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Small Business Optimism Edges Higher Despite Labor Concerns
A net 19 percent of owners said they plan to create jobs in the next three months, the highest reading of 2025.
Federal Reserve Poised to Cut Interest Rates at Final Meeting of 2025
‘The path to this decision has been one of the more intriguing ones of the year,’ market strategist Jay Woods said.
Miami Holds Election Runoff for Mayor
Numbers from November’s election night seemed to indicate the GOP candidate is the one with the uphill battle for a position long-held by Republicans.
Trump Says It’s Up to Hegseth Whether to Release Second Boat Strike Video
Secretary Pete Hegseth said the video was being reviewed, but did not indicate whether it would be released.
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Crockett Enters Texas Senate Race as Allred Drops Out to Run for House
Crockett’s Senate bid reshapes the Texas Democratic field as former nominee Colin Allred ends his campaign and seeks a return to the House.
Abbott Backs TPUSA Expansion Into Texas High Schools
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick earlier pledged $1 million to support the expansion.
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Former DEA Official and Associate Face Charges of Conspiring to Assist Mexican Drug Cartel
Prosecutors alleged that the pair agreed to launder cartel funds and support its operations after meeting with an undercover source.
Miami Mayor Candidates Make Final Pitches to Voters
The runoff election between Eileen Higgins and Emilio González is set for Dec. 9.
Trump Tells Xi US Will Ship Nvidia H200 Chips to ‘Approved Customers’ in China
Other U.S. chip companies will see similar restrictions lifted, the president said.
Paramount Launches $108.4 Billion Hostile Bid to Buy Warner Bros.
‘We’re really here to finish what we started,’ Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said.
Trump Says He Has ‘Other Methods’ to Impose Tariffs If Supreme Court Limits Powers
The president also said that Supreme Court’s striking down his use of emergency economic powers would undermine a core national-security tool.
House Releases Latest Version of National Defense Authorization Act
The must-pass bill, which dictates policy and how funding will be used at the Pentagon in the upcoming fiscal year, comes in at 3,086 pages.
Netanyahu Says 1st Phase of Gaza Cease-Fire Plan Almost Complete
The Israeli prime minister met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Israel on Dec. 7.
FBI Warns About Ransom Scams Involving Fake ‘Proof of Life’ Photos
The agency advised people to always attempt to contact their loved ones before considering paying the ransom.
Injured National Guard Member Andrew Wolfe Is ‘Slowly Healing’: Gov. Morrisey
Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe’s parents reported that the National Guard member is starting to ‘look more like himself,’ Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.
Trump Signs Memo to Align US Childhood Vaccines With Other Developed Countries
President Donald Trump said that U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations ‘depart from policies in the majority of developed countries.’
Supreme Court Will Hear Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case
The president’s executive order from January states that the Constitution does not extend citizenship ’to everyone born within the United States.’
US to Give $1.6 Billion to Kenya as Part of ‘America First’ Global Health Strategy
The agreement for HIV/AIDS funding is the first under Trump’s new approach since the Department for International Aid was disbanded.
The New York Times Asks Court to Overturn Pentagon’s New Media Rules
‘Legacy media chose to self-deport from this building,’ a Pentagon spokeswoman said.
