43 min ago - Jan. 1, 2026, 10:17 AM EST The United States has sharply lowered proposed duties on several Italian pasta makers following a reassessment of their activities, Italy’s foreign ministry said Thursday. In October, the United States said that 13 Ita ... (NBC News/Reuters)

1 hr ago - By ILLIA NOVIKOV Updated 7:56 AM CST, January 1, 2026 Leer en español KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine
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2 hrs ago - Jan 1, 2026, 01:40 AM EST | Updated 2 hours ago Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she didn’t watch President Donald Trump’s wild prime-time speech last month for one simple reason. “I’ve had enough of him,” she told ABC ... (Huff Post)

3 hrs ago - Trump is reconstituting the Fine Arts panel set to review his ballroom The White House is seeking members likely to clear the way for President Donald Trump's controversial ballroom and other projects. January 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. ESTToday at 5:00 a. ... (Washington Post)

3 hrs ago - December 31, 2025, 10:46 PM President Donald Trump's plans for wide-scale celebrations to commemorate the nation's 250th birthday begin on New Year's Eve with illumination of the Washington Monument on the National Mall, the White House announced Wed ... (ABC News)

3 hrs ago - WASHINGTON—President Trump is taking more aspirin than his doctors recommend. He briefly tried wearing compression socks for his swelling ankles, but stopped because he didn’t like them. And he regrets undergoing advanced imaging because it ... (WSJ)

4 hrs ago - Updated 9:26 PM EST, December 31, 2025 HONOLULU (AP) -- A federal appeals court ruling on New Year's Eve blocked Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ships passengers, a levy that was set to go into effect at the start of 2026 ... (AP)

5 hrs ago - Wednesday 31 December 2025 21:35 EST President Donald Trump will celebrate the new year alongside allies and MAGA celebrities at a fancy New Year’s Eve gala at Mar-a-Lago while the first year of his presidency comes to a close – and with 20 ... (The Independent)

6 hrs ago - December 31, 2025 6:54 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago CHICAGO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture released details on Wednesday about how much row crop farmers will receive next year from a $12 billion aid program, but soybean growers ... (Reuters)

7 hrs ago - December 31, 2025 / 6:43 PM EST / CBS News A federal judge in California on Wednesday voided the Trump administration's move to terminate the Temporary Protected Status of roughly 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, calling it a "pr ... (CBS News)

7 hrs ago - 12/31/25 5:55 PM ET A panel of federal judges on Tuesday lifted a ruling blocking Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood in multiple states. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a hold on an order from District Judge Indira Talwani that ... (The Hill)

8 hrs ago - Wednesday 31 December 2025 17:31 EST More details have emerged about how anonymous hackers in Silicon Valley were able to reprogram crosswalk signals in various locations to say prank messages in the voices of tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuc ... (The Independent)

9 hrs ago - Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor of New York City at the old City Hall subway station early Thursday. Amir Hamja for The New York Times Zohran Mamdani officially took office as mayor ... (New York Times)

10 hrs ago - snip-Several" people have been killed after an explosion and fire in a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, police say The explosion happened at around 01:30 (00:30 GMT) in a bar called Le Constellation. The cause of the explosion is not kno ... (BBC)

12 hrs ago - Wed 31 Dec 2025 09.00 EST Last modified on Wed 31 Dec 2025 13.09 EST As the US continues making unprecedented changes to its vaccination recommendations, one figure appears unexpectedly: Tracy Beth Høeg, a Danish American sports physician and ... (The Guardian)

12 hrs ago - A CIA assessment concluded that Ukraine did not try to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin at his country residence as alleged by the Kremlin, a source with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. Ukraine had been ... (NBC News)

13 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on ... (Associated Press)

15 hrs ago - Dec. 31, 2025 Updated 4:22 p.m. ET A Georgia judge dismissed racketeering charges on Tuesday against dozens of activists who had fought the construction of a police and fire training center outside of Atlanta that became known as "Cop City," dealing ... (New York Times)

16 hrs ago - December 31, 2025 5:45 PM EST Updated 2 hours ago Dec 31 (Reuters) - A day after the U.S. deputy secretary of Health and Human Services announced on social media that federal childcare funds for Minnesota were being frozen, a spokesperson for the dep ... (Reuters)

16 hrs ago - By Tuesday, university students were involved and they had spread to several cities, with people chanting against the country's clerical rulers. The protests have been the most widespread since an uprising in 2022 sparked by the death in custody of M ... (BBC)