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Death of woman at house treated as 'unexplained'

The death of a woman at a property in Leeds is being treated as "unexplained", police have said.
Emergency services were called to Primrose Hill Drive, in Swillington, shortly after 06:30 GMT on Saturday, following a concern for safety report.
West Yorkshire Police said a woman was treated at the scene by paramedics but died a short time later.
Her death is currently being treated as unexplained, a spokesperson for the force said, with inquiries continuing.
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Trump breaks longstanding tradition and excludes Dems from annual governor meeting

Later this month, President Donald Trump is hosting an annual meeting with governors at the White House, but he will not invite any Democrats, only Republicans, breaking a long-standing tradition.
The meeting, part of the National Governors **** ociation winter gathering, will only include Republican governors, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed to ABC News.
"The bipartisan White House governors meeting is an important tradition, and we are disappointed in the administration’s decision to make it

Maxwell can clear president's name in exchange for clemency, attorney says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything wrong in their connections with Epstein.
The House Oversight Committee had wanted Maxwell to answer questions during a video call to the federal prison camp in Texas where she’s serving a 20-year sente

White House OKs huge arms package to Israel, including 30 Apache helicopters

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling $6.67 billion and to Saudi Arabia worth $9 billion.
The State Department announced the sales to America's allies in the Middle East late Friday as tensions rise in the region over the possibility of U.S. military strikes on Iran. They were made public after the department notified Congress of its approval of the sales earlier Friday.
The sales also come as President Donald Trump pushes ahead with his ceas

You know the type — the guy who finally hits retirement age, but just can't sit around the house doing nothing. He goes out, desperate to feel needed again, and finds a new place to work that appreciate his skills. He has a top speed of Mach 2.5, a max takeoff weight of 68,000 pounds, and a bunch of tall tales from his youth that are probably mostly fiction. Yes, your friend is a Boeing F-15C/D Eagle, and he's not going to take his forced exit from the Oregon Air National Guard lying down. Instead, he's going to help NASA bring supersonic civilian flight to the masses. And he's bringing a frie

Bitcoin’s network hit an unusual speed **** p over the weekend, not because of code, markets or a Fed policy change, but because the physical world intervened.
A sprawling winter storm strained regional power grids and knocked out electricity for hundreds of thousands of households.
The disruption briefly spilled into crypto infrastructure, as some US-based Bitcoin miners cut power use and the network’s block production slowed, without sparking market panic.
Related: U.S. Government Targets Russia’s Crypto Mining Industry for Sanctions Amid Ukraine War
Winter Storm Fern swept across a wide

Venezuela's acting president says she has had 'enough' of U.S. orders

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez said Sunday she has had “enough” of Washington’s orders, as she works to unite the country after the US capture of its former leader Nicolás Maduro.
Rodríguez has been walking a tight-rope since being backed by the US to lead the country in the interim; balancing keeping Maduro loyalists on board at home while trying to ensure the White House is happy.
Now, almost a month into her new role, Rodríguez has pushed back on the US, amid ongoing pressure including a series of deman

Democrats try new tactic to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center

Democratic lawmakers are fighting to restore the original name of what is now dubbed the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and pushing to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.
One House member has filed a lawsuit saying the Trump-appointed board acted illegally to rename the building. Two more filed resolutions condemning the name change, and three senators want to restore the name back to just Kennedy and prevent future presidents from naming things after themselves.
Since

President Donald Trump and White House leaders say that American workers are winning because of his immigration crackdown. But the data doesn’t back that up.
Since the summer, Trump officials have been trumpeting the idea that job creation is booming for U.S.-born workers. Trump said so, too, during a prime-time address last month aimed at ****** uaging Americans’ concerns about the economy.
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“In the year before my election, all net creation of jobs was going to foreign migrants. Si

The K-shaped economy has returned, with gaps widening between high and low-income Americans.
Higher earners see steadier opportunities, while lower-income households face cooler prospects.
Some economists are warning that this uneven growth could threaten economic stability in 2026.
The post-pandemic era marked by growing wages and opportunities for lower-income Americans has flipped around.
The K-shaped economy is back, and it could mean more trouble in 2026.

