Russia wants to drain Europe's security resources with sabotage campaign, officials say | AP News https://apnews.com/projects/russian-europe-sabotage/
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia…

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump.html
The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated…

Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-prescription-drug-lookup
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track…

Rapid melt from Antarctica could help preserve crucial ocean current https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504527-rapid-melt-from-antarctica-could-help-preserve-crucial-ocean-current/
Greenland’s melt is expected to slow the Atlantic Meridional Overturning…

Trump-Kennedy Center is performing arts center's new name, board says https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-performing-arts-8b7159067174f3a0070b877c149ff0a7
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing…

Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-civil-rights-racial-harassment
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s…

TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok-deal-done-and-its-somehow-the-shittiest-possible-outcome-making-everything-worse/
There were rumblings about this for a while…

Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/romney-tax-the-rich.html
There’s no getting around this if we want to avoid the deficit cliff ahead.
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Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/12/19/trump-kennedy-center-sign/
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex “the Trump Kennedy Center.”
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‘They took all of our oil not that long ago. And we want it back’: Trump demands Venezuela return seized assets https://fortune.com/2025/12/18/venezuela-oil-trump-chevron-seized-assets-blockade/
U.S. oil companies dominated Venezuela's petroleum industry until…

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Grossly fails.' Lawmakers behind Epstein files' release slam DOJ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/19/congress-democrats-schumer-redactions-epstein-files/87851672007/
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the DOJ only released a "fraction"…

Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/why-isnt-online-age-verification-just-showing-your-id-person
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users…

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Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/epstein-files-victims-reaction.html
Several victims said they were frustrated by the heavy redactions of photos and documents that the Justice Department…

Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Do. Why Don’t Democrats? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/opinion/democrats-liberals-oil-gas-industry.html
Liberals should reconcile with America’s oil and gas industry.
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AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don’t Exist — And They’re Being Cited in Real Journals https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-chatbot-journal-research-fake-citations-1235485484/
Academic articles from authors using large language model…

I Started Covering the COVID-19 Crisis in Albany, Georgia. This Moment Made Me Realize There Was a Bigger Story to Tell. https://www.propublica.org/article/albany-georgia-covid-19-crisis-phoebe-investigation
The virus had killed about 38 people, most of them…

SpaceX Is Buying Up an Unfathomable Number of Cybertrucks https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/spacex-buying-unfathomable-number-cybertrucks
SpaceX bought over 1,000 Cybertrucks from Tesla, a number that could rise to 2,000 over time, according to Electrek.…

Some of the Epstein files are missing a day after their release https://apnews.com/article/release-epstein-files-justice-department-trump-9290fcaad1cb6fcb1cbc1befabc01994
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein…