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Franklin Graham Says 'God Also Hates' and 'Is a God of War' at Pentagon's 'Christmas Worship Service'

Dec 19th, 2025, 12:38 pm Evangelical preacher Franklin Graham told participants at the Pentagon ‘s “Christmas Worship Service” that the “God of love” they’re familiar with “also hates.” Graham addressed troops and Pentagon employees Thursday at the event hosted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer Hegseth. “You know, we think about, God is a God of love,” Graham said before reciting Bible verse John 3:16, “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that h ...

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Stefanik Says She Is Quitting the Governor's Race and Won't Run for Reelection

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik says she is dropping out of the New York governor’s race and will not run for reelection to the House after finishing her term in office. Stefanik’s announcement comes days after Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman decided to challenge her for the Republican nomination for governor. He jumped in the race despite a phone call from President Donald Trump discouraging him from challenging Stefanik, a member of Republican House leadership and a loyal Trump ally. ...

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Justice Dept. Won't Meet Friday Deadline to Release All Epstein Files

The Justice Department will not release all of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison, by its congressionally mandated deadline of Friday, Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, said... The delay meant that the administration would apparently violate a law signed by President Trump in November ordering the complete release of all unclassified materials about Mr. Epstein in the Justice Department’s possession within 30 days, with lim ...

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Epstein files released by DOJ

Published Fri, Dec 19 2025 5:44 AM EST Updated 4 Min Ago The Department of Justice on Friday released some -- but not all -- of its investigative files about Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious sex predator. The release came on the deadline set by the recently signed Epstein Files Transparency Act for the DOJ to release all of the files. The DOJ's website features a new page titled "Epstein Library," which has a search box to look for keywords in the newly released files. The material i ...

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Schumer, House Democrats accuse Justice Department of violating Epstein disclosure law

12/19/25 3:12 PM ET Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democrats on Friday accused the Trump Justice Department of violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act if it does not make all the documents and records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein available to the public by Friday’s deadline. “The law Congress passed and President Trump signed was clear as can be — the Trump administration has 30 days to release ALL the Epstein files, not just some. Failing t ...

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Frustration mounts at Justice Department as it races to redact some Epstein files, sources say

(CNN) Frustration is mounting inside the Justice Department as it races to redact thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein before they must be released Friday, multiple sources familiar with the process told CNN. A substantial number of redactions are needed, one of the sources said, and the documents each attorney is processing since Thanksgiving week can number more than 1,000 — a time-consuming task that likely will come down to the wire. The sensitivities of executive and legal privacy, victims’ protections and other concerns all could play in to the choices the lawyers must make when it comes to potential redactions.

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Epstein's Brother Blows Up White House's Story on Trump's Innocence

(Daily Beast) As part of his attempts to minimize his relationship with Epstein, who died by suicide while awaiting trial in 2019, the White House claimed this summer that Trump had never been in the financier’s workplace on Madison Avenue in New York. “The president was never in his office,” said Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, in July. However, Epstein’s own brother, Mark, told The New York Times in a report published Thursday that the future president “was in the office all the time back then.”

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'Internal debacle': GOP lawmakers furious that Mike Johnson 'got outplayed' by Democrats

(Raw Story) Democrats repeatedly outmaneuvered Republican leadership and stalled the GOP agenda to close out the legislative year, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing heat. Under House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrats shifted the congressional agenda toward their priorities while exposing fractures within the GOP majority, and the centerpiece of Democratic success was a deliberate September strategy to frame the government shutdown around healthcare rather than President Donald Trump's federal spending cuts, reported Politico.

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'The Titanic': 'The Ship be Sinking, It's Over'

(Mediaite) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) went off on the Trump administration on Thursday, ramping up his regular attacks on Republicans by mocking President Donald Trump as the “Titanic” and marveling that people still aren’t jumping ship – yet. “The Republicans are losers. Why are you bending the knee at this point in time? It’s not clear to you that, as Michael Ray Richardson, the great former New York Knick, once said, ‘the ship be sinking, it’s over.’ This is the Titanic. I don’t get it,” Jeffries said at one point during his presser on Capitol Hill.

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Bill Clinton Features Prominently in Epstein Files Release

1 hr ago - The first tranche of documents released by the Justice Department from its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein appeared to focus significantly on material connected to former President Bill Clinton, at a moment when Republicans have fought to shift p ... (NY Times)

US military launches strikes in Syria against Islamic State fighters after American deaths

2 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American interpre ... (AP)

Federal judge weighs Trump's claim of immunity from civil litigation over Capitol attack

2 hrs ago - Dec 19, 2025 3:07 PM EST WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for President Donald Trump urged a federal judge on Friday to rule that Trump is entitled to presidential immunity from civil claims that he instigated a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol ... (PBS News/AP)

Trump announces 'Most Favored Nation' deals with nine drug companies and plans to meet with insurers next