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While President Donald Trump has said that Americans should see $2,000 checks for the government in mid 2026, it might depend on Congress.
On Dec. 21, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said that tariff dividend checks will need congressional approval.
“Congress is going to have to send those money to those peoples," Hassett said on CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” "This would have to be money that would be an appropriation."
However, he voiced optimism over the plan.
"But the thing we can say is that since July, we've had a lot of positive news about the economy,

Institutional adoption continues to be the No. 1 factor pushing Bitcoin higher.
If both Wall Street and the White House continue with their pro-crypto initiatives, the price of Bitcoin is likely to rise.
A splashy new move, such as the adoption of Bitcoin by a major Silicon Valley tech company, could propel Bitcoin higher.
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At the beginning of 2025, ***** ody could have predicted this: Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) fell about 7% last year and is still trading well below the psychologically important $100,000 level.

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Donald Trump's return to the White House in 2025 marked a stunning political comeback, with the US president pushing an aggressive MAGA policy from trade to international relations. While the US leader has shaped the events of a turbulent 2025, the new year may prove harder to manage for Trump as the midterm elections approach.
For Europeans, that is one factor to watch after a difficult year in which the future of the transatlantic relation, the bedrock of economic prosperity and security for the continent since the end of the Cold War, came under scrutiny as MAGA went after the EU.
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In New York City, the typical household spends more than half of its income on rent and 100,000 people sleep in homeless shelters every night.
“This is what a full-blown affordability crisis looks like,” said Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine in a December report. Median rents in Manhattan have topped $5,400 a month.
The city’s cost-of-living crisis extends to food, child care and other parts of daily life: 1.4 million people, or 15% of the city’s population, is food insecure. A family must earn $334,000 to afford child care for a 2-year old, according to US Census Bureau data.
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More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in Britain this year, according to the latest data.
Among the most active regions were Perthshire and the western Highlands in Scotland, southern parts of Wales, and Yorkshire and Lancashire in England, the British Geological Survey (BGS) data show.
The two largest onshore earthquakes happened hours apart on Oct 20 near Loch Lyon in Perth and Kinross, when a 3.7-magnitude tremor was followed soon after by one of magnitude 3.6.
One local resident described it as feeling “like an underground subway under my house”, while another said “the house sho

There is nearly 16,700 cubic feet of habitable area aboard the International ******* e Station (ISS). That makes it larger than a six-bedroom, two-bathroom house,but still small enough for a grand tour that takes less than 15 minutes. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing worth seeing. Far from it, actually.
Earlier this month, NASA released a high-definition video showcase of the ISS, its facilities, and its crew recorded during the Crew-4 and Crew-5 missions in October 2022. The guided tour begins in the Columbus Laboratory Module—the European ******* e Agency’s (ESA) contribution to the statio

African nation counters Trump's travel ban by prohibiting visas for Americans

With Donald Trump expanding the travel ban inspired by his first term in the White House to 20 more countries, as well as the Palestinian Authority, on Dec. 16, a total of 39 countries from different corners of the world now face either a total ban or restrictions on entering the United States.
Mali, South Sudan, Niger, Burkina Faso, Syria, and the Palestinian Authority have been added to the list of nations whose citizens cannot enter the U.S. at all, first introduced in June.
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin

BitMEX co-founder and Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes thinks 2026-2027 will see the "meat of money printing" which will be beneficial to Bitcoin (BTC).
During a recent interview with CoinDesk, Hayes talked in detail about the upcoming U.S. midterm election in November 2026 and its impact on Bitcoin's price.
Hayes argued the midterm election will see the Republicans printing money and handing out "goodies" to gain votes as their odds of winning the House are around 50% on Polymarket.
Related: **** yst rules out 'nuclear' dollar printing but Bitcoin still not safe
In fact, both Democrats and Repu

At a former GE Lighting facility in Ravenna, Ohio, a warehouse now houses a growing bitcoin mine. Operated by Rubber City Data, the facility runs more than 500 specialized servers that process bitcoin transactions around the clock, according to Crain's Cleveland Business.
Rubber City Data owner Marc Behar is a former U.S. Air Force linguist who entered the world of bitcoin as a true believer in the technology. In 2018, he converted nearly all of his savings into cryptocurrency and later funded the Ravenna operation with his own money alongside investments from friends and family.
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Trump announces 'Patriot Games' with 2 competitors from every state and territory

America’s 250th birthday is on July 4, 2026, and the White House is planning to go all out to celebrate, promoting new national events, such as the “Patriot Games,” that will anchor the yearlong festivities.
President Trump announced Thursday the launch of Freedom 250, “a national, non-partisan organization leading the Administration’s celebration” to “deliver the most extraordinary commemoration in American history,” according to a news release.
“These landmark events — spanning culture, faith, innovation,

