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The White House said Monday that Adm. Mitch Bradley authorized a second strike on a suspected narcotics-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2, asserting that the action fell within legal and operational guidelines even as questions persist about whether survivors from an initial attack were killed during the follow-up strike. Press secretary Karoline […]
U.S. equities lost ground on Monday, the first trading session of December, as investors moved away from risk following a strong late-November advance. Major benchmarks slipped while bitcoin extended a multi-week slide, underscoring caution ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 0.7%, the S&P 500 declined roughly 0.4%, […]
LONDON — The governments of the United Kingdom and the United States have concluded an agreement that eliminates import tariffs on all U.K.-origin pharmaceuticals, active pharmaceutical ingredients and medical technology entering the American market for a minimum period of three years, officials from both countries confirmed on Monday. According to statements released in London and […]
Major digital assets fell sharply on Monday, widening the pullback that has characterized trading since late October. The renewed decline pushed bitcoin, ether and several other widely held tokens into double-digit losses for the session, reinforcing concerns about leverage and broader risk aversion across financial markets. At 11:25 a.m. ET, bitcoin changed hands near $84,305.26, […]
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower-court decision disqualifying Alina Habba from serving as the acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. In a unanimous opinion released on December 1, 2025, the three-judge panel concluded that the process the Trump administration used to install Habba violated the Federal Vacancies Reform […]
XRP has posted a technical pattern that traders commonly regard as a bearish warning. On 1 December 2025, the token’s 50-day moving average fell beneath the 200-day moving average, creating a “death cross” for the first time since May 2025. The crossover follows several weeks of weakening momentum and positions the cryptocurrency at a critical […]
Oxford University Press (OUP) has selected “rage bait” as its Word of the Year for 2025, citing the growing prevalence of content created to provoke anger and boost engagement on social platforms. The term describes online posts that intentionally trigger outrage by being provocative, offensive, or frustrating, with the aim of generating high volumes of […]
The U.S. Department of Education is preparing to remove a long-standing barrier that kept many federal student loan borrowers, especially higher earners, out of the government’s Income-Based Repayment program. The agency recently confirmed that the requirement to demonstrate a “partial financial hardship” will be eliminated in December, following language included in former President Donald Trump’s […]
Federal and local authorities are examining whether mounting financial pressure and the recent death of a respected Afghan commander contributed to the shooting of two District of Columbia National Guard members near the White House on Nov. 26, 2025. The incident left one service member dead and another seriously wounded. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Afghan […]
Global payments platform Oobit has entered the South African market, enabling consumers to settle purchases with stablecoins at more than 100 million merchants worldwide that accept Visa. The launch follows the company’s recent roll-outs in the Philippines, Thailand and Brazil and supports its objective of making stablecoin spending possible wherever Visa is accepted. The service allows […]
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected in Moscow on Monday to present a newly updated peace proposal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, one day after American and Ukrainian officials met in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in an effort to find a path toward ending the nearly two-year-old war in Ukraine. The two-hour session at Shell […]
European equities began the final trading month of the year lower on Monday, with selling pressure across most sectors as investors weighed monetary-policy expectations, geopolitical negotiations and fresh economic data from Asia. Shortly after the opening bell, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.44%, reversing the positive tone seen at the end of the […]