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New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares

Updated 11:31 AM EST, December 28, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. Now, more than three decades later, the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip are following the token into retirement. The last day to buy or refill a MetroCard is Dec. 31, 2025, as the transit system fully transitions to OMNY, a ...

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Trump's inner circle is filled with architects of Project 2025. Here are the policies they have implemented so far

Sunday 28 December 2025 07:11 EST Approximately half of the recommendations in Project 2025 have become official policies, presidential directives or overall goals of the Trump administration in the first 12 months of President Donald Trump’s second term. The nearly 1,000-page ultra-conservative policy blueprint emerged from the Heritage Foundation think tank in 2023 and was widely seen as a possible manifesto for a second Trump turn despite denials by the candidate himself and many of those ...

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Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

December 28, 2025 6:00 AM ET The world has a memory problem, thanks to artificial intelligence. The explosion in AI-related cloud computing and data centers has led to so much demand for certain types of memory chips that now there's a shortage. The imbalance is expected to start affecting prices of all sorts of products powered by technology. "I keep telling everybody that if you want a device, you buy it now," said Avril Wu, a senior research vice president at TrendForce, a Taiw ...

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'You know what I like': Epstein files reveal disgraced financier's routine abuse of girls

Sun 28 Dec 2025 08.00 EST Last modified on Sun 28 Dec 2025 08.02 EST By the mid-2000s, Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teen girls was routine. From 2002 to 2005 alone, the late financier victimized “dozens” of underage teens by luring them into sex acts for payment under the auspices of massage work, some as young as 14, prosecutors said. Epstein leaned on a coterie of employees and associates – including British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell – to secure a “steady supply of minor victims”. He ...

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Trump welcomes Zelenskyy for talks, asserts Russia and Ukraine both want peace, however elusive

By WILL WEISSERT, SEUNG MIN KIM and ELISE MORTON Updated 1:27 PM CST, December 28, 2025 Leer en español PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin truly want peace, as he welcomed the “brave” Ukrainian leader for talks at his Florida resort. “The two leaders want it to end,” Trump said at the outset of the meeting at Mar-a-Lago. Before Zelenskyy arrived, Trump spoke with Putin by pho ...

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'Way, way down there!' Data guru floored after Trump support among key group plummets

(Raw Story) According to the new data, Trump’s net approval rating among independent voters fell by a stunning 42 points from January to December, from -1 to -43, a drop so severe that Enten compared the president to French oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau, known for his undersea expeditions. Driving Trump’s plummeting approval ratings were two key issues: the economy and immigration. On the economy, Trump enjoyed a +9 approval when he took office in January, an approval that fell by 25 points to -16 by December. On immigration, Trump’s approval fell by 15 points in the same time period, from +9 in January to -6 by December.

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Senator flags 'underreported story' about Trump 'illegally' creating a shortage on purpose

(Raw Story) Donald Trump is "illegally" creating a shortage in the U.S., and the media isn't noticing, a senator said on Saturday. Brian Schatz, Dem of Hawaii, flagged the story the weekend after Christmas. Taking to social media, the senator said, "One of the most underreported stories of 2025 is that Trump is the first President ever to create electricity shortages on purpose." "He is illegally canceling solar and wind, causing layoffs and price spikes, and the media is like 'wow what a showman that guy is!'" he added Saturday.

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Mamdani claps back at Musk over criticism of FDNY chief pick

(The Hill) New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) on Saturday rejected Elon Musk’s argument that his appointment to head up the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is inexperienced. “Experience does matter, which is why I appointed the person who spent more than 30 years at EMS. You know, the workforce that addresses at least 70% of all calls coming into FDNY?” Mamdani wrote in a post on the social platform X. His comment was in response to Musk’s earlier post alleging that people would “die” due to the appointment of Lillian Bonsignore, a veteran Emergency Medical Services leader.

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Zelensky confirms new Canadian aid package after talks with European leaders

(The Hill) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday confirmed that Canada will give his country a new assistance package after he spoke with European leaders amid peace talks. Zelensky stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and thanked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for joining him in “speaking with our friends from Europe” about bringing the war between Ukraine and Russia to an end. Carney told reporters that “a just and lasting peace” needs a “willing Russia.” He condemned Russia’s strikes on Kyiv on Saturday, which killed at least one person and left over 20 people hurt.

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Trump admin accused of blurring the line between church and state with overtly religious Christmas messages

(The Independent) Top officials and federal agencies in Donald Trump’s administration used their official government social media accounts to share explicitly religious messages and declare Jesus the nation’s savior during the week of Christmas, drawing warnings from First Amendment advocates fearing a critical breach of the church-and-state firewall.