3 hrs ago - Updated Dec 19, 2025, 6:38 PM ET PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2025, 2:30 PM ET In his latest effort to lower drug costs, President Donald Trump unveiled Friday “Most Favored Nation” pricing deals with nine more pharmaceutical companies. The president ... (CNN Politics)

Prairie Band Potawatomi leader says Kansas tribe has 'exited' ICE detention center project

3 hrs ago - Published December 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM CST A Kansas tribe terminated its involvement in a federal contract to design large-scale migrant detention centers, a tribal leader announced Wednesday. In a recorded address, chairman of the Prairie Band Pota ... (HPPR Garden City, KS/NPR)

Conservatives clash at Turning Point USA conference over MAGA movement's direction

3 hrs ago - Updated 12:27 PM EST, December 19, 2025 PHOENIX (AP) — A simmering battle over the future of President Donald Trump’s political movement exploded on one of the right’s biggest stages Thursday, as prominent conservative influencers used ... (AP)

Franklin Graham Says 'God Also Hates' and 'Is a God of War' at Pentagon's 'Christmas Worship Service'

4 hrs ago - Dec 19th, 2025, 12:38 pm Evangelical preacher Franklin Graham told participants at the Pentagon ‘s “Christmas Worship Service” that the “God of love” they’re familiar with “also hates.” Graham addressed troops ... (MEDIAite)

Justice Department appeals judge's dismissal of indictments against James Comey and Letitia James

4 hrs ago - Dec. 19, 2025, 6:12 PM EST WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is appealing a federal judge's rulings that tossed out criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge dismissed the i ... (NBC News)

Epstein money trail: Lawsuits claim major banks enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking finances

4 hrs ago - Posted 3:00 PM, Dec 19, 2025 and last updated 1 hour and 49 minutes ago Two class-action lawsuits against Bank of America and BNY Mellon could shed new light on how convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein allegedly financed his abuse network, and th ... (Scripps News)

US launches airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria

5 hrs ago - The US military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on US personnel, two US officials said on Friday. The attacks come after Donald Trump vowed to hit back after an attack last w ... (Reuters via The Guardian)

Schumer, House Democrats accuse Justice Department of violating Epstein disclosure law

5 hrs ago - 12/19/25 3:12 PM ET Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democrats on Friday accused the Trump Justice Department of violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act if it does not make all the documents and records related to convicte ... (The Hill)

Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package must be restored as court rules cancellation was too extreme

6 hrs ago - Published Fri, Dec 19 2025 4:24 PM EST Updated 5 Min Ago Elon Musk's 2018 CEO pay package from Tesla, worth some $56 billion when it vested, must be restored, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled Friday. "We reverse the Court of Chancery's rescission rem ... (CNBC)

Tech moguls close to Trump see the midterms as a path to long-term power

6 hrs ago - The largest of the pro-AI super PACs, Leading the Future, has a war chest of more than $100 million from prominent investors and executives. It has an affiliated nonprofit that launched a $10 million campaign last month to pressure Congress to pass l ... (Washington Post)

Stefanik Says She Is Quitting the Governor's Race and Won't Run for Reelection

6 hrs ago - Congresswoman Elise Stefanik says she is dropping out of the New York governor’s race and will not run for reelection to the House after finishing her term in office. Stefanik’s announcement comes days after Nassau County executive Bruce Bl ... (New York Intelligencier)

Epstein files released by DOJ

7 hrs ago - Published Fri, Dec 19 2025 5:44 AM EST Updated 4 Min Ago The Department of Justice on Friday released some -- but not all -- of its investigative files about Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious sex predator. The release came on the deadline set by the rec ... (CNBC)

Lummis announces retirement from Senate

7 hrs ago - 12/19/25 3:42 PM ET Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) announced on Friday that she will not seek reelection to the upper chamber next year, setting up an open seat primary in the ruby red state. Lummis made the announcement after the Senate adjourned for ... (The Hill)

Donald Trump Hits Back at Harvard Funding Cut Block

7 hrs ago - Published Dec 19, 2025 at 07:13 AM EST updated Dec 19, 2025 at 07:14 AM EST The Department of Justice appealed a ruling blocking the Trump Administration from cutting off billions of dollars to Harvard University late on Thursday. The appeal was subm ... (Newsweek)

Supreme Court revives free speech lawsuit from immigration judges in loss for Trump

8 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2025, 1:24 PM ET The Supreme Court on Friday sided against the Trump administration, keeping alive a federal lawsuit from immigration judges who are attempting to challenge a policy that limits their ability to speak publicly. "At t ... (CNN Politics)

Trump will revisit a North Carolina town, now the focus of a newly redrawn congressional district

9 hrs ago - December 19, 2025 5:00 AM ET ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — President Trump will visit Rocky Mount, N.C., on Friday, capping off a week in which his administration has attempted to reassure Americans that the nation's economy is improving. On Wednesday, th ... (NPR)

Justice Dept. Won't Meet Friday Deadline to Release All Epstein Files

9 hrs ago - The Justice Department will not release all of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison, by its congressionally mandated deadline of Friday, Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, said... T ... (New York Times)

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