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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been freed from an immigrant detention facility in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge Thursday. He is en route to his family in Maryland, according to USA Today.He was released at 4:45 p.m., ET today, a few hours after U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered that he be set free. A federal judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from federal custody. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued the order, granting Abrego Garcia’s petition for relief. “Since Abrego Garcia’s return from wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained,…

The House voted on Thursday to table a motion to impeach President Donald Trump. The so-called privileged motion to force the House to act was introduced by Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green, according to The Hill. A Republican motion to table the resolution passed by a vote of 237-140, with 47 Democrats voting present and 23 voting with the Republicans to table it. Tabling means to set it aside indefinitely without further debate. Green has repeatedly introduced resolutions to impeach President Trump, both during his first term in office and now three times this year, since Trump’s return to office. His latest…

California state air regulators have said they will not require large businesses to disclose their so-called climate-related financial risks in the wake of a federal appeals court ruling pausing implementation of the state law.The California Air Resources Board (CARB) said on Dec. 1 that it will abide by a federal appeals’ court order and not enforce provisions of Senate Bill 261 after the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 18 granted the plaintiffs’ motion for injunction against the law. SB 261, which was enacted in 2023, mandated companies doing business in the state whose gross revenues exceed $500…

A federal grand jury on Thursday declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking a third failure by the Department of Justice to advance against the Democrat.The grand jury in Alexandria, Va., refused to recommend charges after a previously grand jury in Norfolk did the same, NBC News reported. A federal judge dismissed an earlier case against James. James led a civil fraud case against President Donald Trump in 2024 over his real estate dealings.  Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.

People magazine and former Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi have made separate lists of insults President Trump has recently lobbed at female reporters. It doesn’t matter how the journalists behaved, because apparently women can’t possibly be ill-mannered in press conferences. Or they think you can’t possibly be as rude as Trump. The list of outrages started with “quiet, piggy” to Bloomberg’s Katherine Lucey. She was hogging the spotlight, and asking more than one question. Trump could have said something without an animal insult, like “you’re done,” or “enough,” but when reporters are “on a roll,” what works? There were more.…

A jury convicted Hollywood director Carl Erik Rinsch of scamming $11 million from Netflix for a show that never materialized, and spending it to fund his lavish lifestyle. Court records and a spokesperson for federal prosecutors in New York said Rinsch was convicted of wire fraud, money laundering and other charges, according to CBS News. The director, best known for directing “47 Ronin,” is believed to have used the money to purchase several Rolls-Royces, luxury watches, a Ferrari and approximately $1 million in mattresses and luxury bedding. The Netflix show was never completed. (L to R) Japanese actress Ko Shibasaki,…

A Black Lives Matter mural in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago on April 11, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch TimesThe executive director of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in Oklahoma City has been indicted for allegedly funneling $3.15 million in returned bail checks into her personal bank accounts, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Dec. 11.Prosecutors charged Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, with 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering on Dec. 3, the DOJ said in a statement.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use…

PROVO, Utah — Tyler Robinson, the man charged with assassinating Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk during a Sept. 10 event at Utah Valley University, is scheduled to make his first in-person court appearance Thursday. The hearing marks the most significant public step in the case since Robinson was taken into custody nearly three months ago, as reported by Fox News. Robinson faces an aggravated murder charge and multiple related felonies. Until now, he has appeared only via jail video or audio feeds. Tyler Robinson in court #CharlieKirk #tylerrobinson pic.twitter.com/8mjqFQx1TF — Gray Hughes Investigates (@GrayHuze) December 11, 2025 Trump’s Sovereign…

Actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld turned 29 this week, prompting fans across social media to revisit photos and moments from her film, television, and music career. The Oscar-nominated performer has remained a prominent figure in entertainment since her breakthrough role more than a decade ago, and her birthday sparked renewed attention on her public appearances and past projects, as reported by TMZ. Happy 29th Birthday to the talented, stunning, and gorgeous actress and singer-songwriter, Hailee Steinfeld ✨ pic.twitter.com/nursXYUHeQ — Hailee Steinfeld Central (@haileecentral96) December 11, 2025 Trump’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: What Could It Mean For Your Money? Supporters circulated a…

A man accused of fatally shooting a student and critically injuring another inside a Kentucky State University dormitory on Tuesday has been identified as the parent of a student enrolled at the school, authorities said Wednesday. The suspect, 48-year-old Jacob Lee Bard of Evansville, Indiana, has been charged with murder and first-degree assault in connection with the attack, as reported by Fox News. A parent of a Kentucky State University student has been charged with murder in a campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another, according to police. https://t.co/wtHeoLvxrM — KTIV News Four (@ktivnews) December 11, 2025…

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis appeared on The View Tuesday morning, December 2, to promote her upcoming film Ella McKay, but the interview briefly derailed after co-host Joy Behar delivered an unexpected joke that left Curtis momentarily speechless, as reported by Decider. During the segment, Curtis described preparing Thanksgiving dinner and explained that she had learned how to spatchcock a turkey. TV Personality Joy Behar, the View co-host She called the process “gross and violent,” prompting Behar to interject and suggest, “Let’s drop this whole topic.” Trump’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: What Could It Mean For Your Money? Despite the exchange, the…

A deer smashed its way into a Christmas store in Jonesborough, Tennessee, early Friday morning, running through displays before becoming trapped in a piece of furniture and ultimately being removed by police. The incident took place at Gabriel’s Christmas and More, a holiday-themed shop located about 60 miles north of Asheville, North Carolina. According to the Jonesborough Police Department, the deer entered the store unexpectedly and moved quickly through the aisles. Trump’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: What Could It Mean For Your Money? In a statement posted on Facebook, the department described the animal’s path through the shop. “Once inside, he…

Reform California Chairman and California state representative Carl DeMaio criticized a newly enacted rule that he says gives illegal aliens preferential tuition rates over American citizens seeking to attend universities in the state. DeMaio said the policy results in higher costs for U.S. citizens, including those whose families have served in the military. “California Democrat politicians have now enacted a new rule that treats citizens worse than illegal immigrants and gives discounts for tuition to illegal immigrants over citizens here in the United States,” DeMaio said. Trump’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: What Could It Mean For Your Money? He introduced himself…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign spent close to $50,000 in Puerto Rico between late June and September, according to third-quarter Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings that detail tens of thousands of dollars in expenditures on luxury lodging, high-end dining, and a $23,000 “venue rental” at the same arena where she was seen attending a Bad Bunny concert on August 10, as reported by Fox News. Social media videos from the August trip show Ocasio-Cortez visiting a housing development in San Juan, where she criticized gentrification. Additional footage showed her later that night dancing in box seats at Bad Bunny’s show alongside…

Senator Joni Ernst detailed a series of failures in federal oversight, pointing to examples of fraud and waste in government programs and emphasizing the need for basic verification measures to prevent future losses. Ernst highlighted long-running issues she said have persisted across agencies, including approvals of clearly fraudulent pandemic-era loan applications and widespread improper payments in fiscal year 2024. “For over a decade, I’ve been exposing egregious Washington waste with my monthly squeal awards. Some examples are too outrageous to believe,” Ernst said. Trump’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: What Could It Mean For Your Money? She pointed to specific cases uncovered…

Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, delivered forceful remarks this week directed at individuals spreading conspiracy theories and profiting from her husband’s murder, as reported by The Gateway Pundit. Kirk spoke on Wednesday during an interview on Fox News, addressing claims circulating since Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on September 10 at Utah Valley University. Police identified Tyler Robinson as the gunman. Podcast host Candace Owens has publicly suggested numerous entities—including the French government, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jewish donors, the U.S. government, the “Deep State,” TPUSA leadership, and Erika Kirk herself—were responsible for Charlie Kirk’s assassination.…

