named a replacement for its former ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, who was removed for links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to a press release from the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Christian Turner, whom the FDCO described as “one of the UK’s most experienced&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>US sanctions Iran-linked vessels</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5655443-treasury-sanctions-iran-vessels/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Treasury Department announced new sanctions Thursday targeting 29 vessels that the U.S. says are part of Iran’s “shadow fleet,” used to transport oil and petroleum products through deceptive shipping practices. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the 29 entities, along with their respective management firms, which “have transported hundreds of&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Trump&#8217;s &#8216;warrior dividends&#8217; will use funding for military housing subsidies</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5655433-trump-warrior-dividends-military/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Filip Timotija]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump’s “warrior dividends” of $1,776 will use funding appropriated for military housing subsidies under the administration’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The money for the one-time checks intended for U.S. service members, which the president announced during his Wednesday night national address, will come from the $2.9 billion Congress approved this summer to&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>House Democrats release new Epstein pictures ahead of deadline for files&#8217; release</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5655205-epstein-photos-released-democrats/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released 68 more photos from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, one day before the Department of Justice&#8217;s (DOJ) deadline to release all of its information on the disgraced financier on Dec. 19. Some photos show lines from the Vladimir Nabokov novel&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Watch live: Trump signs executive order to reschedule marijuana</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5655361-watch-live-trump-executive-order-marijuana-rescheduling/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump is signing an executive order Thursday from the Oval Office that will drop marijuana into a lower drug classification — but it will not equate to full legalization. The move continues efforts begun by the Biden administration, which started the process to make marijuana a Schedule III drug in 2024 but did not&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Trump signs executive order to expedite marijuana rescheduling</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5655160-marijuana-rescheduling-trump-executive-order/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of expanding cannabis research. The executive order will direct the attorney general to expedite the completion of the rescheduling process. The Biden administration had begun the rescheduling&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Holder says GOP &#8216;didn’t have the guts&#8217; to let Jack Smith testify in public</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5655309-eric-holder-jack-smith-testimony-gop-probe/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Lillis]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Former Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday bashed the GOP’s handling of Jack Smith’s testimony to congressional investigators earlier this week, saying Republicans were afraid to allow the former special counsel to appear in public. “They didn&#8217;t have the guts to put him out there publicly, because they knew that he&#8217;d flay them, he&#8217;d destroy them,” Holder&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Kennedy Center board votes to rename building Trump-Kennedy Center</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5655279-kennedy-center-trump-kennedy/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Manchester]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday that the Kennedy Center board voted unanimously to rename the building the Trump-Kennedy Center.&#160; “I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted unanimously to rename the&#8230;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title>GOP blocks measure to reverse RFK move on HHS transparency, public comments</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5655261-gop-rfk-hhs-public-comment/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Bolton]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block a resolution sponsored by Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make its rulemaking open to public comment, something that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. halted in March. King’s resolution, offered under the Congressional Review Act, would have rescinded the&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>DNC won&#8217;t release 2024 election losses analysis</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5655194-dnc-2024-election-loss-analysis/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Mueller]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<category><![CDATA[2024 election losses]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has decided against releasing its postmortem of the party’s 2024 losses it looks to build on 2025 momentum and take back power in Congress during next year’s midterms.  “Here’s our North Star: does this help us win?” DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement shared with The Hill on&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Carville: No one in GOP is &#8216;scared&#8217; of Trump</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5655048-carville-trump-republican-fear/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Democratic strategist James Carville on Wednesday said that Republicans are no longer &#8220;scared&#8221; of President Trump after four GOP House members on Wednesday sided with Democrats to sign a discharge petition forcing a vote to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies. &#8220;Just today, four Republicans broke out to bring up the subsidy vote on the House floor,&#8221;&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Congress hasn&#8217;t passed a budget on time since 1997. We should fix that.</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5651844-fixing-budget-chaos-congress/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Minkoff and Joshua Ryan, opinion contributors]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We need fundamental budget reform in this country. A two-year budget cycle with automatic funding when legislators fail to act would be a good start. ]]></description>
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<title>Medicare enrollees to pay 50 percent less for some drugs next year: Study</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5655103-lower-medicare-drug-costs/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Medicare enrollees could save roughly half of what they usually pay for certain drugs next year, according to a study from the AARP. The study, published Thursday, found that the out-of-pocket cost of 10 drugs included in the first round of Medicare drug price negotiation will decrease substantially in five states with high enrollment in&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Sean Duffy&#8217;s daughter calls out TSA as &#8216;unconstitutional&#8217; after pat-down</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5655133-duffy-daughter-tsa-patdown/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s daughter called the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) “unconstitutional” after undergoing what she described as an “absurdly invasive” pat-down at airport security. In a post Thursday on the social platform X, Evita Duffy-Alfonso detailed her challenging experience as a pregnant woman wanting to avoid the radiation exposure from the full-body scanner at&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Bernie Sanders demands AI data center moratorium </title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5655111-bernie-sanders-data-center-moratorium/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robby Soave, opinion contributor  ]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Robby's Radar]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[A moratorium on all new data centers! Holy escalation, Batman!  ]]></description>
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<title>Miami mayor-elect Eileen Higgins on immigration enforcement: &#8216;We cannot proceed this way as a nation&#8217;</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5654944-donald-trump-immigration-miami-eileen-higgins/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins (D) in a Wednesday evening interview on NewsNation slammed the Trump administration over immigration enforcement. “Just stop it,” Higgins told host Chris Cuomo. &#8220;It’s bad for our economy, it’s horrifying for our families, and we cannot proceed this way as a nation.&#8221; Since President Trump returned to office, the Department of&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>42 percent in Fox News poll say Trump should pay more attention to high prices</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5655059-trump-voters-high-prices/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A little less than half of registered voters believe President Trump should pay more attention to high prices, according to a new Fox News poll. When asked to pick a single issue from a list that Trump ought to “be paying MORE attention to right now,” 42 percent of respondents said “high prices,” with “health&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Meta sued over teens&#8217; suicides</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5655028-meta-lawsuit-teen-suicides/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Shapero]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Instagram]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Meta]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[Two families are suing Meta&#160;over their sons’ suicides, accusing the tech giant of&#160;failing to&#160;implement&#160;safeguards to prevent&#160;the sextortion&#160;schemes that drove their teens&#160;to take&#160;their&#160;own lives.&#160; Tricia Maciejewski and Rosalind and Mark Downey filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the&#160;Facebook and Instagram parent company&#160;Wednesday.&#160; They allege the deaths of their sons “were the foreseeable result of Meta&#8217;s design decisions and&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T17:33:25+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>LA Rams star Puka Nacua under fire over &#8216;antisemitic touchdown dance&#8217; promise</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5654846-la-rams-star-puka-nacua-under-fire-touchdown-dance/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominick Mastrangelo]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is facing blowback for an appearance he made on a livestream this week during which he promised a pair of internet personalities he would do a touchdown dance widely viewed as having antisemitic undertones. During the stream with influencers Adin Ross and N3on, the football player chatted with&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T17:09:25+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Jeffries, Democrats press Johnson for immediate vote on ObamaCare subsidies</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5654903-jeffries-democrats-johnson-obamacare-subsidies/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Lillis]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Top House Democrats on Thursday called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to hold an immediate vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. The Democrats succeeded this week in forcing a vote on a three-year extension of the ObamaCare tax credits when four centrist&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T17:17:14+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Vanity Fair photographer defends close-up pictures of Trump aides in Wiles profile</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5654781-vanity-fair-photographer-defends-white-house-photos/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Know]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5654781</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vanity Fair photographer Christopher Anderson on Wednesday defended his photos of White House aides taken for a profile on chief of staff Susie Wiles, after both the story and his images were met with criticism from Trump administration officials and allies. &#8220;It is curious that the internet is shocked that I would not retouch the&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Dershowitz says he told Trump constitutionality of third term &#8216;not clear&#8217;</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5654824-dershowitz-trump-constitution-third-term-talk/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Alan Dershowitz, the former lawyer of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said he told President Trump it&#8217;s &#8220;not clear&#8221; whether it would be constitutional for him to serve a third term in the White House. Dershowitz, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said he gave Trump a draft copy of his upcoming book&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Democrats ask federal watchdog to review ICE hiring surge amid reports of issues with trainees</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5654960-democrats-seek-gao-review-dhs-training/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Beitsch]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[House Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are asking a government watchdog to undertake a review of the Trump administration’s hiring practices, citing issues with trainees as they dramatically ramp up recruitment of immigration enforcement agents. The Trump administration in August&#160;ended age limits&#160;for those interested in serving as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers,&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T17:39:18+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Trump administration seeks to effectively end gender-affirming care for minors</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5654917-medicare-medicaid-gender-care-cuts/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathaniel Weixel]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hospitals and doctors that perform gender-affirming care surgery on minors will have to forgo federal Medicare and Medicaid funding under new rules proposed by the Trump administration Thursday, even in states where the procedures are legal.  The&#160;multi-pronged&#160;plan from&#160;the Department&#160;of Health and Human Services&#160;is part of the administration’s efforts to curtail gender-affirming care, and if made&#160;final,&#160;could&#160;essentially ban&#160;the practice nationwide.&#160; “The Trump administration will not stand by while&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>GOP lawmaker: &#8216;I hope that the Speaker takes a different approach in the new year&#8217;</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5654762-kevin-kiley-criticizes-johnson/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5654762</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) wants House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to chart a different course in 2026. “I hope that the Speaker takes a different approach in the new year, where the House can sort of put itself back in the driver’s seat when it comes to the issues that really matter to folks,” Kiley&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T16:33:36+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>What to know about Trump&#8217;s $1,776 &#8216;warrior dividend&#8217; to service members</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5654855-military-service-members-bonus/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump announced Wednesday night that military service members will receive checks for $1,776, a nod to the nation’s founding year. The news came during the president’s national address, which focused on affordability and served as a wrap-up for the first year of his second term in office. “Because of tariffs, along with the just&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T16:37:33+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Without railway reform, your town could be the next East Palestine</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5653193-railway-safety-act-2023/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jess Conard, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Energy and Environment]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[East Palestine train derailment]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Homendy]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[Railway Safety Act of 2023]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[train derailment]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[Over 80 million Americans are just like me; they live near a Class I railroad track.]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T03:41:08+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Judge rules layoffs likely violated shutdown funding deal </title>
<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5654822-judge-reverses-trump-shutdown-layoffs/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach Schonfeld]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5654822</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge reversed the terminations of hundreds of government employees Wednesday, ruling that the Trump administration likely violated the terms of the funding deal that ended the longest-ever government shutdown.  That deal prohibits agencies from carrying out a reduction in force (RIF) until Jan. 30.  The Trump administration asserted that RIFs&#160;announced prior to the shutdown&#160;could still move ahead, but U.S. District Judge Susan&#160;Illston&#160;rejected&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T16:13:39+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Watch: RFK Jr. gives remarks on updated guidance for youth health care</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5654761-watch-live-rfk-jr-remarks-youth-health-care/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5654761</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered remarks Thursday on new federal guidance related to health care for minors. The remarks came after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a draft rule that would pause federal funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for minors. Kennedy is expected to&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Trump pressures high court on pending tariff ruling</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5652210-president-supreme-court-tariff-case/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Wolfensberger, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5652210</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The President has appealed to the Supreme Court to uphold his authority to set tariff rates, while Congress has been happy to delegate tariff questions to the executive branch, and the court is expected to hand down its decision in early January.]]></description>
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<title>US, Russian officials to meet in Miami this weekend</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5654754-miami-us-russia-ukraine-talks/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Kelly]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. and Russian officials are expected to meet in Miami this weekend to go over President Trump’s latest proposal to end Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine, a White House official confirmed to The Hill.&#160; U.S. officials briefed reporters last week on the outcome of 2 1/2 days of talks with Ukraine&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T16:21:40+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Harris defends Biden administration decision not to release Jeffrey Epstein files</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5654686-kamala-harris-doj-independence-epstein-files/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that the Biden administration was right not to pressure the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein. “We strongly and rightly believed that there should be an absolute separation between what we wanted as an administration and what the Department of Justice did,” Harris&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T16:08:39+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Trump: Venezuela must pay for seized US oil assets</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5654700-trump-venezuela-seized-oil-assets/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5654700</guid>
<description><![CDATA[President Trump said Wednesday that Venezuela must pay for the oil assets previously seized by the South American nation, as tensions rise over the U.S. military&#8217;s action in the Caribbean. “You remember, they took all of our energy rights. They took all of our oil from not that long ago, and we want it back,&#8221;&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T16:09:39+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Burying the past at military cemeteries doesn’t erase segregation</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5652542-restoring-black-veteran-honors/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Rapoport, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Civil Rights]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Harry Truman]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Jefferson Wiggins]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Joe Popolo]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Mieke Kirkels]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[military servicemembers]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[segregation]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5652542</guid>