House Democrats release another batch of Epstein photos

One day before the deadline for the Justice Department to release its files on convicted ***** offender Jeffrey Epstein, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Thursday publicly disclosed another batch of photographs provided by the late financier's estate in response to Congressional subpoenas.
The cache of about 70 photos includes include heavily redacted photos of women's passports, images of famous men who ***** ociated with Epstein, and "concerning text messages about recruiting women for Jeffrey Epstein," according to a

K-shaped economy: Why it’s being discussed

DEC 6, 2025
WASHINGTON — From corporate executives to Wall Street ***** ysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating.
So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income Americans seeing their incomes and wealth rise while the bottom part points to lower-income households struggling with weaker income gains and steep prices.
A big reason the term is popping up so often is that it helps explain an unusually muddy and convoluted period for the U.S. economy. Growth a

K-shaped economy: Why it’s being discussed

DEC 6, 2025
WASHINGTON — From corporate executives to Wall Street ******* ysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating.
So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income Americans seeing their incomes and wealth rise while the bottom part points to lower-income households struggling with weaker income gains and steep prices.
A big reason the term is popping up so often is that it helps explain an unusually muddy and convoluted period for the U.S. economy. Growth

Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Credit - Prakash Singh—Bloomberg via Getty Images
Even as Russia once again made clear this week that it had no intention of pursuing genuine peace negotiations on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin landed in New Delhi to a red carpet treatment. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the Russian leader on Thursday with a handshake and hug on the tarmac, breaking diplomatic protocol. The sight was a reminder that Russia is far from a geopolitical pariah in important parts of the world, and

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to walk a tightrope after weeks of volatile swings.
Since Oct. 10, BTC has fluctuated between $82,000 and $90,000 — a sharp drop from its early October peak of $126,000. As of Dec. 5, Bitcoin was trading around $91,009.90 at press time, down 1.5% over the past 24 hours, as per CoinGecko.
Despite the recent pullback, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse remains bullish on the long-term outlook for Bitcoin and the broader crypto market.
Speaking at Binance Blockchain Week during a panel on crypto’s future, Garlinghouse predicted Bitcoin could hit $180,000 by the end of 2026.

US President Donald Trump’s administration has set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the western hemisphere.
The document released on Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing US allies in Europe for its scathing critiques of their migration and free speech policies, suggesting they face the “prospect of civilisational erasure” and raising doubts about their long-term reliability as American partners.
It reinforces Mr Trump’s “America First” philosophy, which favours non-intervention overseas,

Boy, 5, sneaks out alone for Chick-fil-A. His 1st question had police laughing.

Before the sun was fully up and long before the rest of his family stirred, William, a 5-year-old boy in Jacksonville, Florida, quietly climbed out of bed and decided his parents deserved a little more sleep. He felt hungry, and rather than wake anyone, the preschooler settled on a plan that made perfect sense to him: he would take himself out for breakfast.
Moments later he slipped out of the house, through a gate, and padded barefoot down the block to the nearby Chick-fil-A he knew from weekend outings.
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Obamacare anxiety rising among House GOP centrists: 'To do this is buffoonery'

Frustration is mounting among moderate House Republicans as various competing health care plans appear to be going nowhere, with less than 10 working days left on the calendar before millions of Americans see their health insurance premiums spike.
A small but animated group of GOP centrists is imploring party leaders to extend the ObamaCare tax credits set to expire at the end of the year. But they’ve run into a wall of opposition from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who’s cold to the idea, and a larger group of c

(Bloomberg) -- The S&P 500 has climbed more than 16% in 2025, while Bitcoin is down 3% — the first time since 2014 that stocks have rallied while the token is down, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The digital ***** et has rarely deviated so cleanly from other risk ***** ets even during past crypto winters. The dislocation defies expectations that cryptocurrencies would thrive under President Donald Trump’s return to the White House amid favorable regulation and a wave of institutional adoption.
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European country known for stunning women suffers drought of men — forcing would-be brides to ‘hire’ husbands for housework

These women were forced to enact a special “man-date.”
A nationwide shortage of men in Latvia has increasingly forced women to hire “husbands for an hour” to help with their household chores.
According to a recent report by Eurostat, Latvia boasts 15.5% more women than men – over three times the average rate in the European Union, according to local media. Meanwhile, over the age of 65, there are twice as many women as men, per the World Atlas.
As a result, the Balt