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December 09, 2025

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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event, in Clive, Iowa

The Republican presidential field is largely set. Here's where the contest stands

The Republican Party’s 2024 presidential field is all but set after a trio of new announcements this week. There are at least 10 high-profile Republican candidates officially seeking their party’s nomination. Read More.

GOP conservatives shutter House to protest McCarthy-Biden debt deal, setting up next budget brawl

In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt, reviving their displeasure over the compromise struck with President Joe Biden and demanding deeper spending cuts ahead. Read More.

Actor Jay Johnston, known for ‘Bob’s Burgers’ character, arrested on Capitol riot charges

An actor known for his roles on the comedy television shows “Bob’s Burgers” and “Mr. Show with Bob and David” was arrested Wednesday on charges that he joined a mob of Donald Trump supporters in confronting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, court records show. Read More.

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People gather outside the National Penitentiary for their turn to deliver food to their jailed relatives in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haitians are dying of thirst and starvation in severely overcrowded jails

Haiti’s inmates are thirsty and starving in severely overcrowded jails, many forced to sleep standing up. The United Nations says 185 inmates died in Haiti last year — many of malnutrition-related diseases — and more than 20 have passed away so far this year. Read More.

Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas and Alito delay filing disclosure

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has disclosed that she received a $1,200 congratulatory floral display from Oprah Winfrey and $6,580 in designer clothing for a magazine photo shoot in her first months as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. But the report that was most anticipated — that of Justice Clarence Thomas — was not among the filings. Thomas, along with Justice Samuel Alito, sought an extension for up to 90 days. Read More.

Protesters brawl as Southern California school district decides whether to recognize Pride Month

Protesters briefly scuffled and punches flew Tuesday as a Southern California school district decided whether to recognize June as Pride month. Several hundred people gathered in the parking lot of the Glendale Unified School District headquarters, split between those who support or oppose teaching about exposing youngsters to LGBTQ+ issues in schools. Read More.

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How to stay healthy as smoke spreads from Canada wildfires

Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S. As a haze stretches over the East Coast and the Great Lakes, health authorities have raised the alarm about poor air quality. Here’s how you can protect your health from the smoky haze. Read More.

Platonic co-parenting offers an alternate model for family building

Nick Farrow wanted what a lot of people do: a child, and a parenting partner. At 45, after a long-term romance didn't work out, he decided to take matters into his own hands, entering into a platonic open arrangement that has flourished for nine years, since daughter Milly was born. Read More.

Newer heart transplant method could allow more patients a chance at lifesaving surgery

Most transplanted hearts are from donors who are brain dead, but new research shows a different approach can be just as successful and boost the number of available organs. It's called donation after circulatory death, long used to recover kidneys and other organs — but not more fragile hearts. Read More.