<description><![CDATA[These historical revisionists underestimate the will of the community and Dutch civil rights advocates to set the record straight]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T02:45:47+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Watch live: House convenes hearing on implementation of CHIPS and Science Act</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5654680-watch-live-house-hearing-federal-implementation-chips-and-science-act/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5654680</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Federal officials are set to testify Thursday morning before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing. The witnesses come from the National Science Foundation, Energy Department, National Institutes of Health and NASA, and will face questions over how the law&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T14:51:18+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>China is the pariah of the seas</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5653320-chinese-fishing-illegal-activities/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon G. Chang, opinion contributor ]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Opinions - International]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[Global Fishing Watch]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[illegal fishing]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Pacific Islands]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[South China Sea]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[US-China relations]]></category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehill.com/?p=5653320</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Across the Pacific — and across the world — China’s fishing fleets are plundering the waters of other countries.]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T14:16:56+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Watch live: Jeffries, House Dems give remarks on ACA discharge petition</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5654597-watch-live-jeffries-democrats-discharge-petition-affordable-care-act-subsidies/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Thursday morning after Democrats advanced their discharge petition to force a vote on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. With the help of some moderate Republicans, Democrats reached the 218-signature threshold needed to move the measure forward, as the COVID-ear enhanced tax credits&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Winter heating bills expected to rise most in these states</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5641239-winter-heating-bills-expected-to-rise-most-in-these-states/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alix Martichoux]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Millions of cash-strapped Americans are about to be hit with an unpleasant surprise: an increase in their monthly heating bills this winter. ]]></description>
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<title>Trump administration announces sale of $10 billion in weapons to Taiwan</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5654598-trump-administration-taiwan-weapons-sale/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<category><![CDATA[Trump address to nation]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[Trump tariff agenda]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has announced the sale of more than $10 billion in weapons to Taiwan, a move likely to upset China. Among the weapons in the sale are medium-range missiles, drones and howitzers, The Associated Press reported. The package, if approved by Congress, will be the largest agreement with the U.S. ally, though Taiwan&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T14:46:48+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Watch live: House Democrats speak out against use of police in immigration enforcement</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5654519-protect-immigration-act-reintroduced/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A group of House Democrats will speak with reporters Thursday morning in opposition to the Trump administration&#8217;s deportation agenda, including the use of local law enforcement to assist with President Trump&#8217;s crackdown on immigration. During the press conference, Democratic Reps. Mike Quigley (Ill.), Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Sarah McBride (Del.) and Valerie Foushee (N.C.) are also&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T15:15:15+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Rules of the road: Why Trump’s AI order matters more than most Americans realize </title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5651704-rules-of-road-ai/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Rotella, opinion contributor  ]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category><![CDATA[Opinions - Technology]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[Most Americans trust things they do not fully understand every day.&#160; They trust traffic lights. Crosswalks. Driver’s education. The rules are visible; the expectations are shared. Trust follows.&#160; That was not always true.&#160; In the early 1900s, American streets were chaos. Automobiles were hailed as the future, but they arrived faster than society could prepare for them.&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Annual inflation rate fell in November, defying expectations</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/business/5654578-annual-inflation-rate-fell-in-november-defying-expectations/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvan Lane]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The annual inflation rate fell in November, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), defying economists&#8217; expectations. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent over the 12-month span ending in November, down from 3 percent in September. Economists expected the annual inflation rate to rise to 3.1 percent and&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Doctors warn of ‘super flu’ variant in hot spots like New York </title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5654167-super-flu-k-variant-new-york-city/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Nieves]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ahead of the holiday tourist rush, city health officials in New York City reported nearly 14,000 flu cases in the first week of December.]]></description>
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<title>China’s AI has hacked the West — we gave them the keys</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/5653005-china-ai-hacking-us-companies/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoffrey Cain, opinion contributor ]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The West handed China the advantage, and now we will suffer. ]]></description>
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<title>COVID vaccine tied to drop in death rates: Study</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5653618-covid-vaccine-tied-to-drop-in-death-rates-study/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steph Whiteside]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A study examined data over four years and found vaccinated people had a 25% lower risk of mortality from all causes.]]></description>
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<title>Top Democrats rip Trump address: &#8216;Untethered from reality and truth&#8217;</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5654522-jeffries-schumer-trump-white-house-address/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The top Democrats in Congress took a swing at President Trump&#8217;s address from the White House late Wednesday, calling the speech &#8220;untethered from reality and truth.&#8221; “It was an unhinged speech that was, of course, untethered from reality and truth.&#160;You know, Donald Trump has made things worse for the American people,” House Minority Leader Hakeem&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>The real villains behind high ticket prices</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5653771-bots-and-scalpers-drive-up-ticket-prices/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Miller, opinion contributor  ]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[While headlines focus on corporate "villains,” the real culprit is hiding in plain sight: scalpers that dominate the resale market.  ]]></description>
