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Rep. Elise Stefanik ends New York governor bid, will leave politics
Steve Gorman, Reuters | Updated Dec. 19 - 8:31 p.m. | Save Story
Rep. Elise Stefanik said on Friday she was bowing out of politics, including dropping her recently announced bid for governor of New York, to spend more time with family.
US hits ISIS in Syria with large retaliatory strikes, officials say
Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart, Reuters | Updated Dec. 19 - 8:00 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on American personnel, U.S. officials said.
Justice Department to appeal dismissal of cases against Trump foes Comey, James
Andrew Goudsward, Reuters | Posted Dec. 19 - 5:26 p.m. | Save Story
The Justice Department will appeal court rulings tossing out criminal cases against New York state Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, according to court filings on Friday.
Investigators study Brown University shooter's failed past in academia
Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Rich McKay and Sergio Goncalves, Reuters | Posted Dec. 19 - 5:11 p.m. | Save Story
Claudio Neves Valente was briefly enrolled as a young, promising doctoral student in the physics department at Brown University before dropping out. How did it lead to a shooting?
Justice Department releases new cache of Epstein records
Brad Heath, Sarah N. Lynch, Joseph Ax and Andy Sullivan, Reuters | Updated Dec. 19 - 4:07 p.m. | Save Story
The Justice Department released more than 300,000 pages of records from its investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, bowing to pressure from lawmakers who forced their disclosure with a new law.
US issues sanctions on family members and associates of Venezuela's Maduro
Daphne Psaledakis and Timothy Gardner, Reuters | Posted Dec. 19 - 4:02 p.m. | Save Story
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on family members and associates of Nicolas Maduro and his wife, as Washington ratchets up pressure on the Venezuelan president.
Trump, 9 pharmaceutical companies strike deal to cut prices
Michael Erman, Jarrett Renshaw and Patrick Wingrove, Reuters | Updated Dec. 19 - 2:12 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump and nine major pharmaceutical companies on Friday announced deals that will slash the prices of their medicines for the government's Medicaid program and for cash payers.
Mitt Mamdani? Romney says it's time to tax the rich
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL | Posted Dec. 19 - 1:48 p.m. | Save Story
Facing Social Security insolvency and a growing national debt, former Utah Sen. Mitt Romney argues wealthy Americans, like him, should be taxed more in a New York Times op-ed.
Suspect in Weber County Amber Alert makes initial court appearance in child kidnapping case
Daniella Rivera, KSL | Posted Dec. 19 - 12:59 p.m. | Save Story
Amber Alert suspect Christopher Wiggins faced a Utah judge for the first time Thursday after he was caught with a missing girl in Colorado last month.
Turning Point USA's Erika Kirk backs Vice President JD Vance's potential 2028 presidential bid
Matt Brown, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 19 - 10:43 a.m. | Save Story
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and current CEO of the conservative youth group, endorsed the potential presidential bid of Vice President JD Vance in the 2028 election.
Romanian court sentences US rapper Wiz Khalifa to 9 months for drug possession
Associated Press | Posted Dec. 19 - 9:04 a.m. | Save Story
A court in Romania has sentenced American rapper Wiz Khalifa to nine months in jail on drug possession charges. The ruling on Thursday came more than a year after he took part in a music festival in the Eastern European country.
Jury finds a Wisconsin judge guilty of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal agents
Todd Richmond, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 19 - 7:31 a.m. | Save Story
A jury has found Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on Thursday guilty of obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal authorities.
Democrats release dozens more new images from Epstein estate
Nolan D. McCaskill, Reuters | Posted Dec. 19 - 6:31 a.m. | Save Story
Congressional Democrats released new images from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, a day before the Justice Department's deadline to release unclassified files from its investigation.
Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor's killing found dead, officials say
Kimberlee Kruesi, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker, Associated Press | Updated Dec. 18 - 10:15 p.m. | Save Story
Officials say the man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University and an MIT professor has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility.
TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investor-led venture
David Shepardson, Reuters | Updated Dec. 18 - 9:47 p.m. | Save Story
TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, signed binding agreements with three major investors to sell just over 80% of the company's U.S. assets to American and global investors to avoid a government ban.
Trump signs $1 trillion annual defense bill without fanfare
Patricia Zengerle, Reuters | Posted Dec. 18 - 7:44 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a nearly $1 trillion annual defense policy bill, despite provisions providing new aid to Ukraine and reining in his ability to dial down involvement in the defense of Europe.
Mike Lee wants American privateers to seize drug cartel property on the high seas
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted Dec. 18 - 7:11 p.m. | Save Story
Private citizens could be granted authority to seize property from drug cartels under a constitutional provision not used in more than 200 years, thanks to a new bill by Utah Sen. Mike Lee.
The Kennedy Center is adding 'Trump' to its name, White House says
Jeff Mason and Steve Holland, Reuters | Posted Dec. 18 - 5:34 p.m. | Save Story
The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has decided to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