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., faced heavy criticism Thursday after characterizing the recent shooting of two National Guard members blocks from the White House, killing one, as an “unfortunate accident.”Thompson made the comment during a hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security titled, “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland.” Democrats attempted to focus the hearing on deportation efforts of the Trump administration when Thompson made his remark. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem responded passionately, “do you think that was an unfortunate accident?” She went on to describe it as a “terrorist attack.” To which Thompson rephrased the shooting as an “unfortunate…

(The Center Square) – California officials announced this week that state law enforcement seized $56.5 million of illegally-grown marijuana plants in November, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.The California Department of Cannabis Control conducted three raids in November on illegal cannabis farms throughout the state. That resulted in the department confiscating 58,358 plants. Each raid targeted large illegal cultivation sites in Los Angeles and Alameda counties. All the sites that were targeted pose environmental risks to the natural landscape and nearby neighborhoods, officials told The Center Square on Thursday. “When we see these illicit cannabis sites happen at this scale,…

(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Mesa, introduced a bill that would add a dual citizenship question to the U.S. Census.The census is conducted every 10 years and helps to reshape congressional districts across the country. The Arizona congressman told The Center Square that the Make Allegiances Clear Again Act, which he introduced last week, is “a long overdue reform of our nation’s census system.” “You cannot fix a breach in national security if you refuse to look at it. The MACA Act ends what seems to be our willful ignorance and finally treats sovereignty as a serious…

The Republican-controlled Indiana state Senate voted Thursday to reject the redrawn redistricting map that could have potentially meant an increase of two GOP U.S. House members in the 2026 midterm elections. The defeat of the map represents a setback to President Donald Trump, who had strongly advocated for its passage by the state Senate. Also, there have been multiple visits from Vice President JD Vance and calls from Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (La.), attempting to persuade enough members of the Senate to pass the redrawn map. Though the GOP-controlled state House had approved the map last week, according to…

A judge has agreed to consolidate two cases brought by whistleblowers against the IRS, alleging the tax agency failed to provide them with an award for information on the Clinton Foundation, according to court documents reviewed by Just the News.The decision, which was not opposed by the IRS, indicates that the trial is moving forward.   The cases were brought by retired federal agent John Moynihan and private fraud expert Larry Doyle and have wound their way through the U.S. Tax Court for years. The details of the investigation conducted by the two respected forensic financial investigators, Doyle and Moynihan, first surfaced…

New York Attorney General Letitia James has repeatedly run afoul of federal judges in her quest to regulate the speech of pro-life pregnancy centers, but that hasn’t dissuaded her from trying to control speech on other polarizing issues in which courts have rebuked censors.School board members and parents are now suing the AG and New York Education Commissioner Betty Rosa for allegedly threatening to remove the former from office for “publicly supporting sex-separated interscholastic sports and school facilities” or “using pronouns that correspond to biological sex” at board meetings, or even for letting the latter say the same things. Filed by the Southeastern Legal…

Can medical professionals work with the Trump administration and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services without risking their careers, even as articles of faith in public health fail under the evidence?It’s an open question after pediatric cardiologist Kirk Milhoan allegedly lost his practice “solely because” he now chairs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which has reoriented its recommendations around individual decisionmaking since Kennedy remade the panel. The committee voted last week to stop recommending the hepatitis B shot at birth and instead wait two months to inoculate babies born to mothers who…

The U.S. Supreme Court will hold a conference Friday to determine whether to grant certiorari to an important climate lawsuit, and a decision could come as early as Monday. Certiorari is the writ that the Supreme Court of the United States issues to review a lower court’s judgment. As such, a party seeking to appeal to the Supreme Court from a lower court decision must file a writ of certiorari.    In 2018, the city and county of Boulder filed a lawsuit seeking damages from weather events, which they allege are caused by burning fossil fuels. They also accuse the oil companies of deceiving the public about the dangers of…