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<title>Timeline for outdoor warning sirens in Texas flood-prone areas accelerated</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5653536-texas-warning-signs-flash-floods-legislation/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julianna Russ]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Texas Water Development Board said it recently approved an accelerated timeline for two bills related to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.]]></description>
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<title>Some Hyundai, Kia owners eligible for $4.5M settlement: Who qualifies?</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/business/5653700-hyundai-kia-settlement-qualifications/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mac Bell]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The funds will be sent out on a "rolling basis."]]></description>
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<title>How tolerant Australia became a hotbed of antisemitism</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5653018-how-tolerant-australia-became-a-hotbed-of-antisemitism/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Lee, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Australians are going to have to rethink what successful multiculturalism looks like. ]]></description>
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<title>Trump&#8217;s team risks undermining NATO, the Greatest Generation&#8217;s legacy</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5653768-trumps-team-risks-undermining-nato-the-greatest-generations-legacy/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet, opinion contributors]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[NATO is the defining legacy of our Greatest Generation.]]></description>
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<title>Moderna receives $54.3M investment for bird flu vaccine, covering axed federal mRNA contracts</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5654061-moderna-cepi-bird-flu-vaccine/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Moderna announced Thursday it will receive up to $54.3 million from a global vaccine partnership to fund its ongoing research into a potential bird flu mRNA vaccine, helping to recover some of the funding that was cut off when the federal government canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness&#8230;]]></description>
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<dcterms:modified>2025-12-18T15:06:33+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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<title>Johnson faces new rebellion from the center</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5654475-trump-warrior-dividend-gop-rebellion/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jared Gans]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Morning Report is The Hill&#8217;s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today&#8217;s issue: ▪&#160;GOP moderates go around Johnson ▪ Trump touts record, $1,776 &#8216;Warrior Dividend&#8217; ▪ Bongino leaving FBI ▪&#160;New Medicaid work requirements A group of moderate House Republicans added to Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-La.) headaches when they joined with Democrats to force a vote on&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Trump&#8217;s approval down 8 points since start of year: Poll</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5653000-trump-approval-rating-drop/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Mueller]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump’s approval rating has dropped 8 points since he started his second presidential term, according to an Emerson College Polling survey released Thursday. Forty-one percent of voters said they approve of the job Trump is doing as president, down from 49 percent who said the same in January.&#160;And 50 percent of voters disapprove of&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Voters prefer moderate candidates over progressives, MAGA: Poll</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5652984-moderate-democrats-republicans-preferred/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Mueller]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Voters prefer moderate candidates over both progressive and MAGA contenders for the next presidential race,&#160;according to a new Emerson College Polling survey.&#160; In a hypothetical 2028 match-up against a progressive Democrat, voters sided with a moderate Republican by roughly 12 points. A moderate Democrat, on the other hand, won a showdown against a MAGA Republican&#8230;]]></description>
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<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5653910-syria-attack-us-response/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Mitchell]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The deadly attack in Syria that left three Americans dead has complicated the nascent relationship between the United States and Damascus and sparked speculation over how the Trump administration might respond. President Trump has vowed that the Saturday attack — carried out by a lone ISIS group shooter that reportedly infiltrated local security forces, killing&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>GOP senators frustrated by Speaker’s handling of explosive health care issue</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5654213-gop-senators-speaker-johnson-health-care/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Bolton]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Republican senators who defeated a Democratic bill to extend ObamaCare subsidies for three years without reforms to the program are frustrated the same proposal appears likely to pass the House after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was unable to quell a rebellion within his own party. GOP senators want to preserve their working relationship with Johnson,&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>5 takeaways from Trump’s White House address</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5654408-trump-year-one-address/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niall Stanage]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump delivered an address to the nation Wednesday night intended to mark the close of his first year back in power. Trump appeared before the cameras in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room with his poll ratings at a mediocre ebb, and the issue of affordability in particular serving as a drag on his&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Most in new poll say Trump use of presidential power goes too far</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5654358-most-in-new-poll-say-trump-use-of-presidential-power-goes-too-far/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Most Americans say President Trump’s use of presidential power is going too far, according to a poll released Wednesday. Quinnipiac University found that 54 percent of voters think Trump is going too far with his presidential authority, while 37 percent think he is handling it about right. Seven percent think the president isn&#8217;t going far&#8230;]]></description>
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<title>Trump touts &#8216;warrior dividend&#8217; checks, housing reform in address to nation</title>
<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5654365-trump-primetime-address-housing-checks/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Samuels]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[President Trump sought to make the case Wednesday that his administration has made progress on key issues in a rare prime-time address amid slumping poll numbers and persistent questions about affordability. The president addressed the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, where he argued for just less than 20 minutes that&#8230;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Manchester]]></dc:creator>
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