A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining Imran Ahmed. He’s a British-born researcher who focuses on countering online hate and misinformation, but the administration accuses him of trying to censor viewpoints he doesn’t agree with. https://to.pbs.org/4qmlC9m

Terminal 1’s departures lobby was closed for more than an hour Friday due to police activity and reopened around 10:45 a.m., SFO officials said.

A white Afrikaner thought he could seek asylum in the U.S. after Trump offered them refugee status.

Ukraine war briefing: Kim Jong-un celebrates sharing ‘blood, life and death’ with Russia

This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

“CalRx is partnering with pharmaceutical companies and leveraging the incredible purchasing power of the nation’s largest state to manufacture and produce their own medications.” — Dr. Vin Gupta on @governor.ca.gov’s nation-leading CalRx program to bring affordable Rxs to every Californian

Astronomers made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the JWST: A runaway super-massive black hole, rocketing through space at a staggering 1,000 km/s, leaving a 200,000 light-year-long tail in its wake in which gas is accumulating and triggering star formation. 🧪 www.space.com/astronomy/bl...

Lawmakers in about two dozen states passed new child care programs this year, often backed by business leaders concerned with recruiting and retaining workers. See which states help subsidize child care:

The Trump administration says it plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the nation’s premier atmospheric science center. It was founded in 1960 and has facilitated generations of breakthroughs in climate and weather science https://to.pbs.org/4qygWgV

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

The Trump administration wants to control how data centers connect to the power grid. on.wsj.com/4q2lOem

I wish we didn’t have a DOJ that’s constantly breaking the law, but here we are… Let’s get real loud and tell Congress to do something about it!

When coward Mike Johnson and his clown posse of pitiful republicans finally come back to Congress, we need to make sure this is the first thing they do.

A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.

WSDOT has now reopened 90 roads impacted by the historic flooding in our state. There are a lot of people out there working extremely hard to get our roads open, in challenging conditions and during the holidays. I appreciate their work.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply. Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social

I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory

The storm that swept into Northern California Christmas morning brought more damaging rains and winds that flooded streets and knocked down trees, resulting in power outages. By Friday morning, the storms had largely subsided but scattered showers remained. 📷: Ethan Swope

President Trump said that he delayed U.S. military strikes in Nigeria until Christmas Day to deliver a message to groups he alleges are targeting Christians. https://to.pbs.org/3YMABO2

The weather service warned of creeks and streams rising during and after heavy showers, and it extended a flood watch for the Bay Area and Central Coast through 10 p.m. Friday.

I wrote this a year ago and it hit a nerve. It is still relevant today: Each time I have sat down to write something I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I cannot get out of my head. So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...

Our co-founder @markzaidesq.bsky.social is fighting back and winning! We will continue in our pursuit for transparency and accountability in the #Trump administration in 2026 and beyond -- please join us. whistlebloweraid.org/donate/

One of our favorite moments of the year. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Wow: Not sure we've ever heard Katie Phang this fired up. As an attorney herself, Katie has a whole lot to say about the DOJ suddenly "finding" 1 million more Epstein docs.

We’ve gone through the stratosphere and we’re still growing! Donate now at ericswalwell.com to help us keep up the momentum.

At least one person was injured in a shooting at the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office in Wallace, Idaho, that prompted a response from multiple law enforcement agencies on Friday, according to the executive director of the Idaho Sheriff’s Association.

Well, we made it through the first year of Trump’s second term—and I’m taking stock of what happened & why we’ve got to keep fighting back.  2025 RECAP: Let's start with Trump unleashing chaos on the American people by letting Elon Musk and DOGE break the federal government.

The bruise that launched a thousand questions.

"One patroller sustained serious injuries."

JUST IN: Trump calls on the DOJ to release the names of Democrats associated with Jeffrey Epstein to “embarrass them,” while telling the DOJ to say “NO MORE” to releasing any additional files.

Today we announced access to Stevens Pass from the east with a new pilot car route. Updates on access from the west side on Tuesday.

An Afrikaner, excited by the President Trump’s public embrace of white South Africans, traveled to the U.S. expecting a warm welcome. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants.

Since taking office, President Trump has suffered multiple losses in his efforts to strip security clearances from political opponents and prestigious Washington law firms. The issue could become one of the next Supreme Court fights over presidential power.

Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense with cruise missiles and unmanned arsenals as tensions rise in the region. https://to.pbs.org/4pXuZg1

Of almost a dozen immigration lawyers and migrants interviewed for this story, initially, no one knew anyone who had actually received the $1,000. Two people later received it as a result of this reporting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Today: Trump asks when DOJ will say “NO MORE” to releasing additional Epstein files; Suggests they release only Democrat names. Calls it a witch hunt.

Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents? GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…

Acton: The fact that my opponent is Hindu has absolutely nothing to do with this election. No one’s religion has anything to do with the problems of everyday Ohioans. But this is coming from somebody who has literally spent his life creating culture wars and pitting us against one another.

Acton: [Ramaswamy] literally treats Ohio like a flyover state. When you love Ohio the way I do, you don’t treat it like a flyover state. You don’t move your business from Ohio to Texas. You don’t pit Ohioans against each other with endless culture wars…

Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Many survivors came forward, and we began comparing notes and working with people in Congress. As we started connecting the dots, we realized that some of us were sent to the same person in Hollywood for movie auditions. Some of us went to the same modeling agency…

Winter storm buries Wrightwood, drenches SoCal: 'All it is is rock and mud,' resident says

A new levee coming to Palo Alto will protect from rising seas, restore the bay shoreline and improve water quality.

Trump wants no more Epstein files released, and the whole Epstein story to go away. Why could that be?

Revisiting on what a wild year it's been 😮‍💨 www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

U.S. airstrikes in Nigeria on Thursday hit an area populated overwhelmingly by Muslims, who bear the brunt of terrorist attacks there, analysts and groups that monitor conflict say, even as President Trump said the targets were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians.

“Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein”

This most difficult part of this exercise was only picking 25.

Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable. (Published Aug. 2024)