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Man admits to leaving bombs at DNC, RNC headquarters, authorities say

39 min ago - Local Crime & Public Safety Man admits to leaving bombs at DNC, RNC headquarters, authorities say Prosecutors said Brian J. Cole told the FBI that he planted the explosives on Jan. 5, 2021, because he was frustrated with the workings of the U.S. ... (Washington Post)

Midair helicopter crash in New Jersey leaves 1 dead and another critically injured

44 min ago - By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and MINGSON LAU Updated 6:23 PM CST, December 28, 2025 Leer en español HAMMONTON, N.J. (AP) — Two helicopters crashed midair in New Jersey on Sunday, killing one person and critically injuring another, authorities s ... (AP)

Bernie Sanders criticizes AI as 'the most consequential technology in humanity'

1 hr ago - Sun 28 Dec 2025 14.00 EST Last modified on Sun 28 Dec 2025 14.01 EST US senator Bernie Sanders amplified his recent criticism of artificial intelligence on Sunday, explicitly linking the financial ambition of “the richest people in the world ... (The Guardian)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Viral Video of Biblical Song Angers DHS

2 hrs ago - Dec 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM EST The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin voiced her anger on social media over Kilmar Abrego Garcia "making TikToks" while the department remains under "gag order by an activist ju ... (Newsweek)

Top Trump Housing Official Tells Fox News 50-Year Mortgage Scheme is Still 'On the Table'

3 hrs ago - Dec 28th, 2025, 10:59 am A White House Cabinet official told Fox News, on Sunday, that President Donald Trump’s widely-criticized 50-year mortgage plan is still under consideration. In an interview on Fox & Friends Weekend, HUD Secretary Sc ... (MEDIAite)

House Republican: 'You cannot be America first and pro-Russia'

4 hrs ago - 12/28/25 1:37 PM ET Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that Russia’s strikes on civilian homes — including on Christmas — are a reminder to Americans that the war against Ukraine is at odds with America’s values. In an inter ... (The Hill)

"GOP has abolished Congress": Pelosi says Republican lawmakers do nothing without Trump's say-so

4 hrs ago - Published December 28, 2025 11:41AM (EST) Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinks her colleagues across the aisle are a bunch of empty suits. During an interview with ABC‘s “This Week” that aired Sunday, the longtime Democratic Party ... (Salon)

Trump welcomes Zelenskyy for talks, asserts Russia and Ukraine both want peace, however elusive

4 hrs ago - By WILL WEISSERT, SEUNG MIN KIM and ELISE MORTON Updated 1:27 PM CST, December 28, 2025 Leer en español PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian Pres ... (AP)

New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares

5 hrs ago - Updated 11:31 AM EST, December 28, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. ... (AP)

Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

6 hrs ago - December 28, 2025 6:00 AM ET The world has a memory problem, thanks to artificial intelligence. The explosion in AI-related cloud computing and data centers has led to so much demand for certain types of memory chips that now there's a shortage. Th ... (NPR)

Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Refinery Ahead of Trump-Zelensky Talks

7 hrs ago - Dec 28, 2025 at 09:21 AM EST Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery overnight, Kyiv's military said on Sunday, just ahead of a planned meeting between the country's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, and U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida this weekend ... (Newsweek)

Trump's inner circle is filled with architects of Project 2025. Here are the policies they have implemented so far

7 hrs ago - Sunday 28 December 2025 07:11 EST Approximately half of the recommendations in Project 2025 have become official policies, presidential directives or overall goals of the Trump administration in the first 12 months of President Donald Trump’s se ... (The Independent)

A winter storm threatens to bring blizzards and ice to parts of the U.S., hampering holiday travel

7 hrs ago - By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JEFF MARTIN Updated 9:48 AM CST, December 28, 2025 A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone, setting off a chain reaction of snow, ice, ra ... (AP)

'You know what I like': Epstein files reveal disgraced financier's routine abuse of girls

8 hrs ago - Sun 28 Dec 2025 08.00 EST Last modified on Sun 28 Dec 2025 08.02 EST By the mid-2000s, Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teen girls was routine. From 2002 to 2005 alone, the late financier victimized “dozens” of underage teens by lurin ... (The Guardian)

Bank of America CEO says the market "will punish people if we don't have an independent Fed"

9 hrs ago - Updated on: December 28, 2025 / 11:08 AM EST Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan said last week that, as President Trump searches for a new chair of the Federal Reserve, maintaining the banking system's independence is paramount. The mar ... (CBS News)

Nancy Pelosi predicts Dems win House gavel back in '26, reflects on career and Jan. 6 attack

10 hrs ago - December 28, 2025, 9:05 AM Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confident that Democrats will re-take the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms and that Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will hold the speaker’s gavel. “Hakeem Jeffries is re ... (ABC News)

Putin says Russia will achieve its Ukraine aims by force if Kyiv doesn't want peace

12 hrs ago - Dec. 28, 2025, 2:47 AM EST / Source: Reuters MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was in no hurry for peace and if it did not want to resolve their conflict peacefully, Moscow would accomplish all its goals by force. Putin's re ... (NBC News/Reuters)

Freezing rain floods Gaza camps and leaves displaced Palestinians in dire conditions

12 hrs ago - By WAFAA SHURAFA and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD Updated 8:17 AM CST, December 28, 2025 KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rain lashed the Gaza Strip over the weekend, flooding makeshift encampments with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by the two ... (AP)

Bulgaria Adopts Euro Amid Fear And Uncertainty

13 hrs ago - Dec 28, 2025, 2:21 am EST Bulgaria will become the 21st country to adopt the euro on Thursday, but some believe the move could bring higher prices and add to instability in the European Union's poorest country. A protest campaign emerged this year to ... (Barrons/AFP)

Mamdani claps back at Musk over criticism of FDNY chief pick

14 hrs ago - 12/27/25 7:59 PM ET New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) on Saturday rejected Elon Musk’s argument that his appointment to head up the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is inexperienced. “Experience does matter, which is why I appointed ... (The Hill)