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President Donald Trump speaks at a bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on December 12, 2025 in Washington.Francis Chan | Politician | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Thursday that he is “directing my members of Congress” to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, which he claimed would lower interest rates and monthly payments.In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said he issued the order because government-backed mortgage issuers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are well-funded.It is unclear who Trump is referring to as his representative. The White House and the Federal Housing…

US federal agents shot and killed two people and injured two people in Portland, Oregon. Portland is the city where President Donald Trump’s administration has been leading the charge on immigration enforcement.The shooting marks the second time in less than a day that federal immigration authorities have said they fired at a vehicle in self-defense, following a deadly shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listOn Thursday, Portland police said they responded to a report of a shooting on Southeast Main Street around 2:18 p.m. local time.”Officers have confirmed that federal agents were involved in the shooting,”…

Over the past two weeks, X has been flooded with AI-manipulated nude images created by the Grok AI chatbot. An astonishing range of women have been affected by non-consensual nudity, from famous models and actresses to members of the press, crime victims and even world leaders. Copyleaks’ Dec. 31 research paper estimated that roughly one image was posted per minute, but subsequent tests found that many more images were being posted. Samples collected from January 5th to 6th detected 6,700 cases per hour over a 24-hour period. But while celebrities around the world have condemned the choice to release the…

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads “We are not for sale” in front of the U.S. consulate under the slogan “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders” in Nuuk, Greenland, March 15, 2025. Christian Clint Zelbeck | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump’s ambitions for Greenland are rapidly taking shape – evolving from rhetoric to action. Mining company Amarok told CNBC that the White House is in talks with it about investing in a mining project in Greenland. If it is a purely business transaction, it may not be unwelcome. Arja Chemnitz, the lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s parliament…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) discusses rising health insurance premiums as House Minority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Minn.) and House Minority Leader Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) look on during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 10, 2025.Heather Deal | Getty ImagesThe House on Thursday passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills that will fund parts of the federal government through September, demonstrating lawmakers’ eagerness to avoid another government shutdown near the end of the month.Congress has so far passed only three of the 12 annual spending bills that fund federal agencies for the current fiscal year. Failure to…

US President Donald Trump has rejected international law, saying only his “morality” can curb the aggressive policies he is pursuing around the world in the wake of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro’s abduction.”We don’t need international law. We’re not going to hurt people,” Trump told the New York Times on Thursday.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listWhen asked if international law needs to be followed, President Trump said that it is, but that it “depends on the definition of international law.”President Trump has demonstrated a willingness to use U.S. military violence to achieve his foreign policy goals.On Saturday, the United States…

Ben Stokes says he is not afraid to show his “ruthless” side as he looks to help England bounce back from their 4-1 Ashes loss to Australia, adding that the tourists “played too much 3/10 cricket” throughout the series. England dropped the series within 11 days of play as Australia won the first three Tests convincingly, but Stokes’ side claimed repechage within two days on Melbourne’s poor pitches and were trailed by five wickets in the final Test. On the final day in Sydney, England sweated as they reduced Australia’s 160-point lead to 121-5, with Stokes surrendering in the first…

CES 2026 is reaching its climax in Las Vegas, with the show floor opening to the public after days filled with press conferences from Nvidia, Sony, AMD and more, and previews for Sunday’s Unveiled event. As with the past two years of CES, AI is at the forefront of many companies’ messaging, but the hardware upgrades and quirky elements that have long characterized the annual event still have their place on the show floor and in adjacent announcements. While we collect the biggest reveals and surprises here, you can catch instant reactions and thoughts from the team on the ground…

November 19, 2025, Shanghai, China: A boat sails on the Huangpu River passing through downtown Shanghai. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (back). Bernd von Utrzenka | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Friday as investors awaited China’s inflation data to be released later in the day.Consumer prices in China are expected to rise 0.8% in December from a year ago, compared with 0.7% in November, according to economists polled by Reuters.Japanese benchmark Nikkei Stock Average TOPIX rose 0.46%. shares of fast retailing Shares soared more than 7% after Uniqlo’s Japanese operator said…

On October 12, 2025, federal agents and anti-ICE demonstrators clash at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon. Mathieu Louis Rolland | Getty ImagesA man and a woman were taken to the hospital after a federal agent was involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Portland, Oregon, according to Portland police.The shooting occurred a day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Goode as she drove away in an SUV in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”This case is still in its early stages,” Portland Police Chief Bob Day said in a statement, but…