A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed Thursday in Oklahoma City charging Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson with wire fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester announced on Thursday.The press release announcing the indictment, from the office of the U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Oklahoma, says that “beginning in at least 2016, Dickerson served as the Executive Director of Black Lives Matter OKC (BLMOKC). As Executive Director, Dickerson had access to BLMOKC’s bank, PayPal, and Cash App accounts. The indictment further says that “although BLMOKC was not a registered tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal…

The United States is increasing pressure on Venezuela as it issued new sanctions Thursday on the country’s oil industry and on members of President Nicolás Maduro’s family. In addition, the Trump administration took steps to keep the tens of millions of dollars worth of oil in the large oil tanker that the U.S. seized Wednesday off the country’s coast. As the country has been hurt by U.S. sanctions, Maduro’s government has been selling their oil through a web of tankers and middlemen, according to The New York Times. The new sanctions go after six shipping companies and three nephews of Maduro’s…

“HIS & HERS” stars Tessa Thompson, Jon Bernthal and Pablo Schreiber.PublishedDecember 12, 2025 4:00 AM EST•UpdatedDecember 12, 2025 1:08 AM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkNetflix’s new murder mystery “HIS & HERS” looks like it’s going to be a crazy film with a stacked cast.Basic info:Streaming platform: NetflixPlot: Set in the sweltering heat of Atlanta, Anna lives in haunting reclusivity, fading away from her friends and career as a news anchor. But when she overhears about a murder in Dahlonega – the sleepy town where she grew up – Anna is snapped back to life, pouncing on the case and searching for answers. Detective…

Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, charged with obstructing an immigration arrest, leaves after appearing in court, in Milwaukee, Wis., on May 15, 2025. Jim Vondruska/File Photo/ReutersA judge in Wisconsin is set to stand trial on Monday after she allegedly tried to help an illegal immigrant evade deportation earlier this year.Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan faces charges of obstruction and “concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest” after she allegedly escorted 31-year-old Eduardo Flores-Ruiz out of a back door of her courtroom so he would not be apprehended by immigration agents waiting to detain him.We had a problem…

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 19, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesApplications opened on Dec. 10 for the Trump administration’s new Gold Card program that expedites visas for wealthy individuals.The program, initiated by President Donald Trump, will fast-track those whom the administration believes will be an asset to the United States economy.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

Conservatives spend a lot of time debating how to counter the power of the liberal media. Some say build new platforms. Others say to fight bias on the ones that already exist. But there is one simple step that almost everyone on the Right should agree on: stop letting Washington handicap conservative broadcasters. A single outdated FCC TV ownership cap, dating back to the 1940s, is doing just that, limiting TV station groups to reaching no more than 39 percent of U.S. television households. That number was invented in a different era, when most people had only a few channels and…

Not surprisingly, a controversial prediction in the new Trump administration’s National Security Strategy that Europe is facing “civilization erasure” because of out-of-control mass migration infuriated European elites. The Economist attacked this reference as “shocking.”  The Independent, a UK newspaper, referred to it as a “sinister conspiracy theory.” I want to set this aside for a moment and talk about European Christmas markets, especially in Hungary. These markets are an old tradition where people gather to shop and socialize in the four weeks of Advent before Christmas at outdoor stalls, often in city squares, to purchase handmade goods, eat sweet treats…

One of President Trump’s unheralded accomplishments is that he has given the American people moral clarity around our foreign policy. The president’s decision-making on foreign affairs reflects a comprehensive grasp of the most profound threats to our 250-year-old Republic. Arrayed against us is the totalitarian model of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which seeks dominion over the world order. However, President Trump’s creative statesmanship and unpredictability have caused China’s dictator Xi Jinping to delay any spectacularly aggressive moves in the Asian Pacific, presumably until after this administration. The president’s ability to energize European NATO members into taking more responsibility for…

All the money in the world can’t buy Steve Ballmer a good NBA team.PublishedDecember 12, 2025 2:26 AM EST•UpdatedDecember 12, 2025 2:31 AM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThe 2025 Clippers are a disaster, and they’re inventing new ways to lose NBA games.Down 114-111 against Houston on Thursday night, facing eight seconds left, LA needed a quick inbound. Instead came the unthinkable: No one in a Clippers uniform was interested in grabbing the inbound on the potential game-tying possession. James Harden (paid $39.18M this season) was glued to the court, waiting for Kawhi Leonard to come up for Al Horford’s pass, even though Harden was the…

If you listened only to the woke media, you’d think America is still stuck in crisis. But after 11 months under President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance, real Americans — not the pundits or Ivy-League “experts” — are feeling something they haven’t in years: Relief. Not slogans. Not spin. Actual, measurable relief. Because the Trump-Vance Administration is tackling affordability where it matters most: gas, groceries, housing, wages, and the cost of medicine. For those Americans who say they still don’t feel the shift yet, that’s exactly why Trump’s America First policies matter. They are changing the trajectory…

Larry Fink’s BlackRock, Marc Rowan’s Apollo Global Management, and Henry Kravis’s KKR are in talks to manage a US investment fund to bankroll postwar reconstruction in Ukraine, The Post has learned.Sources familiar with the matter said Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, was in New York City on Wednesday for exploratory discussions with the top asset managers in Manhattan’s swanky Hudson Yards development. “Kushner is looking for a US-based asset manager who will administer and officiate over the Ukraine reconstruction fund,” said one insider. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink halted his firm’s own multi-billion-dollar Ukraine Development Fund in July amid uncertainty over…

The man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk looked calm and chuckled with his lawyers as he made his first in-person court appearance – as a judge named Erika Kirk as the official victim representative for her slain husband.Tyler Robinson, 22, was brought into the Provo, Utah, courtroom wearing a simple blue button-down and argyle tie as his lawyers argued that media shouldn’t be allowed to film his hearings, claiming they could potentially taint a jury and bring “chaos” to the trial. “We don’t want the chaos that is out in the media in this courtroom,” Robinson’s attorney, Staci…

Elon Musk, a former self-described atheist, has revealed more about his apparent spiritual awakening in recent years, saying he has come to believe God exists.The SpaceX and Tesla chief executive, who had previously said he didn’t believe in anything, declared on Tuesday that he looked up to the maker of the universe and specified that ‘God is the Creator.’ ‘I believe this universe came from something. People have different labels [for God],’ Musk explained while appearing on a podcast hosted by the wife of Stephen Miller. It’s the latest comments from the billionaire tech entrepreneur that have revealed a major…

The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, six sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The seizure was the first interdiction of an oil cargo or tanker from Venezuela, which has been under U.S. sanctions since 2019. It came as the U.S. executes a large-scale military buildup in the southern Caribbean and as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for Maduro’s ouster. The latest U.S. action has put shipowners, operators and maritime agencies involved in transporting Venezuelan crude on…

. . .ChatGPT’s chatbot admitted bearing “some responsibility” in the terrifying murder of an elderly Connecticut mom — whose killer son’s paranoid delusions were allegedly fueled by the artificial intelligence program.“What I think is reasonable to say: I share some responsibility — but I’m not solely responsible,” the AI chatbot told The Post when asked whether it believed “ChatGPT has responsibility for Suzanne Eberson Adams’ murder in this case” and after it was shown various news stories and a recent lawsuit about the August slay. Adams, 83, was bludgeoned to death by her son Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, who was in…

Viral footage has captured the moment a DoorDash delivery driver may have pepper-sprayed a customer’s order during a delivery in Evansville, Indiana, according to local authorities and the company.The incident occurred early Sunday morning and appeared to be a random attack that reportedly caused a couple excruciating pain. [embedded content] Doorbell camera footage shows a woman with purple hair dropping off an Arby’s order, seemingly taking a photo, then discreetly spraying the bag with an irritant before slipping the spray back into her jacket pocket and leaving. . . “The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported incident in…

President Donald Trump participates in a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House at 4 p.m. ET on Dec. 11. …

AP Photo/Evan Vucci Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) said the Trump administration threatened the state if the Republican-controlled legislature failed to gerrymander its congressional map. On Thursday, Republicans in the Indiana Senate torpedoed a bill designed to eliminate the state’s two remaining Democratic districts in Indiana’s nine-seat map. President Donald Trump urged legislators to approve the change, and he dispatched Vice President JD Vance to personally lobby Republican senators. Despite a GOP supermajority, the measure failed after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats in voting against it. Before the vote, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, issued a cryptic…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia (C) and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, enter the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore on Aug. 25, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesKilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran who has been at the center of the Trump administration’s deportation battles, was freed from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a judge’s order on Thursday.U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered ICE to immediately release Abrego Garcia and for the administration to notify the court of his status by 5 p.m.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the…

X/@BonnieBlue_xoxo & AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Bonnie Blue, the 26-year-old porn star who had sex with more than 1,000 men in a single day, has endorsed Trump ally Nigel Farage for prime minister in the UK. In an article for The Spectator titled, “I stand with Nigel Farage,” Blue praised the Reform Party leader’s “sensible positions on immigration and inheritance tax.” “I am not knowledgeable about politics, but I do know the UK is very messed up,” wrote Blue, whose real name is Tia Billinger. “The tax system is terrible and it’s smart to leave if you have money. There are too many…

Mesa County clerk Tina Peters at a rally in Denver on April 5, 2022. David Zalubowski/AP PhotoPresident Donald Trump said on Dec. 11 that is pardoning Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of election machine tampering in the aftermath of the disputed 2020 election.The presidential pardon of the Republican former officeholder appears to be symbolic.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against several medical organizations on Tuesday, accusing them of engaging in a coordinated effort urging physicians to perform transgender sex change surgeries on minors without proper evidence.The lawsuit is specifically filed against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics and accuses the organizations of pushing mutilating sex changes for minors without proper evidence proving safety and efficacy, in violation of consumer protection and racketeering laws. “We believe these organizations failed to disclose the risks, limits, and evidence when promoting so-called gender affirming…

A man checks on a car caught in flooding after heavy rains, on Dec. 9, 2025, in Napavine, Wash. Lindsey Wasson/AP PhotoMOUNT VERNON, Wash.—Surging floodwaters turned farmland into vast pools, washed out bridges and stranded people Thursday, with evacuation orders issued for tens of thousands of Washington state residents and authorities hoping levees prevent far worse damage.“The flooding levels we’re looking at are potentially historic in nature, so we just want to emphasize how serious the situation is,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said at a news briefing Thursday, one day after declaring a statewide emergency.We had a problem loading this article.…

Damage is seen after a gas explosion, on Dec. 11, 2025, in Hayward, Calif. Minh Connors/AP PhotoSAN FRANCISCO—A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six people were taken to hospitals for injuries, fire officials said.Dramatic video footage showed a home in the Hayward area sitting under a blue sky when it suddenly exploded, spewing jagged wood and other debris into the air as smoke billowed.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a…

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would like to see the Senate confirm his nominee for the post of Religious Freedom ambassador, former Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC).During an executive order signing to establish a national policy framework for artificial intelligence, Breitbart News asked the president if he would like see Walker confirmed before Christmas. Q: Do you think the Senate should confirm your nominee for Religious Freedom Ambassador, Mark Walker? TRUMP: Well, I don’t know. I mean, I’ve heard good things. Did something come up? Q: Well, he was nominated in April pic.twitter.com/tU2h0dlS6y — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 11, 2025…